The Official Sloane Ranger Handbook as quoted work > Oxford English Dictionary > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Found: 43 entries > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 1. Adamesque (1982) Barr &. York Official Sloane Ranger Handbk. > 135/1 ``An Adamesque surround in classical proportions..should > be installed if the original has gone up in smoke.'' > 2. arty (1982) Barr &. York Official Sloane Ranger Handbk. 24/1 > ``In dress, one wants to look tidy, reassuring and appropriate > (Sloane), not visual and arty-farty. '' > 3. bomb (1982) Barr &. York Official Sloane Ranger Handbk. 97/2 > ``Social life revolves around your clique..and dinner at each > other's houses, weekends bombing off somewhere together in your > young Sloane motors.'' > 4. bop (1982) Barr &. York Official Sloane Ranger Handbk. 97/1 > ``Couples meet at bops or know each other from London.'' > 5. bubbly (1982) Barr &. York Official Sloane Ranger Handbk. 80/2 > ``Tudors are bubbly girls, man-chasers, `always talking about > boys' according to other schools.'' > 6. Buck's Fiz(1982) Barr &. York Official Sloane Ranger Handbk. > 27/2 ``Sainsbury's sparkling Saumur and Blanquette de Limeaux > are useful for celebratory Buck's Fizzes.'' > 7. cheapo (1982) Barr &. York Official Sloane Ranger Handbk. 28 > (caption) ``Cheapo fun dangly earrings. '' > 8. Day-Glo (1982) Barr &. York Official Sloane Ranger Handbk. > 130/1 ``You disappear..in a car trailing balloons and shoes, > wreathed in squirts of synthetic day-glo spaghetti (the new > confetti). '' > 9. eventing (1982) Barr &. York Official Sloane Ranger Handbk. > 154/1 ``Sloane children belong to the Pony Club, and they go on > to eventing. '' > 10. eventing (1982) Barr &. York Official Sloane Ranger Handbk. > 19/2 ``He's jolly good-looking and he's a top eventer. '' > 11. fanciable (1982) Barr &. York Official Sloane Ranger Handbk. > 127/2 ``Your virginal (well, fresh and young) attendants, his > dashing fanciable ushers. '' > 12. gentrifica(1982) Barr &. York Official Sloane Ranger Handbk. > 8/1 ``Sloane gentrification isn't the same as trendy > intelligentsia gentrification... You don't really understand > The North (the established arty intelligentsia areas-Islington, > Highgate and Hampstead). '' > 13. Hooray Hen(1982) Barr &. York Official Sloane Ranger Handbk. > 118/1 ``Hooray Henrys are the tip of the Sloane iceberg, > visible and audible for miles. '' > 14. middle-of-(1982) Barr &. York Official Sloane Ranger Handbk. > 25/1 ``William Bartholomew of Juliana's Discotheque knows you > like middle-of-the-road songs. '' > 15. slip- (1982) Barr &. York Official Sloane Ranger Handbk. 33/2 > ``These are smart tough slip-ons, in black or dark blue patent > or leather, with a chunky heel and gilt snaffle or chain across > the top. '' > 16. Sloane Ran(1982) Barr &. York Official Sloane Ranger Handbk. > 10/1 ``Sloane Rangers hesitate to use the term `breeding' now > (of people, not animals) but that's what background means. '' > 17. spastic (1982) Barr &. York Official Sloane Ranger Handbk. > 159/3 ``Spastic, temporarily unintelligent. Sloanes don't > consider lack of intelligence should be insulted; one, they are > basically kind; two, they are unintellectual themselves.'' > 18. speed (1982) Barr &. York Official Sloane Ranger Handbk. 84/1 > ``Every Sloane secretarial college has a nimbus of girls with > their shorthand books or red speed&dubh.writing books. '' > 19. squirmy (1982) Barr &. York Official Sloane Ranger Handbk. > 57/1 ``One would never talk about true feelings-excessive piety > is rather squirmy.'' > 20. strap-hang(1982) Barr &. York Official Sloane Ranger Handbk. > 100/1 ``In the Europe Supermarket in Old Brompton Road, or > strap-hanging in the tube from Gloucester Road, astonishingly > you meet more people you know.'' > 21. supermarke(1982) Barr &. York Official Sloane Ranger Handbk. > 95/1 ``He and his chums stage a mixed doubles > wheelbarrow/piggy-back/supermarket trolley race down the > High/the Broad/the Cornmarket.'' > 22. swag (1982) Barr &. York Official Sloane Ranger Handbk. 136/3 > ``Lots of pretty pelmets and a few swags, variations on the > theme of stage curtains-not like those dreadful draped net > affairs one sees from the bypass.'' > 23. three (1982) Barr &. York Official Sloane Ranger Handbk. 152/1 > ``The easiest house parties are for a sport-racing, three-day > event, shooting. '' > 24. three-piec(1982) Barr &. York Official Sloane Ranger Handbk. > 42/1 ``There are a few basic lines that continue practically > for ever, like..the basic City three-piece.'' > 25. thruster (1982) Barr &. York Official Sloane Ranger Handbk. > 106/1 ``She will not lend her support to any ambitious young > thruster or leak the firm's secrets to a rival.'' > 26. tie- (1982) Barr &. York Official Sloane Ranger Handbk. 148/1 > ``Sloane windows need curtains with a capital C: with pelmets, > twiddly bits, bands, tassels, tie-backs, edging. '' > 27. tin (1982) Barr &. York Official Sloane Ranger Handbk. 90/1 > ``Household Cavalry (the Tins: the Life Guards, and the Blues > &. Royals).'' > 28. toning (1982) Barr &. York Official Sloane Ranger Handbk. 31/1 > ``She has, naturally, a kilt, which she wears with toning > tights.'' > 29. true (1982) Barr &. York Official Sloane Ranger Handbk. 8/1 > ``Sloane Britain is so heavily weighted towards the South and > the West it's not true.'' > 30. tug (1982) Barr &. York Official Sloane Ranger Handbk. 71/1 > ``Swots are weeds (at Eton: `tugs don't wash').'' > 31. twiddly (1982) Barr &. York Official Sloane Ranger Handbk. > 148/1 ``Sloane windows need curtains with a capital C: with > pelmets, twiddly bits, bands, tassels, tie-backs, edging.'' > 32. un- (1983) Barr &. York Official Sloane Ranger Diary 4/2 ``The > Keen have to put up with the Unkeen. '' > 33. understate(1982) Barr &. York Official Sloane Ranger Handbk. > 10/2 ``The royal family are pretty good here with their > understated asides about `living above the shop' and `family > business'.'' > 34. vindaloo (1982) Barr &. York Official Sloane Ranger Handbk. > 27/1 ``His macho-masochisms decree that he must order the > hottest-Vindaloo, Madras or even Bangalore Phal. '' > 35. way out (1982) Barr &. York Official Sloane Ranger Handbk. > 38/1 ``She would not wear Art Nouveau jewels (too way out).'' > 36. weaselly (1982) Barr &. York Official Sloane Ranger Handbk. > 17/2 ``What a funny little weasely face he has!'' > 37. weed (1982) Barr &. York Official Sloane Ranger Handbk. 71/1 > ``Don't try too hard: swots are weeds.'' > 38. weedy (1982) Barr &. York Official Sloane Ranger Handbk. 122/1 > ``At whatever grade, they are fearless (`Be weedy in front of > the wops?').'' > 39. whisky (1982) Barr &. York Official Sloane Ranger Handbk. 92/2 > ``You drink beer, whisky macs, cherry brandy, sloe gin-or neat > whisky. '' > 40. widget (1982) Barr &. York Official Sloane Ranger Handbk. 11/1 > ``You never have to see the industry (`widget factories') and > commerce (`selling brushes') that make the money.'' > 41. wrap- (1982) Barr &. York Official Sloane Ranger Handbk. 30/1 > ``A belted wool wrap coat: this can be tweedy, checked or > camel. '' > 42. wraparound(1982) Barr &. York Official Sloane Ranger Handbk. > 42/1 ``There are a few basic lines that continue practically > for ever, like the pre-war wraparound double-breasted and the > basic City three-piece.'' > 43. wrinkly (1982) Barr &. York Official Sloane Ranger Hankbk. > 159/3 ``Wrinkly n., middle-aged Sloane-between 40 and 50. ''