What is Mickey slang for?

: to make fun of (someone) : tease, ridicule "Fred and George are going to laugh themselves stupid when I turn up for the tryouts. They haven't stopped taking the mickey out of me since I got made a prefect."—
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What does the slang Mickey mean?

Slang. a drink, usually alcoholic, to which a drug, purgative, or the like, has been secretly added, that renders the unsuspecting drinker helpless. (often lowercase)Also micky.
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What is a mickey in England?

a drug added to a drink, especially an alcoholic drink, in order to make the person who drinks it unconscious: He must have slipped his wife a mickey.
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What's a mickey of alcohol?

A half-sized non-EU Standard Liquor Bottle, considered a US metric "pint". Called a mickey in Canada.
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What does Mickey mean in Australian slang?

3 definitions

excellent, very good. Beware though – in some parts of Australia it means inconsequential, frivolous or not very good!
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What does Mickey Mouse mean in Cockney slang?

childish; unsophisticated; shoddy; cheap. grouse.
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What drug is a Mickey?

In slang, a Mickey Finn (or simply a Mickey) is a drink laced with a psychoactive drug or incapacitating agent (especially chloral hydrate) given to someone without their knowledge, with the intent to incapacitate them. Serving someone a "Mickey" is most commonly referred to as "slipping someone a mickey".
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What's a Texas Mickey?

Texas mickey (plural Texas mickeys) (Canada, informal) A very large bottle of hard liquor, holding 3,000 ml (106 imperial oz. or 101 US oz.), or, formerly, one holding 133.3 oz.
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Why do they call it Pogey?

Etymology. 1891, meaning "poorhouse", possibly from British hobo slang. 1954 assistance.
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Why do people say take the mickey?

"Take the mickey" may be an abbreviated form of the Cockney rhyming slang "take the Mickey Bliss", a euphemism for "take the piss." It has also been suggested that "mickey" is a contraction of "micturition," in which case "take the micturition" would be a synonymous euphemism for "take the piss." The phrase has been ...
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Are U taking the mickey?

If you take the mickey out of someone or something, you make fun of them, usually in an unkind way.
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What is Canadian slang?

Canuck. A slang term for Canadians.
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What does Mickey mean in Ireland?

Paddy, Mick, Mickeynoun. (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Irish descent.
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What is Mickey drips?

G'day mike, not wishing to offend any one but a 'Mickey dripping' was the name given to some of the crew who originated from Ireland. Mick was the term used, and dripping as they all used to splash holy water on themselves.
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What does fubar D mean?

US slang. : to break or severely damage (something) : to make a mess of (something) —usually used in passive constructions But they did know that ecosystems were especially tiresome when they got fubared, so they protected the environment with the same implacable, plodding …
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What does beer walk mean?

A "wine walk" or "beer walk" is a single-day event at which customers are served a glass of beer or wine at multiple locations (e.g., jewelry stores, art galleries, clothing boutiques, salons, furniture stores) during their shopping visits.
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What does greasy mean in Canada?

Greasy. Greasy is a term that Maritimers use to refer to someone who is sketchy or seems untrustworthy.
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How many shots are in a mickey of vodka?

That results in about 16 shots of liquor, and if it's the base spirit (such as vodka, tequila, or whiskey), you can generally expect to make 16 cocktails from one bottle.
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How big is a mickey of Smirnoff?

A 375 ml bottle of liquor. In the United States, the term “mickey” is slang term for a date rape drug, and 69% of Americans were unaware of its more benign Canadian usage.
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What is the biggest bottle of alcohol?

Finally, the biggest. A rehoboam is an alcohol bottle size of 4.5 L or 152.2 ounces. It contains just over 101 1.5-ounce shots of liquor.
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What does it mean to take the mickey out of someone?

British, informal. : to make fun of someone Everyone laughed, but nobody laughed harder than Luna Lovegood. … "
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What are knock out drops?

Definition of knockout drops

: drops of a solution of a drug (such as chloral hydrate) put into a drink to produce unconsciousness or stupefaction.
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What is chloral used for?

Chloral hydrate, a sedative, is used in the short-term treatment of insomnia (to help you fall asleep and stay asleep for a proper rest) and to relieve anxiety and induce sleep before surgery. It is also used after surgery for pain and to treat alcohol withdrawal.
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Why is Mickey Mouse an insult?

Mickey Mouse, mickey mouse 1 Cheap, shoddy, or inferior; unfair, confused, or senseless; mean or "lousy." 2 Simple; easy; childlike.
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What does Mik mean in texting?

[ mik ] SHOW IPA. / mɪk / PHONETIC RESPELLING. noun (often lowercase)Slang: Extremely Disparaging and Offensive. a contemptuous term for a person of Irish birth or descent.
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