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First entry bang a uey bubbler clicker Dunks frappe grinder jimmies kid Masshole packie pisser rotary space saver spuckie Storrowed the Pike the T tonic townie wicked bally irie likkle braw dreich wee A minute AirTrain JFK Alcove studio Alphabet City Alternate-side parking Appetizing store Atlantic Terminal B Bacon, egg and cheese Bagel Beef patty Belt Parkway Bet Bialy Big Apple BK Black-and-white cookie Block party Bodega Boogie Down BQE Brick Bridge-and-tunnel Brolic Bronx-bound Brooklyn-bound Brownstone Bugging Bus bunching Bus lane Busway Buttered roll BX Cannoli Chicken over rice Chopped cheese Chopped liver Chutzpah Citi Bike Co-op Coco bread Coffee cart Condo Condop Cop Cross Bronx Expressway Cross-platform transfer Crosstown Deadass Dirty-water dog Dollar slice Dollar van Doorman building Dope Double-park Downtown Dub Dumb DUMBO Egg cream Empty subway car Express bus Express train Facts FDR Drive FiDi Fire escape Fitted Floor-through Fly Food shopping Frontin’ Fuhgeddaboudit Garden apartment Good looks Gotham Grand Central Madison Grand Central Terminal Grandma slice Green cab Gridlock Grill GWB Halal cart HDFC co-op Heard Hero Hoboken Terminal Holland Tunnel Housing lottery Ill Italian hero Italian ice Jacking Jamaica Station Jersey Johnny pump Junior four Knish Kvetch LES LIE Light and sweet Limited-stop bus Lincoln Tunnel LIRR Livery cab Local train Lox Mad Manhattan-bound Manhattanhenge Matzo ball soup Mensch Metro-North MetroCard Mitchell-Lama Moynihan Train Hall My fault Na’mean Native New Yorker New York minute Newark Penn Station NJ Transit No parking No standing No stopping NoHo Nolita Nosh Not for nothing Nova Nuyorican NYC Ferry OD OMNY On line Out-of-system transfer Outer borough Parlor floor Pastrami on rye PATH Penn Station Pie Pied-à-terre Pop out Port Authority Bus Terminal Prewar Protected bike lane Quarter water Queens-bound Queensboro Bridge Railroad apartment Rainbow cookie Regular coffee Rent-controlled Rent-stabilized Roosevelt Island Tram Rush hour Salt, pepper, ketchup Say less Scaffolding Schlep Schmear Schmuck Schvitz Secaucus Junction Select Bus Service Seltzer Service change Shorty Showtime Shuttle bus Sicilian slice Sidewalk shed Signal problems Slice SoHo Son South Brooklyn Stand clear of the closing doors Staten Island Ferry Stoop Stoop sale Straphanger Super Swipe in Tenement The city The City That Never Sleeps The five boroughs The Ocky way The Rockaways The towns The train The Village Thruway Tight Timbs Train traffic Transplant Tribeca UES Upstate Uptown UWS Valid Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge Wack Walk-up We out West Side Highway Whitefish salad Wildin’ Word Word to Yellow cab Yerrr You good? Zeppole acting the maggot after doing amn’t I? arseways banjaxed blaa bold class craic culchie cute hoor deadly debs do be eejit fáilte feck gas giving out gob gobshite gombeen grand how’s she cutting? I will, yeah jackeen knackered lash messages mineral morto now in a minute press scarlet sláinte slán sleeveen sound spice bag sure look what’s the story? yer man yer one yoke ahlie allow it apples and pears bait bare bloke bruv butters cheeky cheers chirpse chuffed clapped creps cuppa dodgy dog and bone ends faff fam fiver garms gassed geezer gobsmacked gutted have a butcher’s hench innit jokes knackered leng link up long loo man mandem mate mug mug off peak peng proper quid row safe skint snog sorted sound taking the mick tenner ting trouble and strife wagwan what you saying? yute ⇄Swap Second entry bang a uey bubbler clicker Dunks frappe grinder jimmies kid Masshole packie pisser rotary space saver spuckie Storrowed the Pike the T tonic townie wicked bally irie likkle braw dreich wee A minute AirTrain JFK Alcove studio Alphabet City Alternate-side parking Appetizing store Atlantic Terminal B Bacon, egg and cheese Bagel Beef patty Belt Parkway Bet Bialy Big Apple BK Black-and-white cookie Block party Bodega Boogie Down BQE Brick Bridge-and-tunnel Brolic Bronx-bound Brooklyn-bound Brownstone Bugging Bus bunching Bus lane Busway Buttered roll BX Cannoli Chicken over rice Chopped cheese Chopped liver Chutzpah Citi Bike Co-op Coco bread Coffee cart Condo Condop Cop Cross Bronx Expressway Cross-platform transfer Crosstown Deadass Dirty-water dog Dollar slice Dollar van Doorman building Dope Double-park Downtown Dub Dumb DUMBO Egg cream Empty subway car Express bus Express train Facts FDR Drive FiDi Fire escape Fitted Floor-through Fly Food shopping Frontin’ Fuhgeddaboudit Garden apartment Good looks Gotham Grand Central Madison Grand Central Terminal Grandma slice Green cab Gridlock Grill GWB Halal cart HDFC co-op Heard Hero Hoboken Terminal Holland Tunnel Housing lottery Ill Italian hero Italian ice Jacking Jamaica Station Jersey Johnny pump Junior four Knish Kvetch LES LIE Light and sweet Limited-stop bus Lincoln Tunnel LIRR Livery cab Local train Lox Mad Manhattan-bound Manhattanhenge Matzo ball soup Mensch Metro-North MetroCard Mitchell-Lama Moynihan Train Hall My fault Na’mean Native New Yorker New York minute Newark Penn Station NJ Transit No parking No standing No stopping NoHo Nolita Nosh Not for nothing Nova Nuyorican NYC Ferry OD OMNY On line Out-of-system transfer Outer borough Parlor floor Pastrami on rye PATH Penn Station Pie Pied-à-terre Pop out Port Authority Bus Terminal Prewar Protected bike lane Quarter water Queens-bound Queensboro Bridge Railroad apartment Rainbow cookie Regular coffee Rent-controlled Rent-stabilized Roosevelt Island Tram Rush hour Salt, pepper, ketchup Say less Scaffolding Schlep Schmear Schmuck Schvitz Secaucus Junction Select Bus Service Seltzer Service change Shorty Showtime Shuttle bus Sicilian slice Sidewalk shed Signal problems Slice SoHo Son South Brooklyn Stand clear of the closing doors Staten Island Ferry Stoop Stoop sale Straphanger Super Swipe in Tenement The city The City That Never Sleeps The five boroughs The Ocky way The Rockaways The towns The train The Village Thruway Tight Timbs Train traffic Transplant Tribeca UES Upstate Uptown UWS Valid Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge Wack Walk-up We out West Side Highway Whitefish salad Wildin’ Word Word to Yellow cab Yerrr You good? Zeppole acting the maggot after doing amn’t I? arseways banjaxed blaa bold class craic culchie cute hoor deadly debs do be eejit fáilte feck gas giving out gob gobshite gombeen grand how’s she cutting? I will, yeah jackeen knackered lash messages mineral morto now in a minute press scarlet sláinte slán sleeveen sound spice bag sure look what’s the story? yer man yer one yoke ahlie allow it apples and pears bait bare bloke bruv butters cheeky cheers chirpse chuffed clapped creps cuppa dodgy dog and bone ends faff fam fiver garms gassed geezer gobsmacked gutted have a butcher’s hench innit jokes knackered leng link up long loo man mandem mate mug mug off peak peng proper quid row safe skint snog sorted sound taking the mick tenner ting trouble and strife wagwan what you saying? yute Random pair Boston boston.localmean.com/bang-a-uey
bang a uey /ˌbæŋ ə ˈjuː.i/ To make a U-turn, especially in casual driving directions.
“You missed the turn—bang a uey at the next light.” Verb Phrase Driving Everyday Slang The phrase combines bang, used locally in quick directional commands, with uey, a shortened form of U-turn. It is common in informal directions and is not a legal instruction to turn where U-turns are prohibited.
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acting the maggot /ACK-ting the MAG-ut/ Behaving foolishly, messing around, causing trouble, or refusing to take something seriously.
“Stop acting the maggot and finish your homework.” Behaviour Humour Warnings Everyday speech Verb phrase The phrase can describe playful messing, disruptive behaviour, deliberate provocation, or wasting time. The seriousness ranges from affectionate complaint to a firm warning. The phrase targets behaviour rather than literally comparing someone to an insect.
Open full entry ↗ Reading the difference These entries come from different regional dictionaries. Their examples and usage notes show where their meanings overlap—and where they do not.
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