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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. Foul or dirty matter.
  2. n. Disgusting garbage or refuse.
  3. n. A dirty or corrupt condition; foulness.
  4. n. Something, such as language or printed matter, considered obscene, prurient, or immoral.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. Anything that soils or defiles; foul, offensive matter; also, the state of being defiled; a foul condition; squalor; nastiness.
  2. n. Anything that sullies or befouls the moral character; pollution; defilement.
  3. n. Figuratively, a low or foul fellow; a wretch.
  4. n. Synonyms Impurity, grossness, obscenity.

Wiktionary

  1. n. dirt
  2. n. smut
  3. n. UK, pejorative, slang the police
  4. n. US, agriculture, dated weeds growing on pasture land

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. Foul matter; anything that soils or defiles; dirt; nastiness.
  2. n. Anything that sullies or defiles the moral character; corruption; pollution.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. any substance considered disgustingly foul or unpleasant
  2. n. a state characterized by foul or disgusting dirt and refuse
  3. n. the state of being covered with unclean things
  4. n. an offensive or indecent word or phrase

Etymologies

  1. From Middle English filth, from Old English fȳlþ ("foulness, filth"), from Proto-Germanic *fūliþō (“foulness, filth”), from Proto-Germanic *fūlaz (“foul, corrupt, dirty, vile”), from Proto-Indo-European *pū- (“rottenness, pus”), equivalent to foul +‎ -th. More at foul. (Wiktionary)
  2. Middle English, from Old English fȳlth; see pū̆- in Indo-European roots. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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  • sionnach
    Acronym: "Failed in London, Try Honkers", referring to the phenomenon of England's not-quite-best-and-brightest moving to Hong Kong in an effort to boost their success in the financial or business world. A career path which was presumably closed off after the 1999 handover of the colony to the Chinese. Feb 9, 2009

  • bilby British slang - "filth - Noun. The police. E.g.'The filth are out in force tonight, so watch your behaviour and no drunkeness.' 1950s"
    - peevish.co.uk Sep 23, 2008

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