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This category contains English terms with unknown etymologies: English terms whose etymologies have not yet been established.^[edit]

 

Words lacking articles

brog Frig Gangling Gazoomph, gasumph, gezumph Gimmick Gremlin Hookey, hooky Martini McCoy Mickey, micky

poggy smift spondulicks sponson sprod sprue (The article only covers one of several homonyms) squiffer Tyg, tig (No English article yet) wee-wee Willies

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8 86 A acacia Aleut alewife apple-pie order at sixes and sevens B bad badger balderdash ballyhoo bamboozle bangle banjax banter barratry barth baste batter bee's knees beet bevy Big Apple bilboes bindle binge bistro Black Maria blimp blizzard blue law boa Bob's your uncle boffin bog-standard bonzer boogie-woogie break a leg brick house bum burrow busk C cagey canoodle cantrip Canuck capoeira caron caucus cheese it chimichurri cocktail codling codswallop cogue collagic comis condom conniption contraption conundrum copacetic cosh crack crivvens cruft D dateless derp

D cont. Diana Dick's hatband dig dinkum dirk ditzy Dixie dolos dosh down the banks Drava dray dressed to the nines drey dun dyke E eat crow eighty-six F fainaigue felch fit flack foofy franger freemartin fret fritz frog frug fuddy-duddy fugazi full monty fuller fuzz G gadget gallow gavel gee get down to brass tacks Gherkin gimcrack gimmick gink gizmo gland go for a burton Golegã gook gore grice grundle gurney gurrier H hep hickey hobo hockey hooray horse huzzah J jackpot jaffa jamboree jandal jive joey K kady

K cont. Khazar kibble kibosh knar knurl L lallapalootza langer lollypaloozer long time no see loo love lumber M macabro malarkey maroon Mickey Finn Mifflin mizzle moggy moke moniker mook moot mort mosey mozo muffin N Nadir naff nape ned nerd niger nimrod nod nonce noogie nookie nosey parker P pad padawan palooka peak peldaño penny perk pernickety peter phony piccalilli piddock pie piffle pizzazz plash pogo stick pokelogan polilla pone posh possession is nine points of the law pott prig prowl Q Queer Street quiz

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