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This odd expression meaning very much alike or more of the same thing is attributed to Sir John Vanbrugh in his play The Provoked Husband, which was p...
To muck about or muck around is a British colloquial expression that means to act or behave in a pointless, unproductive way, and dates from the late...
Eric Partridge has this as a British officer’s toast from the muddy trenches of WWI c. 1915. One would like to believe it.
Slang for cunnilingus, dates from the early 20th century (the slang rather than the practice) derives from 17th century slang muff, now largely obsole...
Plain clothes worn by a person who when at work wears a uniform e.g. servicemen, policemen, guards, railway officials etc. derives from the Arabic muf...
Mug is an old word of Scandinavian origin for an earthenware container and as a drinking vessel dates from the 1600s. Mug has been slang for face sinc...
Muggins is a surname that has become a British colloquialism for a simpleton or fool since the late 19th century, especially when referring to oneself...
In the lead-up to the British general election in 2017, Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson described the Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn as a muttonheaded mu...
This sense of mull means to work over mentally, think through or cogitate and is originally an American colloquialism dates from the late 19th century...
'Mum's the word' usually said in a conspiratorial tone of voice, meaning that what has just been said or revealed to you by another person is confiden...
Mumbo jumbo means nonsense or gibberish, especially that which is connected to primitive religious rituals and dates from the early 18th century. It i...
Rhyming slang for cricket pads, Mums and Dads/pads, dates from the mid-20th century. Recently used by retired cricketer, now commentator, Nasser Husse...
Chiefly white Zimbabwean slang for a Black African dates from the mid-20th century, and derives from the Matabele word umuntu meaning people.
Murder has been a collective noun for crows since the 15th century due to the superstitious association of crows with death because of course they fee...
Mush is Standard English, probably a variation of mash, for any soft or pulpy food and is first cited in this sense from the early 19th century, altho...