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fred | barney |

As a proper noun fred

is a short version of frederick, alfred, or wilfred, also used as a formal male given name.

As a noun barney is

(uk|australia|cockney rhyming slang) a noisy argument or barney can be (united states|pejorative slang) an insult directed at a police officer, usually by someone who believes the officer to be inferior or overzealous.

As a verb barney is

(uk|australia|cockney rhyming slang) to argue, to quarrel.

fred

English

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • A short version of Frederick, Alfred, or Wilfred, also used as a formal male given name.
  • (military, slang) Nickname for the Lockheed C-5 Galaxy, widely used by USAF aircrews.

    • Quotations

    * 1892 Robert Grant: The Reflections of a Married Man . Scribner,1892. pages 98-99: *: When I referred to the confusion which would result from the presence in the house of two people with the same name, she tossed her head and said it would be easy to obviate that by calling me Frederick instead of Fred . - - - Imagine Harry Bolles and other kindred spirits calling me stiff, august Frederick! I vowed that this should not be brought to pass - - - * 2002 Fred Hill: You May as Well Laugh: The Columns of Fred Hill . iUniverse ISBN 0595256848 page 59: *: I had great parents, but they made one major mistake. They named me Fred'. I'm sorry in case other '''Freds''' read this, but ' Fred is a rather weak name. It just sort of fades away on the tongue. It's not positive like Matt or Jim or Mike or Luke. English diminutives of male given names ----

    barney

    Translingual

    Proper noun

    (mul-proper noun)
  • A botanical plant name author abbreviation for botanist E.E. Barney (fl. 1877-79).

    • External links

    * Author query of the International Plant Names Index ----