Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions

seemed happy enough to sit under the table and whimper.
I hadn’t seen Bar- lowe so maxed out in years. He was nearly paralyzed. ...

I am? 3. n. a person of either sex consid- ered sexually.
If she doesn’t manage to wrap her legs around that big hunk of meat w ...

uation where one’s underpants ride up high between the buttocks. (Named for a person so stupid and unaware that he is comfortabl ...

messed up 1. mod. confused.
I’m sort of messed up since my divorce.
Most kids are sort of messed up at this age. 2. mod. alcoh ...

mickey mouse 1. n. nonsense; something trivial. (From the world-famous mouse character by the same name, owned by The Walt Disne ...

You wanna try some mind-blower?
That mind-bender takes a long time to wear off. mind-blowerGo to mind-bender. mind your own b ...

This mojo is no good.
Why don’t you try to kick the mojo? 2. n. a narcotics addict. (Drugs.)
These mojos will rob you blind if ...

monkey wagon n. drug addiction. (Drugs.)
I’ve been riding this monkey wagon long enough.
Some of these treat- ment centers won ...

ing around the clock. 3. in. to work at a second job.
Larry had to moonlight to earn enough to feed his family.
A lot of peopl ...

one’s own drug dealer upon whom one depends. (Drugs.)
Sam is my mother.
If you can’t trust your mother, who can you trust? mot ...

MREn. meals ready to eat, prepackaged food used by the armed forces in combat. (Also reinterpreted as meals rejected by Ethiopia ...

after the party. I can’t imagine why.
I can munch out for no reason at all. mung 1. and MUNG[m@N] n. something that is mashed u ...

You’re the best in town, my foot!
She’s going to marry you? My foot! My mama didn’t raise no dummy.sent. I’m not stupid.
Sure ...

nab[nAb] 1. tv. to arrest someone. (See also nabbed.)
They nabbed Tom with a stolen watch on him.
I knew they would nab him so ...

mind.
A real namby-pamby guy.
What a namby-pamby guy! thename of the gamen. the way things are; the way things can be expecte ...

Neat!)
Neat! I’m glad you came.
Five of them! Neat! neato (canito)[“nito (k@”nito)] exclam. really fine.
Look at this! Neato ...

gave me a parking ticket.
Three of New York’s finest were standing there at my door with my lost dog. nibble 1. n. a cautious o ...

nit-pickern. a person who is hypercriti- cal.
Mary is such a nit-picker.
Nit- pickers drive me crazy. nit-pickingn. too much m ...

back again. 2. mod. worthless; bad.
Get that no-good jerk out of here!
I have never heard of such a no-good car dealer- ship b ...

its have taken a nosedive.
Confidence in the government took a sudden nosedive. nose habitn. an addiction to sniffed drugs, usu ...