Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions

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More and more aggies are going back for their MBAs.
What kind of a job can an aggie get these days? 3. n. an a ...

airy-fairymod. insubstantial; of wishful thinking.
Haven’t you outgrown that kind of airy-fairy thinking yet?
I don’t care to ...

all the way livemod. very exciting; excel- lent.
Man, this place is all the way live.
Oh, Tiffany is just, like, all the way l ...

pleased you are here. BOB: Me, too! And how! and stuff like that (there)n. and other things similar to what was just men- tioned ...

I can’t thank you enough. SALLY: Any- time. A-OKmod. in the best of condition.
I really feel A-OK. apen. a hoodlum or strong-ar ...

be around the bend.
From the look in her eye, I’d say she is completely round the bend now. artillery 1. n. guns; grenades. (Un ...

at a snail’s gallopGo to at a snail’s pace. at a snail’s pace and at a snail’s gallop mod. very slowly.
Things are moving along ...

BAn. bare ass; the naked buttocks. (See also hang a BA (at someone).)
Cover up your BA and see who’s at the door.
The guy was ...

backn. one’s support or second in a fight. (From back-up.)
Fred served as Tom’s back in the scuff le.
I need a back I can depe ...

dancing there.
Look at those really bad shoes on that guy. badass 1. mod. tough; bad; belligerent.
Tom is one badass cop!
St ...

from some place; to get oneself out of a place in a hurry. (Usually objectionable.)
I gotta shag ass, Fred. Catch you later. ba ...

Let’s ball.
We gotta ball. Later. 5. tv. & in. to copulate [with] someone. (Usually objectionable.)
Isn’t there anything m ...

lousy movie.
After the ballyhoo died down, we realized that nothing at all had really changed. 2. tv. to promote or publicize s ...

bang and then nothing. 6. tv. to copulate [with] someone. (Usually objectionable.)
Did you bang her? Huh? Tell me! 7. n. an act ...

barfly 1. n. a person who frequents bars.
Who will trust the word of an old barf ly like Wally?
There were only a few of the ...

barrel fever 1. n. drunkenness.
She seems to get barrel fever about once a week.
I think she has figured out what caused her b ...

Also a term of address.)
Look out, bathtub scum, outa my way!
John is bathtub scum at its worst. bats 1. and battymod. crazy. ...

around and beaked for a while.
Stop beaking and get to work. beamGo to (I-)beam. beamern. a user of IBM computers; one who is k ...

in the air and another regular one keep- ing watch over your speed. bear trapn. a hidden speed trap, one set by a bear. (Citizen ...

pany out, and then we’ll have the contract. TI beat out Walter in the footrace. beat someone’s brains out 1. tv. to beat someone ...