As Slang
- Pomade, hair styling wax
- A slang term for murder, as in "The mob has been known to grease anyone who gets in its way"
- A euphemism, meaning, to bribe, as in "to grease someone's palm"
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Famous quotes containing the word slang:
“I’ve found that there are only two kinds that are any good: slang that has established itself in the language, and slang that you make up yourself. Everything else is apt to be passé before it gets into print.”
—Raymond Chandler (1888–1959)
“All slang is metaphor, and all metaphor is poetry.”
—Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874–1936)