Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions

What(’s) up, G?interrog. Hello, what is up, guy?
What up, G? How ya living?
What’s up, G? Anything new? What’s with someone o ...

when the shit hit the fantv. when the trouble broke out; when things became difficult. (Usually objectionable.)
We had one hell ...

Fred had one of the best whing-dings this town has ever seen.
Yes, it was some whinger. whingerGo to whing-ding. whip offGo to ...

this incident. Open up about it.
The mayor’s office tried to whitewash the whole affair. 2. n. an act or campaign of cover- ing ...

whoozis and whoozit[“huzIs and “huzIt] n. <a name for a person whose real name is forgotten or being avoided.>
I met whoo ...

gled out of the appointment.
Don’t try to wiggle out of it. I saw you with her. wiggyGo to wigged (out). wig out 1. in. to lose ...

the wino some money to help him stop the shakes. win-win[of a situation] winning for both sides; [of a situation] winning for bu ...

wise up (to someone or something)in. to (finally) begin to understand someone or something; to realize and accept the facts abou ...

woody 1. n. a wooden surfboard; a surf- board.
Who’s the guy with the woody on his head?
Get your woody, and let’s get moving. ...

had worked over Terry, and Sam knew that this was no idle threat. 2. tv. to give some- one’s body a thorough examination or trea ...

right now.
I’ll talk to you when I’m not wrapped up. wrap something uptv. to finish some- thing; to bring something to a conclu ...

X’d out 1. mod. eliminated; crossed-out.
But the Babbits are X’d out.
Put the X’d out Babbits back where they were. 2. mod. k ...

yapro. you. (Eye-dialect. Typical spoken English. Used in writing only for effect. Used in the examples of this dictionary.)
Se ...

stomach; to vomit.
Who yapped in the bushes?
Ye gods, do I hear one of our guests yapping in the powder room? 5. n. a naive pe ...

yelpern. the whooping (electronic) siren on emergency vehicles.
The black and white rounded the corner, yelper blasting.
Turn ...

You can’t fight city hall.sent. You cannot fight a bureaucracy.
I finally gave up. You can’t fight city hall.
You can’t fight ...

outside and fight?
So, you don’t like the way I talk! You want to step outside?
Yo u want to step outside? We can settle this ...

za[za] n. pizza. (Collegiate.)
I’m gonna spring for some za.
Who wants some of this za? zaggedmod. alcohol intoxicated.
How c ...

zilch[zIltS] n. nothing.
And what do I get? Zilch, that’s what!
“Even zilch is too much,” said the clerk. zing 1. n. energy; d ...

person.
I feel like such a zombie. Maybe I’m not eating right.
I’m just a zombie at this hour of the morning. zoned (out) 1. m ...