Scarper (verb)
ska-per
(informal British) Run away.
Mid 19th century probably from Italian scappare ‘to escape’, influenced by rhyming slang Scapa Flow ‘go’.
Example sentences
“I really think we should just scarper.”
Wonky (adj) won-kee Not straight or balanced, off kilter. First recorded in 1915–20; perhaps variant of dialectal wanky, equivalent to wank(le) ( Middle English wankel, Old English wancol. (more…)
