See Also: reselect(dictionary)

booze (oh) and reselect (iou)


booze (oh)



[Date: 1200-1300; Language: Middle Dutch; Origin: Middle Flemish busen]
informal alcoholic drink
::a bottle of booze
on the booze
::He's been on the booze (=drinking too much alcohol) for five days.
off the booze
::My husband is now off the booze (=no longer drinking too much alcohol) and he is a different person.

reselect (iou)



reselect verb trans. M20.
[from RE- + SELECT verb.]
Select again; now esp. confirm (a sitting Member of Parliament) as constituency candidate at a forthcoming election.
reselection noun the action or an instance of reselecting a thing or person, now esp. a sitting Member of Parliament M20.