Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions

not cricketmod. unfair; illegitimate; un- orthodox. (See affirmative examples at cricket.)
You can’t do that! It’s not cricket! ...

No way!exclam. No! (Compare this with Way!)
Me join the Army? No way!
She can’t do that. No way! now generationn. the (once c ...

puters.)
They traded in the old com- puter for a powerful number-cruncher.
The small one is reserved for minor proj- ects. Th ...

Nuts to you!exclam. Go away!; Drop dead!
Well, nuts to you! You are just plain rude!
Nuts to you! I will NOT lend you money! n ...

oak(s)[oks] mod. OK; satisfactory; worthy. (Prisons.)
That guy’s oaks.
This stuff is oak. oasis[o”es@s] n. a place to buy liqu ...

Main Street.
I don’t want to off before my time. off artistGo to (rip-)off artist. off basemod. off target; wrong; not rele- va ...

oink[oINk] n. a police officer. (A play on pig.)
There is an oink following us on a motorcycle.
Here come the oinks! oinkern. ...

time the committee had given the plan the old one-two, there was nothing left I could do.
I gave his proposal the old one-two. ...

spend a whole week in that one-horse town!
I grew up in a one-horse town, and I liked it very much. one jump ahead of someone o ...

on tap 1. mod. having to do with beer sold from a barrel or keg.
Do you have any imported beers on tap here?
I like beer on ta ...

on the fritz 1. mod. not functioning prop- erly.
This TV is on the fritz again.
My watch is on the fritz. 2. mod. alcohol in- ...

on the safe sidemod. taking the risk-free path.
Let’s be on the safe side and call first.
I think you should stay on the safe ...

a good thing when he opened his own store.
I won’t quit now. I’m onto a good thing, and I know it. onto someone or somethingmod ...

ossified[“as@faId] mod. alcohol or drug in- toxicated. (From stoned (out).)
How can anybody be so ossified on four beers?
I’ve ...

out of luckmod. unfortunate; in a hope- less position.
If you think you are go- ing to get any sympathy from me, you’re just ou ...

over one’s headmod. confusing; too dif- ficult to understand.
This stuff is too hard. It’s over my head.
Calculus is all over ...

package 1. n. a combination of a variety of related things; a unified set of things. (See also package deal.)
You can’t buy jus ...

painn. a bother; an irritating thing or per- son.
That woman is such a pain.
Those long meetings are a real pain. pain in the ...

Why is Tom so palsy-walsy with everyone?
That guy is a little too palsy-walsy. palukaGo to palooka. pann. the face. (See also d ...

party 1. n. <a combining form used in ex- pressions to refer to certain kinds of ac- tivity carried on in groups or in pairs. ...