Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions

thebomb and da bombn. something really great.
This tingle is really da bomb. bombed (out)mod. alcohol or drug in- toxicated. (P ...

bonged (out)[bONd...] mod. exhausted from too much marijuana. (Drugs.)
I was bonged all through the holidays.
She was still bo ...

All right, it’s time to boogie. Cool it!
The whistle blew. Time to boogie. 5. and boogern. a piece of nasal mucus. (Usu- ally ...

boosting meat for resale.
He boosts for a living. 2. tv. to praise or hype someone or something; to support someone or somethin ...

bossmod. excellent; powerful; superior.
That is a boss tune.
This rally is really boss. boss dickn.a cop; a police officer. ( ...

bounce 1. in. [for a check] to be returned from the bank because of insufficient funds. (See also rubber (check).)
The check bo ...

box someone intv. to put someone into a bind; to reduce the number of some- one’s alternatives. (See also boxed in.)
I don’t w ...

brass hatn. a member of the brass.
When are the brass hats going to start pay- ing attention to the important things?
A brass ...

a breeder.
Why not? The breeders in- vited us to their party. breezen. an easy task.
Nothing to it. It was a breeze.
I went t ...

rience. (Drugs.)
It took a lot to bring her down. TWe brought down the two of them carefully. 2. tv. to depress someone.
The n ...

bruiser[“bruz#] n. a large, rough male.
That big bruiser must weigh a ton.
They call that 320-pound bruiser “The Fridge.” bru ...

irresponsible buckpasser I have ever had to deal with!
When something really goes wrong, everybody suddenly becomes a buckpasse ...

a way to bug out of here without getting caught.
Okay, it’s clear. Let’s bug out. buickin. to vomit. (Onomatopoetic. Based on t ...

bum about someone or somethingin. to be depressed about someone or some- thing.
She’s really bum about her grades. They suck. b ...

He ended up with a bunch of fives in the gut. bunch-punch 1. n. an act of serial copu- lation, with one female and a group of m ...

out a hitch. It was a gas. 9. n. the charge or rush after the injection of a drug into a vein. (Drugs.)
Man, wait’ll you taste ...

been dating some bush pig from Adams- ville.
Who is that bush bitch I saw Tom with last night? bushed[bUSt] mod. exhausted.
I ...

bust (some) suds 1. tv. to drink some beer.
Let’s go out and bust some suds.
I’m tired of busting suds. Let’s play cards. tv ...

knew I was really going to insult the guy. n. a police officer’s badge or shield.
The guy f lashed his button, so I let him i ...

buzzingmod. drunk.
Sally was buzzing after only a few drinks.
She was really buzzing and Molly had to take her home. buzzwordn ...