Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions

C.n. the sum of one-hundred dollars, as in C-note. (Underworld. The Cis the Ro- man numeral 100.)
Four C.s for an old junker li ...

wanna stayin the cage of anger for the rest of your life? If not, chill, chill, chill. cagey[“kedZi] mod. sneaky; shrewd.
John ...

campi[“kAmpaI] n. campuses. (The Latin plural ofcampus= field.)
I’ll see you about the campi. Ciao!
When will you return to th ...

candy-ass(ed) mod. timid; frightened; cowardly.
What a candy-assed twit you are! candy mann. a drug dealer. (Drugs.)
Lefty sa ...

captain of industryn. a corporation offi- cer; a capitalist.
The captains of indus- try manage to hang on to their money no mat ...

off once a month.
Mr. Wilson turned out to be the cash cow we needed to start our repertoire company. cashed 1. mod. having to ...

there.
I went to Hawaii to bag some rays. catch somethingtv. to see or listen to something. (More specific than the col- loquia ...

to chain, and my husband threatened to leave me if I didn’t give it up. I quit when he left. chain-smokern. someone who smokes c ...

pletely charged up.
Paul was one charged up guy after the session. 3. mod. excited.
The audience was charged up and ready for ...

check out the plumbing and visit the plumbingtv. to go to the bathroom.
I think I’d better check out the plumbing before we go ...

sometime and chew this over?
We can chew it over at lunch. 2. tv. to think some- thing over.
I’ll have to chew it over for a w ...

He keeps a chillum in his stash.
Ernie carries a chillum with him. He’s trying to sell it. chillyGo to chill. chinan. the teet ...

row. 2. n. a short, friendly conversation.
I’d like to have a little chitchat with you when you have time.
We had a chitchat a ...

chow something downtv. to eat some- thing, probably quickly or without good manners.
We can chow this pizza down in about two m ...

church keyn. a beer can opener.
Where is the church key when I need it?
I have a church key in my glove compartment. churntv. ...

isn’t worth much in this neighborhood. 2. mod. first-rate; high-class.
I’ve always regarded the firm as a class outfit.
This w ...

said, but everything yousay is clear as vodka. clear outin. to leave; to depart.
Time for you people to clear out. It’s past mi ...

clip someone’s wingstv. to restrain some- one; to reduce or put an end to a teen- ager’s privileges.
One more stunt like that a ...

cluelessmod. unaware.
She is so dense. Totally clueless.
I have never seen any- one so totally clueless. What a dunce! clueles ...

and derogatory.)
Why doesn’t that stu- pid cocksucker talk straight. He’s always trying to butter somebody up. cocksucking mod. ...