Definder - what does the word mean?

What is sham?

An old 1950s italian mafia leader who loved girls, cash, gamling and cars. In addition to this he had all them things girls, cash and the best cars on the streets. He also creatrted the line "Keeps your friends close and your enemies closer", but he stuck to none of this and he shot everyone who was his enemy. In a tragic accedent involving the spanish, english and american mafia he was killed by his best friend Antonio who then took over the leadership of the Italian mafia.

"Oh my God its Sham grab your blocks when you see him boyz"
"Sham got hit like Antonio got hit but Sham aint fucking breathing"

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Sham - what is it?

Although this term is usually associated with the Irish slang for a lie (or similar), it also has it's own meaning in the drug world.

Sham was also the term used for marijuana, dipped in embalming fluid. The resulting product gave a hallucinogenic effect as in addition to those more commonly associated with "grass".

This product was common in the late 70's and early 80's before the rise of crack cocaine.

Mike: "Hey man, I saw this doco on the TV the other night about gangs in the 1980's..."
Dave: "Yeah, so?"
Mike: "The gang bangers used to sell and smoke sham. That's grass dipped in embalming fluid!"
Dave: "True!?"

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What does "sham" mean?

the act of putting thyself in a meat grinder.

Me and emily shall go sham ourselves.

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Sham - what does it mean?

noun. A male. Especially a member of the working class. Similar in meaning to the UK word chav. Often used by the working class to refer to eachother.

"How's it goin, sham?"
"Watch out that guy's a total sham."

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Sham - meaning

A respected member of the community in the urban district of Tuam, County Galway, Ireland. Often confused with the terms chav and knacker.

"He's a sound oul sham."

"Lamp his gills, i'm not wide, is he a sham?"

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Sham - definition

Someone who is wicked cool

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Sham - slang

Something that is a joke or a lie.

The American two-party political system is a sham.

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Sham

Irish slang (mostly used in the southern County of Cork, famous for its plethora of slang terms)

a "sham" is primarily the term used to describe a young male knacker, specifically the ones who walk around with a chip on thier shoulder, thinking they own everything in sight, and that they are the greatest thing on god's green earth

it can also be used to show genuine praise, much to the same affect as "the shit".

{insult}
Dave - " Check out the sham across the road "
Kevin - " what a twat ! "
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{praise}
"my new shoes are the sham"
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{sarcastic}
billy - " like my new top ? "
joe - " you look like a right sham... "

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Sham

Originally used in the U.S. Army to describe the act of pretending to work in order to avoid actually working.

"Specialist Little is the Sham Master. He can take 3 hours to wipe his ass and look busy the whole time."

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Sham

Irish slag
A resident of Ballyshannon, County Donegal, Ireland.
Also, a word frequently used by residents of above town, usually meaning the same as American term "dude".

John's the biggest sham you'll ever see.

Sham! Long time no see.

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