Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions

knowledgedrop someone some knowledge knuckle knuckle bones knuckle knuckle down (to something) knuckle knuckle sandwich knuckle ...

length on the same wavelength less I could(n’t) care less. letlet a fart letLet her rip! letlet it all hang out letLet it roll! ...

lip latrine lips lip lip gloss lip Read my lips! lip Watch my lips! lip Zip (up) your lip! lip Zip your lip! liquidliquid cork l ...

lot take a lot of nerve louie hang a louie louse louse something up lousy lousy with someone or something love For the love of M ...

mama mama bear mama My mama didn’t raise no dummy. mama red-hot mama mama yo mama man big man on campus man boss man man candy m ...

mickey mickey mouse habit Mickey slip someone a Mickey middlemiddle of nowhere middlesmack (dab) in the middle midgetmental midg ...

mouth diarrhea of the mouth mouth (Do) you eat with that mouth? mouth (Do) you kiss your momma with that mouth? mouth foot-in-mo ...

nerdnerd magnet nerdnerd mobile nerdnerd pack nerve bundle of nerves nerve Of all the nerve! nerve take a lot of nerve nerve Wha ...

nose see no further than the end of one’s nose nose snotnose(d) kid nose stick one’s nose in (where it’s not wanted) nose take i ...

old old lady old old man old old one-two old old skool old old soldier old old woman old rare old time old same old story old sa ...

own toot one’s own horn ox dumb ox oyster world is one’s oyster ozone in the ozone pace at a snail’s pace packJoe Six-pack packn ...

pee pee’d off peep another peep (out of you) peevepet peeve peg peg someone peg square peg (in a round hole) pencilhave lead in ...

place go places place haul ass (out of some place) place Let’s bump this place! place shag ass (out of some place) place tear in ...

potatodrop someone or something like a hot potato potatohot potato potatomouse potato potatopotato soup potatosmall potatoes pot ...

put put a damper on something put put a smile on someone’s face put Put a sock in it! put put balls on something put put oneself ...

rap take the rap (for something) rarein rare form rarerare bird rarerare old time rareraring to go raspberrygive someone the ras ...

riprip on someone ripripped (off) ripripped (up) riprip snorter riprip someone off riprip something off rise Rise and shine! rit ...

run run one’s rhymes run run out of gas run run scared run run someone in run Run that by (me) again. run Run that by (me) one m ...

screech screeching (drunk) screw have a loose screw screw have a screw loose screw put the screws on someone screw screw around ...

shapelick something into shape shapeshape up shapeshape up or ship out shapestrung-out shape shapewhip something into shape shar ...