The bunny boiler phrase, taking the lead from the film, was first used to refer to someone who is unable to remain rational at the end of a romantic relationship. The film focuses on a woman who becomes intensely jealous after her expartner gets happily engaged what follows is a campaign of manipulation and mind games as she wreaks havoc on their relationship. Information and translations of bunny boiler in the most comprehensive dictionary definitions resource on the web. What is a bunny boiler and where did the term come from. So when suddenly words and phrases that have strong ties to the black community are adopted and warped by. Bunny boiler definition of bunny boiler by the free.
The term bunny boiler comes from the 1987 movie, fatal attraction. Clingy possesive overbearing psycho bitch of a girlfriend. If one is perceived as being a little slow more than feeling under the. Crackerbarrel definition of crackerbarrel by merriam. The term is now applied to anyone usually a woman who will not let go a relationship, to include boyfriend, casual lover. The term is taken from glenn closes character in fatal attraction, who after. A bunny boiler is a slang term for a partner or former partner, particularly a female heterosexual partner, who shows obsessive behavior such as stalking and in some cases, violent acts of retaliation. Phrases coined by shakespeare the bard of avon, he gave us more words and expressions than anyone else. If you would like to suggest a term or an update to an existing one. This page provides all possible translations of the word bunny boiler in the german language. The definitions of slang sayings and words on your very own tshirt. This page explains what the slang term cracker means. Phrases from the bible the single book that has given more sayings, idioms and proverbs to the english language than any other.
Absolute pressure the pressure above zero pressure, equal. As an organizational element in the military, a corps is a unit made up of at least two divisions. The daughter of a white crack whore, living on the streets. The expression bunny boiler derives from the 1987 film fatal attraction, written by james dearden and nicholas meyer. May 22, 2014 writers need slang like bearcats need giggle water, know what i mean. These individuals are often malicious and have many means at their disposal for breaking into a system. A bunny boiler is a pejorative term for an obsessive and sometimes dangerous individual, most commonly referring to a jilted lover who is stalking the person who has spurned her or him, with the intention of causing harm. Aug 09, 2011 the bunny boiler heats things up as a lifeguard by the pool. Boiler rooms use highpressure tactics and outright lies to try and sell worthless stocks to the general public. Im a london man with a van and a londoner to the core that means i know my bottle and glass from my beggar boys ass and neither mean what you think they might. Suitcase, also spelt keyster also means buttocks or safestrongbox.
A list of slang words and phrases, idioms, jargon, acronyms, and abbreviations. Nov 16, 2015 a bunny boiler is someone who is dangerously, irrationally or psychotically obsessed with another who is not or no longer interested in their attention. An earlier attempt to establish worm in this sense around 198182 on usenet was largely a failure. It is filled with wonderful information regarding slang terms and other wonderful details of 19. This page should be moved to bunny boiler since its not a title or a proper noun. Sure, you could spend the rest of your writing life using pristine, multisyllabic words from the 16th century that have been. Bunny boiler referring to the glenn close character who boils the pet bunny belonging to her ex married lovers little girl. For example, jenny is ace at the lab experiments, or, for the latter definition, i think i aced that exam.
Cracker barrel definition is suggestive of the friendly homespun character of a country store. It is sometimes used in a neutral context in reference to a native of florida or georgia see florida cracker and georgia cracker. A list of lyrics, artists and songs that contain the term bunny boiler from the lyrics. Person 1 ive never heard of that townperson 2 that because its back of bourke mate. Mar 10, 2016 this slang page is designed to explain what the meaning of boiler is. The new partridge dictionary of slang and unconventional. The following is a list of ethnic slurs ethnophaulisms that are, or have been, used as insinuations or allegations about members of a given ethnicity, or to refer to them in a derogatory that is, critical or disrespectful, pejorative disapproving or contemptuous, or otherwise insulting manner some of the terms listed below such as gringo, yank, etc. John is used to psycho bunny boiler exes, which undoubtedly means hes also used to psycho bunny boiler behaviour during the relationship. Watch this playlist to see our bunny boiler at work. Define cracker by websters dictionary, wordnet lexical database, dictionary of computing, legal dictionary, medical dictionary, dream dictionary.
This is not intended to be a complete dictionary of australian slang and terminology but i have put a few aussie slang words, local names and terms together here and will add to the list from time to time. Crackers definition of crackers by the free dictionary. The definition, example, and related terms listed above have been written and compiled by the slangit team. Urban dictionary uses third party vendors and hosting partners to provide the necessary hardware, software, networking, storage, and related technology required to run urban dictionary. Times, sunday times 2008 does your bedroom scream bunny boiler. Bunny boiler definition of bunny boiler by the free dictionary. Cracker slang synonyms, cracker slang pronunciation, cracker slang translation, english dictionary definition of cracker slang.
This is not intended to be a complete dictionary of australian slang and terminology but i have put a few. We are constantly updating our database with new slang terms, acronyms, and abbreviations. The term corps has a dual meaning in the armed services. I think the old def, an excessively obsessive girlfriend or less commonly, boyfriend, especially one who reacts in an extreme way to the ending of a relationship, was far clearer. Cracker bunny origins go back to the 1993 movie freeway featuring reese witherspoon in her best. Make a phone call, sometimes meaning to the police to inform on. Phrases and sayings with meanings and origins explained. As alex forrest is portrayed as a psychopathic, loveobsessed woman seeking revenge, behaviors that represent stalking are present.
Australian slang and unique phrases free settler or felon. Douche is a borrowing of the english insult douchebag, as the normal meaning of douche in french is shower. Cracker definition of cracker by websters online dictionary. Times, sunday times 2010 then you wonder why he calls you a bunny boiler. In the movie a man has what he believes to be a short and meaningless fling outside of his marriage. A term in southeastern united states english to describe poor white trash, derived from the scottish meaning of the verb to crack, which, in this sense denotes ostentation. Change your default dictionary to american english. The term bunny boiler is used to describe an obsessive, spurned woman, deriving from the scene where it is discovered that alex has boiled the pet rabbit. Definition of bunny boiler the online slang dictionary. Bunny boiler definition and meaning collins english dictionary. The bunny boiler, thaila zucchi, is on the hunt for a new man, this time shes at sheffield united fc and shell stop at nothing to seduce tom. A boiler room is a slang term used to describe an operation that is engaging in the sale of fraudulent or extremely shady securities issues.
Marijuana references become more and more popular once the hippies burst onto the scene, 80s slang is as cheesy as aerobicwear, and 90s slang borrows heavily from hip. Fatal attraction is a 1987 american psychological thriller film directed by adrian lyne from a screenplay written by james dearden, based on his 1980 short film diversion. The bunny boiler heats things up as a lifeguard by the pool. We must understand that this terminology, like all terminology, is a dynamic and evolving part of the language. The phrase bunny boiler comes as the culmination of stalking and harassment due to closes characters frenzied jealousy and her inability to accept that douglas ended the affair. Jul, 2015 bunny boiling parents will destroy what you love types of emotional child abuse, part 3 posted on july, 2015 july 14, 2015 by veronica jarski the invisible scar photo credit. The text in the article uses the noncapitalized form. Starring michael douglas, glenn close and anne archer, the film centers on a married man who has a weekend affair with a woman who refuses to allow it to end and becomes obsessed with him. Top synonym for bunny boiler another word for bunny boiler is dangerously vengeful woman. Cracker slang definition of cracker slang by the free. Person who quietly engineers things to their own advantage example. Black slang and aave africanamerican vernacular english have long been considered inferior to socalled standard english, and the black people who use it seen as uneducated or unintelligent forcing many to master the art of codeswitching. Browse the aussie slang dictionary results starting with.
A dictionary of american idioms slang is very informal usage in vocabulary and idiom that is characteristically more metaphorical, playful, elliptical, vivid and ephemeral than ordinary language random house unabridged dictionary learn 600 slang expressions. Smokebox an enclosed space at the extremity of a firetube boiler, where the exhaust gases from the tubes are combined and pass to the flue or chimney. Very quickly that became moderated and used, with some degree of irony, in much less extreme situations. Its also anything that cracks, like a firecracker or a computer code cracker, or of course, that thin, savory snack that cracks when you break it. American made, union made work boots over 125 styles thorogood, workone, hellfire lowest prices. Slightly more of an outdated version, this british slang term. These are located at the end of the regular slang dictionary under a separate heading. A room such as a dressing room, basement room, boiler room any outof theway. Boiler noun definition and synonyms macmillan dictionary.
This slang page is designed to explain what the meaning of boiler is. A suffix that emphasises the essential undesirable nature of a person in perjorative nouns such as tossbag, shitbag, ratbag etc. Yes, cockney rhyming slang is a foreign language to most people, so i thought id let you in on the secret and help noncockneys translate some of our favourite london sayings. Bunny boiler fatal attraction is a 1987 american psychological thriller film directed by adrian.
Definition and synonyms of boiler from the online english dictionary from macmillan education. The new definition is harder to parse and seems a bit mealymouthed. A variety of spelling that uses numbers and symbols that approximate the shape of certain letters, using for example 1 and 5 for i and s, used primarily. Gallaghers suspicions should have become aroused earlier, when forrest was trying to persuade him to meet her, and she said bring the dog, i love animals. Sharon is not happy when thaila starts offering to rub sunscreen on her boyfriends body. Apr 21, 2017 unforgettable is a dramatic thriller starring katherine heigl 27 dresses, knocked up and rosario dawson the sin city films, in cinemas on april 21st. Sausages commonly found on the bbq used in a sentence. Cracker bunny origins go back to the 1993 movie freeway featuring reese witherspoon in her best role ever, as the daughter of a crack whore amanda plumber, who goes on a little red riding hood type adventure, meeting the big bad wolf keifer sutherland she winds up in jail and the meaning of a cracker bunny is made more clear. Ace a british slang term that means something that is brilliant or excellent. A room such as a dressing room, basement room, boiler room any outoftheway. A sixpack has evolved to mean anyone with fit abdomens, but long ago the sixpack was and still is a group of beers. Please do not submit any unsolicited ideas, original creative artwork. Cracker, sometimes white cracker or cracka, is a racial epithet for white people, used especially for poor rural whites in the southern united states.
Cracker night celebrated on the queens birthday long weekend. Urban dictionary or any of its employees do not accept or consider unsolicited ideas, including ideas for new advertising campaigns, new promotions, new or improved products or technologies, product enhancements, processes, materials, marketing plans or new product names. Its also anything that cracks, like a firecracker or a computer code cracker, or of course, that thin. I should explain to your lordship what is meant by crackers. Popular phrases that have emerged as street slang since 1981 have quickly become used in internet discussion groups and tabloid newspapers. The section of the public that have now adopted the term into their language are young adults and not those who would normally be expected to read the ladies home. Sep 25, 2008 bunny boiler is a slang term which is in direct reference to the 1987 film fatal attraction in which a love scorn lover directed her anger of the affair being ended at the family of the cheating husband with one iconic scene she boils the family rabbit.
The female genitals, but alluding to the pubic hair. The sun 2007 now he has a bunny boiler who has dug her heels in. It wasnt directly from the film, as the epithet isnt used in the dialogue or in any of the advertising blurb used to promote it. It can be used to designate any group of military personnel performing a similar function, like the signal corps or the medical corps. Bunny boiler isnt found in the very large archive of usenet groups until 1994, nor does it appear more than once or twice in the archives of us or british newspapers until 1994. It felt weird to be taking such an interest in a complete stranger, and i actually began to feel a bit queasy about it, like i was some kind of deranged bunny boiler stalker. Bunny boiler definition and meaning collins english. The phrase comes from the plot device whereby forrest, in a fit of frenzied jealousy, boils her erstwhile lovers daughters pet rabbit. Depending on which gang you are dealing with the language will vary. A dictionary of slang b slang and colloquialisms of. She throws acid onto his car, calls him on the phone obsessively and hangs up, stalks him at his office. Across the ditch to cross the ditch means crossing the tasman sea to australia from. Another theory is that the term refers to whips that crackers used to drive slaves or cattle.
Urban dictionary owns the code, databases, and all rights to the urban dictionary application. Synonyms for boiler at with free online thesaurus, antonyms, and definitions. Steam boiler definition, a receptacle in which water is boiled to generate steam. A blowdown valve mounted at the waterlevel of a boiler, used to blow down lighter oily or foamy deposits within a boiler that float on the waterlevel. The woman he cheats on his wife with however, doesnt see things that way, and starts acting in a more and more crazy manner in a bid to win the man back. Slang for white rabbit related terms urban thesaurus. Capitalising the b of boiler does not follow the wikipedia naming policy. As bunny boiler is a recent phrase with such a clear source we are able to trace how it has found its way into popular use. Can also mean to pass something with flying colors. Bunny boiler definition and synonyms of bunny boiler in the.
The neologism cracker in this sense may have been influenced not so much by the term safe cracker as by the nonjargon term cracker. Oct 31, 2019 bunny boiler plural bunny boilers slang, humorous, derogatory a person who acts or may supposedly act obsessively or even dangerously towards another person with whom they were previously, or wish to be, in a relationship. Gangs have developed their own spoken language or terminology. Billy a container for boiling water over a campfire. One theory is that it refers to the cracked corn that was a major part of the diet of poor southern whites. The 1980s bunnyboiler was perceived to be infinitely more dangerous than the braburner. When the plan begins to fail the bunny boiler then resorts to plan b. Lights lamp the lamp refers to the flashing red light and siren behind the the goal that go off when a goal is scored. Nautical phrases ahoy there, me hearties, heres the language that came from our nautical friends.
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