Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions

paste someone onetv. to land a blow on someone. (See also paste.)
I pasted him one right on the nose.
Next time you do that, I ...

peckerhead 1. n. the head or end of the penis. (Usually objectionable.)
He said he had a little red sore on his peckerhead. n. ...

pep pilln. a stimulant pill or capsule, such as an amphetamine.
The doctor pre- scribed some kind of pep pills, but I refused t ...

phat-phreemod.not cool; not PHAT.(A play on fat-free.)
This place is strictly phat-phree.
We had to read some stu- pid, phat-p ...

street clothes. 6. n. the power of a car’s en- gine as reflected in the car’s ability to reach a high speed quickly.
This car h ...

What these pie-in-the-sky people really want is money. piffed[pIft] 1. and pifted[“pIft@d] tv. killed. (Past tense only. See als ...

pilen. a large amount of money.
She really made a pile in the stock market.
That old lady has a pile of money stashed in the ...

ting careless. The cops think they caught the pin this time. pinch 1. n. a small amount of a powdered substance, such as salt, s ...

more PIPs, except as consumers, of course.
Not so! The world needs plenty of PIPs to pay taxes. pipen. an easy course in school ...

you that hat.
The cops hauled in a cou- ple of pissheads and locked them up. pissingmod. worthless; minimal. (Usually objection ...

with him.
She’s depressed and in the pits. pit stop 1. n. a pause in a journey (usually by car) to urinate. (From the name of a ...

Buying bonds at a discount is an inter- esting play. playan. a player;a womanizer.
Sam is a real playa and already has 8 kids. ...

play tonsil hockeytv. to kiss deeply, us- ing the tongue.
Kids sit around in cars, playing tonsil hockey all evening.
Sally’s ...

a plum.
My plum for getting elected was a big new office. plumb loco[“pl@m “loko] mod. completely crazy. (Folksy. Loco is from ...

stuff and I was polished up.
How much of that do I have to drink to get good and polished? pollutedmod. alcohol or drug intoxic ...

the only music I like. 4. apop n. a time; a try; apiece. (Always with ain this sense.)
Twenty dollars a pop is too much.
I lov ...

pork outin. to overindulge in food and drink. (A play on pig out.)
Whenever I see french fries, I know I’m going to pork out.
...

a hot day like this, I want to go home and pound a beer.
Let’s go down to the tav- ern and pound some beers.
We went out and h ...

The senators were pow-wowing on how to get the law passed. pratfalln. a fall on the buttocks; a fall on the buttocks done as pa ...

privyn. an outdoor toilet; any toilet.
Un- cle Paul was out in the privy.
Where’s the privy around here? pro 1. n. a professio ...