cold fishn. a dull and unresponsive per-
son. I hate to shake hands with a cold
fish like that. He didn’t even smile. I
hate going out with a cold fish.
acold piece of workn. a person who is
difficult to deal with. Buddy, you are
a cold piece of work.
cold popn. beer. How about another can
of that cold pop? A few cans of cold pop
and John began to wobble a little.
cold shoulder 1. n. a cool reception; the
brushoff. I didn’t expect to be greeted
by such a cold shoulder. I got the cold
shoulder at the office today. 2. tv. to ignore
someone; to give someone a cool recep-
tion. The hostess cold shouldered me,
so I spilled my appetizers in the swimming
pool. Tiffany cold shouldered the guy
who was putting the moves on Roberta.
cold sobermod. sober; completely sober.
(See also sold cober.) Of course, I’m
cold sober! He had a fine head on and
wanted more than anything to be cold
sober and alert.
cold turkeymod. [stopping something]
suddenly, without tapering off. (Said
especially of stopping an addictive drug
intake. Originally drugs.) Martha
stopped cold turkey and survived. I
stopped smoking cigarettes cold turkey
and had to be hospitalized. I gave up
rich desserts cold turkey and lived to tell
about it.
coli[“kali] n. marijuana. (Drugs. From
broccoli.) There’s a little bag of coli in
the fridge. Who got into my stash and
took the coli?
collar 1. tv. to arrest someone. (See also
collared.) The cops collared her as she
was leaving the hotel. The nark tried to
collar Frank, but Frank moved away too
fast. 2. n. an arrest. It was a tough col-
lar, with all the screaming and yelling.
I made the collar in broad daylight.
collaredmod. arrested. Willard Babbit?
Oh, yes. He’s collared. Got him last night.
Got collared during a routine traffic
stop.
Colombian (gold) and Columbian (gold)
n. a potent marijuana from Colombia.
(Columbian is a misspelling.) Colom-
bian gold seems to be a favorite around
here. Columbian is cheap and abundant
in almost every city.
color of someone’s moneyn. the amount
of money someone has in hand. We ll ,
I can tell if we can make a deal if I could
see the color of your money. Lemme see
the color of your money. Then we’ll talk.
Columbian (gold) Go to Colombian
(gold).
combo[“kambo] 1. n. a small group of mu-
sicians; a small band. (From combina-
tion.) Andy started his own combo and
made money from day one. You can
make a good living with a combo. 2. n. a
combination of people or things. Those
two make an interesting combo. The
dish was a combo of fish, garlic, and
cream. 3. n. a bisexual person. Nobody
would have thought that Fred’s a combo.
He’s not a combo, he’s just confused.
comboozelated[k@m”buz@led@d] mod. al-
cohol intoxicated. (Collegiate.) I be-
lieve I am just a little comboozelated.
How did you get so comboozelated?
come and cum 1. in. to experience an or-
gasm. (There is no other single word for
this meaning. Usually objectionable.)
God, I thought she’d never cum. 2. n. se-
men. (Usually objectionable.) Do you
think cum is alive?
comeback 1. n. a retort; back talk. Hank
is pretty fast with the comeback. One
more snotty comeback like that and you’re
finished. 2. n. a return to a former state.
The aging singer tried to sober up and
make a comeback. Her comeback was
not a financial success, but it improved her
spirits.
come clean (with someone) (about
something)in. to admit (something) to
someone. I wish you’d come clean with
me about this problem. You’re gonna
have to come clean eventually.
come down 1. in. to happen. Hey, man!
What’s coming down? When something
like this comes down, I have to stop andcold fish