swirlien.

Brit.

/ˈswəːli/, U.S.

/ˈswərli/

Forms: 1900s– swirlie, 1900s– swirly.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: swirl n., -y suffix⁶.

Etymology: < swirl n. + -y suffix⁶.

U.S. colloquial.

An act of forcibly immersing a person's head in the bowl of a toilet as it is flushed, typically as a practical joke.

ΚΠ

1970 Change in Higher Educ. May 15/1 I will..have them..convict him on charges of chair-napping, for which they will give him a swirlie. (A swirlie consists of a group of guys dragging victim into john, sticking head in toilet, and flushing).

1980 Michigan Discuss. Anthropol. 6 154 I talked with (interviewed) several of the swimmers and even saw members of the team giving ‘swirlies’..to some freshmen.

1999 Asbury Park Press (Neptune, New Jersey) (Electronic ed.) 23 June a1 Catena instructed him to take the victim into the bathroom and give him a swirly.

2013 Herald-Times (Bloomington, Indiana) 2 Oct. d2/1 Brick avoids the school bathrooms in fear of getting a swirlie.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	swirlie
释义	swirlien. Brit. /ˈswəːli/, U.S. /ˈswərli/ Forms: 1900s– swirlie, 1900s– swirly. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: swirl n., -y suffix⁶. Etymology: < swirl n. + -y suffix⁶. U.S. colloquial. An act of forcibly immersing a person's head in the bowl of a toilet as it is flushed, typically as a practical joke. ΚΠ 1970 Change in Higher Educ. May 15/1 I will..have them..convict him on charges of chair-napping, for which they will give him a swirlie. (A swirlie consists of a group of guys dragging victim into john, sticking head in toilet, and flushing). 1980 Michigan Discuss. Anthropol. 6 154 I talked with (interviewed) several of the swimmers and even saw members of the team giving ‘swirlies’..to some freshmen. 1999 Asbury Park Press (Neptune, New Jersey) (Electronic ed.) 23 June a1 Catena instructed him to take the victim into the bathroom and give him a swirly. 2013 Herald-Times (Bloomington, Indiana) 2 Oct. d2/1 Brick avoids the school bathrooms in fear of getting a swirlie. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1970
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