The alphaDictionary Historical Dictionary of American Slang presents a unique way for studying slang.

It contains
over 2200 slang words with the centuries in which they were first printed. The dates were taken from the Oxford
English Dictionary, the Online Etymological Dictionary, or the earliest occurrences our editors can remember in the
case of recent terms.
The dictionary can be searched for slang words, their meanings, and dates.

Slang
Slang is crucial part of a young person's 'coming of age', one of the first detectable signs of a their breaking away
from their parents and their parents' values. It is a cheap second language that expresses the differences between a
young person who is about to enter adulthood from his or her parents' generation.
Slang is actually not a language or a dialect at all, however. It is more a code in which one vaguely related or
unrelated word or phrase is substituted for a more common one. The words that are replaced in slang are the most
common ones: good (cherry, boss, phat, da bomb), bad (icky, yucky, jankety), crazy (nuts, bananas, crackers,
bonkers), smart (brainy, savvy, sharp), fast (scream, tear out, fly, like greased lightning), slow (dragging, poky,
crawling, creeping).
Each generation of slang has its word for those who are making the break from those who are not. People who are
making the break are hep, hip, with it, in, in the know, or cool; they talk the talk and walk the walk. The 'in' people
are part of what is often called the New Generation, even though it is usually only vaguely defined other than that it
speaks a new generation of slang and listens to the newest fad in music.
Young people who do not talk the talk are more focused on their parents' values and their world must have names,
too. They are squares, cubes, dweebs, geeks, nerds, wonks. These young people work hard in school to please their
parents and in order to find a place for themselves in the established order. They are not trying to make a radical
break.
Linguists often refer to slang as a register. A register is a something like a dialect that we speak in a specific situation.
We talk differently in church than we do at a football game. We speak differently at home than we do on a job
interview. We know which words and phrases are appropriate for any given situation.
Slang is different from a register, though. We would use slang at a football game though probably not on a job
interview. We might use it at home but probably not in church. However, we could use slang in all these situations, so
if it is a register, it is a uniquely different one, associated with an stage of development rather than a profession or
situation.
Doctors and lawyers speak in registers. Their registers are tied to their professions. Criminal argot is also a register
tied to a sort of profession but designed to conceal the subjects of conversation. Slang tends to emanate from high
schools and colleges but it isn't limited to those places. And slang is associated with youth; the older we get, the less
likely we are to maintain it.
So slang is not a language, dialect, or ordinary register. It is a special code that differentiates those who are 'with it',
who 'make the scene'. The scene is defined by the youth culture, whether that culture is based hot jazz and raccoon
coats, be-bop and saddle Oxfords, rock-and-roll and poodle skirts, or rap and baggy pants. The scene is where you go
to get away from the 'rents.
Slang may borrow from registers. Bump off, knock off, to ice meaning "kill" came from the criminal register. Shiv
comes from criminal register (argot) but rip off for "steal" came from youth slang. Kill for "kill the lights" probably
came from the theater. Slang borrows from registers the way the language borrows from other languages.
Slang is not profanity or ungrammatically. There are slang words for drugs and sex but that is only because these are
subject young people making a break take interest in. "Yo, man, say what you is thinkin'" is simply bad grammar and
articulation. That has nothing to do with slang.
Slang does favor various grammatical means of forming new words. Clipping is one of them, removing syllables
from words, like teach for teacher or phys ed for physical education. This is a common means of creating new words.
Did you know that van was originally caravan?
Slang mostly relies on metaphor, though. Let's blow (leave) is a metaphor based on the movement of the wind.
Diamonds look like ice (simile) and you'll find a lot of copper on a copper's uniform (synecdoche). When something
exciting is called the bomb (implying a nuclear bomb), slang is relying on hyperbole. (Remember, calling it da bomb
is just bad articulation.)
Many slang words are simply made up and used because they are funny or onomatopoetic: icky, yucky, dweeb, nerd
are fanciful concoctions that probably spread because the sound funny.
It is important to remember that slang is not bad grammar so there is no need to deprecate or discourage it. It
sometimes contributes words to the general vocabulary. Live-wire, jive, copacetic, jazz are all words that came to us
from slang. While slang is often accompanied by bad grammar and pronunciation, these are separate issues.

A
ace
( adj ) Expert. He's an ace reporter. 1940s
ace
( n ) To leave. OK, dudes, let's ace or we're going to miss this thing. 1990s
ace
( n ) One dollar bill. Let's eat out tonight; I have a couple of aces burning a hole in my pocket. 1920s
ace
( v ) To make an 'A'. She aced the quantum physics test. 1960s
action
( n ) Excitement. Do you know where the action is in this town? 1960s
actor
( n ) Show-off. He's got nothing going for him; he's just an actor. 1990s
agitate the gravel
( vp ) To leave. OK, dude, let's agitate the gravel. 1980s
airhead
( n ) A stupid or foolish person. My sister's boyfriend is a real airhead who doesn't know Tom Cruise from cruise
control. 1980s
all about
( ap ) To be very focused on, fixed on. I'm all about that gorgeous guy over there. 1980s
all nerves
( np ) Tense, nervous. By the time I got my convertible out of the car wash, I was all nerves. 1930s
all nerves
( ap ) Tense. After the gas line exploded, Chastity was all nerves. 1940s
all over
( ap ) To be very focused on, fixed on. The bio project? I'm all over it! 1970s
all show and no go
( np ) Flashy but can't do anything. He thinks he's the chief but he's all show and no go. 1970s
all wet
( ap ) Wrong. You're all wet. The New York Giants didn't win the 1937 World Series. 1920s
all-nighter
( n ) A restaurant that stays open all night. It was 3 AM but they found a little all-nighter on the corner where they
could get a cup of java. 1930s
all-nighter
( n ) An all-night studying binge. I almost fell asleep during the test after pulling an all-nighter. 1960s
amp down
( v ) To calm down. Girl, you need to amp down. 1990s
And how!
( int ) An interjection of strong agreement. Did I have a good time? And how!. 1920s
ankle-biter
( n ) A child. Yes, Sam got married, settled down, and now has a playroom full of ankle-biters. 1850s
antifreeze
( n ) Liquor. I really need some antifreeze in me on cold days like this. 1960s
ape
( v ) To imitate. Gerty apes everything her sister does. 1630s
Applesauce!
( int ) Nonsense! Applesauce! The New York Yankees won the 1937 World Series. 1920s
armpit
( n ) An undesirable place. This town is really an armpit. 1950s
around the block
( pp ) Mature, experienced. Mavis has been around the block a few times too many! 1960s
attaboy
( int ) Well done! Attaboy, Greg. You show them! 1920s
attagirl
( int ) Well done! Attagirl, Gwen. You show them! 1920s
awesome
( adj ) Great. What an awesome sunset. 1980s
ax
( n ) Dismissal from work. To give someone the ax. 1920s
ax
( v ) To fire. He just got axed from his third job this week. 1920s
B
babbage
( adj ) Fake. That Rolex is just babbage. 1990s
baby
( n ) Affectionate term of address for either sex. Come on, baby, let's go home. 1940s

baby
( n ) Sweetheart. She's my baby and I'd do anything for her. 1920s
baby-doll
( int ) Female appellation. Come on, baby doll, let's go home. 1940s
bad
( adj ) Excellent, outstanding. Wow, that was really a bad movie; I loved it. 1970s
bad business
( np ) Trouble. You didn't get any financial aid? That's bad business. 1940s
bad news
( np ) Trouble. Stay away from this guy; he's bad news. 1940s
badass
( n ) A tough guy. Fred thinks that he is a badass but underneath he is just a sweetie. 1950s
badical
( adj ) Excellent, outstanding. Dude, that move was badical. 1990s
bag
( n ) Favorite thing. What's your bag, man? Let's see if we have anything in common. 1960s
bag
( n ) Problem. What's your bag, man? Get off my back. 1990s
bag
( v ) To miss, to not attend. Let's bag biology today and go to the library instead. 1970s
bag
( v ) To steal, take. Who bagged my bike? 1980s
bail
( v ) To leave. This party's a drag; let's bail. 1990s
bail (on)
( v ) Give up on. I'm not going to bail on you when you are in trouble. 1970s
ball
( n ) Great fun. Her class is a ball. 1950s
ball
( v ) To flaunt money or wealth. Check out his Mercedes; he's just balling. 1990s
ball-and-chain
( n ) Marriage. I'm too young to put on the ball-and-chain. 1980s
balled up
( adj ) Confused. Rodney's all balled up; he doesn't know if he is coming or going. 1920s
baloney
( n ) Nonsense! That's a lot of baloney and you know it! None of it is true. 1920s
bananas
( adj ) Crazy, insane. The guy went bananas when I asked him to leave. 1930s
bang
( n ) A party. They had a big bang at his place last night. 1980s
bang
( n ) Fun, pleasure. I get a bang out of bungee jumping. 1930s
banging
( adj ) Excellent, outstanding. Her body was banging! The new Lexus is banging! 1990s
bank
( n ) Money. He has all the bank he needs. 1990s
barf
( v, n ) To vomit. He barfed all over the seat of the airplane. 1950s
bark up the wrong tree
( vp ) Make a mistake, error. If you think I'm going to help you, you're barking up the wrong tree. 1830s
barnburner
( n ) Highly successful event. Boy, that concert last night was a real barnburner. 1970s
bash
( n ) A drunken spree. He went out on a bash last night and is pretty sick today. 1900s
bash
( n ) A party. Melanie had a great bash at her house last night. 1950s
bash
( n ) A try, an attempt. Move back and let me have a bash at it. 1930s
baste
( v ) To insult. Maureen really basted me for no reason at all. 1990s
be history
( vp ) Defunct, gone, finished. If you are late for work one more time, you are history. 1970s
be-bop
( n ) A dance to fast big band jazz. Harry James was playing and everyone be-bopped till midnight. 1940s
bear
( n ) A patrolman or security guard. Something is going on in Ferket Hall; I just saw two bears go in. 1970s
bearcat

( n ) A sexy or seductive woman. Man, that Cindy Lou is a lot of fun! What a bearcat that woman is! 1920s
beat
( adj ) Bad or in bad condition. That party was kind of beat, don't you think. 1990s
beat
( adj ) Tired, exhausted. After working all day I am really beat. 1940s
beat
( adj ) Turned off, exiled, underground. The Beat Generation and the beatniks. 1950s
beat all
( vp ) Be outrageous. Doesn't that beat all? 1930s
beat feet
( vp ) To leave. Let's beat feet out of here. 2000s
beat it
( v ) To leave. When the cops drove up, we had to beat it. 1920s
beat one's gums
( vp ) To talk. We were just sitting around, beating our gums about nothing. 1920s
beatnik
( n ) Member of the counterculture. He is a beatnik who hangs around the underground coffee shops downtown.
1950s
bee
( n ) A frisbee. Hey, let's hit the quad and throw the bee. 1980s
bee's knees
( np ) Something excellent, outstanding. Mavis, that new perfume you got is the bee's knees! 1920s
beef
( n ) A disagreement, argument. After we ignored Jim we had a beef with his whole crew. 1940s
beef
( n ) A complaint. Why are you complaining? What's your beef? 1920s
beef
( v ) To complain. Stop beefing about the curfew; you can't do anything about it. 1920s
beefcake
( n ) Well-proportioned male. Alan Ladd was considered beefcake in his time. 1950s
Beemer
( n ) A BMW car. He just bought a new Beemer to drive to work in. 1980s
beeswax
( n ) Business. What's my name? None of your beeswax. 1920s
behind the 8 ball
( pp ) In trouble; disliked by someone. I forgot Mavis's birthday and now I'm behind the 8 ball. 1930s
bell-bottom
( n ) A sailor. She has dated every bell-bottom in San Diego. 1920s
bench
( v ) Remove from action. He was benched during the basketball playoffs. 1950s
bender
( n ) A drinking spree. Every Monday Lucien comes home from a weekend bender. 1940s
Benjamin
( n ) A one-hundred dollar bill. Hey, loan me one of those Benjamins until payday. 1970s
bent
( adj ) Angry, mad. Calm down; don't get so bent (out of shape). 1970s
bent
( adj ) Drunk or high on drugs. Jack got bent last night at that party. 1990s
bent
( adj ) Upset, angry. After being bent for so many years, Barry is now a broken man. 1930s
bent eight
( np ) A V-8 engine. He thinks he's hot in his new bent eight. 1960s
bent out of shape
( ap ) Upset, angry. Don't get so bent out of shape. 1960s
betty
( n ) A girl. Elizabeth is nothing special; just another betty. 1990s
betty
( n ) A man who does a woman's work. Aw, you don't want to take a betty like him to the fights. 1850s
bi
( adj ) Bisexual. I don't think he's gay; just bi. 1960s
big cheese
( np ) An important person. He thinks that he is a big cheese just because he has a new Oldsmobile. 1920s
big daddy
( np ) An older person. Preston is the big daddy I tell my troubles to. 1950s
Big deal!
( int ) An interjection of dismissal. You sold your car for $500. Big deal! I got $750 for mine. 1950s
big gun

( np ) An important person. The president brought two big guns to the meeting. 1830s
big mouth
( np ) A talkative person. Shut up! You really have a big mouth. 1880s
big shot
( np ) An important person. He thinks that he is a big shot just because he drives around in a Caddie. 1920s
big six
( np ) A strong man. He's a big six in my book any day. 1920s
big wheel
( np ) An important person. Stan thinks that he is a big wheel just because his dad owns the bank. 1950s
biggie
( n ) Something important. It's just ice cream you spilled on my blouse, Marge, no biggie. 1980s
bilk
( v ) To swindle or cheat. The corporate executives bilked their employees out of millions of dollars. 1670s
bill and coo
( v ) To hug and kiss. Don't you just love to bill and coo with your girl on the beach? 1930s
bimbo
( n ) A mistress. Estelle's mother left her dad when she found him fooling around with some Italian bimbo. 1960s
bimbo
( n ) A tough guy. Max is just another bimbo who goes around trying to pick fights in bars. 1910s
bird
( n ) An eccentric. You never know what that old bird is going to do next. 1920s
biscuits
( n ) Dirty, worn-out shoes. Look at that boy's biscuits. 1990s
bit
( n ) An act, a part in something. I did my bit for the recovery effort when I helped clean out flood victims' houses.
1960s
bitching
( adj ) Excellent, outstanding. She just got a real bitching car. 1980s
bite
( v ) To be bad. This job bites. 1990s
biz
( n ) Business. Well, that's show biz. 1940s
blab
( v ) To inform or tattle. Fritz blabbed to my parents about the other night. 1600s
blabbermouth
( n ) Someone who talks too much. That blabbermouth told my girlfriend that he saw me with another girl. 1930s
black-and-white
( n ) Police car. He was surprised to see his house surrounded by black-and-whites when he arrived home. 1940s
blackhead
( n ) Pimple. His beard is coming out now and his blackheads are going away. 1950s
blah
( adj ) Apathetic, indifferent. I feel so blah after taking five midterms in one day. 1940s
blamed
( int ) Emphatic adjective. Hey, get your blamed hand off me! 1830s
blamed
( adj ) Emphatic adjective (substitute for damn). Don't give me none of your blamed lame-brained excuses. 1840s
blast
( n ) A great time, something hilarious. We had a blast at Harriet's last night. 1970s
blasted
( adj ) Accursed. That blasted car of his never starts when he needs it. 1680s
blasted
( adj ) Drunk, intoxicated. She was so blaster she couldn't tell her right hand from her left. 1970s
blasted
( adj ) Emphatic adjective (substitute for damn). I wish Alonzo would keep his blasted nose out of my business. 1680s
blessed
( adj ) Emphatic adjective. He didn't say a blessed word all night. 1800s
blimp
( n ) A very fat person. I hate to have a blimp sitting next to me when I fly. 1930s
blind date
( np ) A date you have never met before. The bonehead never went out on blind dates because he thought they were
with girls who couldn't see. 1920s
bling
( n ) Glitter from so much jewelry. Check you out all the bling on David tonight. 1990s
bling-bling
( n ) Lots of jewelry or luxury in general. Did you see all the bling-bling in Donald Trump's house on TV? 1980s
blitzed
( adj ) Drunk, intoxicated. He was so blitzed he couldn't find his shoes. 1950s

blivet
( n ) Something unimportant or indescribable. We need a blivet to get this thing to work and I have no idea what kind.
1940s
blockhead
( n ) A stupid or foolish person. Don't let that blockhead hold the money; he'll lose it for sure. 1550s
blog
( n ) A web log, a web journal. He keeps a blog on his website. 1990s
blonde moment
( np ) A stupid act or move. Don't mind me, I'm having a blonde moment. 1990s
blood
( n ) Friendship. I don't do anything without him; we're blood. 1980s
blow
( v ) To leave. I'm going to blow out of here now. 1950s
blow
( v ) To waste, lose. He blew all his money gambling. 1940s
blow a fuse
( vp ) Lose your temper. Hey, don't blow a fuse. 1940s
blow away
( v ) Greatly impress someone. I was blown away by his donation of a million dollars. 1960s
blow away
( v ) To defeat roundly. We blew the competition away. 1970s
blow off
( v ) To defeat in a race. We blew off the other team 98-54. 1970s
blow off
( v ) To fail miserably. I hear she blew off Chem 374. 1960s
blow off
( v ) To skip, to not attend. I think I blew off bio a few times too many. 1980s
blow the doors off
( vp ) To easily beat another car in a race. He blew the doors off that stone of Benny's. 1970s
blow your cool
( vp ) Get angry, mad. Calm down, girl, don't blow your cool. 1960s
blowhard
( n ) A talkative braggart. That old blowhard thinks he won the Korean War single-handedly. 1850s
blue
( adj ) Sad, depressed. What's wrong, Meg? You look a little blue. 1550s
bluenose
( n ) A puritanical person, a prude. The party was filled with so many prudes and bluenoses nobody had any fun.
1920s
blues
( n ) Depression, melancholy. Her boyfriend left her singing the blues 1910s
bob
( adj ) To shorten. Why to they bob the tails of some dogs? 1750s
bobo
( n ) Bad, of poor quality. Not up to standard. That shirt is bobo. 1980s
boff
( v ) To hit. He gets into trouble at home when he boffs his brother. 1930s
bogart
( v ) To hog something. Don't bogart that joint, my friend. 1970s
bogus
( adj ) Bad, unfair. That exam was totally bogus. 1970s
bogus
( adj ) False, fake. They caught him passing bogus money. 1830s
bojangle
( v ) To act crazy. She's straight bojangling when she tries out for modeling jobs. 1990s
bomb
( n ) Something bad or cheap. The movie was a bomb. 1990s
bomb-diggity
( adj ) Extremely cool or interesting. The bomb-diggity chick walked by my locker. 1980s
bombed
( adj ) Drunk, intoxicated. The driver of the car was bombed. 1950s
bomby
( adj ) Excellent, outstanding. It was a bomby party, man. 1990s
bon-diggity
( adj ) Attractive; good-looking. You are so bon-diggity. 1990s
bone (up)
( v ) To study hard. I can't go anywhere tonight; I have to bone (up) for my chemistry test. 1849s
bone yard

( np ) A junk yard. I found a good set of mud flaps at the bone yard. 1960s
bonehead
( n ) A stupid or foolish person. That bonehead let the air out of his own tires!. 1900s
bones
( n ) Dice. Seven come eleven! Throw those bones, man! 1620s
bones
( n ) Money. I don't have enough bones to go anywhere. 1990s
bonkers
( adj ) Crazy, insane. That noise they call music is driving me bonkers. 1940s
boo
( n ) A boyfriend or girlfriend. Keep your hands off my boo , girl! 1990s
boo
( n ) Nothing. That threat of his doesn't mean boo. 1960s
boo-boo
( n ) A mistake, error. If you make another boo-boo like that, you won't have a job. 1950s
boocoo
( adj ) Much, a lot. I don't have boocoo time to help you with that. 1920s
boocoos
( n ) A large amount. I had boocoos of money before the market crashed. 1920s
booger
( n ) A bit of dried nasal mucus. Hey, Jeremiah, you have a booger hanging from your nose. 1920s
booger
( n ) A brat, a rascal. I gave the little booger $5 to put gas in my car and he spent it on his girl. 1940s
booger
( n ) A disgusting female. I can't believe you went out with that booger. 1980s
boogie
( v ) To dance wildly to the late 60s style of rock (from the boogie-woogie of the late 30s and 40s). I love this music;
let's boogie. 1960s
boogie
( v ) To leave. The witching hour is coming up; let's boogie to it. 1980s
boogie-woogie
( n ) Jazz of the 30s and 40s. Boogie-woogie is really cutting the rug! 1930s
book
( v ) To drive fast. He was booking over a 100 when they caught him. 1980s
book
( v ) To leave. I've got to get home; let's book. 1990s
book
( v ) To register an arrest. They just booked Rusty for forging checks. 1940s
book
( v ) To study hard. I have to get to the library and book the rest of the night. 1960s
boondocks
( n ) An isolated place in the country. He lives somewhere out in the boondocks. 1940s
boondoggle
( n ) A con game, a deceitful transaction. Government contracts are often thinly veiled boondoggles. 1930s
boondoggle
( n ) A gadget, especially something braided from leather. Cowboys often spent their free time making boondoggles
for their saddles. 1850s
boondoggle
( v ) To swindle or cheat. Heathcliff was boondoggled into selling his car for half of its value. 1930s
boone
( v ) To swindle or betray. Don't trust him; he'llboone you every time. 1990s
boone
( n ) Traitor, betrayer. Don't trust him; he's a boone. 1990s
boost
( v ) To make happy, pleasantly surprise. He was boosted when he got an A on math. 1990s
boost
( v ) To steal. I think he boosted those sneakers. 1950s
booster
( n ) A strong supporter. She is a big booster of the high school football team. 1890s
boot
( n ) Dismissal from work. I hear Ken got the boot at work today. 1880s
boot
( n ) Someone of legal age who buys liquor for minors. Francis is my regular boot but I know others when I'm thirsty.
1990s
boot
( v ) To fire. They booted Ken today; he is out of a job. 1880s
boot

( v ) To vomit. Watch out! Looks like she's going to boot. 1970s

bootie
( n ) The buttocks. She has a good figure with a nice bootie. 1970s
bootleg
( n ) Bad, unfair. That test was totally bootleg. 1980s
bootleg
( adj ) Illegal, smuggled. His dad made enough money running bootleg liquor to open a bank before Prohibition
ended. 1920s
bootsie
( n ) Bad, no good. Man, that teacher is bootsie. 1990s
booty
( n ) Bad, unfair. An 11 o'clock curfew? Man, that's booty! 1990s
booty
( n ) Stolen goods or money. The hijackers hid their booty in the boot of the car. 1470s
booty
( n ) The buttocks. Scope out the booty on that chick! 1950s
booze
( n ) Liquor. I promised to bring two bottles of booze to the party. 1940s
bop
( v ) To dance wildly to the big band jazz of the 40s. We bopped all night at Collingwood's last night. 1940s
bop
( v ) To go. Let's bop on down to the laundromat. 1960s
bopper
( n ) A male or female who chases the opposite sex. Stay away from that bopper, girl; he's nothing but trouble. 1990s
bork
( v ) To vomit. Rupert paid $50 for his dinner with Muriel, then borked it on the road home. 1970s
boss
( adj ) Excellent, outstanding. Oh, man, he drives a real boss set of wheels. 1980s
bounce
( v ) To fire. She was bounced after she refused to work overtime. 1880s
bounce
( v ) To force to leave. Malcolm got so boisterous in the bar they bounced him. 1880s
bounce
( v ) To leave. This party is whack, man. Let's bounce. 1980s
bouncer
( n ) A bully. That bouncer always tries to get his way. 1830s
bouncer
( n ) Someone who forces obnoxious people out of public places. Marvin had a few too many at the bar last night
and the bouncer ejected him. 1880s
Bouya!
( int ) An interjection of triumph. Bouya! I told you, you couldn't beat me at tennis. 2000s
boy
( int ) An interjection of emphasis. Boy, was he surprised when I showed him my new erector set! 1910s
boy
( int ) Form of address to a male in the South. How are you doing, boy? I haven't seen you in a 'coon's age. 1850s
bozo
( n ) A stupid or foolish person. That bozo doesn't know ham from a hammer. 1920s
brad
( n ) A well-built male. This guy Ashley is totally brad. 1990s
brand
( adv ) Very. He has a brand new car. 1570s
brass
( n ) High ranking officials. When the brass hears about this, they aren't going to like it. 1890s
brass
( n ) Impudence, gall, effrontery. He had the brass to tell the teacher off. 1620s
bread
( n ) Money. I need some bread to pay for my car. 1960s
break
( n ) Opportunity. A lucky break helped him get the job. 1910s
break
( v ) To leave. I have To leave. now; it's time to break (out of here). 1950s
break down
( v ) To stop functioning. My car broke down and I had to walk home. 1800s
break down
( v ) To stop resisting. He broke down after 20 hours of grilling and confessed. 1800s
break up
( v ) To end a relationship. Bev and Ben broke up over Ben's gambling. 1480s

break up
( v ) To make laugh. Everything she says breaks me up. 1820s
break you back
( v ) To exert yourself. I'm not going to break my back helping him load those stones. 1650s
breeze
( n ) A joke. That prof thinks he's funny but he don't know anything but breezes. 1990s
breezer
( n ) A convertible car. Let's put the top down on the breezer and let the wind blow through our hair. 1920s
brew
( n ) Beer. I think George had one too many brews. 1960s
brewski
( n ) Beer. Let's go down to the inn and have a few brewskis. 1970s
brick
( n ) A good person. Don't say anything bad about Percival; he's a brick if ever there was one. 1840s
brick
( adj ) Cold. Turn up the heat, it's brick in here. 1990s
bring-down
( n ) Bad news. The news of the crash was a major bring-down. 1980s
bro
( n ) A close male friend or relative. He's my main bro, bro. 1980s
bro
( int ) A male appellation. Hey, bro, whassup? 1980s
broad
( n ) A woman (offensive). Never tangle with that broad; she's tough. 1940s
broke
( adj ) Without money. I'm broke man; don't ask me for money. 1930s
Bronx cheer
( np ) Blowing air through the closed lips to make a disgusting sound. When he cut in front of the taxi, he received a
Bronx cheer from the cabbie. 1920s
brown-nose
( n ) A toady, teacher's pet. The creepy brown-nose is the teacher's pet. 1950s
brown-nose
( v ) To toady. He gets low grades even though he brown-noses every teacher in school. 1950s
brown-noser
( n ) A toady, teacher's pet. Farley is the biggest brown-noser in school. 1950s
buck
( n ) A dollar. He only got 50 bucks for that old heap of his. 1850s
buck
( np ) Money. I need to make a quick buck. 1930s
buck
( v ) To intimidate someone. They tried to buck him but he didn't back down. 1990s
buddy
( int ) Form of address for a male in the South. Hey, buddy, can you spare a dime? 1930s
Buddy Roe
( int ) Form of address for a male in the South (threatening). Look out, Buddy Roe, or you'll get into trouble! 1920s
buff
( adj ) Muscular. That dude is totally buff. 1990s
buff
( n ) Nudity. To come to the door in the buff. 1800s
bug
( n ) A burglar alarm system. He was caught when he broke into a house that was bugged. 1920s
bug
( n ) A fanatic. Milton is the greatest baseball bug I've ever known. 1840s
bug
( n ) A fault or defect. There is a bug somewhere in my software that no one can find. 1880s
bug
( n ) A passion, obsession. Ronald has the baseball bug and doesn't miss a game. 1830s
bug
( v ) To act crazy. Marvin must have been bugging when he told me to see that crappy flick! 1980s
bug
( v ) To annoy, bother. What's bugging you? 1960s
bug
( v ) To equip with a burglar alarm. The coppers caught him when he entered a bugged house. 1910s
bug
( v ) To hide a live microphone. I think they've bugged my apartment. 1950s
bug out
( v ) To leave. I've got exams tomorrow; time for me to bug out. 1960s

bull
( n ) Nonsense. Everything you've said is just a load of bull and you know it. 1910s
bull
( n ) A policeman. Everyone was having fun until the bulls broke it up. 1850s
bull session
( np ) An informal conversation. The boys got together at Raphael's for an all-night bull-session. 1920s
bum
( adj ) Bad, no good. What a bum trip that project was. 1850s
bum
( v ) To borrow. Can I bum ten bucks until the end of the week? 1940s
bum
( v ) To depress. That really bums me! 1950s
bum out
( v ) To depress. I was really bummed after I heard the news. 1950s
bum rap
( np ) False accusation. They kept him after school for smoking in the men's room but he got a bum rap. 1940s
bum's rush
( np ) Ejection by force. Stanley became so obnoxious, we had to give him the bum's rush to get him out. 1920s
bummer
( n ) Bad news. My trip to New York was a bummer. 1960s
bump off
( v ) To kill. The boss thought we ought to bump off the informer. 1920s
bumpkin
( n ) A clumsy, unsophisticated person from the country. I don't know what she sees in that country bumpkin she goes
with. 1680s
bunk
( adj ) Bad, no good. Dad told me to go to my room. he's so bunk! 1990s
bunk
( n ) Nonsense. He said he aced the chem exam. That's bunk! 1900s
buns
( n ) The buttocks. The new guy has cute buns! 1960s
burn
( v ) To catch, punish. Buffy got burned for shop-lifting. 1970s
burn out
( v ) To become jaded, no longer effective. I've worked on this job so long that I'm burnt out. 1960s
burn rubber
( vp ) To screech your tires pulling out. That car is so powerful it can burn rubber in second gear. 1950s
burn up
( v ) Make angry, mad. That really burns me up! 1930s
burnips
( adj ) Very cold. It's burnips outside; grab a jacket. 1990s
bust
( n ) A failure. The whole idea was a bust. 1840s
bust
( v ) To capture or arrest. He got busted for lifting hubcaps. 1960s
bust
( v ) To leave. Yo, I'm bored; let's bust. 1990s
bust out
( v ) To escape. His mother and three of her buddies busted out of prison but was caught 3 days later. 1930s
bust out
( v ) To leave. Let's bust out of here and shoot some hoops. 1950s
bust rocks
( vp ) To exert yourself. Let's go bust rocks on the dance floor. 1980s
bust rocks
( vp ) To serve time in prison. Yeah, if you do that, you'll be busting rocks for 10 years. 1940s
bust your butt
( vp ) To exert yourself. Rachel busted her butt working for her father and he never appreciated it. 1950s
bust your chops
( vp ) To scold, chastise. I'm going to bust his chops for leaving his date at the party when I see him. 1940s
buster
( n ) A loser, a jerk. Don't mack on him; he's just a buster. 1980s
butt
( adj ) Bad, of poor quality. That dress is totally butt! Why are you wearing it? 1990s
butter
( adj ) Something excellent, outstanding. His new backpack is pure butter. 1990s
butter up
( v ) To flatter in order to get something from someone. Don't think I'll loan you the money if you butter me up. 1700s

butterflies in the stomach

( n ) Fearfulness, stage fright. Every time I talk to her I have butterflies in my stomach. 1900s
buttery
( adj ) Bad, ugly. That new CD is buttery; turn it off. 2000s
C
cactus
( n ) Something doomed. When I get up with him, he's cactus! 2000s
cake
( adj ) Easy, simple. I didn't need to study so hard for that test. It was cake or a cake course. 1970s
call
( n ) Prediction, interpretation. The weatherman made a good call about when the storm would come. 1950s
call on the carpet
( vp ) To scold, chastise. The third time Winfred was late for work the boss called him out on the carpet. 1900s
call-girl
( n ) A prostitute who makes appointments by telephone. Miriam was a call-girl before she became a guidance
counselor. 1940s
can
( n ) A bathroom or toilet. Do you know where the can is around here? 1950s
can
( n ) Jail or prison. Grady just got out of the can and is on parole. 1940s
can
( v ) To fire. She talked back to the boss and got canned. 1900s
can of corn
( n ) Something easy. That test was a can of corn. 1990s
cancer stick
( n ) A cigarette. Hey, man, don't light up that cancer stick. 1960s
candy
( n ) An extremely good looking guy or girl. What a nice couple! They are pure candy. 1980s
candyass
( n ) A weak, indecisive person. Get that candy-ass out of here; he can't do anything right. 1970s
canned
( adj ) Drunk, intoxicated. The woman is canned; have her husband take her home. 1920s
canoodle
( v ) To hug and kiss. Their parents caught them canoodling in the living room. 1850s
cap
( n ) A bullet. I have piece but no caps. 1980s
cap
( v ) To capture or arrest. If you don't quiet down, I'll have to cap you. 1580s
cap
( n ) To punch someone in the face. Slow down or I'll cap you one. 1990s
cap
( v ) To shoot. They said they were going to cap that guy. 1980s
caper
( n ) A crime. Sturgeon thought he was a master mind but the cops caught up with him after 4 or 5 capers. 1920s
caramello
( adj ) Busy, with a full schedule. I can't go to the mall today; I am totally caramello all afternoon. 1990s
carry a torch
( vp ) To love someone. Maxwell's carrying a torch for Madeleine. 1920s
cash
( v ) To use up, finish off. We cashed a 12-pack of Mountain Dew before he came over. 1980s
cat
( n ) A spiteful woman or prostitute. His wife is a cat who makes his life miserable. 1670s
cat
( n ) A guy. He was a real cool cat. 1950s
cat's meow
( np ) Something excellent, outstanding. Wow, Kathleen! That new hat is the cat's meow.
1920s
cat's pajamas
( np ) Something excellent, outstanding. I hear LaVern's new Duisenberg is the cat's pajamas. 1920s
catch feelings
( vp ) To get an attitude. Just because she was talking to your boo, don't go catching feelings.
1990s
catch some rays
( vp ) To sunbathe. I'm going to lie on the beach and catch some rays. 1960s
catch some z's
( vp ) To sleep. I need to catch some Z's before I go on my trip. 1960s

catty
( adj ) Spiteful. She made a catty remark that upset Linda. 1950s
certifiable
( adj ) Crazy, insane. Stay away from that woman; she's 100 percent certifiable. 1930s
cha
( int ) Whatever; as if. Go out with that dork? Cha! 1990s
chanky
( adj ) Disgusting, nasty, ugly. Who was that chanky chick I saw you with last night? 2000s
chariot
( n ) Car. That old chariot of his won't make it to San Francisco. 1950s
chassis
( n ) The female figure. She is a lovely lady with a classy chassis. 1920s
chauncy
( adj ) Excellent, outstanding. Your new jersey is chauncy! 1990s
cheaters
( n ) Eyeglasses. He can't see past the end of his nose without his cheaters. 1920s
check out
( v ) Look at, examine. Check out that shorty over there. 1950s
check out
( v ) To leave. It's time for us to check out, Suzy; there's a funny smell in the air. 1950s
cheddar
( n ) Money. No wonder he is always happy; that fellow has phat cheddar. 1990s
cheese
( n ) Money. That cat right there makes some serious cheese. 1980s
cheese
( v ) To smile. Don't look so down, man, cheese me one. 1990s
cheese-balled
( adj ) To be under a great deal of stress. I was pretty cheese-balled over final exams. 1990s
cheesecake
( n ) Photography of well-proportioned women. Betty Grable was a popular piece of cheesecake during World War
II. 1930s
cheesy
( adj ) Cheap. That is really a cheesy looking outfit. 1940s
cherry
( adj ) Excellent, outstanding. That new rod of James's is pure cherry. 1960s
cherry
( n ) Something excellent, outstanding. That new rod of James's is a real cherry. 1960s
chew out
( v ) To scold, chastise. Dad's going to chew you out when he sees the dent in the car. 1940s
chew the fat
( vp ) To spend time talking. We were just chilling, chewing the fat. 1890s
chew the rag
( vp ) To spend time talking. Let's just spend the evening at home and chew the rag. 1880s
chicken
( n ) Coward. Don't be a chicken. 1940s
chicken out
( v ) To back out from cowardice. We were going to do some bungee jumping but my mom chickened out. 1940s
chief
( n ) A big shot. He thinks he's the chief but he's just another nobody. 1950s
chill
( v ) To relax, take it easy. Chill out, man; don't let them get you riled. 1970s
chill
( v ) Spend time with talking. We're just going to chill at my place after class. 1980s
chill out
( v ) To relax, take it easy. Chill out, man; don't let them get you riled. 1980s
chillax
( v ) Spend time with talking. I was just chillaxing with the homies. 1990s
chintzy
( adj ) Cheap. That really was a chintzy present you got him. 1930s
chips
( n ) Money. I have to find a job somewhere because I need chips badly. 1990s
chisel
( v ) To swindle or cheat The bum chiseled me out of $100! 1800s
chizzil
( v ) To relax, take it easy. What are you doing? Ah, nothing. I'm just chizziling. 1990s
choice
( adj ) Really cool, hot, attractive. That girl with the tight sweater is really choice. 1340s

choke
( v ) To panic and be unable to function. Don't choke. We've still got time to study for the final. 1950s
chonies
( n ) Underpants. My chonies were riding up all day. 1990s
chop
( n ) A personal musical phrase used by a jazz musician. He not only has some great chord progressions, but his
chops are out of sight. 1960s
chop
( v ) To break down and sell the parts of a car. He worked in a chop shop until the police raided it. 1970s
chop
( v ) To criticize. I got chopped for scratching my brother's bike. 1990s
chopper
( n ) A customized motorcycle. On weekends Lawrence rides the highways with a herd of guys on choppers. 1980s
chopper
( n ) A helicopter. Melvin always takes a chopper to the airport. 1970s
chopper
( n ) Tooth. My dad's teeth were bad but he bought a new set of choppers last week. 1940s
chops
( n ) Jaws, mouth. His chops are moving constantly. 1610s
chow
( n ) Food. The chow in that restaurant is crappola. 1850s
chow down
( v ) To eat. I need to find a place to chow down. 1950s
chowderhead
( n ) A stupid or foolish person. Lorenz is such a chowderhead he calls his friends 'bra' not 'bro'. 1830s
chrome-dome
( np ) A bald guy (offensive). The old chrome dome told me that grass doesn't grow where there is a lot going on.
1940s
chrome-plated
( adj ) Dressed up. Madeleine came to the party chrome-plated. 1980s
chuck up
( v ) To vomit. He chucked up most of his dinner on the porch. 1940s
chump
( n ) A stupid or foolish person. The poor chump can't get a date for the big dance. 1860s
chump-change
( n ) A small amount of money. $50 for this board? Man, that's chump-change. 1960s
chumpy
( n ) Something excellent, outstanding. That was a not just a good movie; it was the chumpy. 1990s
church key
( np ) Can or bottle opener. I need to open a Coke; does anyone have a church key? 1950s
circle
( v ) To marry. I hear Heddie and Clyde got circled last week. 1990s
circus wagon
( np ) A car with an outlandish paint job. Hey, man, you have to repaint this circus wagon. 1960s
clam
( n ) A dollar. Hey, this suit cost me 20 clams! 1920s
class act
( n ) An excellent, outstanding person. My best buddy is a class act. 1970s
classy chassis
( np ) Great female figure. She is a sassy lassie with a classy chassis. 1950s
clean
( adj ) OK, alright. Have you seen his new wheels? They are clean, man. 2000s
clean-shaven
( adj ) Upright, straight, dependable. Why don't you run around with some clean-shaven kids instead of those punk
rockers? 1960s
clear off
( v ) To leave. Clear off and don't come back! 1820s
clear out
( v ) To leave. I don't like it here; I'm going to clear out 1850s
clink
( n ) Jail or prison. You had better clean up your act or you will end up in the clink. 1770s
clip
( v ) To steal. He clips something every time he goes into a store. 1920s
clip
( v ) To kill. Da god fadda wants we should clip Johhny Two-Faces tonight. 1940s
clock
( v ) To hit. Fred, you had better chill with that or I'm going to clock you in the grill. 1980s

clod
( n ) A clumsy, unsophisticated person from the country. That new guy is a clod straight from the country. 1700s
clod
( n ) A stupid or foolish person. What a clod Broderick is; he hasn't the sense to come in out of the rain. 1990s
clodhopper
( n ) A clumsy, unsophisticated person from the country. There are days when I think we have nothing but
clodhoppers in the office. 1820s
clodhopper
( n ) Heavy, coarse work shoes. Malcolm! Get your muddy clodhoppers out of my kitchen! 1830s
close call
( np ) Near catastrophe, very dangerous situation. Buffy had a close call with the police when she ran a stoplight.
1870s
clothes horse
( n ) Someone obsessed with clothing. Maureen is a clothes horse who spends most of her life shopping. 1850s
clown
( v ) To make fun of. Man, are you trying to clown on me? 1990s
clue in
( v ) Let someone in on something. Are you going to clue me in on what your plans are for tonight? 1970s
clueless
( adj ) Having no idea what is going on. Don't rely on Bunny, she is clueless. 1960s
clunker
( n ) A old, beat-up car. I can't go on a date in that old clunker. 1950s
clutch
( adj ) Excellent, outstanding. That chocolate cake you brought to the office was clutch. 1990s
Clyde
( n ) Term of address for males. Let it slide, Clyde; it isn't that important. 1950s
coals
( n ) Cigarette. Be careful you don't sit on my coals. 1980s
coins
( n ) Money. It's going to take some serious coins to get us into that concert. 1980s
cold
( adj ) Unemotional. I find Phillip rather cold. 1170s
cold
( adv ) Completely, immediately. Marguerite stopped Paul cold with her question.
1900s
cold
( adj ) That is no longer or can no longer be pursued. After 24 hours, all the leads in the case were cold. 1940s
cold fish
( np ) An unresponsive person. My date for the dance was such a cold fish I left without him. 1940s
collar
( v ) To capture or arrest. I knew they would collar the robber sooner or later. 1970s
come onto
( vp ) To flirt with, try to seduce. He came onto me but I wasn't interested. 1960s
come up for air
( vp ) Take a break. He has to come up for air or he will die from exhaustion. 1970s
come up on
( vp ) To steal. I'm fixing to come up on that pack of chocolate muffins. 1990s
comeuppance
( n ) Just reward. I hope Wimplesnatch gets his comeuppance for cheating all those people. 1850s
commodore
( n ) A slow computer. I'll never finish my assignment on this commodore! 1980s
communist
( adj ) Stupid or foolish. Man, this test is so communist. 1990s
con
( v ) To swindle or cheat. Don't try to con me. 1880s
confuddle
( v ) To confuse, befuddle. Oh, Buffy, all these figures just confuddle me! I don't know if I have enough money for a
movie or not. 2000s
conk
( v ) To hit. I think a brick must have fallen and conked Fuzzy on the noggin. 1920s
conversate
( v ) To converse. I saw Mick and Jagger standing on the corner conversating a minute ago. 2000s
cook
( v ) To do something right. Now, you're cooking! Keep on doing it that way. 1950s
cook with gas
( vp ) To do something right. As soon as he got the grip on his golf clubs right, he was cooking with gas. 1940s
cook your goose

( vp ) Get you in trouble. As soon as he opened his mouth, he cooked his own goose. 1840s
cookie
( n ) Guy or gal. He's a tough cookie. 1940s
cookie-cutter
( adj ) Identical. The twins wear cookie-cutter clothes all the time. 1960s
cool
( adj ) Slow, romantic (music). I like my jazz cool, not hot. 1950s
cool
( adj ) Knowledgeable about the current scene. Jed is cool, man, you can talk to him. 1950s
cool
( adj ) OK, alright. I'm cool with that. 1950s
cool
( adj ) All told, every bit of. He made a cool million (dollars) in the animal waste business. 1720s
cool
( v ) To kill. The mob cooled him a year or so ago. 1930s
cool beans
( np ) Amazing, incredible. Man, that her apple pie is cool beans, I mean, really! 1970s
cool down
( v ) To calm down. Things should cool down in a day or two. 1940s
cool head
( np ) Someone in control. Look, the boat is sinking. We need a cool head in charge. 1950s
cool it
( vp ) To calm down. If you guys don't cool it, the neighbors are going to complain. 1960s
coolio
( adj ) Excellent, outstanding. Her new bikini is coolio, dog. 2000s
cootie
( n ) A body louse. I wouldn't go out with him; they say he has cooties. 1910s
cop
( n ) A policeman. The cop showed me his badge. 1940s
cop
( v ) To steal. How did you get the road sign? I copped it. 1870s
cop out
( v ) To give up or give in. We were going to do some bungee jumping but mom copped out. 1960s
copacetic
( adj ) OK, alright. Everything between me and my baby is copacetic. 1920s
copper
( n ) Policeman. Where are the coppers when you need one? 1840s
corked
( adj ) Drunk, intoxicated. Lorimar is too corked to go home alone. 1920s
corker
( n ) Something excellent, outstanding. Boy, that storm last night was a real corker, wasn't it? 1880s
couch potato
( np ) A lazy person who watches too much TV. He is a couch potato. 1970s
couch-surf
( v ) To sleep on different couches each night. Hey man, where you staying? Dude, I'm couch surfing right now. 1980s
cow
( n ) A fit. When she saw the damage to her car, she had a cow. 1950s
cow
( n ) An obnoxious or misfortunate woman. Poor cow, having to live with that man. 1860s
cow college
( np ) An agricultural college. He grew up on a farm and went to a cow college when he graduated from high school.
1950s
cowboy up
( v ) To get strong, tough. Bo Dega cowboyed up at the bar last night and left with a black eye. 2000s
crack
( adj ) Expert. Jeremy was a crack reporter for the Chronicle for years. 1800s
crack open
( vp ) To open a bottle. Let's crack open a bottle for his birthday. 1940s
crack up
( ap ) Praise, be reputed. Rhoda isn't all she is cracked up to be. 1820s
crack up
( v ) To make laugh. That Trudy cracks me up with her jokes. 1940s
crackalack
( v ) To happen, take place. Hey dude, what's crackalacking? 1980s
crackass
( adj ) Something bad or cheap. Her crackass boyfriend came to the formal in cut-offs. 1980s
cracked

( adj ) Crazy, insane. Lureen must be cracked to think that she can make the men's team. 1700s
cracked out
( adj ) Out of touch. Francis puffed a little too much and is totally cracked out. 1980s
cracker
( n ) A white person (offensive). That cracker just doesn't get jive. 1930s
crackers
( adj ) Crazy, insane. He offered me $250 for my Stutz-Bearcat. He must be crackers! 1920s
crackhead
( n ) A person addicted to crack cocaine. He was a crackhead but now he is trying to get straightened out. 1970s
crackhead
( n ) A stupid or foolish person. You hear Johnny jumped off his roof? Yeah, he's such a crackhead! 1990s
cram
( v ) To study hard. He didn't study all semester and had to cram before exams. 1930s
cranked
( adj ) Excited, enthusiastic. When do you want to start painting the house? I'm cranked to get hopping. 1970s
crap
( n ) Nonsense. Cut the crap and let's get to work. 1890s
crappappella
( adj ) Bad, of poor quality. That flick was totally crappapella. 1990s
crappola
( adj ) Bad, of poor quality. The chow here is totally crappola. 1970s
crappola
( n ) Nonsense. Cut the crappola and let's get to work. 1970s
crappy
( adj ) Bad, of poor quality. That cafe has the crappiest food in town. 1840s
crash
( v ) Go to bed; go to sleep. I got to go crash; I'm so tired from partying all night. 1960s
crash
( v ) Totally collapse. I came home from shopping all afternoon and just crashed on the sofa. 1950s
Crazy!
( int ) An interjection of surprise. Their relationship crashed when he grew the beard. 1960s
cream
( v ) To badly damage. He ran into a tree and totally creamed his dad's car. 1960s
cream
( v ) To beat or defeat roundly. Our team creamed them when we played on our home court. 1950s
creechy
( adj ) Eccentric, odd, peculiar. Her house was creechy with all those skeletons. 1990s
creep
( n ) A repulsive person. That creep ran off with my girl. 1940s
creep
( n ) A sneak thief. He was making a marginal living as a creep until the cops caught him at his trade. 1910s
creep
( v ) To cheat on someone romantically. I've been creeping on my boyfriend. 1990s
creepy
( adj ) Scary, repulsive. It is so creepy in our attic, I'm afraid to go up there. 1950s
crewcut
( n ) A haircut so short that the hair stands straight up. All his friends have crewcuts; I only mess around with guys
wearing duck tails. 1950s
crib
( n ) Where you live. Have you found a crib yet? 1980s
crib
( v ) To steal or plagarize. He cribbed most of his term paper from the Web. 1740s
crib notes
( np ) Illegitimate notes taken to an exam. Farnsworth couldn't past this test with crib notes. 1940s
croak
( n ) To die. If I take another bite I am going to croak. 1940s
crop duster
( np ) A car with loud glasspacks. I can hear his crop-duster coming a mile away. 1960s
crow
( v ) To brag, boast. Marlene can't stop crowing about her new boyfriend. 1520s
cruise
( v ) To drive around aimlessly and flirt. The skier was cruising down the hill. 1950s
crummy
( adj ) Bad, no good Where did you get such a crummy baseball mitt? 1940s
crump
( adj ) Feeling good. I'm crump, man, let's have some fun. 1990s
crunch

( n ) Climax, critical point. Bertie is someone you can count on in a crunch. 1930s
crunk
( adj ) Crazy, insane. The scene at the club last night was totally crunk. 1990s
crush
( n ) An infatuation. She has a crush on her teacher and spends all day studying biology. 1920s
crushed
( adj ) Drunk, intoxicated. He came home crushed and his mom was waiting in the living room. 1990s
crusty
( adj ) Dirty, grimy. Hey, man, how did you get so crusty? 1980s
cube
( n ) An old-fashioned person. He's pretty cool but his rents are cubes. 1970s
cuddle
( v ) To hug and kiss. Let's go over to my front porch and cuddle some. 1930s
cup of tea
( np ) Something you like. Playing quoits on a Sunday afternoon is not quite my cup of tea. 1930s
curtains
( n ) The end. If we don't win this game, it's curtains for the coach. 1910s
cushy
( adj ) Easy, simple. He has a really cushy job with a septic tank cleaner. 1910s
cut
( v ) To dilute. They cut the whiskey with water at that bar. 1930s
cut
( v ) To miss, to not attend. Let's cut physics today and go to the library. 1950s
cut
( v ) To record. She cut a new record last week. 1940s
cut out
( v ) To leave. It is late; I have to cut out. 1950s
D
D. A.
( abb ) A man's long hair style with the sides combed to the back of the head, then parted with a downward stroke of
the comb. He has gorgeous blond hair that he combs in a D. A.. 1950s
D.A.
( abb ) A man's long hair style with the sides combed to the back of the head, then parted with a downward stroke of
the comb. He has gorgeous blond hair that he combs in a D. A.. 1950s
da bomb
( n ) Something excellent, outstanding. That raked 'Vette of his is da bomb! 1990s
dad-blamed
( adj ) An interjection of emphasis (euphemism for G. D.) That is none of your dad-blamed business. 1940s
daddy
( n ) A rich male protector who usually expects favors from his female charge. Tillie has a (sugar) daddy who takes
care of all her bills. 1920s
daddy-o
( Int ) Term of address for males. OK, daddy-o, let's hit the road! 1950s
damage
( n ) The cost. Lets get the bill and find out the damage. 1960s
dame
( n ) A female (offensive). She's a swell dame; I like her a lot. 1920s
damn straight
( int ) Absolutely correct. You're damn straight, I'm never going to ride with him again. 1960s
dang
( int ) Emphatic adjective (euphemism for damn). I'll be dang if I didn't leave my watch at home! 1940s
Dang nabbit!
( int ) An interjection of disappointment. Dang nabbit! I dropped my chewing gum.
1940s
danged
( int ) Emphatic adjective (euphemism for damn). I'll be danged if I didn't leave my watch at home! 1940s
darn
( adj ) Emphatic adjective (euphemism for damn). Why are you so darn quiet? 1780s
darned
( adj ) Emphatic adjective (euphemism for damned). Why are you so darned quiet? 1780s
date
( n ) A person of the opposite sex you go out with. I have a hot date tonight, so I won't be able to go out with you
guys. 1920s
date
( n ) A stupid or foolish person. He is such a soppy date, he should do well in politics. 1910s
dead

( adj ) Quiet. This disco is really dead tonight. 1930s

dead presidents
( n ) Money. Hey, ma, let me have some dead presidents. 1980s
dead soldier
( n ) An empty beer bottle. They were in the living room surrounded by a case of dead soldiers. 1920s
deadbeat
( n ) Someone who doesn't pay his or her bills. I wouldn't go out with that deadbeat; he will stick you with the bill
every time. 1860s
deal
( n ) To date only one person. She's and Chad are still dealing after 2 years. 1990s
decent
( adj ) Excellent, outstanding. That car is really decent! 1980s
deck
( v ) To knock down. He was decked in the fight. 1950s
deck out
( adj ) Dress up. Fred was really decked out for his date with Wendy. 1940s
deep pockets
( np ) Much money. Her boyfriend has deep pockets. 1930s
dern
( int ) Emphatic adjective (euphemism for damn). Oh, heck! I locked the dern keys in the car! 1770s
dibs
( n ) A claim. I have dibs on that seat. 1930s
dicey
( adj ) Risky. Since the weather is a little dicey, I won't go today. 1950s
dick
( n ) A private investigator. Sally hired a private dick to tail her husband. 1920s
diddly-squat
( n ) A small, worthless amount. Leslie doesn't know diddly-squat about football. 1960s
dig
( v ) To enjoy. Margie really digs jazz of the 40s. 1970s
dig
( v ) To study hard. He spent the night digging and still failed the exam. 1860s
dig
( v ) To understand. Can you dig this music, man? 1960s
digits
( n ) Telephone number Give me your digits and I'll holla back when I get home. 2000s
dike
( n ) A prissy, well-dressed male. He is something of a dike, which puts many of the boys off. 1850s
dime
( n ) A 10-cent piece. I can't go anywhere; I don't have a dime in my pocket. 1780s
dime
( n ) An attractive female. Lucy's I perfect dime; I really dig her. 1990s
dinero
( n ) Money. Let's go with Fred; he has much dinero. 1980s
ding-bat
( n ) A stupid or foolish person. Archie Bunker always called his wife a ding-bat. 1910s
dingy
( adj ) Dirty, grimy. Leave your dingy clothes in the garage. 1730s
dip
( n ) A stupid or foolish person. The guy who flunked four out of five classes is really a dip. 1930s
dipstick
( n ) A stupid or foolish person. The dipstick has her dress on backwards. 1960s
dirty
( adj ) Obscene. I hear that it's a dirty movie. 1590s
dis
( v ) To say something disrespectful. I went out of my way to help her but she dissed me anyway. 1980s
dish
( n ) Pretty woman. Now, that Bobby Sue, she's a real dish! 1940s
dish
( n ) Something you like. Playing quoits on a Sunday afternoon is not quite my cup of tea. 1930s
dish (out)
( v ) To serve, to do something hard or harsh. Tommy isn't afraid of flamers; he can dish it out with the best of them.
1930s
ditch
( v ) To leave someone who is with you. I'll ditch my younger brother with my grandmother. 1940s
ditty
( n ) A short song. Since me a little ditty before you go to bed. 1300s

ditty
( n ) A trinket. Give me that ditty, will you? 1990s
ditz
( n ) A scatterbrain. The ditz drove her car through the back of the garage! 1980s
ditzy
( adj ) Scatterbrained. She is a beautiful woman but a little ditzy. 1980s
dive
( n ) A cheap bar. I wouldn't drink any of the hooch they serve in that dive. 1920s
dive
( n ) A disreputable eating or drinking establishment. Prudence avoided the kind of low dives Curly liked to frequent.
1870s
do in
( v ) To kill or destroy. His business was doing well until the hurricane destroyed his store and did him in. 1900s
docker
( n ) A party located in a remote area. Greg's having a docker on Saturday. 1980s
dodge water under the bridge
( n ) Ruse, deceptive maneuver. He didn't use that old dodge about his old war wound preventing him from mowing
the lawn, did he? 1840s
dodge the bullet
( vp ) To luckily avoid misfortune. When the draft was around, I dodged the bullet because I was flat-footed and my
dad was the mayor. 1960s
doe
( n ) A stupid or foolish person. Which one of you does locked the keys in the car? 1990s
dog
( n ) A foot. Boy, are my dogs tired! 1920s
dog
( n ) A guy. He doesn't have much upstairs but I love the dog. 1990s
dog
( n ) An ugly female (offensive). Nobody asks her out because she is such a dog. 1970s
dog
( int ) Form of address to a male. Hey, dog, what cracking? 1990s
dog
( np ) Problem. It's too bad she broke her leg but that's not my dog. 1990s
dog
( v ) To follow relentlessly. She dogged me all the way home. 1940s
dog-gone
( adj ) Emphatic adjective. I don't know a dog-gone thing about the girl. 1850s
dogpack
( n ) A circle of male friends, a clique. Your dogpack always watches your back, no matter what you do. 1990s
doke
( adj ) Excellent, outstanding. Your new car is doke! 1990s
doll
( n ) An attractive female. Maria was quite a doll when she dressed up. 1920s
doll up
( v ) Dress up, dress stylishly. So where are you going, all dolled up? 1900s
doll up
( adj ) To dress up. So, what are you all dolled up for? 1920s
dolly
( n ) A girl or a woman. He liked to pick up dollies at the local bars. 1940s
dome
( n ) The head or skull. Look at old chrome dome (bald guy) over there. 1940s
Don't take any wooden nickels
( phr ) Don't do anything stupid. When you go to the big city, Luke, don't take any wooden nickels. 1920s
done for
( adj ) In big trouble, finished. I just let the car roll into the lake. I'm done for when the rents find out. 1940s
doobs
( adj ) Bad, of poor quality. That song is totally doobs. 1990s
doodly-squat
( n ) A small, worthless amount The president doesn't know doodly-squat about running a country. 1930s
doofus
( n ) A stupid or foolish person. That doofus studied for the wrong exam and failed. 1960s
doofus
( n ) A stupid or foolish person. Sunny Day is such a dufus; she thinks Minnesota is a soft drink. 1960s
doozy
( n ) Something excellent, outstanding. He came home with a doozy of a knot on his head. 1920s
dope
( n ) A narcotic. There are a lot of dope dealers around here. 1880s

dope
( n ) A stupid or foolish person. That dope doesn't know if he is coming or going. 1850s
dope
( adj ) Excellent, outstanding. Check out this dope ride. 1980s
dope
( n ) Information. So what's the latest dope on Jamie? 1940s
dork
( n ) A stupid or foolish person. He is such a dork he spends his time downtown watching the parking meters. 1970s
double-cross
( v ) To betray. He promised to pay me for painting his room but double-crossed me and didn't. 1900s
douche bag
( np ) A weak, indecisive person. That old douche bag does whatever his wife tells him to do. 1960s
dough
( n ) Money. Horace has a lot of dough, let's ask him to lend us some. 1850s
down
( adj ) Agreeable to. I'm down for going to the movies tonight! 1970s
down
( adj ) Depressed. I've been down ever since I got the 'D' in physics last week. 1960s
down
( v ) To drink quickly. Let's go to a bar and down a few beers. 1860s
down the tubes
( ap ) In deep trouble. My English grade is down the tubes; I missed the final. 1950s
down to
( adv ) Up to, depends on, is their responsibility. I'm afraid the choice is down to you, now, Lucy. 1970s
downer
( n ) A depressant. My life is enough of a mess; I don't need to take downers. 1960s
downer
( n ) Something or someone depressing or disappointing. Flunking my home ec test is such a downer! 1960s
downsize
( v ) To fire people. They are downsizing the company by 1000 jobs. 1980s
drag
( n ) A draw (on cigarette, cigar, pipe, etc.). Hey, man, give me a drag on that pipe so I can see if that tobacco is any
good. 1910s
drag
( n ) A squelcher. Sunny is such a drag I would never invite her to my parties. 1850s
drag
( v ) To race another car a short distance. He loved to drag (race) until the cops picked him up. 1950s
drag
( n ) Something or someone disappointing. Sunny is such a drag I would never invite her to my parties. 1950s
dragon
( n ) Bad breath. Do you have a breath mint? I have a bad case of the dragon. 1990s
dragster
( n ) A car designed for drag racing. You'll never beat his dragster on the quarter mile. 1950s
drain
( n ) A place from which there is no return. I can see all my efforts to get into a good college going down the drain.
1950s
drain
( v ) To tire, exhaust, wear out. That girl had totally drained me; I wish she'd leave. 1950s
drape
( v ) To consume or overcome. I'm totally draped by this final project. 1990s
dreamboat
( n ) An extremely attractive person. Buster is such a dreamboat he had Sally snowed on the first date. 1940s
drill
( v ) To tease. I don't know why you are drilling me when you are wearing your little brother's shirt. 1990s
drip
( n ) A weak, indecisive person. That drip doesn't know how to tie his shoes. 1930s
drop
( v ) To kill. Don't move or I'll drop you in your tracks. 1940s
drop
( v ) To knock down. Say another word and I'll drop you. 1930s
drop
( v ) To take drugs. Are you going to drop that pill or not? 1960s
drop a dime
( vp ) To inform or tattle. Man, he dropped the dime on Tommy. 1960s
Drop dead!
( int ) Absolutely not! Drop dead! I'll never go out with you. 1930s
dry up

( v ) To stop talking. Why don't you dry up? Nobody cares what you think. 1850s
dub
( n ) 20 inch chrome rims or wheels. I saw him riding on dubs yesterday. 1970s
dubdub
( n ) WWW, the URL prefix. So yo, check Jenny McCarthy out at dubdub dot mtv dot com. 1990s
duck
( n ) A snobbish, a conceited female. I can't stand that duck; I don't care how much money her dad has. 1990s
duck soup
( np ) Crazy, insane. Man, you're duck soup if that's the way you think. 1990s
duck soup
( np ) Excellent, outstanding. Wow, Granger is duck soup at everything he does. 1970s
duck soup
( np ) Something easy. All her courses are duck soup. 1910s
duckets
( n ) Money. That car must have cost somebody some serious duckets. 1980s
duckies
( n ) Money. I'm low on duckies; can you loan me $5 till Friday? 1990s
ducktail
( n ) A man's long hair style with the sides combed to the back of the head, then parted with a downward stroke of the
comb. He is a cool cat with a ducktail, pegged pants, an blue suede shoes. 1950s
ducky
( adj ) OK, alright. Everything was just ducky between them. 1890s
dud
( n ) Something that doesn't work properly. He bought a new refrigerator but it is a dud--it doesn't keep anything
cold. 1940s
dude
( n ) A guy. The dudes are in the living room and the gals, in the kitchen. 1970s
dude
( int ) Form of address to a male. Hey, dude, what's happening? 1970s
duds
( n ) Clothes. I see you got some new duds for the dance. 1930s
Duh!
( int ) An interjection indicating the listeners must be stupid. You don't know Jenny McCarthy? Duh! Everybody
knows who she is. 1980s
dumb Dora
( np ) A stupid female. What a dumb Dora she is: when her husband asked if she like the new China, she replied, 'No,
I hate the communists.'. 1920s
dumps
( n ) Depression, melancholy. His girl left him and now he is in the dumps. 1920s
dust off
( v ) To kill. The mob dusted him off when he ratted on them. 1940s
dweeb
( n ) A studious, unsociable person. They only communicate by computer; they are the perfect dweeb couple. 1980s
dyke
( n ) A prissy, well-dressed male. He is something of a dyke, which puts many of the boys off. 1850s
dynamite
( n ) Heroine. He is a lovely man but they say he is addicted to dynamite. 1920s
dynamite
( n ) Something excellent, outstanding. His grandmother is really dynamite. 1940s
E
earful
( n ) A lot of gossip. My grandmother gave me an earful about the neighborhood. 1910s
earful
( n ) A significant statement. When Russell came home plastered, his wife gave him an earful that he will never forget.
1920s
earthbound
( adj ) Old-fashioned. Oh, man, this new clod from the boonies is totally earthbound. 1980s
ease up
( v ) Calm down. She's working a mile a minute; she has to ease up soon. 1940s
easy
( adj ) Easily seduced. All the guys like Mary; she's so easy. 1950s
eat
( v ) To annoy, bother. I have a problem that is really eating (at) me. 1890s
eat one's heart out
( vp ) To gnaw at, disturb, vex. It is best to talk about your problems than let them eat your heart out. 1910s
edge

( n ) State of drunkenness, intoxication. Let's go; I'm getting an edge. 1920s

edgy
( adj ) Nervous. Why don't you put down the gun; it's making me edgy. 1940s
Eesh!
( int ) An interjection of surprise or shock. The world is going to end! Eesh! 1980s
egg
( n ) A person who lives well. Oh, you never want to miss Lucien's parties; he's a very good egg. 1920s
embalmed
( adj ) Drunk, intoxicated. Lance was so embalmed that he didn't come to as they rolled him down the hill to the car.
1920s
ends
( n ) Money. I really would like to go to the shore this weekend but I just don't have the ends. 1990s
eye
( v ) To look at intensely. I saw you eying that motorcycle yesterday; are you going to buy one? 1580s
eye candy
( np ) Someone or something attractive. Look at that eye candy over there. 1980s
eye to eye
( adv ) In agreement. Goober and I see eye to eye on everything political. 1870s
eyeball
( v ) To look at. Lela, I saw Gordon eyeballing you in the office yesterday. 1950s
F
fab
( adj ) Excellent, outstanding. I think a fire on the hearth is simply fab. 1960s
face
( adv ) To engage in something heavily or extremely. Tonight I am going to drink face. 1980s
face time
( np ) A chance to meet people. There's some great face time on the quad. 1980s
face-off
( n ) Confrontation. The two sides were headed for a nasty face-off. 1970s
fade
( v ) To leave. I have homework to do, man, let's fade. 1930s
faded
( adj ) Drunk, intoxicated. We got so faded from drinking beer at the Beta party. 1990s
fag
( n ) A cigarette. Give me a fag, man; I'm having a nicotine fit. 1940s
fake out
( v ) To cheat or deceive. He faked me out when he told me the 'Vette was his. 1960s
fall for
( v ) To be deceived, tricked. I told him that my dad was the President of the United States and he fell for it. 1900s
fall for
( v ) Fall in love with. The moment Moine saw Phillippe she fell for him like a ton of bricks. 1910s
fall guy
( np ) A scapegoat. The dumped all the evidence in Preston's locker, deciding to let him be the fall guy. 1920s
fall out
( v ) To sleep. After working until midnight on homework, I fell out quickly. 2000s
fantabulous
( ad ) Fantastic, fabulous. That test went fantabulous. 1950s
fantabulous
( adj ) Fantastic, fabulous. Gigi always throws fantabulous bashes. 1950s
far out
( ap ) Amazing, incredible. That new pad of his is so far out you wouldn't believe it. 1960s
fat city
( np ) A great thing or place; Happy. Ever since I got the new job I've been living in fat city. 1970s
fat-head
( n ) A stupid or foolish person. The fat-head thought Moby Dick is a social disease. 1940s
fed
( n ) FBI investigator. His dad made moonshine until the feds caught up with him. 1910s
feddie
( n ) Money. He had a gang of feddies in his wallet! 1990s
federal
( adj ) Out of the ordinary; extremely good. Those jeans of hers are purely federal. 1990s
feel
( v ) To understand. You know me but do you feel me? 1990s
feen
( v ) To crave. I'm feening for some chocolate ice cream today. 1990s
fess up

( v ) Confess, own up. Fess up, you love him, don't you? 1950s
Fido!
( int ) An interjection of disgust. Fido! I don't ever want to talk to Percival again! 1990s
fiend
( adj ) To need urgently. I'm fiending for something to drink. 1990s
fierce
( adj ) Clumsy. That guy is so fierce, he stumbles over his own feet. 1990s
fierce
( adj ) Excited. I'm fierce about that concert coming up this weekend. 1990s
filch
( v ) To steal. He filched several items at the supermarket but they caught him in the parking lot. 1560s
fin
( n ) 5-dollar bill. Hey, Wayland, loan me a fin until payday. 1920s
finger
( v ) Stick up the middle finger. When I told him he favored his dog a little, he fingered me. 1950s
fink
( n ) An informer, a tattle-tale. You're such a ratty little fink. Why do you always tell mom everything I do? 1950s
fire extinguisher
( np ) A chaperone. Priscilla was so hot, she could never go out without a fire extinguisher. 1920s
fire up
( v ) Get someone excited. OK! I'm all fired up to get this math homework done! 1950s
fire up
( v ) Start your engine. OK, fire it up and let's ride. 1940s
fish
( n ) A college freshman. Hey, guys, the freshman looks like a fish out of water; let's make him water the shrubbery in
the rain. 1920s
five finger discount
( np ) Shoplifting. She and her friend were nabbed taking a five finger discount at the drugstore. 1990s
fix
( n ) A bribe, bribery. The cops never pick up Joey because the fix is in. 1920s
fix
( n ) Dose of narcotics. The addict needs another fix. 1940s
fix
( v ) To bribe. Barney fixed the judge in his case, so he got off Scot free. 1920s
fix-up
( n ) Dose of narcotics. He is an addict that needs 2 fix-ups a day. 1860s
flake
( n ) An oddball, eccentric. Why did you ask Ahmed to take notes for you? He's the biggest flake I know. 1960s
flake off
( v ) To leave. I told my brother to flake off because he was bothering me. 1960s
flake out
( v ) Start acting peculiar, odd, eccentric. He was a good philosophy teacher before he fell in love with a hippy and
flaked out. 1960s
flaky
( adj ) Eccentric, odd, peculiar. He is too flaky to do the work. 1960s
flame
( v ) To make an inflammatory comment. Nobby Neese can't talk about politics without flaming the Democrats. 1980s
flap your lips
( vp ) To talk. You can flap your lips all night but I won't change my mind. 1940s
flapper
( n ) An exciting woman in short, stylish skirts and short hair. In her youth Purity was one of the best known flappers
in town. 1920s
flash
( v ) To speak angrily. What's up? Mom was just flashing. 1980s
flat
( adj ) Out of air. The cause of the jostling was a flat tire. 1920s
flat
( adv ) To the limit. A month after losing his job, he found himself flat broke. 1830s
flat out
( adv ) To the limit. He was running the car flat-out. 1950s
flat tire
( np ) A stupid female. I took that flat tire out once--never again! 1920s
flat-out
( adv ) Plainly, directly. He flat-out lied to me. 1950s
flat-top
( n ) A short men's hair style cut flat across the top so all the hair stands up. He cut off his ducktail and now he has a
flat-top. 1950s

flat-top with fenders

( np ) A short men's hair style cut flat across the top so all the hair stands up but with long sides. He didn't cut off all
his ducktail; he has a flat-top with fenders. 1970s
flatfoot
( n ) A policeman or detective. We have a flatfoot walking a beat by our house every day. 1940s
flattop
( n ) Men's hairstyle: a crewcut flat across the top. He cut off his ducktail and now he has a flattop. 1950s
flee the scene
( vp ) To leave. Come on, dudes; it's time to flee the scene. 1960s
fleece
( v ) To swindle or cheat. A couple of con men fleeced him out of his paycheck. 1570s
flex
( v ) To show off. Check out Geoff; he's flexing in that new Mustang. 2000s
flick
( n ) A movie. I haven't seen a good flick in a long time. 1950s
flip
( v ) To lose control of yourself, go crazy. When I told him I had seen his girl with another boy he totally flipped.
1960s
flip out
( v ) To lose control of yourself, go crazy. He flipped out when he heard that his mother had been killed. 1960s
flip side
( np ) The other side (of a record). What kind of music do you have on the flip side of the tape? 1950s
flip the bird
( vp ) Stick up the middle finger. I told him his dad word panty-hose and he flipped me the bird. 1970s
flip your wig
( vp ) To lose control of yourself, go crazy. Josh got so mad at his brother that he flipped his wig. 1940s
flip-flops
( n ) Thongs (that went on your feet). The beach was so stony we had to wear flip-flops. 1960s
flip-top
( n ) A convertible car. He got sunburned riding around in his flip-top. 1970s
flivver
( n ) A broken down car. Stewart will never get me into that old flivver his father drives. 1930s
flivver
( n ) A Model T Ford. Sure, he's hot: he took me out in his dad's flivver. 1920s
flodge
( v ) To fake, pretend or perpetrate a fraud. She was trying to flodge with that cell phone, because it isn't even on!
1990s
floor
( v ) Push the accelerator to the floor. The coast is clear: floor it! 1950s
floozie
( n ) A woman of loose morals Juan Carlos came to the party with some floozie he picked up at a bar. 1910s
floozy
( n ) A woman of loose morals Juan Carlos came to the party with some floozy he picked up at a bar. 1910s
floss
( v ) To show off. She's going to floss for the dance tonight. 1990s
flower child
( np ) A member of the counterculture of the 60s. She was a flower child in the 60s; now she is a broker on Wall
Street. 1960s
flummox
( n ) A failure. Foster is the greatest flummox the world has every known. 1860s
fly
( v ) Be workable Your idea doesn't have legs; it won't fly. 1930s
fly boy
( np ) An aviator, someone in the Air Force. Prunella is going with some fly boy out at the base. 1920s
fly low
( vp ) To be cautious and on guard. She was flying low when she walked in so they wouldn't notice her. 1990s
fly the coop
( vp ) To leave, elope, or escape. When he saw you coming up the walk, he flew the coop. 1930s
foine
( adj ) Attractive. That chick in the blue dress is foine. 1990s
folded
( adj ) Drunk, intoxicated. Kat got folded at the party last night and now she's grounded for a week. 1990s
for real
( pp ) In truth, truly, really. You have a new car? Is this for real? 1970s
Forget it!
( int ) I won't do it! You want me to lend you $5 for the movies? Forget it! 1950s
four on the floor

( np ) Four-speed gear shift in a car. That sports car has four on the floor, man, cool! 1950s
four-flusher
( n ) A person who bluffs and deceives others. That no-good four-flusher tried told me that old tin can of his once
belong to Mario Andretti. 1890s
fox
( n ) A sexy or seductive woman. Lucille is a fox from her head to her toenails. 1960s
foxy
( adj ) Sexy, attractive. She is a foxy lady. 1970s
fracture
( v ) To make someone laugh. He fractures me with all his jokes and antics. 1940s
frame
( n ) To give false evidence. My best friend tried to frame me for flushing the cherry bomb down the john by putting
the rest of them in my locker. 1920s
freak
( n ) A fanatic. He is some kind of ecology freak that doesn't read because he doesn't want to use paper. 1940s
freak
( n ) A strange person. There were a bunch of freaky freaks at that party. 1950s
freak
( v ) To lose control of yourself, go crazy. She freaked when she found out she needed another math class. 1970s
freak out
( v ) To lose control of yourself, go crazy. She freaked out when she found out she needed another math class. 1960s
freaky
( adj ) Scary. I was a little freaky in his house with all the lights off. 1960s
fream
( n ) Someone who doesn't fit in. Don't invite that fream; nobody will know what to say to her. 1990s
freddie frat
( n ) A fraternity brother. I don't know what all those freddie frats were at a townie party. 1950s
freebie
( n ) Something that costs nothing. The pen was a freebie I picked up at a show.
1940s
fried
( adj ) Drunk, intoxicated. He was so fried we rolled him to the car and he never came to. 1920s
frigging
( adj ) Emphatic adjective. What is that frigging idiot doing here? 1590s
fro
( n ) An Afro haircut. I liked him better in his fro back in the 60s. 1970s
frog
( n ) Frenchman (offensive). No matter what you say, the frogs still make the best wine. 1770s
frog
( n ) Hoarseness. I can't make a toast tonight; I have a frog in my throat. 1900s
from nowhere
( adv ) Bad, no good. His taste in women is from nowhere, man. 1950s
fromage
( n ) Something bad or of poor quality. That car of his is pure fromage. 1990s
front
( v ) To brag. That girl was fronting about her dad being a millionaire! 1990s
frosted
( adj ) Angry, mad. Boy, does all that corruption in Washington leave me frosted! 1980s
frosty
( adj ) Cool. Stay frosty, dude. 1980s
fubar
( adj ) Confused by alcohol or otherwise. I was totally fubar at Philip's party last night! 1940s
fugly
( adj ) Extremely ugly. Her date is flat-out fugly. 1990s
funda
( n ) A fundamental, a basic. His fundas are good but he can't seem to get the advanced stuff. 1990s
funk
( n ) Body odor. You have some bad funk, man; don't you ever shower? 1620s
funk
( n ) Down-to-earth, original jazz. I think their music has too much funk in it; I prefer something more modern. 1950s
funky
( adj ) Eccentric, odd, peculiar. The group was playing funky music that you either loved or hated. 1960s
funky
( adj ) Musically down-to-earth, original. I love that funky New Orleans sound. 1950s
funky
( adj ) Smelly. I'm thinking that the milk is too funky to drink. 1620s
funny farm

( np ) Insane asylum. Mack has been acting crazy lately. Did he just get off the funny farm? 1960s
fuzz
( n ) The police. The car thief was picked up by the fuzz. 1960s
G
g-man
( n ) FBI investigator. G-men broke up his still and sent him up the river for 5 years. 1940s
gag me
( vp ) How disgusting! Look! His crack is showing above his pants--gag me with a spoon! 1980s
gam
( n ) A woman's leg. She has a great figure and even greater gams. 1920s
game
( n ) A story told by men to attract women. You should hear his game; he really knows how to come on to a girl.
1980s
game
( n ) Something attractive, charm, je-ne-sais-quoi. That girl has game. 1990s
gander
( n ) A look. Take a gander at that beefcake over there. 1910s
gank
( v ) To steal. Dude, you ganked my lighter. 1980s
garbage
( n ) Nonsense. Everything you are saying is pure garbage! 1950s
garden path, the
( np ) Misleading direction, deception. I'm afraid Grady has led you down the garden path, baby. You'll never get
your money back. 1920s
gas
( n ) A great time, something hilarious. The party last night was a real gas! ). 1940s
gas
( n ) A joke. They played some kind of gas on her and made her mad. 1910s
gas
( n ) Empty, boastful talk. Don't listen to Tommy; he's full of gas. 1840s
gasser
( n ) A great time, something hilarious. The new comedy on TV is a real gasser. 1930s
gat
( n ) A gun (from Gatling gun). Paul, is that a gat under your coat? 1940s
gay
( n ) A homosexual. Gays are at last getting equal treatment in society. 1950s
gay
( adj ) Homosexual. There is nothing wrong with being gay. 1950s
gear
( n ) Clothes. The new gear I got is all that. 1980s
geck
( n ) An eccentric individual. Wayne's in another world; he's a total geck. 1510s
gee
( n ) Something attractive, charm, je-ne-sais-quoi. She had a lot of gee going for her. 1990s
Gee whiz!
( int ) An interjection of surprise (euphemism for 'Jesus'). Gee whiz! I didn't know George was that rich! 1880s
Gee!
( int ) An interjection of surprise (euphemism for 'Jesus'). Gee! I didn't know George was that rich! 1890s
geedis
( n ) Everything required to be an expert at something. I studied all weekend and, man, I've got the geedis for that
test. 1990s
geek
( n ) A studious, unsociable person. He is a geek so he keeps pretty much to himself. 1950s
geek
( n ) Computer expert or devotee. Our company has the best geeks in the business. 1970s
geek
( v ) To become or cause to become panicky. I was geeked when he asked me to come over and meet his family! 1990s
geeze
( v ) Act like an old person (offensive). My grandparents just sit around the house and geeze. 1990s
geezer
( n ) An old person (offensive). Those old geezers up there are driving too slowly. 1940s
geezer rock
( np ) Music of the 1950s. Dad's listening to his geezer rock again. 1980s
geri
( n ) An old person (offensive). Those geris drive too slow. 1990s
get a load of

( vp ) Look at. Get a load of Frankie's new car! 1940s

get a wiggle on
( vp ) Speed up. We're going to be late for the ballet--get a wiggle on! 1920s
Get bent!
( int ) Absolutely not! Play chicken with you? Are you kidding? Get bent, man! 1990s
get down
( vp ) To be engaged in an enjoyable activity. Man we are getting down with a couple freaks after class today. 1960s
get first base
( vp ) Have initial success trying to seduce someone. He couldn't get to first base with her, let alone score. 1930s
get hooked up with
( vp ) To meet. He got hooked up with Cindy at a party I threw. 1970s
get into
( v ) Became seriously interested in. I got into gardening in high school. 1960s
get it
( vp ) To come to understand, catch on. I told her the joke twice but she just didn't get it. 1950s
get it on
( vp ) To do something. You want to go for pizza? Let's get it on! 1970s
get off slim-slow
( vp ) To lose weight. I know she doesn't think she is cute; she needs to get off slim-slow. 1990s
get off your back
( vp ) To stop annoying, bothering. Get off my back, man; I'm tired of listening to you. 1950s
get on your nerves
( n ) To annoy, bother. Go play in another room; you are getting on my nerves. 1910s
get ones jig on
( vp ) To dance. I went to Mona's party last night and got my jig on with her. 1990s
Get out of here!
( phr ) You're kidding me; I don't believe you. You won $500 at the track? Get out of here! 1950s
Get real!
( vp ) Think again, that is ridiculous. You think it will be cold in Florida? Get real! 1970s
get schooled
( vp ) To learn a hard lesson. If you play him one-on-one, you're going to get schooled! 1980s
get under your skin
( vp ) To annoy, bother, annoy. These Friday quizzes are getting under my skin. 1940s
get with it
( vp ) Hurry up. If you don't get with it, we will never finish this work. 1960s
get with it
( vp ) To come to understand, become aware of what is what. If Sofia doesn't get with it, she will never be popular.
1980s
get with the program
( vp ) To do what is right, conform. You had better get with the program, Sonny, or you're off the team. 1980s
ghetto
( adv ) Very. The party last night was ghetto fabulous. 1990s
ghetto bird
( np ) A police helicopter. Get off the street! Here comes a ghetto bird. 1990s
ghetto buster
( np ) A large portable music box. Hey, man, turn down that ghetto buster. 1970s
ghetto sled
( np ) An old, beat-up car. Check out the guy in that lime green ghetto sled! 1980s
giddy
( n ) A good time, a lot of fun. It was a party where everybody got their giddies. 1990s
gig
( n ) A job, especially in music. I have a gig on Saturday night from 7:00 to 10:00. 1960s
giggle water
( np ) Liquor. He poured me a glass of some kind of giggle water and that's the last thing I remember. 1920s
gigolo
( n ) A kept man who lives off women. His mother has a gigolo that she spends a lot of time with. 1920s
gimmick
( n ) A fun thing to do. Let's go see if we can find a gimmick for the evening. 1990s
gin mill
( np ) A bar. She dragged me down to some gin mill where her sister sang and hoofed. 1920s
ginchy
( adj ) Sexy. She is the ginchiest girl I've ever seen. 1930s
give it to
( vp ) To do something (unpleasant) to someone. If you don't behave, I'm going to give it to you. 1940s
give me five
( vp ) Shake hands. You passed the test? Give me five! 1950s
give me some skin

( vp ) Shake hands. You got your driver's license? Give me some skin! 1970s
give the finger
( vp ) Stick up the middle finger. I told him his mother wears combat boots and he gave me the finger. 1950s
glad rags
( np ) Dressy clothes. Hey, Daisy, put on some glad rags and I'll take you to a ritzy night club. 1920s
glasspack
( n ) A muffler packed with fiberglass improve performance and/or increase noise. He just added dual glasspacks to
his rod and doesn't it sound wicked! 1950s
glitch
( n ) A fault or defect. This computer program has a glitch. 1960s
glitterati
( n ) Rich, famous people who love bright lights and cameras. All the glitterati turned out for the Academy Awards.
All the glitterati turned out for the Academy Awards.s
glitzy
( adj ) Luxurious, posh. This is a pretty glitzy hotel to be staying in. 1960s
gnarly
( adj ) Big or difficult. He wiped out on a gnarly wave. 1980s
gnarly
( adj ) Excellent, outstanding. She does a really gnarly job at computer programming. 1980s
gnarly
( adj ) Tough, challenging. The surf was really gnarly today. 1970s
go
( adj ) A turn, a try. Let me have a go at solving the problem. 1820s
go
( v ) To say. I go, wasn't that great? And he goes, naw, I've done it all before. 1830s
go ape
( vp ) To lose control of yourself, go crazy. He went ape when his friends dropped a frog down his collar. 1950s
go ballistic
( vp ) To lose control of yourself, go crazy. Freida went ballistic when I gave her the ring. 1960s
go bananas
( vp ) To lose control of yourself, go crazy. I am going to go bananas if I don't have a vacation soon. 1930s
go belly up
( vp ) To fail or go bankrupt. The company went belly up under his management. 1940s
go down
( vp ) To happen, take place. What is going down? 1960s
go postal
( vp ) To lose control of yourself, go crazy. My old lady went postal when she found out about my new lady. 1980s
go steady
( vp ) To date only one person. They went steady for a year, then broke up. 1930s
go Titanic
( vp ) To fail, lose. We were planning on catching a flick, but that went titanic. 1990s
god squad
( np ) A fanatical religious group. Don't go inside; the god squad is there. 1980s
gold digger
( n ) A female after a man's money. She doesn't love him; she is just a gold-digger after his money. 1920s
gold-digger
( n ) A woman trying to marry a wealthy man. Do you really love me or are you just another gold-digger after my
money? 1920s
goldang
( int ) An interjection of emphasis (euphemism for G. D.). I'll be goldang if he didn't wreck his new car! 1880s
goldarn
( int ) An interjection of emphasis (euphemism for G. D.). Now just wait a goldarn minute! 1830s
goldbrick
( n ) Someone who does not do his or her share of the work. That goldbrick sits in his office all day and doesn't do a
lick of work. 1910s
golden
( adj ) Excellent, outstanding. He had a golden opportunity to invest in the company but turned it down. 1400s
golden arches
( np ) A Macdonald's restaurant. Let's get a burger at the golden arches. 1960s
Golly!
( int ) An interjection of emphasis (euphemism for 'God'). Golly, that was a good breakfast. 1770s
goncha
( adj ) Grouchy. Why are you acting so goncha today? 1990s
gone
( adj ) Knowledgeable about the current scene. He's a real gone cat. 1940s
gone
( adj ) Totally carried away with. I think Martha's complete gone over him. 1950s

goober
( n ) A peanut. He sat there all night eating boiled goobers. 1830s
goober
( n ) An unsophisticated person, a country bumpkin. Look at that goober in those velvet pants. 1980s
goof
( n ) A mistake, error. Making a pass at the boss's wife was a major goof. 1950s
goof
( v ) Loaf, waste time. They used to goof on their way home from work. 1930s
goof
( n ) Someone stupid or foolish. I am really a goof at times. 1910s
goof
( v ) To make a mistake, error. If I called you 'Clarissa', I just goofed. 1940s
goof off
( v ) Loaf, waste time. I am really a goof at times. 1950s
goof-off
( n ) A loiterer, someone who wastes time. This company can no longer afford good-offs. 1940s
goofy
( adj ) Crazy, insane. He gone goofy over Alice. 1920s
goon
( n ) A stupid thug or bodyguard. The mob boss was accompanied by a couple of his goons. 1930s
goon
( v ) To fall or trip. I gooned on the library steps and broke my heel. 1980s
goop
( n ) A stupid person. He is such a goop he eats his peas with his fingers. 1900s
goop
( n ) A sloppy, viscous, soft substance. The ice cream had melted into a bowl of goop. 1990s
goopy
( adj ) Sloppy, viscous, soft. The ice cream had begun to melt and had become all goopy. 1990s
goopy
( adj ) Stupid or foolish. Don't be so goopy; go along with the others. 1900s
goose
( n ) A poke between the buttocks. Somebody gave the rat fink a goose in the hall and he jumped so high he fell.
1950s
goose
( v ) To poke someone between the buttocks. She goosed Freddy in class and he jumped halfway across the room.
1950s
goose
( v ) To speed up, accelerate. Hey, they're catching up. Goose it! 1950s
gorilla
( n ) A stupid thug or bodyguard. The mob boss came in with one of his gorillas on either side. 1940s
gosh
( int ) An exclamation of surprise. Gosh, I didn't know that. 1750s
got the dragon
( vp ) To have bad breath. Wait until I brush my teeth; I woke up with the dragon. 1990s
gouge
( v ) To cheat by overcharging. He was gouging his customers on a regular basis until they caught on. 1870s
gourd
( n ) Head. Use your gourd to figure out what is happening. 1840s
grain
( n ) Money. Hey Mom, hook me up with some grain. 1990s
grand
( n ) A thousand dollars. His salary is twenty grand a month. 1920s
gravy
( n ) Easy money. This job is pure gravy. 1940s
gravy train
( np ) A source of easy money. Boy, I wish I were a computer geek and could ride that gravy train. 1920s
grease
( v ) To bribe. Apparently, someone greased the guard and got the combination to the safe. 1970s
greaser
( n ) A guy that used too much oil on his hair. Tony is greaser that everyone loves. 1960s
great gun
( np ) Important person. Several of the city's great guns were at the party. 1810s
green
( adj ) New, inexperienced. He is just a green rookie. 1540s
greenback
( n ) A dollar. He opened his wallet and I saw a thick bundle of greenbacks in it. 1940s
grift

( v ) To run a con. I don't have any cash so we'll have to grift tonight. 1910s
grifter
( n ) A con artist. John is such a grifter he runs cons on his mother. 1910s
grill
( n ) Face. Check out her new grill. 1990s
grill
( v ) Show your teeth. Don't look so sad, girl, show me some grill. 1980s
grill
( v ) To interrogate intensely. The police picked him up and grilled him for an hour. 1940s
grind
( n ) A studious, unsociable person. Flynn isn't coming; that grind has to do his homework. 1890s
grind
( n ) A boring, repetitive routine. I need a break from the daily grind. 1850s
grip
( n ) A lot of money. Wow! That new game costs a grip and a half! 2000s
grip
( n ) Money. I can't go to the beach this weekend; I don't have the grip. 1990s
grody
( adj ) Dirty, grimy. Don't put those jeans on; they're all grody from fixing the drain pipe. 1970s
grogan
( n ) Defecation. Where's the can? I have a grogan coming on. 1990s
groove
( n ) Something excellent, outstanding. The music those cats play is all groove. 1970s
groovy
( adj ) Very cool. You got a new car? Groovy! 1960s
gross
( adj ) Disgusting. Oh, gross! You aren't going to eat that fish with the head on it, are you? 1970s
gross-out
( v ) To disgust. The party was a gross-out. 1970s
grouser
( n ) A complainer, a whiner. Doolittle is a constant grouser that everybody hates. 1900s
grub
( n ) Food. Where is the best place to get some grub around here? 1650s
grub
( v ) To hug and kiss. They were grubbing in his car when her parents came home. 1980s
grub
( n ) A studious, unsociable person. Well, it is the grubs who end up running the world. 1840s
grubby
( adj ) Dirty, grimy. Those clothes are too grubby to wear to the party. 1840s
grungy
( adj ) Dirty, grimy. That is a really grungy jacket. 1960s
gumshoe
( n ) Detective. Some gumshoe has been tailing me all afternoon. 1860s
gumshoe
( n ) A private investigator. Sally hired a low-life gumshoe to tail her husband. 1940s
gun
( v ) To accelerate something suddenly. When Pedro saw Maria down the road, he gunned his old jalopy. 1930s
gussy
( v ) To dress up. Well, look at Maud Lynn Dresser! Isn't she all gussied up? 1910s
gut
( adj ) Easy, simple. She only takes gut courses. 1980s
guts
( n ) Courage. It takes a lot of guts to give the boss your true opinion. 1930s
guy
( n ) A fellow. That guy's been in a lot of trouble, (bloke). 1920s
gyalist
( n ) A woman-chaser. I'm not a womanizer I'm just a gyalist. 1990s
gyp
( v ) To swindle or cheat. He gypped me out of five dollars. 1880s
H
hack
( v ) To disgust, make angry. If you mess with my girl, you'll just hack me, Mack. 1990s
hack
( v ) To make fun of. Why are you always hacking on me? 1980s
hail-Mary

( n ) (Football) A desperation play, such as an extremely long pass. It all came down to a hail-Mary pass in the final 5
seconds of the game. 1970s
hairy
( adj ) Dangerous, threatening. That was a hairy plane trip. I am glad the storm is over. 1960s
hairy
( adj ) Crude, clumsy. Franklin made a hairy gesture and skiddooed. 1920s
hairy
( adj ) Old, out-dated. I'm tired of listening to his hairy jokes that went out in the 20s. 1940s
hammer
( n ) Accelerator. Put the hammer to the floor or we will be late for the wedding. 1960s
hammer
( v ) To drink heavily. Put the hammer to the floor or we will be late for the wedding. 1970s
hammered
( adj ) Drunk, intoxicated. I was totally hammered at that party last night. 1970s
handcuff
( n ) An engagement ring. I love the woman but she'll never get the handcuff on me. 1920s
hang
( v ) To spend time with talking. I'm going down to the pizza parlor and hang with the gang. 1980s
hang five
( vp ) To put five toes over the nose of a surfboard. What a hotdogger! He always hangs five when people are
watching. 1960s
hang in
( v ) To persist, not give up. Sue can make it if she just hangs in for a few more days. 1960s
hang it on
( vp ) Say, tell. I didn't hear you. Hang it on me again. 1960s
hang loose
( vp ) To relax, take it easy. Hang loose when you go to the police station; don't go off the deep end. 1960s
hang out
( v ) To relax, take it easy. Joey likes to hang out with the guys down at the pool hall. 1960s
hang ten
( vp ) To put ten toes over the nose of the surfboard. That guy is always trying to hang ten on the low waves. 1960s
hang tough
( vp ) Stick with, keep going, don't give up. We need to hang tough on our decision. 1970s
hang up
( vp ) To quit. I have decided to hang up my teaching job. 1940s
hang-out
( n ) A gathering place. The soda shop was our old hang-out. 1890s
hang-up
( n ) A problem to deal with. I like people with no hang-ups. 1960s
hanging
( adj ) Excellent, outstanding. That is a hanging new sweater Brenda bought her sister. 1900s
happening
( n ) An event. There's going to be a happening at Mr. Natural's house tonight. 1960s
hard
( adj ) Excellent, outstanding. Those new kicks are so hard. 1990s
hard-boiled
( adj ) Tough and cold. Harry's a hard-boiled cop who doesn't take anything from anybody. 1920s
hardcore
( adj ) Authentic, genuine. He is a hardcore Trekky--never missed an episode. 1960s
hardcore
( adj ) Harsh, extreme. What you just said to me was totally hardcore. 1970s
hardware
( n ) A gun. The police were surprised by all the hardware the gang members had. 1950s
hare-brain
( n ) A stupid or foolish person. Who was the hare-brain who put chewing gum on my seat? 1550s
hare-brained
( adj ) Stupid or foolish. Whose hare-brained idea was it to spike granny's lemonade? 1560s
has-been
( n ) Someone who is jaded or no longer effective in what he does. He once was a great actor but now he is just
another washed-out has-been. 1600s
hassle
( v ) To annoy, bother. Don't hassle me now; I'm busy. 1960s
hassle
( v ) To fight. Look at those two guys arguing; they look like they are about to hassle. 1980s
have a cow
( vp ) Throw a fit. I thought mama would have a cow when she saw the damage to the car. 1950s
have a hissy

( vp ) Throw a fit. Mama had a hissy when she saw me in the tank top and miniskirt. 1950s
have a shaft
( vp ) To find someone attractive. I have a shaft for that new girl. 1990s
have arms
( vp ) To have a party. We got arms tonight! 1990s
have it all together
( vp ) In good mental or psychological condition. Recently, I don't seem to have it all together. 1960s
have legs
( vp ) Be workable. Your idea doesn't have legs; it won't fly. 1950s
hawkshaw
( n ) Detective. Mildred hired some two-bit hawkshaw to follow me around and make sure I'm not seeing someone
else. 1900s
hayburner
( n ) A gas-guzzling car. He has a cool set of wheels but his dad drives a hayburner. 1920s
hayburner
( n ) A horse that never wins a race. Don't talk to me; I just lost a week's salary on a hayburner at the track. 1920s
hayseed
( n ) A clumsy, unsophisticated person from the country. That hayseed thinks a fox is some kind of forest animal.
1850s
head
( n ) A person. Yo, there were some mad heads over at the six joint. 1990s
head honcho
( np ) The person in charge, the boss. Who is the head honcho of this company? 1970s
heap
( n ) An old, beat-up car. That old heap of his couldn't make it to the beach. 1950s
heat
( n ) A gun. Watch out for John, he's strapped with heat. 1920s
heat
( n ) The police. Keep a look out for the heat. 1970s
heater
( n ) A gun. The mobster had a lump in his coat that suggested a heater. 1920s
heave
( v ) To vomit. Nadine heaved her whole dinner under the table. 1600s
heavy
( adj ) Carrying a gun. If you are heavy, you can't come in. 1990s
heavy
( adj ) Serious, profound. I'm really not into heavy rap sessions. 1960s
heazy
( pp ) The current location. I don't see Marvin but he is in the heazy. 2000s
hecka
( adv ) Very. That's a hecka good-looking bicycle you have there, Otis. 1980s
hector
( int ) An interjection of disgust. Oh, hector! I left my report card at school. 1990s
heebie-jeebies
( n ) Nervousness. Just thinking about the dentist gives me the heebie-jeebies. 1920s
heel
( n ) A loser, a jerk. What a heel! He left is wife and kids for the circus. 1910s
heinz
( n ) A dog of mixed breed. Spot isn't a purebred; he's just a heinz. 1960s
heist
( n ) An armed robbery. There was a heist at the bank today. 1920s
hella
( adv ) Very. That movie was hella cool. 1980s
Hello?
( int ) An interjection of surprise that the speaker is so stupid. Who is buried in Grant's tomb? Hello?. 1980s
hep
( adj ) A part of the current musical culture. That cat is hep to all the dives with cool jazz. 1900s
hep cat
( np ) A cool jazz-lover. Nathan is the hep cat who took me to Birdland for the first time. 1930s
hero
( n ) Strong man, show off. That hero tried to lift 200 pounds. 1990s
hick
( n ) A clumsy, unsophisticated person from the country. Patsy is dating some hick who wears a straw hat. 1920s
high
( vp ) Drunk, intoxicated on drugs. He was expelled for getting high. 1960s
high
( adj ) Drunk, intoxicated. I was so high I could only count 9 fingers on my hands. 1960s

high shot
( np ) Important person. Marvin is such a hot-shot that he never pays a parking ticket. 1920s
high-five
( n ) HIV. Homey got the high-five from some skank down the block. 1990s
high-five
( n ) Slapping someone else's palm stretched over the head. They gave each other a high-five after winning the sack
race. 1980s
high-five
( v ) To slap someone else's palm stretched over the head. Jan and Jo-Jo high-fived each other when they won the
sack race. 1980s
high-hat
( v ) To snub someone. When I asked her out, she high-hatted me and walked away. 1920s
high-strung
( adj ) Tense, nervous. Amanda Lynn has been a little high-strung since her instrument cracked when she left it in the
car. 1860s
highside
( v ) To show off. Thomas was just highsiding when he said he was getting a new car. 1990s
highsider
( n ) A show-off. Thomas is a complete highsider. 1990s
hillbilly
( n ) A clumsy, unsophisticated person from the country. Willy Earl tells everyone he is in computing but he is just a
hillbilly who works in the stockroom of a computer warehouse. 1900s
hip
( adj ) Knowledgeable about the current scene (variant of 'hep'). Don't worry, Nelson is hip to all that's going on these
days. 1960s
hip-shooter
( n ) Always talking without thinking. He is such a hip-shooter his foot spends more time in his mouth than in its
shoe. 1960s
hippie
( n ) A member of the counterculture of the 60s. He's an old hippie. 1960s
hipster
( n ) A member of the counterculture of the 40s (Origin of 'hippie'). He was a cool hipster you saw in all the jazz
joints back in the 40s. 1940s
hissy
( n ) A fit. She threw a hissy when she saw him with another girl. 1950s
history
( adj ) Over, done with. I don't have any idea where my old boyfriend is. He's history. 1930s
hit
( n ) A murder. The mob made another hit last night. 1960s
hit
( n ) A paid assassination. The mob ordered hits on the heads of the opposing gang. 1970s
hit
( n ) A successful event. Your proposal was a hit with the boss. 1810s
hit
( v ) To kill. He was hit by the mob for blabbing. 1970s
hit man
( n ) A hired killer. Olga hired a hit man to off her husband but her contact turned out to be a police officer. 1950s
hit me on the hip
( vp ) Page me. If I'm not at home when you call, hit me on the hip. OK? 1990s
hit on all sixes
( vp ) To perform perfectly. We lost last night because our star player was not hitting on all sixes. 1920s
hit the books
( vp ) To study. Cut the gabbing; it's time to hit the books. 1950s
hit the road
( vp ) To leave. Man, it's 11 o'clock; time for us to hit the road. 1920s
hit the sack
( vp ) Go to bed. Is it 11 o'clock already? Time for me to hit the sack. 1950s
hitch
( v ) To marry. Did you hear? Buffy and Lance got hitched last night. 1940s
hodad
( n ) A non-surfer. Look at him hotdogging for the hodads on the beach. 1960s
hold
( vp ) Borrow. Let me hold 5 bucks; you know I will pay you back. 1940s
hold on
( v ) Wait a minute. Don't go now; hold on a second. 1840s
hold up
( v ) To rob. He ended up in the hoosegow for holding up a stage coach. 1880s

Hold your horses!

( np ) Wait a minute. Hold your horses! We have plenty of time. 1840s
hole up
( v ) Hide. I had to hole up for three days because the police were looking for me. 1870s
holla
( v ) Call on the telephone Give me your digits and I'll holla back when I get home. 2000s
holler
( v ) To talk to. That chickenhead was trying to holler at my man. 1990s
Holy mackerel!
( int ) An interjection of surprise. Holy mackerel! We won the lottery! 1940s
Holy moly!
( int ) An interjection of surprise. Holy moly! I just won the jackpot! 1950s
home skillet
( n ) A close friend. Harry's my home skillet. 1990s
home slice
( n ) A close friend. Ben's my home slice. 1990s
homey
( n ) A neighborhood friend or acquaintance. All the homeys were waiting for me when I got home from school. 1980s
honcho
( n ) An important person. The honcho says that we are going to have to give up two days of our vacation. 1990s
honcho
( n ) The boss, commanding officer. Who is the head honcho around here? 1940s
honey
( n ) An attractive female. There were a lot of honeys at the bar last night. 1940s
honk around
( v ) To spend time with talking. We're going over to my crib and honk around. 1990s
hoo-ride
( n ) An excellent, outstanding car. Check out my partner in his hoo-ride. 1980s
hooch
( n ) Liquor, bootleg liquor. Where did you get this rotgut hooch? 1890s
hooch up
( v ) To hug and kiss. I saw you and your cutie hooching it up in the car. 1990s
hoochie
( n ) A promiscuous female. She's just a hoochie without a clue. 1990s
hood
( n ) Juvenile delinquent. Those hoods stole our hubcaps. 1990s
hood
( n ) The neighborhood or a certain side of tow. Meet me in the hood tonight. 1980s
hood
( n ) A hoodlum, gangster. It is a nice neighborhood except for a couple of hoods who live down the block. 1920s
hoodie
( n ) A hooded shirt or coat. It's cold; have you got an extra hoodie I can borrow. 1990s
hoodrat
( n ) A female of ill repute in the neighborhood. I don't mess with that hoodrat; she's dangerous. 1990s
hooey
( n ) Nonsense. All that stuff about inheriting a million dollars is just a lot of hooey. 1920s
hoofer
( n ) A dancer. He's dating some hoofer at Radio City Hall. 1920s
hook
( v ) To addict. They say Zelda is hooked on heroine. 1920s
hook
( v ) To steal. He hooked a book on criminal justice and it turned his life around. 1980s
hook up
( v ) To get together. After the party, she hooked up with Spongy and they went to a drive-in. 1970s
hoops
( n ) Basketball. Let's shoot some hoops after school. 1980s
hoops
( n ) Basketball. Hey, man, let's go shoot some hoops after school. 1980s
hoopty
( n ) An old, beat-up car. That old hoopty of Jules can't make it home. 1980s
Hoopty-doo!
( int ) An interjection of celebration. Hoopty-doo! Fred got a promotion and a big raise! 1920s
Hoopty-doo!
( int ) An interjection of dismissal (sarcastic). You got a dollar tip? Well, hoopty-doo!. 1960s
Hooray!
( int ) An interjection of celebration. Hooray! I just won the lottery! 1890s
hoosegow

( n ) Jail or prison. You had better be careful that you don't end up in the hoosegow. 1910s
hoot
( n ) Something excellent, outstanding. Wasn't that party last night a hoot, though? 1970s
hooyah
( int ) An interjection of confidence in oneself. Hooyah! I'm invincible! 2000s
hooyah
( adj ) Self-confident. I have hooyah power! 2000s
hop up
( v ) Increase the power and speed of a car. His wheels are faster since he hopped up the engine and installed dual
glasspacks. 1950s
hop-head
( n ) Someone high on drugs and restive. Some hop-head mugged me in the park. 1960s
hopped up
( adj ) High on drugs and restive. Don't ever come in here again when you are hopped-up. 1960s
hops
( n ) The ability to jump high. Look at that guy jump; he has hops. 1990s
hork
( v ) To vomit. I drank so much, I horked on my shoes. 1980s
hork
( v ) Gulp, gobble, swallow whole. Don't just hork it down; savor it! 2000s
horn
( n ) Telephone. Lester will talk to you later; he's on the horn with Rochelle right now. 1970s
horny
( adj ) Sexually aroused; randy. I haven't been horny since I started taking that antidepressant. 1950s
horse
( n ) A large, strong man with a big appetite. Reilly is a horse; you had better fix him a big dinner. 1950s
horse
( v ) To play with carelessly. I don't have time to horse around; let's get down to business. 1920s
horse feathers
( int ) Nonsense. Horse feathers! You never dated Clara Bow! 1920s
horse's ass
( np ) A disgusting person. That horse's ass never showed up, so we had to do it all. 1950s
horse's ass
( int ) An interjection of disgust. Horse's ass! The teacher's giving a pop quiz today. 1990s
hose
( v ) To harm greatly. If my parents find out about this, I'm hosed. 1970s
hosed
( adj ) Drunk, intoxicated. I got really hosed last night at the party. 1960s
hot
( adj ) Sexy, attractive. That girl is hot! 1950s
hot
( adj ) Stolen. The police stopped them because they thought the car was hot. 1930s
hot
( adj ) Fast (music). I like my jazz hot, not cool. 1920s
hot
( adj ) Angry, mad. Dudley is a bit hot under the collar from your insult. 1220s
hot
( adj ) Electrically charged or radioactive. He accidentally picked up a hot wire and got a shock. 1920s
hot
( adj ) Electrically charged or radioactive. He accidentally picked up a hot wire and got a shock 1920s
hot and bothered
( ap ) Irritated. Don't get all hot and bothered about a parking ticket. 1950s
Hot damn!
( int ) An interjection of surprise. Hot damn, that car is a doozy. 1940s
Hot diggity dog!
( int ) An interjection of surprise. Hot diggity dog! Bonzo brought home the Marilyn Monroe movie. 1940s
Hot dog!
( int ) An interjection of surprise. Hot dog! I got second base on the baseball team. 1940s
hot minute
( np ) Fast or quick. I'll be with you in a hot minute. 1990s
hot potato
( np ) Something potentially exposive, dangerous. The assistant district attorney was given all the hot potatoes that
no one else woud touch with a ten-foot pole. 1840s
hot seat
( np ) The electric chair. Marcus got the hot seat for murder. 1920s
hot seat

( np ) A critical position with great pressure for success. Dwayne is in the hot seat now: if he doesn't make his quota,
he is history. 1930s
hot to trot
( ap ) Sexy, seductive (a female). Selma seemed hot to trot last night. 1950s
hotdog
( v ) To show off. Yeah, he's good at right field but he hotdogs too much. 1960s
hotdogger
( n ) A show-off. Yeah, he's good at right field but he is too much of a hot-dogger. 1960s
hotrod
( n ) A souped-up car. Oliver's been working on that old hotrod of his for two years, now. 1940s
hotshot
( adj ) Expert. Malcolm, they say, is a hotshot reporter for a big newspaper up north. 1940s
hotshot
( n ) A person who thinks he is very important. Look at Bud with his collar up; he thinks he is such a hotshot. 1930s
hotsy-totsy
( adj ) Seemingly excellent, outstanding. He thinks that just because he drives some hotsy-totsy Stutz Bearcar, he's
the cat's meow. 1920s
hottie
( n ) An attractive female. She is a hottie but they say she is a hoodrat, so I avoid her. 2000s
huffy
( adj ) Arrogant, rude. I will do it soon so please don't get huffy. 1680s
humbug
( n ) Nonsense. Everything she says is just a lot of humbug. 1750s
humongous
( adj ) Really huge. If she could get over her humongous ego, she could be a groovy chick. 1970s
hunk
( n ) A well-built man. Say, Serafima, who is that hunk you are talking to? 1970s
hustle
( v ) Hurry. If you don't hustle, we will be late again. 1810s
hustle
( v ) To swindle or cheat. If he wants you to pay cash for the car, he is just hustling you. 1960s
hype
( n ) Exaggerated advertising. Don't believe the hype about Rhonda; she isn't all she is cracked up to be. 1960s
hype
( n ) Hypodermic needle. If you aren't on drugs, why are all these hypes in your room? 1920s
hype
( adj ) Really cool, awesome, smooth. Joe got a new drum kit; it's really hype. 1990s
hype
( v ) To build interest using exaggerated advertising (from 'hyperbole'). Lotta Bolloni isn't such a good actress but her
films are hyped so she is popular. 1960s
hype
( v ) To swindle by overcharging or short-changing. I think they hyped me back there at the store. 1920s
hyper
( adj ) Overexcited (from 'hyperactive'). Don't get hyper about what she told you. You know it isn't true. 1970s
I
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
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
J
J-Crew clone
( np ) Fraternity brother. Don't go in that bar; it's full of J-Crew clones. 1980s
jack
( v ) To steal. Somebody jacked my computer yesterday. 1990s
jack
( n ) Money. He's a nice-looking guy but he doesn't have enough jack for me. 1920s
jack up
( adj ) Raise a car's rear end. Hey, man, your rod looks cool jacked up like that. 1970s
jacketed
( adj ) Dating only one person. Forget her; she's jacketed. 1990s
jail bait
( np ) A girl too young for sexual advances. Don't hit on her; she's only 15 and jail bait. 1950s
jake
( adj ) Alright, OK. Who made all that noise? Is everything jake out here? 1910s
jalopy
( n ) An old, beat-up car. Where did you get that old jalopy? 1920s
jam
( v ) To leave. The music's getting too loud; I'm jamming. 1980s
jam
( v ) To make music informally. After the gig last night, the group went over to Tooter's and jammed the. 1950s
jam on the one
( vp ) To be excellent, outstanding. That song she's singing is jamming on the one. 1990s
jammed

( adj ) Upset, angry. I was totally jammed over that D in bio. 1990s
jane
( n ) Any female. He picked up some jane at the bar last night. 1920s
janked up
( adj ) Confused, messed up. Everything was so janked up we didn't know if we were coming or going. 1990s
jankety
( adj ) In bad condition. I always wear jankety kicks so nobody wants to steal them. 1990s
janky
( adj ) In bad condition, ugly. Rodriquez, we aren't riding in your janky old car any more. 1990s
janky
( adj ) Suspicious, not quite honest. That girl in the trench coat and dark glasses looks janky. 1990s
java
( n ) Coffee. Give me a cup of java and one of your week-old doughnuts. 1920s
jazz
( v ) To enhance, make more decorative. He jazzed up his car with a spotlight and a fox tail on the antenna. 1920s
jazz
( adj ) To excite, enthuse. This is going to be a great reunion. I'm really jazzed about going. 1910s
jazzed
( adj ) Drunk, intoxicated. Get him out of here; he's totally jazzed. 1920s
jelly roll
( np ) Men's hair style combed up and forward on both sides to a point in the middle of the forehead. Floyd looks like
a jerk in that jelly roll of his. 1960s
jerk
( n ) A stupid or foolish person. The jerk left his date at the party. 1940s
jerk around
( v ) Mislead. Recently it seems like everyone is jerking me around. 1950s
Jesus freak
( np ) Missionary Christians. There's a bunch of Jesus freaks in my philosophy class. 1970s
jet
( v ) To leave. I have homework to do; let's jet. 1990s
jets
( n ) Smarts, brains. She is good-looking but she doesn't have much jets. 1990s
jewels
( n ) An excellent pair of shoes. Hey man, where did you come across those awesome jewels? 1990s
jiggy
( adj ) Jittery, fidgety. Sit still and don't be so jiggy. 1890s
jiggy
( adj ) Sexy, attractive. She is a jiggy woman, the way she dresses. 1990s
jimmies
( n ) Stretch shorts worn under another pair of shorts. Did you remember to wear your jimmies? 1990s
jinx
( n ) Something or someone that brings bad luck. For a long time sailors thought that a woman on board ship was a
jinx. 1910s
jit
( n ) An inexperienced person. We got a bunch of jits on the team. 1990s
jitney
( n ) A nickel, a 5-cent piece. He didn't have a jitney on him at the time. 1900s
jitterbug
( n ) A nervous person. Calm down, Donny, don't be such a jitterbug. 1930s
jitterbug
( n ) A dance to fast big band jazz. Boogie-woogie, bebop, jitterbug, I love all the fast dances. 1940s
jive
( n ) Fast jazz of the 20s-30s. I know a little club where they play jive until 2 in the morning. 1920s
jive
( v ) To make sense, fit. Nothing you say jives with what your wife told me. 1940s
jive
( v ) To mislead, deceive. Don't try to jive me, man. I know what's what. 1920s
jive
( v ) To play fast jazz of the 20s-30s. He had a group that would jive all night. 1920s
jive
( n ) Worthless, crazy, or unpleasant talk. Don't talk that jive to me, turkey; I don't believe a word you say. 1920s
jock
( n ) An athlete. He likes to hang out at jock bars and talk sports all the time. 1950s
jock
( v ) To flirt. I think that guy is trying to jock you? 1990s
Joe
( n ) Form of address to an unknown male. Hey Joe, what's up. 1840s

joe
( n ) Coffee. Give me a cup of joe, Joe, and a piece of Mabel's crabapple pie or whatever it is. 1920s
Joe Blow
( np ) An ordinary, average person. Joe Blow doesn't buy many yachts in his lifetime. 1950s
Joe Sixpack
( np ) An ordinary, average person. No, you wouldn't expect Joe Sixpack to drive around in a Bugatti. 1970s
john
( n ) Bathroom. The john really smells. 1950s
john
( n ) A toilet or the toilet. When he flushed the john, he was surprised to see his cap disappearing down the hole.
1920s
John Law
( n ) The police. Watch out for John Law. 1950s
joint
( n ) Jail or prison. He claims that he did time in the joint. 1950s
joint
( n ) A prison, jail. When he got out of the joint, he went legit. 1940s
joint
( n ) A questionable establishment. He took her to a joint he wouldn't want his mother to even know about. 1910s
jone
( v ) To criticize. He was joning me all night. 1990s
juice
( n ) Liquor. I hear Harry is on the juice again. 1820s
juice
( n ) Electricity. There is a plug here but it doesn't have any juice. 1890s
juice
( n ) Influence. Marty has enough juice in city hall that he never pays a parking ticket. 1960s
juice joint
( n ) A speakeasy. For five years Myrtle ran a juice-joint until they caught her for selling bootleg hootch. 1920s
juiced
( adj ) Drunk, intoxicated. Orville got pretty juiced at the party last night. 1950s
juiced
( adj ) Overexcited. Man, I was hella juiced at summer jams. 1990s
Jump in the lake!
( phr ) Don't bother me; you're crazy. You want me to loan you $5? Go jump in the lake! 1920s
jump the couch
( vp ) To lose control of yourself, go crazy. Maureen jumped the couch when she heard that Craig had left town with
Sue. 2000s
just off the boat
( pp ) Naive. He acts like he is just off the boat. 1900s
juvie
( n ) Juvenile court or detention center. Then they hauled me into juvey. 1960s
juvie
( n ) Juvenile delinquent. Those juvies are always stealing things. 1940s
K
keen
( adj ) Wanting to, excited about {British}. I'm keen to go to the motion pictures. 1930s
keen
( adj ) Attractive or appealing. She was a keen girl, with nice gams and figure. 1910s
keen-o
( adj ) Excellent, outstanding. That is a totally keen-o hairdo. 1990s
keep your cool
( vp ) Remain calm. He kept his cool when his house burned down. 1960s
kegger
( n ) A beer party. I hear there is a five-kegger at John's house tonight. 1980s
keister
( n ) The buttocks. Llewelyn slipped on the wet floor and fell on his keister. 1930s
key
( adj ) Important, crucial. That scarf is key for that outfit. 1960s
kibosh
( n ) A stop (to something). The rents put the kibosh on the party Saturday night. 1940s
kick
( n ) Enjoyment. I get a kick out of watching him paint. 1940s
kick it
( v ) To leave. Well, I have to write a paper tonight so I better be kicking it. 1990s
kick it

( v ) To spend time with talking. I found Bryan just kicking it with his friends. 1990s
kick out
( v ) To dismiss or expel. He was kicked out of office for malfeasance. 1690s
kick the habit
( vp ) To end an addiction. If you don't kick the ice cream habit you're going to buy the farm. 1950s
kick-off
( n ) The beginning. The kick-off of his political campaign is tonight. 1850s
kickass
( adj ) Excellent, outstanding. That new bar is kick-ass. 1980s
kicking
( adj ) Excellent, outstanding. That band was kicking! 1990s
kicks
( n ) Fun. She gets her kicks by going to the beach. 1940s
kicks
( n ) Shoes. Those are some really cool kicks! 1990s
kid
( int ) A young person. Hey kid, where are you going? 1690s
kid
( n ) Child, young person. She was married and had 5 kids. 1590s
kill
( v ) To really impress. His jokes just killed them. 1630s
kill
( v ) To turn off, switch off. Kill the lights and let's look at the Christmas tree in the dark. 1880s
kill
( v ) Waste (time). I killed two hours in a movie today. 1720s
killer
( adj ) Excellent, outstanding. Their company just released a killer application that he helped hack. 1980s
killer
( n ) Something or someone excellent, outstanding. That new book by her mother is a real killer. 1900s
killer
( n ) Tough, difficult. All of her courses are killers. 1960s
killjoy
( n ) A squelcher. My parents are killjoys who don't want me to wear so many beads. 1920s
king-size
( ap ) Really huge. That Caddy his dad has is king size. 1940s
kipe
( v ) To steal. I think Brady kiped that cap he's wearing. 1990s
kiss up to
( v ) To toady. Anna Belle's always kissing up to the teacher; no wonder she gets good grades. 1970s
kisser
( n ) Mouth. Watch what you say, Bub, or I'll pop you one in the kisser. 1920s
kite
( n ) Money. How much kite you got? 1990s
klutz
( n ) A clumsy, awkward person. He is a real klutz. 1960s
knock
( v ) Criticize, insult. Hey, don't knock my new hat! 1950s
knock off
( v ) To copy. Boris can knock off a half dozen Picassos before lunch. 1960s
knock off
( v ) To kill. Bugsy finked on the mob and they knocked him off. 1940s
knock off
( v ) To quit. He knocked off work early today. 1940s
knock out
( v ) To deeply impress. His report knocked them out. 1590s
knock-off
( v ) An illegal copy. He was caught selling knock-offs of Picasso drawings. 1960s
knocked out
( adj ) Asleep. Lem is knocked out; he worked all night long. 1940s
knockout
( n ) A very beautiful female. Who was that knockout I saw you with last Friday? 1890s
knockout
( n ) Something excellent, outstanding. It was a knockout of a car; I couldn't pass it up. 1960s
knuckle sandwich
( np ) A punch in the mouth. Shut up or I'll give you a knuckle sandwich. 1940s
kook

( n ) An eccentric, non-conformist. Look at the kook over there wearing a heavy sweater on a hot day like today.
1950s
kook
( n ) An eccentric. The kook thinks he's making a fashion statement wearing his shirt backwards. 1950s
kooky
( adj ) Crazy, insane. What happened to your kooky friend? 1950s
kosher
( adj ) Fair. Well, the deal to trade your car for his motorcycle doesn't sound kosher to me. 1920s
kryptonite
( n ) A weakness. Boy, that girl is my kryptonite. 1980s
L
l's
( n ) Driver's license. Hey Alethia, did you get your l's yet? 1990s
lackey
( adj ) Bad, lazy, worthless. Her attitude is so lackey. 1990s
laid-back
( adj ) Calm and relaxed. You need to be more laid-back. 1960s
lame
( adj ) Weak, inadequate. That is really a lame excuse. 1960s
lame-brain
( n ) A stupid or foolish person. This lame-brain thinks it is the Umpire State Building in New York. 1930s
lame-brained
( adj ) Stupid or foolish. I've never heard such a lame-brained idea in my life. 1930s
later
( int ) Good-bye. Later, dude; I have to go. 1960s
lay a patch
( vp ) To screech your tires pulling out. Hilda just left; I heard her lay a patch pulling out. 1950s
lay a strip
( vp ) To screech your tires pulling out. Heidi just went home; I heard her lay a strip pulling out. 1950s
lay off
( v ) To fire (temporarily). The company laid off 100 people this week. 1910s
lay off
( v ) To quit. Hey, lay off bothering me! 1900s
lay on
( v ) To tell. OK, lay the bad news on me; I'm ready. 1950s
lay rubber
( vp ) To screech your tires pulling out. Let's get out of here; lay some rubber, man! 1950s
lay some scratch
( vp ) To screech your tires pulling out. He lays some scratch every time he pulls away in that car of his. 1980s
lead sled
( np ) A car with extensive body work. That lead sled of his can't drag for the weight. 1960s
leave holding the bag
( vp ) To be made a scapegoat. When the hand grenade exploded beneath the cow, Beulah was left holding the bag.
1860s
left
( adj ) Angry, mad. When Maria walked in and caught her parents reading her diary, she got left. 1990s
legit
( adj ) Excellent, outstanding. That party last night was totally legit! 1990s
Let her rip!
( vp ) Start it up, release it. OK, put her in gear and let her rip! 1850s
Let it all hang out.
( phr ) To lose your inhibitions. We're going to have a party this weekend where you can let it all hang out. 1960s
Let someone have it
( vp ) To shoot someone. If you don't stop grabbing for my gun, I'm going to let you have it. 1940s
level
( n ) Honest, truthful. Level with me: did you really take Jeanette MacDonald out? 1920s
libes
( n ) The library. He really gives off good vibes. 1980s
lick
( n ) A bit, the smallest amount. He doesn't have lick of sense. 1900s
lick
( n ) A criticism, insult. Lorraine took her share of licks in the papers as she made her way up to stardom. 1970s
lick
( n ) A short musical improvisation. He isn't that creative a trumpeter; he gets most of his licks from others. 1930s
lift
( v ) To steal. He was picked up for lifting hubcaps. 1950s

lifted
( adj ) Drunk, intoxicated. Darlene got a little lifted on the rum and fell off the bench. 1980s
light
( v ) To ignore. I was so lighted by my boyfriend yesterday. 1990s
lightweight
( n ) Someone who cannot get things done. You don't want to give a job this important to a lightweight. 1930s
like
( int ) Speech punctuation. Hey, man, why are you, like, trying to, like, get me, like, to do something, like, I don't like.
1960s
like crazy
( pp ) Really fast. We're studying like crazy for the exam tomorrow.
1940s
line
( n ) An untrue story or statement. Cornelius shot me some line about being an Eskimo who wandered too far south.
1940s
line
( n ) Flirtatious talk designed to pick up a date. He fed me this line about how many banks he owned which didn't
work when I saw the jalopy he was driving. 1920s
lingo
( n ) Speech, language dialect. Cherokee sure is a strange lingo. 1660s
link card
( np ) Food stamps. Link cards are not accepted in this club. 1980s
lit
( adj ) Angry, mad. I was fully lit after he dissed me like that. 1990s
lit
( adj ) Drunk, intoxicated. He came home lit and fell into bed like a rock. 1920s
live
( adj ) Excellent, outstanding. That party was live last night! 1990s
live-park
( v ) To park with the motor running. Jump out. I'll live park while you get the sodas. 1980s
live-wire
( np ) An exciting person. Maisy is a live-wire everyone wants at his or her party. 1900s
loaded
( adj ) Drunk; intoxicated. He partied all night and came home loaded. 1890s
loaded
( adj ) Rich, wealthy. I hear Leroy's parents are loaded. 1900s
lock up
( v ) To fight. If you keep talking jive, we're going to lock up. 1980s
lockup
( n ) Jail or prison. He was picked up on a DUI and spent the night in the lockup. 1950s
lollapalooza
( n ) Something excellent, outstanding. Boy, that storm last night was a real lollapalooza, wasn't it? 1900s
loony bin
( np ) Insane asylum. Loan you $5? You should be locked up in a loony bin! 1910s
loopy
( adj ) Drunk; intoxicated. He partied all night and then came to the final loopy. 1980s
loot
( n ) Money. Yo man, I don't have any loot; hook me up. 1990s
loot
( n ) Stolen goods or money. The robbers were caught red-handed still holding the loot. 1780s
lop
( n ) A stupid or foolish person. You are such a lop; can't you even park a car? 1990s
loser
( n ) A person who cannot succeed. John is a loser who has never held a job for a year. 1950s
love handles
( np ) Rolls of fat on the sides. I exercise every day, but I can't get rid of these love handles. 1970s
low
( adj ) Secret, confidential. I'll tell you who she's seeing but you have to keep this low. 1990s
low-key
( adj ) Relaxed, quiet, inconspicuous. I prefer a low-key approach to negotiations. 1970s
low-keyed
( adj ) Relaxed, quiet, inconspicuous. I prefer a low-keyed approach to negotiations. 1960s
lulu
( n ) Something excellent, outstanding. That shot he made outside the 3-point zone was a lulu! 1940s
lunachick
( n ) A crazy female. She's such a lunachick she went postal when he took her parking place. 1990s
lunch

( v ) To lose control of yourself, go crazy. She lunched when she found out she needed another math class. 1990s
lush
( n ) An alcoholic. Ferdie's dad was a lush but he turned out alright. 1890s
M
machine
( n ) A car (hot-rodders). You should see that boss machine of his. 1900s
Mack
( int ) Form of address for a male. Hey, Mack, where is the nearest truck stop? 1930s
mack (on)
( v ) To flirt with, try to seduce. That guy was macking on her, but she wasn't interested. 1990s
mack (on)
( v ) To take advantage of. Yo. free pizza? I'm going to mack on some of that! 1990s
mack-daddy
( n ) Someone good at flirting with women. You are the mackdaddy of them all; why don't you have a date for the
prom? 1990s
made in the shade
( vp ) Success guaranteed. Since Hoodad got that job, he has it made in the shade. 1950s
mail
( n ) Money. I have to pick up a job so I can get some mail. 2000s
make a pass
( vp ) To flirt with, try to seduce. He made a pass at me but I wasn't interested. 1940s
make it
( v ) To leave. When are you going to make it? 1990s
make no nevermind.
( vp ) To not matter. It makes no nevermind to me what she does. 1950s
make out
( v ) To hug and kiss. Their parents caught them making out on the couch in the living room. 1950s
make the scene
( vp ) To attend an event or activity. Hey, man, I'm going to be too busy to make the scene tonight. 1960s
make tracks
( vp ) To leave. When are you going to make tracks? 1950s
make waves
( vp ) Cause trouble. Try not to make waves around the office. 1960s
make whoopee
( v ) To hug and kiss. They were making whoopee in his Model-T Ford. 1920s
malarkey
( n ) Nonsense. He said he aced the chem exam. What malarkey! 1930s
mama's boy
( np ) A sissy who is overly attached to his mother. Ben Dover is such a mother's boy he won't go to the movies
without calling home first. 1860s
man
( n ) An emphatic An interjection. Man, that was a hard test. 1950s
man
( int ) From of address to a male in the North. Man, I don't know what to do. 1950s
mao
( v ) Gulp, gobble, swallow whole. Wow, dude, you really maoed that pizza down! 1990s
marinate
( v ) To relax, take it easy. I'm sitting around watching TV, just marinating in my own juices. 1990s
mark
( np ) Likely victim or target. The Japanese are an easy mark for muggers because they carry cash. 1550s
mash
( v ) To hug and kiss. I saw them mashing in the cafeteria. 1990s
masher
( n ) A man who makes improper advances to women. Mike Hunt is a masher who doesn't develop lasting
relationships with girls. 1870s
masher
( n ) A young man who makes improper advances to women. Mike Harden is a masher always on the make. 1870s
mass
( adv ) A lot. You're going to get in mass trouble! 1990s
maul
( v ) To hug and kiss. I saw her mauling this other guy and her boyfriend has no idea. 2000s
max out
( adj ) To go to the limit. I am maxed out at my work and need to rest. 1980s
mean
( adj ) Excellent, outstanding. Rusty Carr's rod is the meanest car in town. 1950s
meat

( n ) A male. That new freshman looks like mean meat. 1980s

meatball
( n ) A stupid or foolish person. So then the meatball leans over and let's his cigarette drop into the open carburetor.
1940s
meeper
( n ) A party. Are you going to the meeper tonight? 1990s
mega
( adj ) Large. I have mega tomatoes in my garden this summer. 1970s
megabucks
( n ) A lot of money. He made megabucks when he sold his company. 1940s
mellow
( adj ) Calm and relaxed. Campenella is a mellow fellow who doesn't let anything get on his nerves. 1970s
mellow
( v ) To calm down. You need to mellow (out) and enjoy life. 1970s
meltdown
( n ) Total collapse. There has been a meltdown in the relationship between my parents and me. 1980s
melvin
( n ) A person the speaker dislikes. One who acts immature. What a melvin that guy is! 1990s
melvin
( n ) Pulling someone's pants up sharply to wedge them between the buttocks. I snuck up behind Jimmy the Fink and
gave him a melvin. 1960s
mess
( v ) Associate or mix with. Don't mess (around) with people like that; they will get you in trouble. 1790s
mess
( v ) Bother, annoy. Don't mess with me right now, I'm in a bad mood. 1850s
mess
( n ) Bunch, group, a lot of. A mess of kids hang out at Taco's. 1800s
Mickey-Mouse
( adj ) Easy, simple. The homework the teacher gave us was mickey mouse. 1950s
Mickey-Mouse
( adj ) Minor, unimportant. Boswell ran some Mickey-Mouse radio station in Florida for a few years. 1930s
Midas touch
( np ) Ability to make money, be successful. Donny has the Midas touch; everything he does makes him money. 1650s
midnight auto supply
( np ) Obtaining auto parts through theft. These hubcaps are too cheap; they must have come from midnight auto
supply. 1950s
mint
( adj ) Excellent, outstanding. We have a mint algebra teacher. 1980s
minxy
( adj ) Alluring, seductive. She is a totally minxy fox. 1930s
mirror warmer
( n ) A piece of pastel fabric from your girl tied around the rear view mirror. He was using one of her handkerchief's
as a mirror warmer. 1950s
mob
( v ) To beat somebody up. That chick stole my guy; I'm going to go mob her! 1990s
moby
( adj ) Exceptionally large. His house was really moby. 1990s
moll
( n ) A gangster's girlfriend. They say she was Capone's moll for a month or two. 1820s
Monday morning quarterback
( np ) Someone who offers advice when it is too late. Fritz is a Monday morning quarterback who is never there
when you need him. 1930s
money
( adj ) Excellent, outstanding. That new band is money, daddy-o. 1990s
monkey
( v ) To play carelessly. Don't monkey with the switch; you might start it up. 1870s
moof
( v ) To sleep from drunkenness or intoxication. Murray had too much to drink and is now moofing on the couch.
1990s
moolah
( n ) Money. This guy Seamus Allgood has mucho moolah. 1940s
moon
( n ) Smooth, domed hubcap. Your car looks great with that new set of moons. 1980s
moon
( v ) To drop your pants, bend over, and show your rear end. Just as he was mooning me, the principal walked by.
1960s
move on

( v ) To flirt with, try to seduce. I am going to try to move on Sarah next Saturday. 1960s
Mrs. Grundy
( np ) A priggish or prudish person. She is such a Mrs. Grundy that she refuses to go into the water. 1920s
mud
( n ) An ugly female (offensive). If I ever kick it to a mud, just shoot me! 1990s
mug
( n ) Face. Get out and don't let me see your mug in her again. 1940s
mug
( v ) To make faces. He loves to mug with hit grandchildren. 1940s
mug
( v ) To rob at gunpoint. He was mugged in Central Park for $40 and a ham sandwich. 1960s
mug
( v ) To hug and kiss. I caught them mugging in the living room. 1890s
mug (up)
( v ) To study hard. Did you mug up on your physics over the weekend? 1840s
mug down
( v ) To hug and kiss. Eric and I were mugging down in the living room when the rents came in. 1990s
mule
( n ) A carrier of illegal drugs. The cartel uses her as a mule to get their drugs into the country. 1930s
mullet
( n ) A man's hairstyle with the hair cut short on the sides and in the front, but long and flowing down the back of the
neck. Martin let his hair grow out and styled it into a mullet. 1970s
mush
( n ) Nonsense. That is total mush and you know it. 1990s
mush
( n ) Sentimentality. The movie was full of romantic mush. 1910s
mutt
( n ) A dog. Hey, Fritz, what is your mutt barking at now? 1900s
N
nab
( v ) To capture or arrest. They nabbed the robber within a block of the robbery. 1680s
nab
( v ) To steal. Somebody nabbed my coat while I was in the meeting. 1790s
nacho
( adj ) Excellent, outstanding. Wow! That party was nacho! 1990s
nada
( n ) Nothing. We searched her car and found nada. 1940s
narc
( n ) Narcotics officer. Watch out for the narks in the airport. 1960s
nark
( n ) An informer, a tattle-tale. I saw the little nark coming out of police headquarters. 1850s
navigate
( v ) To leave. It's late; lets navigate. 1990s
neat
( adj ) OK, alright, suitable. That was a neat idea that you had. 1970s
neat-o
( adj ) Excellent, outstanding. Martin's new hairdo is neat-o. 1970s
neatnik
( n ) A person too concerned with neatness. Priscilla is such a neatnik she sorts her socks by color in their drawer.
1960s
neck
( n ) A difficult person. Jimmy is acting like a neck. 1990s
neck
( v ) To hug and kiss. There isn't enough room in my Beetle to neck. 1950s
negative
( adv ) No, a negative answer. You want to go in? Negative, no one is allowed. 1960s
negative
( n ) Something bad. There are too many negatives about the company merger. 1620s
negatory
( adv ) No, a negative answer. That's negatory on the request for more money, son. 1970s
nerd
( n ) A studious, unsociable person. See if you can get the nerd to leave his computer long enough to go for coffee.
1950s
nerd
( n ) Computer devotee. Forget the nerd; he's connected to that computer by an umbilical cord. 1980s
nerve

( n ) Audacity. You have some nerve telling me what to do! 1940s

nest
( n ) A hair-do. Who did your new nest, Chucky? 1990s
nest egg
( np ) A savings account for retirement. When he retired, he had a tidy little nest egg in the bank. 1700s
Nice going!
( int ) Interjection of congratulations. Nice going on that 3-pointer you just shot. 1940s
nick
( v ) To capture or arrest. The police nicked the shoplifter as he was leaving the store. 1640s
nick
( v ) To steal. The shoplifter nicked the cop's badge as he was dragged out of the store. 1620s
nickel
( n ) A 5-cent piece. Do you have a nickel for the parking meter? 1850s
nickel-and-dime
( v ) To niggle away, eat a way bit by bit. These telephone bills are nickel-and-diming me something awful. 1910s
nifty
( adj ) OK, alright, suitable. What a nifty gadget Prunella's electric fork is! 1860s
nifty
( adj ) Neat, cute. She was wearing this really nifty, low-cut dress with a fringe around the hem. 1950s
night owl
( np ) A person who stays out late. Bertram is a night owl who seldom gets up before noon. 1920s
nip
( n ) A quick drink. He took a nip out of the bottle. 1730s
nipper
( n ) A little boy. He has to stay home and take care of the little nipper today. 1850s
nipper
( n ) A pickpocket. Some nipper nabbed my wallet at the market today. 1830s
nippy
( adj ) Chilly. Better put on a coat; it is a little nippy outside today. 1890s
nitnoid
( adj ) Trivial, picky. You really don't have to bring every little nitnoid problem to me. 1990s
no clue
( np ) No idea. I have no clue as to what Rolly is doing tonight. 1970s
No dice!
( int ) An interjection of rejection. I ask him for $10 but he said: No dice! 1940s
No diggity?
( np ) An interjection of dismissal. Bill Gates is wealthy? No diggity. 1990s
No joke!
( int ) An interjection of dismissal. The vote was along party lines? No joke!. 1950s
No joke!
( int ) An interjection of emphasis. No joke! Ronnie really did let the air out of the tires of the squad car. 1950s
no sweat
( np ) No problem. It's no sweat to have the report in to you by Monday. 1950s
no way
( adv ) Absolutely not No way am I going to lick that frozen steel pole! 1980s
No way!
( int ) Absolutely not! Let you borrow my car? No way!. 1960s
No way, Jose!
( int ) Absolutely not! Let you borrow my car? No way, Jose!. 1970s
no-brainer
( n ) An easy problem. Now, let me see, do I want to go to the show in Erie, PA or the one in Las Vegas? That's a nobrainer. 1970s
no-brainer
( n ) Something easy to figure out and do. Aw, assembling this bike is a no-brainer. 1970s
nobby
( adj ) Fashionable. What a nobby hat you have there! 1850s
nod
( v ) Drift in and out of consciousness. He's been dropping acid; that's why he is nodding. 1960s
noggin
( n ) The head. Francine ran into the door and got a knot on her noggin. 1760s
nogoodnik
( n ) A bad or worthless person. So then the nogoodnik tramped across my clean kitchen floor in his muddy boots.
1930s
nonce
( n ) A weak, indecisive person. You are nothing but a nonce! 1980s
noodle
( n ) The head. Ow! I just bumped my noodle on that pipe up there. 1910s

nook
( n ) A problem. You're facing a tough nook; how are you going to solve it? 1990s
nope
( adv ) No, a negative answer. Nope, I don't use dope. 1880s
nose
( n ) An ability to detect. Lucy Lastik has a nose for good night spots. 1870s
nose
( v ) An informer, a tattle-tale. The coppers had their noses all around town. 1780s
Not a chance!
( int ) An interjection of rejection. Loan you $20? Not a chance!. 1950s
Nothing doing!
( int ) An interjection of rejection. You want me to lend you $5 for the movies? Nothing doing!. 1960s
Now you're on the trolley!
( phr ) Now you have caught on. Yeah, Yeah! Monday comes BEFORE Tuesday. Now you're on the trolley! 1920s
nowhere
( adv ) Bad, no good. That song is nowhere. 1980s
nudnik
( n ) An irritating person. Get that nudnik out of here; I can't stand her. 1920s
nugget
( n ) The head. I don't know how you got that idea in your nugget. 2000s
nuggets
( n ) Loose change. Hey, man, do you have any nuggets in your pocket? 1990s
nuke
( n ) A nuclear weapon. Does that attack plane have any nukes? 1960s
nuke
( v ) To attack with nuclear weapons. If they don't do what we tell them to do, why don't we nuke them? 1960s
nuke
( v ) To heat up in the microwave. I'll nuke our dinner in a few minutes. 1980s
number one
( np ) Yourself. I'm taking care of number one and you guys can fend for yourselves. 1950s
nut
( n ) A crazy person. I think that he is a nut. 1900s
nuts
( adj ) Crazy, insane. You are completely nuts if you think I will go with you. 1940s
Nuts!
( int ) An interjection of disappointment. Nuts! I dropped my glasses down the sewer drain. 1910s
nutty
( adj ) Crazy, insane. You must be nutty to think I would join the choir. 1890s
O
obese
( adj ) Excellent, outstanding. That movie is beyond phat; it is totally obese! 2000s
odd ball
( np ) An eccentric. Freddie is a sort of odd ball who likes to take walks in the park. 1930s
off
( v ) To kill. The mobbed offed the squealer before he got home from the police station. 1970s
off
( v ) To make angry, mad. My parents are going to be offed when they see my grades. 1990s
off the deep end
( pp ) To lose control of yourself, go crazy. Billy Ray went off the deep end when his wife left him. 1920s
off the hook
( pp ) Exceptionally good. Did you see John's new kicks? They are off the hook. 1980s
off the hook
( pp ) Exonerated, cleared of guilt. I'm glad Lloyd confessed to blowing the toilet; that let's me off the hook. 1940s
off the wall
( pp ) Crazy, insane. Most of what he says is off the wall. 1950s
offie
( n ) A stupid or foolish person. You can't talk to that offie; don't even try. 1990s
oil can
( n ) A stupid female. I took that oil can out once--never again! 1920s
old lady
( n ) Mother. My old lady burned the pancakes. 1940s
old man
( n ) Father. His old man won't let him drive the car. 1920s
on cloud nine
( pp ) Really happy. She's been on cloud nine ever since she got her new car. 1960s
on cloud seven

( pp ) Really happy. She's been on cloud seven ever since she got her new car. 1950s
on edge
( pp ) Nervous. All this waiting to hear from the doctor has me on edge. 1930s
on fire
( pp ) Excellent, outstanding. Leroy was on fire last night. 1550s
on the lam
( pp ) Fleeing from the law. Morgan was on the lam for five years, then spent five more in the joint. 1920s
on the level
( pp ) Honest, truthful. On the level, now, did you take Mary Pickford out to supper? 1920s
on the make
( pp ) Flirting, looking for someone to seduce. The way she is talking to all the men looks like she is on the make.
1920s
on the make
( pp ) Looking for profit or advantage. His words with me suggested that he is on the make for a promotion. 1860s
on the make
( pp ) Flirting, making advances on people of the opposite sex. Clara Belle was down at the bar last night on the
make. 1910s
on the make
( pp ) Ambitious, out to succeed. Elroy dressed like a man on the make in the financial world. 1860s
on the nose
( pp ) Exactly. Boy, are you right on the nose when you say gas prices are high. 1940s
on the rag
( pp ) Having one's menstrual period. I'm not in the mood; I am on my rag. 1950s
on the stick
( pp ) Bright, prepared. This new freshman is always on the stick when it comes to homework. 1950s
on the up and up
( pp ) Honest, truthful. I think he is on the up and up when he says he owns 27 banks. 1920s
one-upmanship
( n ) Showing off by trying to be better than everyone else. Every thing that Polly Graf says about herself is colored
by her constant one-upmanship. 1950s
one-upsmanship
( n ) Showing off by trying to be better than everyone else. Every thing that Polly Graf says about herself is colored
by her constant one-upsmanship. 1950s
oneupmanship
( n ) Showing off by trying to be better than everyone else. Every thing that Polly Graf says about herself is colored
by her constant oneupmanship. 1950s
ornery
( adj ) Mean. Arnold had an ornery bull that no one could approach. 1850s
ossified
( adj ) Drunk, intoxicated. He was so ossified we had to drag him to the car. 1920s
out
( adj ) Out of fashion. Hoop skirts have been out for fifty years. 1960s
out
( adj ) Unacceptable, out of the question. Skipping that class is out. 1960s
out of it
( pp ) Unknowledgeable, unaware of what is what. He's so old he's out of it. 1960s
out of sight
( pp ) Fantastic, awesome. Hey Kalen, that tie-dyed top your wearing is out of sight. 1960s
out to lunch
( pp ) Having no idea what is going on. Do you understand what I'm saying or are you out to lunch? 1970s
out-the-gate
( pp ) Fantastic, awesome. You're going to cut your hair? That's out-the-gate! 1980s
over the edge
( pp ) Crazy, insane. I think another bit of bad news would push Billy Ray over the edge. 1920s
over the hill
( pp ) Too old. My dad can't understand a word I way; he's over the hill. 1960s
owled
( adj ) Drunk, intoxicated. He was so owled we had to drag him to the car. 1920s
P
P. I.
( abb ) A private investigator. Serena hired a P. I. to tail her husband. 1930s
pad
( n ) Where you live. Have you found a pad yet? 1960s
pain in the ass
( np ) Annoyance. Having to redo my homework is a real pain in the ass. 1950s
pain in the neck

( np ) Annoyance. My wife's best friend is a pain in the neck. 1940s

palooka
( n ) A strong male. I'm just waiting for the right palooka to come along and sweep me off my feet. 1920s
pantywaist
( n ) A weak, indecisive person. Gordon is such a pantywaist he does everything his girlfriend tells him. 1890s
paper
( n ) Money. I have to get me some paper if I'm going to the movies tonight. 1980s
paper chase
( np ) Reading and recording everything on paper. I've escaped the paper chase and now do all my research
electronically. 1970s
paper-pusher
( n ) Bureaucratic office workers. My office is filled with paper-pushers. 1960s
paper-shaker
( np ) Cheerleader or pom-pom girl. He's been dating one of the paper-shakers named Fawn. 1980s
park
( v ) To hug and kiss in a parked car. Freddie and Mayola love to park up on Mulholland Drive. 1950s
parlay
( v ) To talk flirtatiously. Check out Reggie parlaying with Shana. 1980s
party animal
( np ) Someone who loves parties. You're too old to be a party animal. 1970s
party-hearty
( adj ) Parties, loves parties. We need to party-hearty because we just got a raise in salary. 1980s
party-pooper
( n ) A squelcher. Don't be a party-pooper and leave so early. 1950s
passion pit
( np ) Drive-in movie theatre. We made out in the passion pit last night. 1950s
patootie
( n ) The buttocks. Get out of here before I kick you in the patootie! 1950s
patsy
( n ) A scapegoat. Roy stole the horse and left me behind to be the patsy. 1940s
paw
( n ) Hand. Get your paws off of my body! 1940s
payola
( n ) A bribe to promote a song on radio or TV. It is hard to believe that most of the songs we sing are popular only
because disc jockeys received payola. 1930s
peace
( n ) Good bye. Peace, everyone; I'll see you all tomorrow. 1960s
peace out
( v ) To make a farewell greeting. Porky was here most of the night but he peaced out about a half hour ago. 1990s
peanuts
( n ) Little money. I am not going to work for peanuts. 1940s
pearl
( v ) To leave. I'll catch you later. I'm about to pearl. 1990s
pee off
( v ) To make angry, mad. Why are you peed off with me? I didn't scratch your fender. 1950s
peel out
( v ) To screech your tires pulling out. Ferlin just left; I heard him peel out. 1960s
peepers
( n ) Eyes. Cast your peepers at the hottie over by the door. 1940s
peepers
( n ) Glasses. He can't see his fingers without his peepers. 1690s
pegged pants
( np ) Pants tapering to a narrow opening at the cuff. He was all decked out in a ducktail haircut and a pair of pegged
pants. 1950s
peggers
( n ) Pants tapering to a narrow opening at the cuff. He always wore peggers and a T-shirt to class. 1950s
perpetrate
( v ) To pretend. Why is that wigger always perpetrating? 1990s
pet
( v ) To hug and kiss. They must be in love; I saw them petting at the drive-in last night. 1920s
phat
( adj ) Excellent, outstanding. That group's music is hella phat. 1960s
phatty
( adj ) Excellent, outstanding. She is a phatty fatty. 1960s
pick up
( v ) To try to get a stranger of the opposite sex to go home with you. Hey, let's go to the football game tonight and
pick up a couple of girls. 1920s

pick-up
( n ) You can always find pick-ups at a Hot 101 concert. You can always find pick-ups at a Hot 101 concert. 1920s
pickle
( n ) Jam, trouble. She is such an airhead, getting in one pickle after another. 1950s
pickle
( pp ) Trouble. Pedro forgot that he had invited Remona to the party and got himself in a pickle when he invited
Kristin, too. 1950s
pickled
( adj ) Drunk, intoxicated. He gets pickled after only one beer. 1950s
piece
( n ) A gun. I hope you aren't carrying a piece. 1970s
piece
( n ) Girl (offensive). She is a pretty piece, don't you think? 1960s
piece of cake
( n ) Something easy. Working on a computer for me is a piece of cake. 1930s
pig
( n ) An ugly female (offensive). She is such a pig no one will ask her out. 1970s
pig
( n ) Glutton. He is a pig at parties. 1920s
pig
( n ) Policeman. Beat it! The pigs are coming! 1960s
pig out
( v ) Overeat. Let's go to the restaurant and pig out. 1970s
pigeon
( n ) A gullible person. He is a con man looking for a pigeon to fleece. 1590s
pigeon
( n ) An ugly female (offensive). The gym looked like a pigeon coop with all the dogs there. 1990s
piker
( n ) Cheapskate. That piker wouldn't pay more than $5 for a meal. 1870s
piker
( n ) A cheapskate. The piker always makes me pay for the gas. 1920s
pill
( n ) A basketball. Throw me the pill; I have a shot! 1980s
pill
( n ) An unlikable person. She is a bitter pill to take with her uppity attitude and all. 1920s
pill
( n ) Anything difficult. Paying $1200 in taxes is a tough pill to take. 1930s
pimp
( n ) Manager of prostitutes. He was driving in a chrome-plated caddy a pimp would be proud to drive. 1600s
pimp
( v ) To flirt, try to seduce. Look at him pimping that manikin; he's smashed. 1990s
pinch
( v ) To capture or arrest. I heard Sedgewick got pinched for shoplifting. 1920s
pip
( n ) A difficult person. Hulda is quite a pip; she likes to do things her way. 1950s
pip
( n ) Something excellent, outstanding. Gwendolyn always pays the bill; she's a pip. 1920s
pipe down
( v ) Be quiet. Pipe down! I want to hear what the president is saying. 1920s
pistol
( n ) A dynamic person. Martha's in every organization in town: she's a real pistol. 1940s
pit stop
( np ) Stop for a bathroom. Let's make a pit stop at the next rest area. 1970s
place
( n ) Where you live. Why don't you come over to my place sometimes? 1340s
plastered
( adj ) Drunk, intoxicated. He was so plastered we had to roll him down the embankment to the car. 1920s
play chicken
( vp ) A head-on race between two cars in which the first to pull to the side loses. Manny was seriously injured
playing chicken with his friend. 1950s
play hooky
( vp ) To miss, to not attend. Are you going to school today or playing hooky? 1850s
plug
( v ) To shoot someone. The body had been plugged twice. 1830s
plug
( n ) A worn-out horse. I would be ashamed to put a plug like yours in a horse show. 1860s
plug for

( v ) To promote, advance. Maudie brought the boss presents every day when she was plugging for a promotion.
1900s
plugged nickel
( np ) Something worthless. That car of his isn't worth a plugged nickel. 1930s
plugola
( n ) A bribe to promote someone or something. Anyone can become famous if they pay enough plugola. 1950s
po
( n ) The police. The po was posted on the corner waiting to bust the party. 1990s
po-po
( n ) The police. Watch out! It's the po-po! 1990s
pokey
( n ) Jail or prison. When his brother got out of the pokey, he went right back to making book. 1910s
pony-tail
( n ) Long hair tied in back with a rubber band. The professor thought he was cool, wearing a pony tail. 1950s
pooch
( n ) Dog. Hey, man! Where'd you get the cool pooch? 1920s
pooch out
( v ) Stick out, protrude. Millie, why is your stomach pooching out like that? 1930s
poodle
( n ) Inferior female. Check out that poodle over there by herself! 1990s
poop out
( v ) Get tired. He pooped out after we started to do the hard work. 1950s
pooper
( np ) A squelcher. Don't invite Marvin; he is such as pooper he'll ruin the party. 1950s
pop
( v ) To hit. Shut up or I will pop you. 1920s
pop
( v ) To kill. The boss said to pop anyone who squeals. 1970s
pop for something
( vp ) Pay for. It is my turn to pop for the doughnuts. 1970s
poppins
( adj ) Perfect. She thinks she is so poppins. 1990s
port-holer
( np ) A 57 Thunderbird. Lucky guy! His dad owns a port-holer. 1970s
poser
( n ) Someone who pretends to be important. Greeley is a straight up poser. 1990s
posh
( adj ) Luxurious. Larry, Harry, Barry, and Mary stayed in the poshest hotel in Paris. 1910s
posse
( n ) A clique, circle of friends. I'll stick to my posse; you stick to yours. 1990s
post
( adj ) To position in a particular place. The po was posted on the corner waiting to bust the party. 1980s
post up
( n ) To position in a particular place. I was posted up all day on the corner. 1980s
potent
( adj ) Fine or good. That new car of his is potent, man. 1990s
potted
( adj ) Drunk, intoxicated. He was so potted we had to drag him to the car. 1920s
pound
( v ) Beaten up. Marlow got pounded by a gang on the way home from school. 1790s
pound
( v ) Drink a lot. He pounded too many beers last night. 1980s
preppy
( adj ) Someone who dresses like a conformist at a private (prep) school. Nobody likes her because she dresses so
preppy. 1970s
primed
( adj ) Drunk, intoxicated. He was so primed we had to pull him to the car in my kid brother's wagon. 1920s
primo
( adj ) Excellent, outstanding. Hey, man, those kicks are primo. 1970s
Princeton cut
( np ) Close haircut. That Princeton cut makes him look too preppy. 1950s
props
( n ) Admiration for something well done. She has props from friends and family but still can't pull it all together.
1990s
psych
( v ) To influence mentally. I'm really psyched for cleaning up my room this weekend. 1960s
psycho

( n ) A crazy person. Lila is a psycho who should be in a hospital. 1950s

puke
( v, n ) To vomit. I feel like I am going to puke. 1930s
pull
( n ) A draw on a pipe, cigarette, etc. Hey, dude, give me a pull on that coffin nail; I'm having a nicotine fit. 1860s
pull
( n ) A swallow. Hey, man, give me a pull on that iced tea. 1980s
pull
( n ) Influence. Ask Fred to help you; he has a lot of pull at city hall. 1940s
pull rank
( vp ) To force someone to do something because you have the authority to do so. I didn't want to go but the boss
pulled rank on me and made me. 1920s
pull up stakes
( vp ) To move to a new home. When Bubberly lost his job, he pulled up stakes and moved to Italy. 1700s
pull your chain
( vp ) To annoy, bother. Boyd has been awfully quiet lately; let's pull his chain and ask how he is doing with that girl
who just left him. 1980s
pump
( v ) To enthuse. I love chemistry exams and I'm pumped for this one. 1970s
pump up
( v ) To enthuse. Harry pumped everyone up to go to the beach. 1970s
punch-drunk
( adj ) Brain-damaged from boxing. He had to quit the ring when he became to punch-drunk to focus his eyes. 1910s
punch-drunk
( adj ) Crazy, insane. Don't listen to that punch-drunk bum; he's crazy. 1930s
punk
( n ) A young hooligan. All the punks in the neighborhood hang out at the pool hall. 1920s
punk
( n ) Incense. What kind of punk are you burning, man? 1960s
punk
( v ) To embarrass. It really punked me, when he told everyone my chemistry grade. 2000s
punk
( v ) To steal. I heard Gena's car got punked. 1990s
punk out
( v ) To back out from cowardice. We were going over Niagara Falls in a barrel but Jason punked out. 1920s
push off
( v ) To leave. I am going to push off now. 1950s
pushover
( n ) A person easily convinced. Ask Zelda for 5 bucks: she's such a pushover, she'll give it to you. 1920s
Put 'em up!
( vp ) To raise your hands. Drop that gun and put 'em up! 1930s
put a bee in your bonnet
( vp ) Tell something interesting. Why are you grinning? You look like somebody's put a bee in your bonnet. 1930s
put a cork in it
( vp ) To stop talking. You talk too much; put a cork in it. 1970s
put down
( v ) To criticize. You put down everything I do! 1970s
put on
( v ) To deceive or gull. I don't believe a word you say; you have to be putting me on. 1960s
put on the Ritz
( vp ) To do something in high style. I just got my bonus--tonight we're putting on the Ritz. 1920s
put out
( v ) To intentionally allure men. Mavis was at the party putting out, as usual. 1950s
Put that on!
( vp ) An interjection of surprise. Sterling has a new car. Put that on!. 1990s
put the moves on
( vp ) To flirt, try to seduce. Victor put the moves on me at the game last night but I ignored him. 1970s
put through the wringer
( vp ) To scold, chastise. He came home potted last weekend and his wife ran him through the wringer. 1940s
put-on
( n ) A deception. It was an elaborate put-on which I almost believed. 1930s
Q
quarter
( n ) A 25-cent piece. Give me a quarter; I need to make a telephone call. 1780s
quarterback
( v ) To lead. Who is going to quarterback the meeting? 1940s

queen
( n ) A male homosexual. He is a lovely old queen who would do anything for you. 1920s
queeny
( adj ) Effeminate; girlish. He's so queeny, when he dances, he wiggles his hips like a girl. 1970s
queer
( n ) A homosexual. He is a queer with an odd perspective on life. 1940s
queer
( adj ) Counterfeit. Watch him; he's known for passing queer money. 1930s
R
rabbit ears
( np ) Indoor television antennae. He can't get diddledy on his TV with those rabbit ears. 1950s
rack
( n ) Bed. I have to hit the rack by ten or I'll be tired in the morning. 1960s
rack out
( v ) To sleep. I am going to rack out for two hours. 1950s
rad
( adj ) Excellent, outstanding. Her new spiked doo is positively rad. 1980s
radical
( adj ) Excellent, outstanding. Her new book is positively radical. 1970s
radioactive
( adj ) Very popular. You'll never get her to go out with you: that chick's radioactive. 1990s
raft
( n ) A large number. He had a whole raft of chickens in the back yard.
1830s
rag
( n ) Newspaper. We get very little international news in our local rag. 1920s
rag
( v ) To make fun of. My brother is always ragging me about my girlfriend. 1940s
rag doll
( np ) A compliant person. Terry is such a rag doll; she never says no. 1970s
rage
( n ) A great party. The last rage of the year was a major blast! 1980s
raggedy
( adj ) In bad condition. Get your raggedy ride out a here poser! 1890s
ragtop
( np ) A convertible car. There were a lot of ragtops at the auto show. 1950s
rah
( n ) A rich person. Check out the rah in the Beemer. 1990s
rail
( n ) A high-speed dragster. How fast is your rail? 1960s
rake
( n ) A lowered front end on a hotrod. He just gave his rod a rake and twice pipes; nice. 1950s
rake
( v ) To lower the front end of a hotrod. It doesn't look like much now but when I rake it, it will be hot stuff. 1950s
ralph
( v ) To vomit. Like Mike? I almost ralph every time I see him. 1980s
rank
( v ) To back out from cowardice. The girl said she was going to come over to my house and beat me up but she
ranked out. 1990s
rap
( n ) An accusation. Eustace has a rap sheet as long as your arm. 1900s
rap
( v ) To talk informally. I went to Grunelda's last night and we rapped for hours. 1960s
rap session
( np ) An informal conversation. We had a rap session over at the prof's last night. 1960s
raspberry
( n ) Blowing air through the closed lips to make a disgusting sound. I guess the date didn't go very well; she gave me
a raspberry rather than a kiss when I took her home. 1890s
rasta
( int ) Good-bye. Rasta, baby; I have to jet. 1990s
rat
( n ) A contemptible person. The little rat won't do anything I tell him. 1900s
rat
( n ) An informer, a tattle-tale. The little rat told the principal! 1900s
rat
( v ) To inform or tattle. Little Augie ratted out the godfather. 1960s

rat fink
( np ) An informer, a tattle-tale. The rat fink went to the cops. 1960s
rat hole
( np ) A nasty, dirty place. Mortimer lives in a rat hole. 1810s
rat hole
( np ) A place from which there is no return. Buying this old car would be throwing your money down a rat hole.
1960s
Rats!
( int ) An interjection of disappointment. Rats! We're out of gas. 1880s
rattle
( v ) To upset, agitate. Nothing rattles her; she is a cool as a cucumber. 1780s
rattle your cage
( vp ) To annoy, bother. If the suspect won't talk, let's file some charges against him and rattle his cage. 1960s
ratty
( adj ) In bad condition. She was in an old pair of jeans and a ratty sweater. 1860s
ratty
( adj ) Unfair. He got a ratty assignment in Java. 1900s
raunchy
( adj ) Dirty, grimy. Get out of those raunchy clothes and take bath. 1930s
raunchy
( adj ) Risqu, bawdy. He can't tell a joke that isn't raunchy. 1960s
raw
( adj ) New, inexperienced. The raw office workers were not getting much done. 1560s
rays
( v ) Sunshine for a sun tan. Let's catch some rays before class. 1970s
razz
( v ) To tease, make fun of. The baseball fans started to razz the umpire. 1920s
razzle-dazzle
( n ) Something fancy. She's all razzle-dazzle but without substance. 1880s
razzmatazz
( n ) Something fancy. There is too much razzmatazz in his church services for my taste. 1890s
Reach for the ceiling!
( phr ) Raise your hands. Drop that gun and reach for the ceiling! 1910s
Reach for the roof!
( phr ) Raise your hands. Drop that gun and reach for the roof! 1910s
Reach for the sky!
( phr ) Raise your hands. Drop that gun and reach for the sky! 1940s
read the riot act
( vp ) To scold, chastise severely. When mom saw the condition of my room, she read me the riot act. 1900s
real
( vp ) Excellent, outstanding. That scene was real. 1980s
real
( adj ) Smart, intelligent. Get real! You can't drive home in your condition. 1960s
real gone
( adj ) Excellent, outstanding. The Fonz is a real gone cat. 1960s
ream out
( v ) To scold, chastise. The boss really reamed him out for his bad report. 1950s
recognize
( v ) To respect. Boy you better recognize me! 1990s
red hot
( ap ) Exciting. Your idea is really red hot. 1920s
redneck
( n ) A clumsy, unsophisticated person from the country. Some redneck in a pickup with a gun rack tried to run me off
the road. 1830s
reject
( n ) A stupid person. The new kid on the block is a total reject. 1960s
rentals
( n ) Parents. The rentals are coming out for a visit next weekend. 1990s
rents
( n ) Parents. My rents just sent me a thousand bucks! 1970s
represent
( v ) Trying achieve respect. I'm just trying to represent. 1990s
retard
( n ) A stupid person. All the retards gather at that bar; I never go there. 1970s
retread
( n ) An old performer making a comeback. It was supposed to be a great show but it was just a bunch of retreads
doing old stuff. 1940s

rev
( adj ) Revolting, ugly. That dress is so rev; take it off! 1990s
rev
( v ) To excite. I am totally revved about going to Maui! 1980s
ricky
( n ) A stupid person; a jerk; a loser. That guy thinks he's cool, but he's a just another ricky. 1990s
ride
( n ) A car or other vehicle. That's a pretty rusty ride you have their, Lester. 1950s
ride low
( v ) To annoy, bother. Selma is riding me low asking me for my phone number. 1990s
right on
( int ) An interjection of agreement. Join the circus with you? Right on, man! 1970s
Right on!
( int ) An interjection of agreement. You want to raise collards in the garden? Right on!. 1950s
righteous
( adj ) Excellent, outstanding. That new baseball bat of his is righteous, man. 1970s
rightsize
( v ) To fire people. They are rightsizing the company by 1000 jobs. 1990s
rinky-dink
( adj ) Run-down, old, old fashioned. The circus was really rinky-dink. 1910s
riot
( n ) A great time, something hilarious. The comedy program was a real riot. 1930s
rip off
( v ) To steal. You can't leave anything on the sidewalk because it will be ripped off. 1960s
rip-city
( n ) Fun, excitement. All of Sally's parties are rip-city. 1990s
rip-off
( n ) A scam. $7.50 for a cup of latte is a rip-off. 1960s
rip-snorter
( n ) Something excellent, outstanding. His party last night was a rip-snorter. 1930s
rip-snorting
( adj ) Excellent, outstanding. Let me tell you, it was a rip-snorting party. 1930s
ripped
( adj ) Drunk, intoxicated. He's so ripped he can't find his pocket. 1950s
ripped
( adj ) Muscular. His body is more ripped than any dude's in school. 1980s
rise up
( v ) To back away, back off. Man, you had better rise up off me! 1990s
ritzy
( adj ) Luxurious. She expected to be taken to a ritzy uptown club, not to a dive in the Bronx. 1920s
road hog
( np ) Someone who takes up to much of the road. I can't pass because the driver ahead of me is a road hog. 1950s
roadie
( n ) An ugly female (offensive). That party was just full of roadies. 1990s
rock
( n ) A diamond or other precious stone. Whenever Arlene complains about being a kept woman, Mortimer gives her
another rock and she shuts up. 1940s
rock
( n ) Fast music, rock and roll. I don't like jazz or rap--I'm a straight rock guy. 1960s
rock
( v ) To be excellent, outstanding. It rocks that the library is going to be open on weekends. 1970s
rock
( v ) To dance wildly to the rock and roll music of the 60s and 70s. Man, I really dig this music; let's rock! 1960s
rock out
( v ) To be excellent, outstanding. About midnight the party was really rocking out. 1980s
rocket
( n ) A fast car. What a bogus race: a rocket against a stone. 1960s
rocks
( n ) Ice. Would you like your whiskey on the rocks? 1940s
rod
( n ) A car (hot-rodders). Delmar has the hottest rod on the block. 1950s
roll
( v ) To leave. Eleven o'clock? It's time to roll! 1950s
roll
( v ) To spend time talking. I'm rolling with the homies. 1990s
roll

( v ) To rob someone drunk or sleeping. He got plastered last night and some woman he met in the bar rolled him.
1870s
roll out
( v ) To leave. It's getting late; we are about to roll out. 1980s
rook
( v ) To cheat or deceive. You paid $5 for that? You've been rooked. 1950s
root
( v ) To cheer for. He always roots for the home tema. 1880s
rot-gut
( n ) Bad quality liquor. I never drink that rot-gut hooch Harold buys from his uncle. 1730s
rough rider
( n ) A person with an excellent car. That dude she goes with is a rough rider with a really slick rod. 1990s
roughhouse
( v ) To play rough. OK, you guys. No roughhousing in the living room. 1940s
royal shaft
( np ) A great destructive unfair act. He got the royal shaft from the principal for cutting so many classes. 1950s
rub out
( v ) To kill. Several members of the competing gang were rubbed out. 1940s
rubber
( n ) A loser, a jerk. Why you being such a rubber? 1990s
rube
( n ) A clumsy, unsophisticated person from the country. I must have looked like some rube when I signed the contract
to buy the Brooklyn Bridge. 1920s
rubes
( n ) Money. I have to stay home tonight: no rubes. 1920s
rubin
( n ) One of the large, new US bills. I got a rubin at the ATM yesterday. 1990s
rug
( n ) A toupee, a wig. Is that a rug on his head? 1940s
rug rat
( n ) A small child. I'm just not ready for a steady job and a house full of rug rats. 1970s
rug rat
( np ) Small child. Pam is married now, with two rug rats. 1970s
ruined
( adj ) Drunk, intoxicated. We pounded a case of beer last night and, man, was I ruined. 1990s
rule
( v ) To be excellent, outstanding. Leather rules when it comes to car interiors. 1980s
run around
( v ) To associate with. Rodney runs around with a shady crowd. 1880s
run off at the mouth
( vp ) To talk too much. He is always running off at the mouth. 1950s
run out of gas
( vp ) To lose interest or momentum. The politician ran out of gas during the campaign. 1940s
S
saccharin
( adj ) Excellent, outstanding. That's so saccharin! 1990s
sack
( n ) Bed. When did you hit the sack last night? 1950s
sack
( v ) To fire. Jake got sacked for smoking in his office. 1840s
sack out
( v ) To sleep. Peeby sacked out over at Frieda's last night. 1960s
salty
( adj ) Disrespectful. Don't get all salty with me! 1990s
salty
( adj ) Risqu, bawdy. He likes to sing salty songs. 1860s
sano
( n ) Very clean, pristine. Ron did a sano job on his '56 Chevy. 1970s
sap
( v ) To hit, to club. The police sapped all the strikers and chased them away. 1920s
sap
( v ) To study. Renfrow saps all night; no wonder he makes such good grades. 1830s
sap
( n ) A stupid person. Don't be a sap! If it looks too good to be true, it isn't. 1920s
sappy

( adj ) Gullible. He is so sappy I'm surprised he hasn't bought the Brooklyn Bridge. 1940s
sappy
( adj ) Overly sentimental. I hate those sappy movies where everyone gets married and lives happily ever after. 1940s
sashay
( v ) To go. Why don't you sashay over to the store and get some bottled water? 1830s
sauce
( n ) Liquor. I hear her dad is on the sauce. 1960s
sauce
( n ) Steroids. Look at those biceps; that guy's on the sauce. 1980s
sauced
( adj ) Drunk, intoxicated. Man we got sauced last night at that party. 1940s
savvy
( n ) Brains, intelligence Ask Jean-Phillippe; he has a lot of savvy when it comes to car engines. 1930s
sawbuck
( n ) 10-dollar bill. Give me a sawbuck til Friday, Lionel, I'm flat broke. 1850s
Say my name!
( int ) A threatening An interjection. Say my name, you moron! 1990s
Say what?
( int ) Are you serious. Malik got shot last night. Say what?! 1950s
Says you!
( int ) An interjection of disbelief. It's going to rain tomorrow? Says you! 1920s
scad
( n ) Heap, large amount. I heard LaVerne has scads of money. 1850s
scadoodle
( n ) Heap, large amount. See if you can't get some marbles from Enrico; he has scadoodles of them. 1860s
scag
( n ) An ugly female (offensive). He was seen last night in a sketchy part of town with a scag. 1930s
scalp
( v ) To sell for a much higher price than expected. He scalped all the tickets for the World Series that he had. 1970s
scam
( n ) A swindle, a con. Don't lose your money in some kind of scam. 1960s
scam
( v ) To swindle or cheat. Some con artist scammed him out of his tuition money. 1960s
scarf
( v ) Devour, eat quickly. Since he hadn't eaten in a week, he scarfed down everything on his plate. 1970s
scene
( n ) A scandal, uproar. She caused a scene at the restaurant when she was served cold coffee. 1760s
scene
( n ) Where it is happening. I have to make that scene: all the cool cats will be there. 1960s
scenester
( n ) Someone who is always where it is happening. He is such a scenester he never gets any studying done. 1980s
schmuck
( n ) A jerk. What a stupid schmuck. 1890s
school
( v ) To teach someone a lesson. Man, give me that ball, I'm going to school you! 1590s
scoot
( v ) To leave, go. Wow! Is it that late? I have to scoot. 1750s
scope
( v ) Look at, examine. Hey, scope the hunk and his friend over there. 1980s
scope out
( v ) Look at, examine. Hey, scope out that blond over there. 1970s
score
( v ) Get, buy or steal. Go score some drinks. 1960s
Score!
( int ) An interjection of celebration. You got an A? Score!. 1980s
scot free
( ap ) Without any penalty or damage at all. The rest of us had to pay a fine but Matilda got off scot free. 1530s
scram
( v ) To leave. You're getting on my nerves, so. scram! 1920s
scrap
( n ) A fight. He got into a scrap with a motorcycle gang and had his nose bitten off. 1840s
scrap
( v ) Cancel. We had to scrap plans to go to the beach when we saw the weather report. 1900s
scrap
( v ) To fight. He's a well-intended boy but he scraps with the neighborhood kids too much. 1870s
scratch
( n ) Money. I need a burger; does anyone have any scratch? 1910s

scratch off
( v ) Screech your tires pulling out. Nathan just left; I heard him scratching off. 1950s
scream
( v ) Go fast. He has a screaming rod, man. 1960s
screamer
( n ) A hot rod. His new wheels are a real screamer. 1960s
screw
( v ) To harm greatly. He got screwed by a used-car dealer. 1900s
screw around
( v ) To have love affairs. [Use your imagination]. 1970s
screw around
( v ) Waste time. If you screw around all day at this work, you will have to come back again. 1970s
screw up
( v ) To make a mistake, error. He screwed up when he bought that car. 1940s
screwup
( n ) A mistake, error. His marriage turned out to be one great screwup. 1950s
scrill
( n ) Money. I'm short on scrill: could you help me til Friday? 2000s
scrilla
( n ) Money. Yo, man, what's up with that scrilla you owe me? 2000s
scrooch
( v ) To shrink or tighten up. Scrootch up, everyone, we have to fit one more person in the car. 1880s
scrooched
( adj ) Drunk, intoxicated. You came home totally scrooched last night; don't ever talk to me again. 1920s
scrub
( n ) A dirty looking object or person. Man, I'm not hanging with those scrubs. 1990s
scrub
( v ) Cancel. We decided to scrub the trip when we saw the weather report. 1820s
scrubby
( adj ) Dirty, grimy. She's so scrubby. 1990s
scum
( n ) A worthless, repulsive person. Policemen have to deal with the scum of the earth. 1580s
scumbag
( n ) A worthless, repulsive person. The scumbag took my sister out to dinner and made her pay for the meal. 1970s
scurvy
( adj ) Worthless, repulsive. That girl in the sloppy sweater sure is scurvy. 1990s
scuzz
( n ) A worthless, repulsive person. Don't hang around with scuzz like her; you will get in trouble. 1960s
scuzz-bag
( n ) A worthless, repulsive person. Velma is the worst scuzz-bag I've ever known. 1980s
scuzz-bucket
( n ) A worthless, repulsive person. I think Red is a scuzz-bucket who drives a scuzz-bucket. 1980s
scuzzball
( n ) A worthless, repulsive person. Todd is nothing but a scuzzball who will stab you in the back. 1980s
scuzzy
( adj ) Worthless, repulsive. He bought the car from some scuzzy guy who probably stole it. 1960s
section
( v ) To lowered a car by removing a section through the body. He sectioned his hotrod and, boy, is it cool now. 1960s
see the dinosaur
( v ) To completely misunderstand. If you don't explain it to her she's just going to see the dinosaur. 1990s
See you later, alligator
( int ) Good-bye. See you later, alligator. (After while, crocodile.). 1950s
seed
( n ) A child, offspring. She took her seed with her to class? 1990s
sell buicks
( v ) To vomit. Todd sold his buicks in the bathtub. 1990s
sell out
( v ) To betray someone. He wouldn't sell me out; he's my closest friend. 1940s
send packing
( vp ) To fire. He fingered the boss's secretary and they sent him packing. 1820s
senior moment
( np ) Something causing forgetfulness. She had a senior moment and put the remote control in her purse instead of
her mobile phone. 1990s
set
( n ) A series of good waves in surfing. Man, did I catch a great set this morning. 1970s
sex-pot
( n ) A sexy or seductive woman. She thinks she is a sex pot when she wears those low-cut blouses. 1950s

shack
( v ) To sleep at someone else's house. I was toast so I shacked at Bob's last night. 1980s
shack up
( v ) To sleep with someone at a hotel or motel. Claudia shacked up with her husband's business partner. 1920s
shacker
( n ) Someone who frequently sleeps at someone else's house. Lizzy is such a shacker; I don't know why she has an
apartment. 1990s
shades
( n ) Sunglasses. Did you buy some new shades? 1970s
shady
( adj ) Suspicious, not quite honest. He got in trouble hanging out with some shady characters in the pool hall. 1860s
shaft
( n ) A double-cross. I sent her out to buy a car but she gave me the shaft and skipped with the money. 1950s
shaft
( v ) To double-cross. I was shafted by best friend! 1950s
shag ass
( v ) To leave. This library sucks; let's shag ass. 1950s
shagadellic
( adj ) Excellent, outstanding. What a show! It was totally shagadellic! 1990s
shake the spot
( vp ) To take the center of attention. Casey really shook the spot at Tiffany's birthday party last night. 1990s
shammered
( adj ) Drunk, intoxicated. He went to the bar and got shammered last night. 1990s
shank
( n ) Crudely made knife. They caught him with a shank and gave him 5 more years in prison. 1960s
sharp
( n ) An expert. He was taken in by a couple of card sharps who drifted into town. 1840s
sharp
( adj ) Attractive or appealing. Who was the sharp guy I saw her out with last weekend? 1950s
sharp
( adj ) Excellent, outstanding. I've heard the new night club is really sharp. 1940s
sharp
( adj ) Intelligent. He is very sharp with numbers. 1690s
shasta
( adj ) Unattractive (female). She's is so shasta no good-looking airhead is interested in her. 1990s
Sheba
( n ) A sexy or seductive woman. She is just the Sheba I've been waiting for. 1920s
sheik
( n ) A sexy man. Who is the sheik I saw her with last Friday? 1920s
sheisty
( adj ) Questionable, unacceptable. The fries they give you in the caf are hella sheisty. 1990s
shell
( and ) Crazy, insane. That waitress with the greasy purple hair and orange lipstick is definitely shell! 1990s
shife
( adj ) Excellent, outstanding. His new kicks are definitely shife. 1990s
shifty
( adj ) Deceitful, untrustworthy. The guy is too shifty for me; I don't like him. 1830s
shine
( v ) To deceive or gull. Don't try to shine me, man; I've been there. 1960s
shite
( v ) To make a mistake, error. He shites the ball and misses the shot. 1990s
shite
( adj ) Worthless, disgusting. It was a shite situation I just wanted to get out of. 1990s
shiv
( n ) A knife. If you are popular, why do you think you have to keep a shiv in your pocket all the time? 1920s
shiznit
( adj ) Excellent, outstanding. It was a shiznit party last night. 2000s
shiznit
( n ) Something excellent, outstanding. Ridnour is shiznit on the free-throw line. 2000s
shizzle
( n ) Something excellent, outstanding. Did you see Dudley play last night? He was the shizzle of the game. 1990s
shizzy
( n ) Something excellent, outstanding. Marlin thinks he is hella shizzy with his new wheels. 1990s
shoot down
( v ) To reject. Everyone shot down my idea. 1950s
shoot from the hip
( vp ) To talk without thinking. He always shoots from the hip and regrets it later. 1960s

shoot hoops
( vp ) Play basketball. Let's shoot some hoops during lunch break. 1970s
Shoot!
( int ) An interjection of disappointment (euphemism for s - - -). Shoot! I just ripped my pants. 1930s
short
( n ) A street car. He used to ride the shorts to work. 1910s
short
( n ) A car. He was trying to sell a hot short to a salesman on a car lot. 1930s
shorty
( n ) An attractive female. Look at that sexy shorty over there. 1990s
shorty
( n ) Girl friend. My shorty doesn't want to go to the dance this weekend. 2000s
shot
( n ) A try, turn, go. I'll give the puzzle another shot. 1940s
shot
( adj ) Tired, exhausted; worn out, broken down. I can't go anywhere tonight: me and my car are shot. 1930s
shotgun
( n ) A place of honor in the front seat of a car beside the driver. Why do you always get to ride shotgun? It's my turn!
1950s
shotgun wedding
( np ) A wedding forced by pregnancy. The marriage didn't last because it started out in a shotgun wedding. 1930s
shove
( v ) Keep (contemptuous rejection). You can take your job and shove it. 1940s
shuck
( v ) To cheat or deceive. Don't try to shuck me with your jive talk, man; I know what you're up to. 1950s
shucked
( adj ) Drunk, intoxicated. He came home shucked and his wife locked him out. 1950s
shuckster
( n ) A deceiver, liar, or cheat. I've learned my lesson: never buy a car from a shuckster. 1950s
shut-eye
( n ) Sleep. I've been working all day long; I have to get some shut-eye. 1940s
shysty
( and ) Slick, sly, or devious. That was really shysty of you to jack his dictionary. 1990s
sicko
( n ) A pervert. This guy who cuts off puppy-dog tails is a sicko. 1970s
sicko
( adj ) Perverted. This guy who cuts off puppy-dog tails is sicko. 1970s
side
( n ) A vinyl record. He has a great collection of sides at home. 1950s
side-kick
( n ) Someone who always accompanies someone else. You never see Pedro without his side-kick, Manuel. 1900s
sig
( v ) To spend time talking. Stop sigging, it's time to hit the books. 1990s
sing
( v ) To inform or tattle. If Malcolm sings to the cops, they'll get us all. 1940s
sinker
( n ) A doughnut. Hey, Joe! Give me a cup of joe and a couple of those week-old sinkers over there. 1920s
skank
( n ) An ugly female (offensive). Check out that nasty skank over there. 1980s
skanky
( adj ) Ugly, nasty. She is a little bit skanky but nothing you can't deal with. 1970s
skeevy
( adj ) Shady, unsavory, icky. This club looks a little skeevy to me; let's go somewhere else. 1990s
skeezer
( n ) An unattractive, promiscuous female (offensive). I don't see what you see in that skeezer.
1990s
sketch
( n ) A questionable person. Don't hang around with sketches like her; they will get you in trouble. 1980s
sketchy
( adj ) Questionable. Sketchy people hang out in the hood at night. 1970s
skiddoo
( v ) To leave. Come on, kiddo, time for us to skiddoo. 1900s
skidoo
( v ) To leave. Come on, kiddo, time for us to skidoo. 1900s
skin
( v ) To swindle or cheat. Derwin got skinned in the land development deal. 1810s
skinner

( n ) Policeman. The skinner took us to the police station. 1990s

skinny
( adj ) Greedy; selfish. Taking the last cookie was a hella skinny thing to do. 1990s
skinny
( n ) Information. Hey, what's the skinny on Murphy. 1960s
skip
( v ) To leave with someone in pursuit. She took the money and skipped town. 1940s
skip
( v ) To miss, to not attend. Let's skip chemistry today and go to the library. 1930s
skippy
( adj ) OK, alright. Is everything skippy here? 1990s
skirt
( n ) A girl or a woman. Hey, Rube, take a gander at the legs on that skirt over there. 1950s
skootchie
( n ) An ugly female (offensive). Her date is just a tired old skootchie. 1990s
slammer
( n ) Jail or prison. The police threw them both in the slammer. 1950s
slamming
( adj ) Excellent, outstanding. I saw her at the game in a totally slamming outfit! 1980s
slap-happy
( adj ) Crazy, insane. Roland has been slap-happy ever since he left the ring. 1930s
slave
( n ) A job, particularly a new job. Yo, home boy, I just got me a new slave. 1990s
slay
( phr ) Be very funny. What a story! You just slay me, Ferdie! 1920s
slew
( n ) A large number, many. We saw a slew of crappies at the west end of the lake this weekend. 1830s
slick
( adj ) Excellent, outstanding. Isn't his Vette slick? 1830s
slug
( v ) To hit. Don't talk to me that way unless you want to be slugged in the chops. 1940s
slum
( v ) To go to a bad side of town. So what brings you to this side of town? Are you slumming? 1920s
slummy
( adj ) Like the slums. I am living straight slummy since the rents stopped sending me money. 1990s
slut
( n ) A promiscuous female. She is a slut who makes it with all the guys. 1400s
smack
( v ) To hit or slap. She smacked him in the chops when he insulted her. 1830s
smack
( v ) To kiss. And then she smacked him right on the lips. 1570s
smarts
( n ) Brains, intelligence. Roy is good-looking and has a lot of smarts. 1970s
smashed
( adj ) Drunk, intoxicated. Try not to get smashed at the beer party. 1960s
smoke
( n ) Cigarette. Do you have some smokes? 1880s
smoke
( v ) To kill. The mob didn't like him muscling in on their territory, so they smoked him. 1920s
smoke out
( v ) Force out, make come out. The cops smoked the shooter out of the house with tear gas. 1940s
smoke-eater
( n ) Fireman. My father is a smoke eater. 1990s
smooch
( v ) To hug and kiss. I guess they are going steady; I saw them smooching on the porch last night. 1940s
smoother
( n ) Someone who can persuade. Watch out for James; he's a smoother and always gets his way. 1990s
snafu
( n ) A mistake, error. Sending your gripe to everyone in the company was a major snafu. 1950s
snap
( n ) Something easy. Mowing our lawn in an hour is a snap. 1870s
snaps
( n ) Money. I'm low on snaps; can you loan me twenty? 1990s
snarf
( v ) Gulp, gobble, swallow whole Ted snarfed down the hamburger as though he hadn't eaten in a month. 1950s
snarky
( adj ) Irritable, short-tempered. Don't be so snarky; I only asked a question. 1900s

snockered
( adj ) Drunk, intoxicated. Baldwin was so snockered, he couldn't find the bathroom. 1950s
snooker
( v ) To cheat or deceive. I don't know how I got snookered into referring the game. 1950s
snookums
( n ) Female term of endearment. Hello, snookums, how did your day go? 1910s
snoopy
( n ) A date. Yo, Christie and I are going to have a snoopy Friday night. 1990s
snoot
( n ) Nose. She popped him on the snoot. 1930s
snow
( v ) To make someone adore you. Olga has Percy snowed; he can't live without her. 1950s
snuff
( v ) To hit; to punch. He snuffed me when I turned around to walk away! 1980s
snuff
( v ) To kill. He ratted on the mob and they snuffed him. 1960s
So what?
( int ) I don't care. So, Nellie got into Smith. So what?. 1930s
sock it to
( vp ) To do something (unpleasant) to someone. The IRS really socked it to Margie's father. 1960s
solid
( adj ) Excellent, outstanding. That bash at her house was solid! 1930s
something else
( np ) Excellent, outstanding. That new dance is something else. 1960s
sosh
( n ) A person who is stuck-up, snooty. She is such a sosh, with all her money. 1990s
sounds
( n ) Music. When you come tonight, bring some sounds. 1980s
soup up
( v ) Increase the power and speed of a car. Sure, he wins the drag races: his car is souped up. 1930s
souse
( n ) A drunk. All I saw coming home was a couple of souses lying on the sidewalk in front of the bar. 1940s
soused
( adj ) Drunk, intoxicated. He came home soused and his wife locked him out. 1930s
space out
( v ) To detach (oneself) from reality. Dan is so spaced out he doesn't know what planet he is on. 1960s
spacey
( adj ) Eccentric, odd, peculiar. I'm not sure she can handle the job; she's a little spacey. 1960s
spang
( v ) To ask for spare change. I'm so broke I'm going to have to spang somebody for lunch money. 1990s
spanking
( adv ) Very. He was in some spanking fine kicks! 1880s
speakeasy
( n ) An illicit bar selling bootleg liquor. Ebenezer ran a speakeasy until the cops discovered it and broke it up. 1920s
sped
( n ) A moron (offensive). Don't tell that sped anything; he'll tell the world. 1970s
speedo
( n ) Speedometer. The speedo was showing 35 mph but we seemed to be going much faster. 1930s
Speedos
( n ) Men's tight-fitting swimming trunks. When he entered the water, his Speedos shrunk and had to be removed
surgically. 1980s
spent
( adj ) Tired, exhausted. I played ball all day; I'm spent. 1590s
spew
( v ) To vomit. He barely made it to his car, then spewed through the sun roof. 1940s
spew one's guts out
( v ) To tell everything one knows. When the cops picked him up, he spewed his guts out. 1940s
spifflicated
( adj ) Drunk, intoxicated. You're so spifflicated you can barely walk; you certainly can't drive. 1920s
spiffy
( adj ) Dressed up. What a spiffy pair of shoes you have on, Roland. 1850s
spit and image
( np ) An identical copy. Rodney is the spit and image of his father. 1890s
spit nails
( vp ) To get angry, mad. He was spitting nails over the damage to his bike. 1970s
spiv
( n ) Slick con man. Some worthless spiv married Myrtle, took her money, and left her. 1930s

spivvy
( adj ) Dressed up. (See spiffy, too) Boy, don't we look spivvy today? 1940s
spliff
( n ) A marijuana cigarette. They raided his crib and found a bunch of spliffs. 1990s
split
( v ) To leave. It is time to split and go see the movie. 1950s
sponge
( n ) A parasite. You are such a sponge. Why don't you get a job? 1670s
sponge
( n ) One big need. That girl is my only sponge now. 1990s
sponge
( v ) To live like a parasite off others. He sponged off his brother for two years. 1670s
sponger
( n ) A parasite. You are such a sponger. Why don't you get a job? 1680s
spoogy
( adj ) Wet, damp, sticky. The weather today is sort of spoogy. 1990s
spook
( n ) A spy. Word has it, Melvin was a spook for the CIA in his youth. 1940s
spook
( v ) To frighten. The cows were spooked by the howling of the wolves. 1940s
spook
( v ) To scare, frighten. A snake spooked the horse and he threw his rider. 1930s
spoon
( adj ) Excellent, outstanding. That movie was spoon. 1980s
spoon
( v ) To hug and kiss. They love to spoon by the moonlight. 1880s
spot
( v ) To loan. Could you spot me $10 until payday? 1930s
spring
( v ) Let out, let loose. Somehow he got sprung from jail. 1940s
spring (for)
( v ) To pay for. It is my turn to spring for the doughnuts. 1950s
spruce off
( v ) To avoid a duty by deception. Mike Hunt will tell you he is going to do something then spruce off just when you
need it done. 1910s
spruce up
( v ) To dress up. Reilly doesn't look so hot until he gets spruced up. 1670s
sprung
( adj ) Obsessed with. Vanessa's so sprung on Todd, he's all she talks about. 1990s
spud
( n ) Potato. Do you want rice or spuds for dinner? 1840s
spumoni
( n ) Something excellent, outstanding. That new dress is spumoni! 1990s
spunk up
( v ) To stand up to, assert oneself. Don't be afraid of him; spunk up to him. 1850s
squad car
( np ) Police car. There is no way out; the house is surrounded by squad cars. 1930s
square
( n ) An old-fashioned person. Good grief, Lloyd, are your parents squares! 1960s
square
( n ) Cigarette. Hey man, you got any squares on you? 1990s
square
( adj ) Old-fashioned, not cool. My father looks square in his jacket. 1960s
squat
( n ) A small, worthless amount Farnsworth doesn't know squat about women. 1970s
squat
( n ) A small, worthless amount. Farnsworth doesn't know squat about women. 1970s
squeaker
( n ) A close game. We won, but it was a squeaker. 1960s
squeal
( v ) To inform or tattle. He squealed on his buddies and got them in trouble. 1840s
squirrel
( n ) An attractive female. Check out that squirrel over there. 1980s
squirt
( n ) Petty, immature brat. That little squirt still doesn't know his right hand from his left. 1840s
stack it
( v ) To fall over. Hannah stacked it again last night on those heels she wears. 1990s

stack up
( v ) To wreck. He's already stacked up two cars and his dad isn't giving him the dough to buy a third. 1960s
stacked
( adj ) Having a nice female figure. She was polite, pretty, and really stacked. 1940s
stand up
( v ) To not show up for a date. Hortense said that she would meet me for dinner but she stood me up. 1900s
steady
( n ) Boyfriend or girlfriend. Natalie's steady is a hunk who works as a lifeguard at the beach. 1920s
steam up
( v ) To excite, agitate. They tried without success to steam up his courage. 1910s
steam up
( v ) To make angry, mad. Don't get so steamed up over the issue. 1920s
step
( v ) To back away, back off. You better step before you get in trouble! 1990s
step off
( v ) To back away, back off. You better step off before you get in trouble! 1980s
stick
( v ) Force someone to do something unpleasant. He left early and stuck me with cleaning up the house. 1930s
stick
( v ) Keep (contemptuous rejection). You can take your job and stick it. 1920s
Stick 'em up!
( phr ) Raise your hands. Drop that gun and stick 'em up! 1920s
stick around
( v ) Stay. The atmosphere was cozy, so I decided to stick around for a while. 1940s
stick up
( v ) To rob at gun point. He stuck up a grocery store and got caught. 1880s
stick-up
( n ) An armed robbery. I was in the liquor store when the stick-up took place. 1880s
stickleroo
( n ) A cool person; a hip person. Why don't you go out with Jason? He's a stickleroo! 1990s
sticks
( n ) Way out in the country. Delbert lives somewhere way out in the sticks. 1940s
stiff
( n ) A corpse. They took the stiff to the morgue. 1860s
stiff
( v ) To leave the bill for someone else to pay. He invited me out then stiffed me with the bill. 1950s
stink
( np ) A scandal, uproar. The citizens made a big stink about the new nuclear power station. 1850s
stir
( n ) Prison. Stay away from Booger, man; he just got our of stir. 1960s
stog
( n ) Cigarette. Give me a drag on that stog, man. 1980s
stoke
( v ) To excite. Nothing stokes me like a good basketball game. 1960s
stone
( n ) A slow car. Anyone can outdrag him in that stone he drives. 1990s
stone
( adj ) Excellent, outstanding. She is a stone fox, man. 1970s
stoned
( adj ) Drunk, intoxicated. He was too stoned from beer to walk down the stairs. 1970s
stool pigeon
( np ) A squealer, tattletale. Jeremiah works for the police as a stool pigeon for years. 1840s
straight
( adj ) Heterosexual, not gay. He is straight but a lot of his friends are gay. 1960s
straight
( adj ) Honest. Abner is as straight as an arrow; he would never even stretch the truth. 1530s
straight
( adj ) Truthful. That's straight, man; she cancelled the final! 1950s
straight
( adj ) Without ice. He was surprised to see her drink her whiskey straight. 1910s
straight out
( adv ) Directly. Tell me straight out if you are seeing another woman. 1970s
straight up
( adv ) Directly. Tell me straight up: do you love me. 1980s
straight up
( adj ) Without ice. He drinks his scotch straight up. 1940s
stressed

( adj ) Upset. I am really stressed by all the recent world events. 1970s
struggle buggy
( np ) The backseat of a car. The struggle buggy is a parent's worst nightmare. 1920s
stuck on
( adj ) To be in love with. I think Arnold is stuck on his secretary. 1920s
stuck up
( adj ) Conceited. She is so stuck-up that she wouldn't be caught dead in a MacDonald's. 1820s
stud
( n ) A well-built man. Say, Serafima, who is that stud you are talking to? 1960s
stud
( adj ) Excellent, outstanding. It was a stud performance. 1970s
stuff
( v ) Keep (contemptuous rejection). You can take your job and stuff it. 1950s
style
( n ) Someone you flirt with. She's just a style a play around with; nothing serious. 1990s
style
( v ) To flirt. Where's Joe? Over there, styling that girl in the red shirt. 1990s
styler
( n ) Someone excellent at flirting. Mike's too much of a styler to want to commit. 1990s
suck
( v ) To be bad. You got a D on math? That sucks! 1960s
suck face
( v ) To French kiss. Bradley is such a romantic: he keeps asking me if I want to suck face with him. 1980s
suck in
( v ) To con. Don't let yourself be sucked in by her lies. 1850s
sucker
( n ) A person easily conned or deceived. Don't be a sucker; buy your car from someone you know. 1830s
sucker
( v ) To swindle or cheat by deceit. He suckered me into dating his sister. 1840s
sugar daddy
( np ) A rich man who supports a female. Daddy Warbucks was Little Orphan Annie's sugar daddy. 1940s
suicide knob
( np ) A knob on your steering wheel. When he hit the curb, the steering wheel spun around and the suicide knob
knocked him out. 1950s
T
T-bucket
( n ) A hot rod made from a Model T Ford. He drives a very sano T-bucket. 1960s
tad
( n ) A little. He is a tad up-tight tonight. 1950s
tag along
( vp ) Come with. Mind if I tag along for the ride? 1930s
tail
( v ) To follow. Quentin tailed his sister to the boy's house. 1900s
take
( n ) Stolen goods or money. The take from the robbery was 35 cents and an expired credit card. 1880s
take
( v ) To swindle or cheat. He was taken for all his money at the casino. 1920s
take a gander
( vp ) Look at, examine. Take a gander at that hunk standing by the door. 1940s
take a hike
( v ) To leave. I am tired of all your complaining. Take a hike! 1930s
take a powder
( v ) To leave. Look, if you don't like it here, take a powder. 1940s
take for a ride
( vp ) To drive someone away to kill. The capo ordered that the informer be taken for a ride. 1920s
take out
( v ) To kill. The don ordered his own son taken out. 1960s
talk trash
( vp ) To spend time talking. We spent the whole afternoon talking trash and watching TV. 1970s
tank
( n ) A large sedan (usually driven by parents). You should see the tank her dad drives. 1950s
tanked
( adj ) Drunk, intoxicated. Lloyd was so tanked he tied his shoes together and fell off the balcony. 1960s
tanked up
( adj ) Drunk, intoxicated. Guy was so tanked up last night that he couldn't find his way home. 1890s
tap

( adj ) Exhaust, finish. This party's tapped, I'm kicking it. 1990s
tap
( v ) To deprive of money. Can you loan me $5 till Friday? I'm completely tapped (out). 1940s
taxed
( adj ) Expensive, overpriced. Oh, snap! That stuff is taxed! 1990s
teach
( n ) A Teacher. She isn't such a bad teach. 1950s
tear
( v ) Move fast. She tore up the street when she heard her boyfriend was there. 1850s
tear up
( v ) To upset. She was torn up over losing her boyfriend. 1950s
tear-ass
( v ) Drive (or go) very fast. He dropped a water balloon then tore-ass down the hall. 1950s
tee off
( v ) Make mad. She really teed me off when she told me she couldn't go out because she had to wash her hair. 1960s
The bank is closed
( phr ) No kissing or hugging. I like you, Mac, but tonight the bank's closed. 1920s
the berries
( n ) Something excellent, outstanding. You have to see the new exhibit at the art museum; it's the berries. 1920s
the big house
( np ) Federal prison. Grannis served 10 years in the big house. 1940s
the bird
( n ) The raised middle finger. The little twerp gives you the bird if anything displeases him. 1970s
the boondocks
( np ) Way out in the country. Greta married some yahoo from the boondocks. 1970s
the boonies
( np ) Way out in the country. Greta married some yahoo from the boonies. 1980s
the finger
( n ) The raised middle finger. The little twit gave me the finger when I asked him for a light. 1950s
the grail
( n ) Something excellent, outstanding. His new board is the grail! 1980s
the hair of the dog
( np ) A shot of an alcoholic drink to relieve a hangover. Wow, my head hurts! Give me a little hair of the dog that bit
me and see if that helps. 1920s
The jig is up.
( phr ) It's all over; we/you are done in. The jig is up! You don't work here any more. 1800s
the man
( n ) A figure of authority. If you want to get along in this world, you have to listen to the man. 1980s
the man
( n ) Policeman, person in authority. If you don't straighten up and fly right, I'm going to call the man. 1970s
the man
( n ) The police. I stay away from drugs because I don't want any trouble from the man. 1990s
the most
( n ) Excellent, outstanding. Thanks for all the help, Barry; you're the most. 1950s
the real McCoy
( np ) Something genuine. That girl of his is not just good-looking; she's the real McCoy. 1920s
the sack
( n ) Bed. It is time for me to hit the sack. 1950s
the sticks
( np ) An isolated place in the country. Greta married some yahoo from the sticks. 1940s
the word
( n ) The latest news or gossip. Say, what's the word on Jenny? 1930s
thick
( adj ) Close, tight. They are as thick as thieves. 1900s
thick
( adj ) Stupid or foolish. He's so thick he thinks a capella means 'no guitars.'. 1960s
thick
( adj ) Well-built, having an attractive figure. Man, that girl is thick; I mean, look at those curves. 1980s
thin ice
( np ) A precarious situation. The company is not bankrupt but it is (skating) on thin ice. 1890s
thing
( n ) Favorite thing. What is your thing, man; I'm into crocheting. 1960s
thing
( n ) Problem. What is your thing, man; I'm not bothering you. 1970s
thingamabob
( n ) An object for which a name is unavailable. What was that thingamabob he was holding? 1940s
thingamajig

( n ) An object for which a name is unavailable. What was that thingamajig he was holding? 1930s
thirsty
( adj ) Exhibiting extreme desperation. He was so thirsty, he spent 6 hours on the internet looking for information.
1990s
thong
( n ) Bikini underpants. Mandy's mother won't let her wear thongs. 1980s
thong
( n ) Sandal with two straps that went between your big toe and the one next to it. The beach was so stony everyone
has to wear thongs. 1960s
threads
( n ) Clothes. Those look like expensive threads he is wearing. 1960s
three on the tree
( np ) A car with 3-speed manual transmission with the shifter on the steering column. That old car is fast for wheels
with three on a tree. 1950s
throw a bone
( vp ) Help out with something small. Look, if you make a lot of money, throw your old friend a bone. 1930s
throw up
( v ) Vomit. I doubt he'll date her again; she threw up on his car seat on their last date. 1730s
tickle
( n ) Something funny. That story about his brother is a hella tickle. 1880s
tied to an apron string
( vp ) Dominated by the wife or a woman. Fred can't go fishing on the weekend; he's tied to his wife's apron string.
1930s
tight
( adj ) Angry, mad. Your pop seems to be tight about something. 1990s
tight
( adj ) Close. I'm tight with all my friends. 1970s
tight
( adj ) Drunk, intoxicated. After the party he sure had a tight head. 1950s
tight
( adj ) Excellent, outstanding. Boy, that new song you wrote is tight. 1980s
tight-laced
( adj ) Priggish and tense. Oscar was too tight-laced to visit a hoochy-coochy club. 1830s
tightass
( n ) Someone who is very particular, meticulous in following rules. That prof is such a tightass he won't let us out a
day early. 1960s
Tinsel Town
( np ) Hollywood. All the glitterati in Tinsel Town turn out for the Acadamy Awards. 1960s
tip
( v ) To leave. Let's tip; this party's a drag. 1990s
titanic
( adj ) Huge, gigantic. Man, that cop sure looks titanic. 1990s
to be out of here
( vp ) To leave. Well, I have to write a paper tonight; I'm out of here. 1970s
to skunk
( v ) To fail to meet an obligation. He skunked the restaurant after complaining about the meal. 1850s
to skunk
( v ) To hold scoreless. We skunked them 5-0 in baseball. 1940s
to skunk
( v ) To swindle or cheat. Mortimer skunked Phil out of $5. 1890s
to the bricks
( pp ) In fine clothes. She came down dressed to the bricks and all he could do is stutter. 1990s
to the max
( pp ) As much as possible. Wow! This is fun! Let's take it to the max! 1980s
to the nines
( pp ) In fine clothes Seamus Allgood came to the party dressed to the nines. 1700s
to the nines
( pp ) In fine clothes. Seamus Allgood came to the party dressed to the nines. 1700s
toast
( n, adj ) In bad condition, ruined. I can't fix this car; it's toast. 1990s
toasted
( adj ) Drunk, intoxicated. Let's get Benny home; he's toasted. 1980s
tod
( adj ) Stupid, bad. That outfit is so tod. 1990s
tog
( v ) To dress. My swing partner last night was togged to the bricks. 1990s
tomato

( n ) A female. That Shelly's one red hot tomato. 1930s

tool
( v ) To drive around aimlessly. There was nothing to do last night, so we just went tooling around. 1960s
tool
( v ) To use or take advantage of someone. Let's see if we can't tool Jenny into driving us out for some pizza. 1970s
torch
( n ) A pyromaniac, someone who likes to start fires. He hired a torch to burn down his restaurant to collect the
insurance. 1960s
torch
( v ) To burn down illegally. He hired someone to torch his restaurant so he could collect the insurance. 1960s
torpedo
( n ) A hired killer. The torpedo she hired to off her husband turned out to be an undercover cop. 1920s
toss your cookies
( vp ) To vomit. He ate so much that he tossed his cookies behind a potted palm. 1980s
total
( v ) To completely destroy. He totaled his car last night. 1950s
totally
( adv ) Very. That tank top she was wearing was totally gnarly. 1980s
tough
( adj ) Excellent, outstanding. That's a real tough house; I'd like to live there. 1980s
tough
( adj ) Too bad. You have a date tonight? That's tough; you have to baby-sit. 1940s
town-gown
( adj ) Pertaining to relations between students and local residents in a college town. That guy over there isn't doing
much for town-gown relations. 1950s
townie
( n ) Permanent resident of a college town. Some townies threw eggs on the rods parked down town last night. 1850s
trash
( v ) Totally destroy something. He trashed the car when it hit the wall. 1980s
trashed
( adj ) Drunk, intoxicated. She went to a party last night and came home trashed. 1960s
tribe
( n ) A clique, circle of friends. I'm meeting my tribe in the quad after class. 1990s
trick that
( int ) I'm not doing it. Trick helping clean up, man, I'm leaving. 1990s
trip
( n ) Something out of the ordinary, special. The girl with the funny hairdo is a trip. 1960s
trippy
( adj ) Crazy, insane. She was totally trippy. 1970s
troll
( v ) To cruise for girls. Let's go trolling for some chicks. 1960s
troop
( n ) A long walk or trip. Taco Bell? That's a troop and a half. 1980s
truck
( v ) Do business, carry on. Keep on trucking! 1960s
truck
( v ) Move, go, come. We're trucking over to Joe's house to party. 1960s
true
( adj ) Loyal; faithful. I trust him; that dude is true! 1990s
tube
( n ) A place from which there is no return. All her efforts to get into a good college went down the tube(s). 1960s
tube steak
( np ) Hotdog, wiener. Why don't you stop by for a tube steak this weekend? 1960s
tubular
( adj ) Excellent, outstanding. His new board is tubular, dude. 1980s
tunes
( n ) Music. Put on some tunes and let's dance. 1970s
turkey
( n ) A stupid or foolish person. That turkey hasn't sense enough to come in out of the rain. 1950s
turn on
( v ) To intentionally allure men. She thinks her new perfume is going to turn all the guys on. 1960s
turn on
( v ) To show off. Go out in the surf and turn on for everyone. 1950s
turn-on
( n ) A girl who intentionally allures men. Don't get serious about her; she's just a little turn-on. 1960s
tweak
( v ) To get high on drugs. Leave him! He's tweaked again. 1990s

tweaker
( n ) Someone who gets high on drugs. That tweaker can't hold a job. 1990s
twerp
( n ) Petty, immature brat. The little twerp told her mommie! 1920s
twice pipes
( np ) Dual exhaust pipes. He has a cool ride with dual carbs and twice pipes. 1950s
twisted
( adj ) Drunk, intoxicated. I've had too much to drink; I'm twisted. 1960s
twisted
( adj ) Perverted. I wouldn't go out with him; everyone says he is twisted. 1920s
twit
( n ) Petty, immature brat. The little twit barfed all over her date at the pizza parlor. 1930s
twit
( n ) Superficial person. She is such a twit who spends most of her time shopping. 1930s
twitching
( adj ) Excellent, outstanding. That new dress is twitching, girl. 1990s
two bits
( n ) A 25-cent piece. I wouldn't give him two bits for that tin can he drives. 1890s
two cents worth
( np ) Weak advice, opinion. Well, that's my two cents worth. 1940s
U
uggies
( n ) Surfing shoes or boots. Dad, gum it! I left my uggies on the beach. 1960s
ugly-stick
( n ) An imaginary stick that makes anyone hit by it ugly. Where did you get that outfit! Were you hit by the ugly
stick? 1990s
unclued
( adj ) Unknowledgeable, unaware of what is what. Man, I'm totally unclued as to what is going on here. 1970s
unit
( adj ) A stupid or foolish person. Dave is such a unit he doesn't know which side of the pizza is up. 1990s
unmentionables
( n ) Women's underwear. When Gladys bends over you can see her unmentionables. 1940s
unreal
( adj ) Surprising. When the cops came to break up the party, it all got pretty unreal. 1960s
up
( adj ) Happy, cheerful. He has been up ever since he met his new girlfriend. 1960s
up
( p ) Out of time. Hey, it's getting late; we're up, let's go. 1990s
up
( v ) To shoplift or steal. He upped the cigarettes from the grocery store. 1990s
up for grabs
( pp ) Available to anyone. This is a sale. Everything is up for grabs. 1940s
up the creek
( pp ) In trouble. He's up the creek without a paddle. 1950s
up the river
( ap ) In prison or jail. They sent him up the river for 20 years for his part in the heist. 1890s
up tight
( adj ) Tense. Why are you so up tight, man? Relax! 1960s
upchuck
( v ) To vomit. The food was so bad I though I'd upchuck. 1960s
uppity
( adj ) Arrogant, condescending. She's so uppity that she only drinks champagne with her hotdogs. 1880s
V
vamoose
( v ) To leave. Come on, partners. Let's vamoose. 1830s
vege out
( vp ) To do nothing. I want to vege out in front of the television this evening. 1980s
vegetate
( v ) To do nothing. I don't feel like doing anything; I think I'm going home and vegetate tonight. 1980s
veggie
( n ) Vegetable. The meal was OK but you don't get many veggies with the meat. 1970s
vibes
( n ) Feeling, sense of something. I get good vibes from the new secretary. 1960s
vid

( n ) A memory. I got a vid of you falling down the steps! 1990s

vigorish
( n ) High interest on a loan. He got the money from a loan shark who charged him 10% a day in vigorish. 1910s
vitals
( n ) Important information. Yo, can you give me the vitals on Jims party? 1980s
vogues
( n ) Wide wheels. I saw him last night driving on a new set of vogues. 1980s
V
wack
( adj ) Bad. He left the meeting early--a really wack move. 1990s
wack
( adj ) Crazy, insane. The guy is wack; you can't talk to him. 1970s
wacko
( adj ) Crazy, insane. Mona is totally wacko. 1960s
wacky
( adj ) Crazy, insane. I've never known a wackier person than Smoot. 1940s
wad
( n ) Money. You don't want to carry a wad like that with you in the big city. 1940s
wail
( v ) Go fast. You should see his rod wail, man; you couldn't keep up with him. 1960s
walking-papers
( n ) Notice of being fired. I hear Sheila got her walking papers today. 1950s
wang
( n ) A loser, a jerk. Anyone who skips class is a wang. 1990s
wanger
( n ) A loser, a jerk. Their team is just a bunch of wangers. 1990s
wank
( n ) A jerk who thinks he is great. He's such a wank; he thinks all the girls are in love with him. 1980s
wannabe
( n ) Someone who wants to be something. He is a chef wannabe with no palate for fine cuisine. 1980s
wash out
( v ) To become jaded, no longer effective. I've worked on this job so long that I'm washed out. 1950s
washed up
( adj ) Finished, done in. When the cops caught him, his criminal life was done in. 1920s
waste
( v ) To kill. After you waste him, throw the body in the river. 1960s
wasted
( adj ) Drunk, intoxicated. He pounded beers all night and came home wasted. 1970s
water under the bridge
( np ) Something past and forgotten Forget about last night; that's water under the bridge. s
Way to go!
( int ) Good going, nice job. Nice 3-pointer, Bev. Way to go! 1950s
wazoo
( n ) The buttocks. Martha kicked Ted right in the old wazoo! 1970s
wear low
( vp ) To annoy, bother. Frank is wearing me low asking me for my phone number. 1980s
wedgy
( n ) Pulling someone's pants up sharply to wedge them in the crack of the buttocks. Get Finley! He always loses his
cool when we give him a wedgy. 1950s
weed
( n ) A cigarette. Give me a weed, man. I'm having a nicotine fit. 1970s
weirdo
( n ) An eccentric. That new boy is a kind of weirdo. 1960s
welch
( v ) To fail to meet an obligation. He welched on his promise to help paint my house. 1930s
welcher
( n ) Someone who doesn't pay what is owed. You loaned him $10? The welcher will never pay you back. 1910s
wet blanket
( np ) A squelcher. I hate to go to parties with Shamus Allgood. He's such a wet blanket. 1850s
wet blanket
( np ) A squelcher. Ralph is such a wet blanket, I doubt you can get him to go a party. 1920s
wet rag
( np ) A squelcher. Arnold is such a wet rag he won't even dance. 1920s
whack
( v ) To kill. There was a contract out to whack Johnny for skimming the take at the casino. 1980s
whacked

( adj ) Bad. It was a whacked scene when her boyfriend came in and caught them together. 1980s
whacked
( adj ) Drunk, intoxicated. Man, I was whacked last night. 1960s
whacked
( adj ) Tired, exhausted. I'm whacked; I can't go anywhere tonight. 1910s
What the frick?
( int ) An interjection of disgust. What the frick! We're having a pop quiz? 1980s
What the frig?
( int ) An interjection of disgust. What the frig! We're having a pop quiz? 1950s
What's coming off?
( phr ) What is going on? So, man, what's coming off tonight. 1960s
What's cooking?
( phr ) What is going on? Hey, buddy, what's cooking? Did somebody get hurt? 1940s
What's cracking?
( phr ) What is going on? What's cracking, girl? You look like you lost your last friend. 1980s
What's craculating?
( phr ) What is going on? What's craculating, dude? 1990s
What's eating you?
( phr ) What is wrong with you? You don't want to see the Dodgers play? What's eating you?. 1920s
What's going down?
( phr ) What is going on? What's going down, man? Why are all the cop cars here? 1960s
What's popping?
( phr ) What is going on? What's popping, dude? Who drew all the squad cars outside? 1980s
What's up?
( phr ) What is going on? What's up? Aren't we shooting hoops today? 1940s
What's with you?
( phr ) What is wrong with you? Hey, what's with you, man. You're really bent. 1930s
What's your damage?
( phr ) What is wrong with you? Why are you crying? What's your damage? 1980s
what-say
( phr ) An expression of greeting. What-say, man? Long time, no see. 1980s
whatever
( int ) An interjection of indifference. Wasn't our project due at noon? Whatever. 1980s
wheelie
( n ) Squealing tires. He can't pull away from the curve without making a wheelie. 1950s
wheels
( n ) A car. I can't take my girlfriend out tonight because I don't have wheels. 1950s
whip
( n ) A car. Lets hop in the whip and get up out of here. 1990s
whipped
( adj ) Dominated by a woman or girl. Joe's so whipped he can't leave the house by himself. 1990s
whistle Dixie
( vp ) To be mistaken. If you think you can make a good hotrod for $2000, you're whistling Dixie. 1940s
whiz
( n ) A pee, urination. I need to take a whiz. 1960s
whiz
( n ) Talented person. He is a whiz at the computer. 1930s
whiz
( v ) To urinate. No need to stop for me; I whizzed before I left. 1960s
Who's your daddy?
( phr ) Who is the most important person in your life? Did you like that shot? Who's your daddy?. 1990s
whomp
( v ) Beat, whip. If you don't shut up, I'm going to whomp you. 1950s
whoobang
( v ) To gossip. Quit your whoobanging and let's roll. 1980s
Whoop-de-doo!
( int ) An Interjection of happy surprise. Our final has been cancelled? Whoopty-doo! 1920s
whoopee
( n ) Hugging and kissing. They were in the living room making whoopie. 1920s
whoopee
( n ) A good time. I've had a tough week. Let's go out and make some whoopie this weekend. 1920s
Whoopee!
( int ) An interjection of enjoyment. Whoopee! I won the game! 1860s
whoopie!
( int ) An Interjection of happy surprise. Whoopie! Mama hit the jackpot! 1920s
wicked
( adj ) Excellent, outstanding. That flick was going-away wicked. I loved it. 1980s

wicked
( adv ) Very. That flick was wicked bad. 1980s
wig out
( v ) To lose control of yourself, go crazy. She wigged out when she saw me with my cousin. 1980s
wigged
( adj ) Crazy, insane. I can't talk to her any more; she's completely wigged. 1980s
wiggity-wack
( adj ) Crazy, insane. That Korean food was wiggity-wack. 1980s
willies
( n ) Nervousness from fear, heebie-jeebies Just thinking of how close I came to hitting that other car gives me the
willies. 1890s
wimp
( n ) A weak, indecisive person. That wimp is afraid to ask May Belle for a date. 1960s
wimpy
( adj ) Weak or weak-willed, inadequate. He tried to get the job but his attempt was a little wimpy. 1960s
wind up
( v ) End up, go to finally. After making many wrong turns, he finally wound up right back where he started. 1650s
wind up
( v ) Bring to an end. Let's wind up the party and go to bed. 1820s
windbag
( n ) Someone who talks too much. That old windbag never stops talking about himself. 1890s
wino
( n ) A homeless alcoholic. He always gives change to the winos downtown. 1910s
wipe out
( v ) To completely tire, fatigue. I've been shopping all day and right now I'm simply wiped out. 1950s
wipe out
( v ) To crash on a wave, in a car or plane. He was a great pilot until he wiped out in Alaska. 1960s
wired
( adj ) Tense, excited. I am really wired after drinking five cups of coffee. 1960s
with it
( pp ) Knowledgeable, aware of what really matters. That cat is one of us, man; he's with it! 1960s
wonk
( n ) A studious, unsociable person. Well, the wonk got into Harvard but who would date him? 1960s
woody
( n ) A wood sided station wagon. They stopped making woodies because the wood rotted. 1960s
woof ticket
( v ) A lie. Girl, you're just selling woof tickets. 1990s
word
( n ) News, latest gossip. So, what's the word, man? 1900s
word from the bird
( np ) The truth. No school tomorrow and that's the word from the bird! 1950s
Wow!
( int ) An interjection of surprise. Wow! You won the lottery? 1940s
wrack your brain
( vp ) Think hard. I wracked my brain but couldn't come up with the answer. 1940s
wrap up
( v ) To finalize, bring to an end. Merlyn wrapped up his presentation with a chorus of "Happy Days" played on the
piano. 1930s
wrap-up
( n ) A summary at the end of an event. Bert watched the late evening wrap-up of the news. 1950s
wrecked
( adj ) Drunk, intoxicated. Felix came in about 2 AM totally wrecked. 1960s
wrenched
( adj ) Drunk, intoxicated. She was so wrenched she couldn't even find the john. 1990s
wussy
( n ) A weak, indecisive person. Don't be such a wussy all the time. Say what you are thinking. 1970s
Y
yack
( v ) To talk mindlessly. All she does is yack. It drives me crazy. 1950s
yahoo
( n ) A clumsy, unsophisticated person. Reba is going out with some yahoo from the sticks. 1920s
Yahoo!
( int ) An interjection of happy surprise. Yahoo! Mama won the jackpot! 1970s
yahtzee
( n ) An ugly female (offensive). Don't look now but that yahtzee over there is eyeing you, Bert. 1990s
yeah

( adv ) Yes, a positive answer. Yeah, I'm going to the football game. 1900s
yep
( adv ) Yes, a positive answer. Yep, I really like okra. 1890s
yes way
( adv ) But it is possible (only after 'No way') Yes way! Your tongue won't stick to that frozen steel pole. 1980s
yessir
( adv ) Yes, a positive answer. Yessir, that lady is my wife. 1910s
Yikes!
( int ) An interjection of surprise. Yikes! I almost drove over a cliff! 1940s
Yikes!
( int ) Interjection of surprise. Yikes! That was a close call! 1930s
Yipes!
( int ) Interjection of surprise. Yipes! That lightning bolt was close! 1900s
Yo!
( int ) An interjection of greeting. Yo, bro! What's up? 1990s
yokel
( n ) A clumsy, unsophisticated person from the country. Who was that yokel I saw Leticia White out with last week?
1810s
you know
( int ) Speech punctuation. Then he ran out, you know, and then he, you know, wanted us to take him home. 1940s
you're toast!
( phr ) In deep trouble. You do that and you're toast! 1980s
Yuck!
( int ) An interjection of disgust. Yuck! How could you pick your nose in a restaurant!
1970s
yucky
( adj ) Bad, disgusting. This food tastes yucky. 1970s
yummy
( adj ) Delicious, pleasing. Peanut butter and tuna is yummy. 1970s
Z
za
( n ) Pizza. Let's go to Joe's and get some za. 1970s
zapped
( adj ) Exhausted. I am too zapped to help you right now. 1970s
zeen
( v ) To understand. I worked 12 hours today, zeen? So I'm mad tired.
1990s
zerbit
( v ) To give a contact raspberry. Joe happily zerbitted Lisa on the neck. 1990s
zinger
( n ) Something that gets your attention; a sharp punch line. Aunt Mavis can always come up with a zinger for
anything you say. 1950s
zip
( n ) Nothing. He knew zip about running the company. 1970s
zippo
( n ) Nothing. He knew zippo about running the company. 1970s
zit
( n ) A pimple. As teenagers, we used to hold zit popping contests to see who could shoot their zits the farthest. 1960s
zonk
( v ) To hit. He zonked me on the head with his baseball glove. 1950s
zonk out
( v ) To fall sound asleep. I fell in the bed and zonked out as soon as I got home. 1970s
zonked
( adj ) Tired, exhausted. I can't go anywhere; I'm totally zonked. 1960s
zooted
( adj ) Drunk, intoxicated. He's been drinking all night; he's zooted. 1990s
zozzled
( adj ) Drunk, intoxicated. You're so zozzled you can't stand up. 1920s
Zs
( n ) Sleep. I have to get some Zs; I'm zonked. 1960s