Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions

growlern. a toilet.
Where’s the growler around here?
We only have one growler in this house. grub[gr@b] 1. n. food.
Hey, this ...

nasty guck on my throat and told me not to swallow for a while. gucky[“g@ki] mod. thick and sticky; yucky.
This is a gucky day. ...

gunsn. the biceps.
Look at the guns on that guy!
He lifts weights to build up his guns. gunzel-butt[“g@nzlb@t] n. a strange-l ...

guts. 2. n. a drinking spree.
Fred’s out on another of his guzzles.
It’s one guz- zle after another, day after day. guzzled[“g ...

H.n. heroin. (Drugs.)
Now he’s shooting H.
First it was M.; now it’s H. habitn. an addiction to a drug.
She has to steal to s ...

hairy-ass(ed) 1. mod. wild; exciting.
We had a real hairy-ass time on the roller coaster.
The last part of the climb was reall ...

ham-handed mod. lacking dexterity; clumsy.
If I wasn’t so ham-handed, I could probably fix the thing myself.
He is the most ha ...

hang a BA (at someone)tv. to display one’s buttocks to someone in derision. (A BA is a bare ass.)
Victor was angry and hung a B ...

skirt is really happening.
Wow, that’s happening! 2. n. an event.
The concert was a real happening.
Well, class is never a ha ...

hard liquorn. potent liquor such as whis- key, gin, rum, etc.
Hard liquor makes me sick.
Stay off of hard liquor until your st ...

hash pipen. a small pipe for smoking can- nabis. (Drugs.)
John kept a hash pipe on the shelf just for show.
The cops found a h ...

physical strength.
I don’t have a leg up on anyone. I’m a loser. have a little visitortv. to have received the menses. (Have go ...

have a whale of a timetv. to have an ex- citing time; to have a big time.
We had a whale of a time at your party.
Yes, we real ...

have one’s ass in a slingtv. to be dejected or hurt; to be pouting. (Usually objec- tionable. Have got can replace have.)
She’ ...

hay burner was around trying to sell raf- f le tickets that looked handmade.
An- other hay head came in and applied for the job ...

head SouthGo to go South. Headstone Cityn. a cemetery.
Unless you want to move into a furnished f lat in Headstone City, you ha ...

heavy into someone or somethingmod. much concerned with someone or some- thing; obsessed with someone or some- thing.
Freddie w ...

refers to bending the elbow with a drink in hand. Use caution with hell.)
Wa lly is a hellbender from way back.
Jed is a world ...

herped upmod. infected with the herpes simplexvirus.
Why do all the boys treat me like I was herped up or something?
They say ...

roller and isn’t afraid to lose some money.
He’s a high roller from way back. high signn. a hand signal meaning okay. (The tip ...