klidenengro's definitions

cushy

easy, pleasasnt - from an Urdu (originally Persian)word 'khwshi' meaning 'happiness' or 'ease'. Came into English directly from India via British Army slang of the early 20th Century. Not to be confused with kushti which comes into English from Romany

He sits on his arse all day, a real cushy number.

by klidenengro February 4, 2004

kit

Clothes, something that is removed when someone gets their kit off. Originally Kittel, a white cotton or linen robe worn by orthodox Jews on certain holy days (also used as a shroud), overall, smock. Yiddish from MHG ultimately from Arabic source, cogn. with ‘cotton’

Helen Mirran is famous for taking her kit off

by klidenengro January 30, 2004

kushti

happiness, in good order. Romany word used by super-chav Jamie Oliver. Kushtipen was once the English Romany word for 'happiness' from a Persian word meaning 'happiness'

everything's kushti

by klidenengro January 30, 2004

kushty

see kushti

kushty does it

by klidenengro February 13, 2004

nerd

originally a 'dick-head'. From the French word 'noeud'(literally 'knot'), the slang meaning of which is the glans penis, the enlarged section at the head of the penis, hence 'dick-head'.

whadda nerd!

by klidenengro October 15, 2006

wonga

English Romany word for money. Originally means burning embers and in other european Romani dialects 'angaar' still has that meaning. In 18th and 19th century English 'coal' also meant money. Wonga is the romani calque.

moola, dosh, bread, wonga, I don't care as long as its money

by klidenengro September 9, 2004

cushti

see kushti

very cushti

by klidenengro February 13, 2004