单词 | beaner |
释义 | beanern. U.S. slang. 1. An impressive or excellent thing; an outstanding example of its kind. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > excellence > [noun] > excellent thing starOE dainty1340 daisyc1485 say-piece1535 bravery1583 paragon1585 daint1633 rapper1653 supernaculum1704 dandy1785 roarer1813 sneezer1823 plum1825 trimmer1827 sockdolager1838 rasper1844 dinger1861 job1863 fizzer1866 champagne1880 beauty1882 pie1884 twanger1889 smasher1894 crackerjack1895 Taj Mahal1895 beaut1896 pearler1901 lollapalooza1904 bearcat1909 beaner1911 grande dame1915 Rolls-Royce1916 the nuts1917 pipperoo1939 rubydazzler1941 rumpty1941 rumptydooler1941 snodger1941 sockeroo1942 sweetheart1942 zinger1955 blue-chipper1957 ring-a-ding1959 premier cru1965 sharpie1970 stormer1978 1911 Dial. Notes 3 541 Beaner, term of appreciation or compliment; equivalent to fine or excellent. ‘That new dress is a beaner’, ‘That story is a beaner’. 1940 Harold Teen in Chicago Tribune 19 Jan. 16/2 (comic strip) ‘Have I got a secret 'at's a beaner—’ ‘I have no time to listen to secrets even if they are beaners.’ 1978 I. Doig This House of Sky (1992) 183 It'll be a beaner if I can get 'er harvested in this christly weather. 2. derogatory and offensive. Also with capital initial. A Mexican (or Mexican-American) person. Cf. bean-eater n. 2.J. E. Lighter Hist. Dict. Amer. Slang (1994) I. 112/2 records an oral use from c1965. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of America > native or inhabitant of Central America > [noun] > Mexico Mexican1578 yellowbelly1842 Mex1847 Mexicano1847 cholo1860 bean-eater1919 Meskin1953 beaner1965 1965 Detroit Free Press 9 July 4 c/1 All eyes must be alert for ‘greasers’ (motorcyclists) who are trouble-makers, and not much good can be said about ‘beaners’ (Mexicans) either. 1969 in Dict. Amer. Regional Eng. (1985) I. 182/2 Beaner. 1983 R. Thomas Missionary Stew xvii. 147 You know how the beaners are when it comes to time. 1994 P. Hamill Drinking Life iv. vii. 201 They were afraid the Mexicans would kill me, a gringo..one of the people who called them greasers, spics, beaners, and wetbacks on the cold scary other side of the border. 2002 S. J. Cannell Viking Funeral xxv. 172 My Beaner doctor musta got his license at the Tijuana School of Terminal Agony. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1911 |
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