“Buck 50” is a slang term that refers to a tear inflicted by a cutting instrument (e.g. a knife or a box cutter) in the skin of the cheek from one corner of the mouth toward the lateral ear.
Catching a Buck 50: A “rip” or “Buck 50” is when you get your face slashed by a razor and your cheek opens up like you've got a second mouth. The name “buck fifty” came from the number of stitches usually required for such a wound (150). The same usage appears in this book, as well as this other one.
Definition: (noun phrase) a cut on the face that requires 150 stitches or more. Example: When handsome Fred got a buck fifty in a street fight, he turned into Frankenstein.
To add to the confusion, in American slang the numbers 150 and 150,000 (whether in currency or not) are frequently rendered as "a buck fifty," as in, "The new company offered me a buck fifty to stay but I can get more elsewhere."
The word buck as a term for the U.S. dollar dates back to the 1700s, when deer hides, or buckskins, were often used in trade on the American frontier. Settlers and traders in sparsely populated regions relied on bartering, and buckskins were durable, valuable, and widely accepted.
“Buck 50” is a slang term that refers to a tear inflicted by a cutting instrument (e.g. a knife or a box cutter) in the skin of the cheek from one corner of the mouth toward the lateral ear.
Offered for sale is an Buck 120 General fixed-blade hunting knife, circa 1972-1986. This knife features a stainless steel clip point blade, an aluminum hilt and pommel, and a black phenolic handle. The blade is 7-1/2" long and 1/8" thick at the hilt. Overall length is 12-1/2".
Old Indian rupee banknotes had animals on them and it is said that the 500 rupee note had a monkey on it and the 25 rupee featured a pony and it has been suggested British soldiers returning home coined the phrase 'Monkey' to mean £500 and 'Pony' for £25 and the more recently used 'Bag of Sand' - grand to mean £1000 .
(US, prison slang, gang slang) A long slash wound across the face, especially one inflicted by using a razor blade, sometimes especially a Glasgow smile.
An example is in the movie “We Bought A Zoo”. Normally a “buck” is $1, and a “buck fifty” is $1.50. However, we sometimes abbreviate large numbers. This is most common in casual, spoken speech.
Why Are Pounds Called Quid? There doesn't seem to be a definitive answer, similar to the dollar being referred to as "buck." Some believe it originates from quid pro quo, Latin for "something for something," while others think it came from Quidhampton, where there was once a royal paper mill.
"Sawbuck" is a slang term historically used for a U.S. $10 bill because two ornate Roman numeral Xs were on the backside of the 10-dollar bill issued during the Civil War. Interbank forex dealers may use the term for a $10 million transaction.
Where bread was the traditional everyday necessity of life in the 19th Century, to earn one's living was to earn one's bread, therefore bread became synonymous with money. When people had little else, they always had bread.
$150,000 in 1950 is equivalent in purchasing power to about $2,010,672.20 today, an increase of $1,860,672.20 over 75 years. The dollar had an average inflation rate of 3.52% per year between 1950 and today, producing a cumulative price increase of 1,240.45%.
5-0. “5-0” (pronounced five-oh) became a popular nickname after the television show Hawaii Five-O which aired from 1968 to 1980. “Five-o” referred to the Hawaiian police force in the show, based on Hawaii being the fiftieth state to join the union.
53x is “sex” in leetspeak, a coded way to spell words developed on early internet messages boards in the 1980s. In leetspeak, letters are often replaced by numbers or symbols that resemble them—with the number 5 often standing in for letter s and 3, e, yielding 53x.
It's police code. Specifically, “10–12,” which means visitors are present, or that an officer isn't alone. “So shouting '12' was a street way to warn others that cops were nearby,” explained retired officer Ralston.
