Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions

sassination. (Underworld.)
There was a hit at the bank on Maple Street last night.
Somebody died in the hit last night, but th ...

hit the bull’s-eyeGo to hit the spot. hit the ceiling and hit the rooftv. to get very angry.
She really hit the ceiling when sh ...

dad.
Who’s the hodaddy in the plaid pants? hodaddyGo to hodad. hoen. a prostitute; a whore.
Get them hoes outa here! hog 1. an ...

hold watertv. [for an idea, plan, etc.] to survive evaluation or scrutiny.
Nothing you’ve said so far holds water.
Her story d ...

Hey, homes! How’s it going?
Me and my homie want to go with you. homeslicen. a homeboy; a homegirl.
Ask my homeslice over the ...

Look at the honkers on that dame! 2. Go to honked. honky and honkey; honkie; hunky 1. n. a Caucasian. (Black. Not necessarily d ...

has nothing to do with a certain General Hooker.)
She’s a model by day and a hooker by night.
This neighborhood has a few hook ...

hopped up 1. mod. stimulated by drugs. (Drugs.)
The two of them were hopped up most of the time.
Two hopped up kids were hunke ...

horseradishn. heroin. (See also horse.)
Bart can get you some horseradish.
Gert is hooked on horseradish. horsesn. horse powe ...

computer applications program. (Com- puters.)
The hotkeys for my thesaurus are controland F2.
Press the hotkey to bring up a c ...

Wilson account?
That howler cost us plenty. howling (drunk)mod. alcohol intoxicated; loudly drunk.
Wally got howling drunk and ...

out on.
How can you get so hung about practically nothing? 3. Go to well-hung. hung like a bullmod. having large testicles or g ...

dealing, prostitution, and other vice ac- tivities.)
Each of these punks has a hus- tle—a specialty in crime.
We all know what ...

IACGo to IAE. IAE and IACinterj. in any event; in any case. (Initialisms. Used in electronic mail and computer forum or news gro ...

coming home for a few days was the icing on the cake. ick[Ik] 1. n. any nasty substance.
What is this ick on my shoe?
That’s n ...

if push comes to shoveGo to when push comes to shove. If that don’t fuck all!exclam. an excla- mation of surprise. (An elaborati ...

I’m there!sent. I will accept your invitation and I will be there.
Sounds like it will be a great rally. I’m there!
If you and ...

in cold bloodmod. without feeling; with cruel intent.
Rocko kills in cold blood and never gives it a thought.
The prof f lunke ...

she’ll have time to sleep it off.
When Harry was finally in rare form, he slid be- neath the table. ins and outsn. the fine poi ...

in the hoppermod. in process; in line to be processed. (A hopper is an in-basket for incoming work.)
It’s in the hopper. I’ll g ...