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• ice
  
  ( n ) Diamonds, jewelry. She came dripping with ice.
  1900s
• ice
  
  ( v ) To wear a lot of jewelry. Check out all that bling-bling; you're really iced out!
  1990s
• ice
  
  ( v ) To kill. The mob iced him when he ratted them out to the cops.
  1960s
• icky
  
  ( adj ) Disgusting. I saw him at the Eaton Inn snarfing down something that looked icky.
  1970s
• ID
  
  ( n ) Identification. Can you show me some ID please?
  1950s
• idiot box
  
  ( np ) TV set, a television. Turn on the idiot box and let's catch the weather.
  1960s
• idiot-stick
  
  ( n ) A person who acts stupid That idiot-stick really does some dumb things.
  2000s
• idiot-stick
  
  ( n ) A stick so simple to use that an idiot can use it. If you don't know how to space tiles, you can use the idiot stick.
  1980s
• idiot-stick
  
  ( n ) An imaginary stick that makes anyone hit by it stupid What a stupid thing to say! Were you hit by the idiot stick?
  1990s
• ig
  
  ( v ) To annoy, bother. Stop igging me; I have to study.
  1990s
• ill
  
  ( int ) An interjection of sarcasm. You got an A? Ill!
  1990s
• illuminations
  
  ( n ) Good ideas, thoughts. So, George, can you add any illuminations to the conversation?
  1990s
• in
  
  ( adj ) Fashionable, accepted. The tie you are wearing is really in these days.
  1960s
• in a New York minute
  
  ( pp ) Very quickly. I'll be over in a New York minute.
  1980s
• in deep
  
  ( pp ) Deeply involved. They are really in deep with each other.
  1960s
• in deep doo-doo
  
  ( pp ) In trouble. He crashed into the principal's car; he's in deep doo-doo now.
  1970s
• in hot water
  
  ( pp ) In trouble. As his wife had predicted months earlier, Bradley's gambling finally got him in hot water.
  1920s
• in my book
  
  ( pp ) In my opinion. He an OK guy in my book.
  1940s
• in orbit
  
  ( pp ) Knowledgeable, aware. Don't listen to what Patty says; she isn't in orbit.
  1990s
• in the bag
  
  ( pp ) Assured, guaranteed. Everything is in the bag. There is nothing to worry about.
  1900s
• in the groove
  
  ( pp ) Excellent, outstanding. It was a real hep band that stayed in the groove all night long.
  1950s
• in the hizou
  
  ( pp ) Agreeable to. I'm in the hizou for going to the movies.
  1990s
• in the know
  
  ( pp ) Knowledgeable, aware. Let's ask Perry; he is usually in the know about these things.
  1940s
• in the soup
  
  ( pp ) In trouble. Will I get you in the soup if I bring you home after midnight?
  1880s
• in your lunch
  
  ( pp ) Being nosy. Just get out of my lunch and I won't get in yours.
  2000s
• inhale
  
  ( v ) Gulp, gobble, swallow whole. The way you inhaled that hamburger, you must have been starving.
  1980s
• ink
  
  ( n ) A tattooing. Did you see the awesome ink on her shoulder?
  2000s
• ironclad
  
  ( adj ) Air-tight, unimpeachable. Max had an ironclad alibi for his whereabouts on the night in question.
  1830s
• ish
  
  ( n ) Something very bad. There is some major ish going on here.
  2000s
• issue
  
  ( n ) Problem. That girl got a lot of issues.
  1980s
• it
  
  ( n ) Sex appeal. Whatever it is, she has it.
  1920s
• Ivy Leaguers
  
  ( np ) A type of men's pants with no pleats and a buckle in the back. I guess I've have to buy a pair of Ivy Leaguers; everybody else is wearing them.
  1950s