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Arsenal
noun
▶ Arsenal are playing at home; Arsenal are at home
the bleed period of the menstrual cycle UK
A euphemism based on the colour of blood. Arsenal, a London football team, play in red shirts; as other teams also play in red this is probably also a pun on “arsenal” (the genitals).- I rung her one afternoon to ask her if it’s all right to pop over. “It’s okay but I’ve got the painters in,” she says. “Well, that’s okay, they go home at what? Four of five? They got to take their boots off sometime,” I say. “No. Arsenal are at home,” she says. — J. J. Connolly, Layer Cake, p. 291, 2000
- People fink dat you can’t have sex when your lady has “arsenal playin at home”. Dis iz not true – you can, but just not wiv her — Sacha Baron-Cohen, Da Gospel According to Ali G, 2001
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