Inside and Outside! phr. (old).—A toast: 'the inside of a cunt and the outside of a gaol'.—Grose (1823).
Insider, subs. (American thieves').—1.
One in the know (q.v.).
2. (general).—One who has
some special advantage, as in a
business enterprise.
Inside-Lining, subs. (common).—Food:
specifically in quot. See
lining. For synonyms see Grub.
1851-61. H. Mayhew, London Lab. & Lond. Poor, i. 20. He was 'going to get an inside-lining' (dinner).
Inside-Squatter, subs. (Australian).
A settler within the bounds of civilization:
see Outside-Squatter.
Inspector of Pavements, subs.
phr. (old).—1. A man in the
pillory.
1821. Egan, Life in London, ii. 97. Having once been made inspector of the pavement, or in other words 'kidnapped on the stoop.'
2. (common).—A man out of work. Also inspector of public buildings. Fr. Inspecteur de monuments publiques.
Inspire, verb. (journalistic).—To
impart a tone, possibly official, to
the subject matter of a newspaper
or magazine article.
1884 Daily Telegraph, 11 Sept. A paragraph obviously inspired appears in a local journal this evening.
1889. Daily Telegraph, 14 Feb. All the inspired papers keep laying stress upon this fact, which is significant.
Inspired, adj. (common).—1.
Drunk. For synonyms see Drinks
and Screwed.
2. (journalistic).—See Inspire.
Institution, subs. (colloquial).—A
practice; an idea; an invention;
an established custom or usage.
1851. Thackeray, English Humorists, p. 207. The pillory was a flourishing and popular institution in those days.
1858. Times, April. The camels form an institution of India.
Instrument, subs. (old).—The
female pudendum. For synonyms
see Monosyllable.
1606. Return from Parnassus [Dodsley, Old Plays (1874), ix. 165]. Her viol-de-gamba is her best content; For 'twixt her legs she holds her instrument.
Int, subs. (old).—A sharper.
1621. Brathwayte, Clitus's Whimzies, p. 12. His nipps, ints, bungs and prinados.
1658. Brathwayte, Honest Ghost, p. 231. Nips, and ints, prinados etc.
Intense, adj. (colloquial).—Serious;
soulful; Æsthetic (q.v.); year-nest
(q.v.)
1879. W. D. Howells, Lady of the Aroostook, xiv. 'Why Miss Blood you are intense.' 'I dont know what you mean by that' said Lydia. 'You like to take thing seriously. You can't bear to think that people are not the least in earnest, even when they least seem so.'
1889. Du Maurier, English Society at Home, plate 49. Fair Æsthetic to Smith who has just been introduced 'Are you intense'?
Intimate, subs. (American thieves').—A
shirt.
To be improperly intimate with, verb. phr. (colloquial).—To copulate outside marriage. For synonyms see Greens and Ride.
Intercourse, To have improper
intercourse with, verb. phr.
(colloquial).—To possess a woman
outside marriage. For synonyms
see Greens and Ride.
