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  • Nanny House on Random 18th Century Slang That Could Be Due For A Modern Comeback

    (#26) Nanny House

    Definition: A cathouse.

    Use: "I promise, when we go to Vegas for the bachelor party, there won't be any nanny houses on the itinerary."

  • Fly Rink on Random 18th Century Slang That Could Be Due For A Modern Comeback

    (#19) Fly Rink

    Definition: "A polished bald head."

    Use: "That biker has a tattoo of a skull on his fly rink, and it's pretty impressive."

  • Oil Of Gladness on Random 18th Century Slang That Could Be Due For A Modern Comeback

    (#21) Oil Of Gladness

    Definition: "'I will anoint you with the oil of gladness,' ironically spoken for, 'I will beat you.'"

    Use: "If you talk trash about my fondness for essential oils one more time, I'll whip out some oil of gladness and see how you like that. And that essential oil doesn't need a diffuser."

  • Bottle-Headed on Random 18th Century Slang That Could Be Due For A Modern Comeback

    (#10) Bottle-Headed

    Definition: "Void of wit."

    Use: "It's hard to watch these bottle-headed sitcoms, since none of them have even been funny since Friends."

  • Shipwrecked on Random 18th Century Slang That Could Be Due For A Modern Comeback

    (#2) Shipwrecked

    Definition: Inebriated.

    Use: "We went to this pirate-themed bar downtown and, after a few hardy glasses of rum, I was definitely shipwrecked."

  • Wake Snakes on Random 18th Century Slang That Could Be Due For A Modern Comeback

    (#6) Wake Snakes

    Definition: "Provoke to the uttermost."

    Use: "I saw that political meme you posted to Instagram - you are definitely trying to wake snakes before your family reunion."

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During the Renaissance, in order to express new things and new ideas, British writers and scholars borrowed a lot of vocabulary from Greek, Latin, French, etc., and boldly created new words and new languages. This makes English vocabulary unprecedentedly rich, but it also causes confusion due to a number of bizarre puns and slangs. In the 18th century, English gradually moved towards standardization, and many British scholars compiled dictionaries.

The random tool lists 27 interesting English slangs of the 18th century. Social and historical changes have also been driving the change and development of English, and some of these slang transforms are still used by locals.

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