What does it mean to grass someone out?

: to tell the police about the criminal activity of (someone) He refused to grass on his friends. Someone grassed him up.
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What does grass you out mean?

If you watch British police procedurals, you'll likely come across the term to grass someone, meaning “to inform on someone” or “to rat someone out.” It's a bit of British rhyming slang that originated with the 19th-century phrase to shop on someone.
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Why is it called grassing on someone?

To grass in British slang is indeed to inform on a person to the authorities; a grass is an informer. The noun starts to appear in print in the 1920s and the verb a few years later.
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What does grass mean in slang?

GRASS means "Cannabis." The term GRASS is another term to describe the drug cannabis. Similarly to the term WEED, GRASS gets its name from the appearence of the drug. There are many other names for cannabis: BLOW.
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Why does grass mean snitch?

The origin derives from rhyming slang: grasshopper – copper; a "grass" or "grasser" tells the "copper" or policeman.
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Is grass an insult?

“Touch Grass, or Touch Some Grass, is a popular online insult and alternative way of telling someone to 'go outside,' implying they're spending too much time online and it's affecting their wellbeing.”
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What does the phrase sod off mean?

(intr, adverb; usually imperative) slang, mainly British to go away; depart.
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What is a hot wash British slang?

hot +‎ wash. Some sources say this refers to the practice by some soldiers of dousing their weapons in extremely hot water as a means of removing grit and residue after firing. Others interpret "hot" as referring to immediacy (not temperature), and "wash" to be used metaphorically (compare come out in the wash).
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What is grass drug?

Marijuana—also called weed, herb, pot, grass, bud, ganja, Mary Jane, and a vast number of other slang terms—is a greenish-gray mixture of the dried flowers of Cannabis sativa.
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What does grass mean in Cockney?

Grass is Cockney Rhyming Slang for Police informant or one who tells on others!
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What does shopped mean in British slang?

transitive) slang, mainly British. to inform on or betray, esp to the police. Word origin.
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What does snitch on someone mean?

Snitch can refer to an informant who reports a crime or a tattletale who tells on someone, especially to their parents or to a teacher. It can also be used as a verb meaning to inform on or tattle on someone.
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What is a grass in Scottish slang?

GRASS. A grass is someone who tells on someone to get them in trouble . For example, if Paul was to graffiti a wall and Mark told the police he did it – Mark would be seen as a 'grass'
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Why do Japanese say grass?

While simply adding more w can show one's laughter, a newer slang word saves you even more time. When many w are placed together (www), it resembles blades of grass. From this viewpoint, kusa (草), which means grass in Japanese, has also come to mean great laughter around the Japanese internet.
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What is Mary Jane slang?

mary jane. noun. US and Canadian a slang term for marijuana.
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What are the 4 types of drugs?

There are four main groups of drugs, divided according to their major effects, plus a few substances that do not easily fit into any category.
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The main categories are:
  • stimulants (e.g. cocaine)
  • depressants (e.g. alcohol)
  • opium-related painkillers (e.g. heroin)
  • hallucinogens (e.g. LSD)
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Why is a kilo of coke called a bird?

In some cities the word is reserved specifically for a kilo of crack and a 'bird' would be used for a kilo of raw powder cocaine. The act of 'flippin chickens' can simply mean selling kilos of cocaine or crack for a higher price than they were purchased for.
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What does Peas mean in top boy?

P's/Pees. Meaning: Quite simply "p's" or "pees" is another word for money or cash. Sentence use: "We're going to make a lot of P's when we sell this."
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Why do Brits say innit?

'Innit' - usually pronounced that way, usually with a regional accent of some kind, often with a Cockney accent of some kind, often with a Jamaican accent - it's because it's come really from the fashionable use, in London mainly, by the Asian community and the Jamaican community, popularised by Ali G and others.
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Is saying sod off rude?

People sometimes say sod off as a very rude way of telling someone to go away or leave them alone.
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Is sodding a swear word?

"Sod" is a derivative of "sodomy", and hence comes in the same category as "bugger", as has been said. It is an expression rarely used among younger people, and has a "grumpy old man" connotation.
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What does bloody sod mean?

Impolite and offensive expressions used when annoyed or angry. damn. bloody.
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What does kick rocks mean?

kick rocks ​Definitions and Synonyms

phrase. DEFINITIONS1. ​American​informalused to tell someone rudely to go away. Their public relations department more or less told me to kick rocks.
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What does it mean when someone says touch some grass?

Touch grass is used on the Internet to tell someone to go outside. The phrase also implies that the person the insult is directed to spends too much time online, and they physically need to get outside and “touch some grass” to reconnect with the real world.
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What do Scottish people call kissing?

Smourich – A kiss!
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