slim

Meanings

Adjective

Noun

  • A type of cigarette substantially longer and thinner than normal cigarettes.
  • A potato farl.
  • AIDS, or the chronic wasting associated with its later stages.
  • Cocaine.

Verb

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Origin

  • Borrowing from Dutch slim ("bad, sly, clever"), from Middle Dutch slim ("bad, crooked"), from Old Dutch *slimb, from Proto-Germanic *slimbaz ("oblique, crooked"). Compare Dutch slim ("smart, clever, crafty") Middle High German slimp ("slanting, awry"), German schlimm ("bad"), West Frisian slim ("bad, dire").

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