Where’d you get that nasty bump on your
konk?conk-buster and konk-buster
[“kONkb@st#] 1. n. inferior liquor. An-
other shot of that conk-buster and I will
just pass out. Jed kept a jar of conk-
buster under his bed against night sweats.
- n. a hard-to-answer question or prob-
lem. Man, what you asking is really a
conk-buster.
conk out 1. in. [for someone] to collapse.
I was so tired I just went home and
conked out. I was afraid I would conk
out while I was driving. 2. in. [for some-
thing] to break down; to quit running.
My car conked out finally. I hope my
computer doesn’t conk out.
con man and con artistn. someone who
makes a living by swindling people.
Gary is a con artist, but at least he’s not on
the dole. He looks like a con man, but
he’s just a sweetie.
connectionn. a seller of drugs; someone
who is a source for drugs. (Originally
drugs.) Frank’s connection got rousted.
This connection you keep taking
about—is he dependable?
connect (with someone)in. to meet
someone; to talk to someone on the tele-
phone. Let’s try to connect on this mat-
ter tomorrow. We connected over a
drink and discussed the matter fully.
connect (with something)in. [for a bat-
ter] to hit a ball. Wally connected for a
double. He swung, but didn’t connect
with the ball.
conniption (fit)[k@”nIpS@n...] n. a burst of
anger; a spaz. He had a conniption fit
over the question of my marriage to Wally.
Come on, don’t have a conniption!
constitutionaln. the first drink or dose of
drugs of the day. (See also breakfast of
champions.) He downed a constitu-
tional and made ready to set out for the of-
fice. He never fails to drop a constitu-
tional in the morning.
cooch 1. n. the female genitals; the vulva.
(Usually objectionable.) He thought he
could see her cooch through her swimming
suit. 2. n. women considered as a recep-
tacle for the penis. (Rude and deroga-
tory.) Q: Don’t you ever think about
anything except getting some cooch? A: No.
coo-coo and cuckoo 1. mod. uncon-
scious. I socked him on the snoot and
knocked him coo-coo. Rocko was cuckoo
for a minute; then he was up and swing-
ing. 2. mod. insane. The chick is just
cuckoo, that’s all. How did I ever get in-
volved in this cuckoo scheme, anyway?cookedmod. alcohol or drug intoxicated.
Pete is cooked, fried, boiled, baked—
drunk. Gary is calling a cab. He’s too
cooked to drive.cooked upmod. contrived. (This is hy-
phenated before a nominal.) The whole
thing seems so cooked up. What a
cooked-up story! Of course, you don’t be-
lieve it.
cookie pusher 1. n. a bootlicker; someone
who flatters other people for self-serving
motives. When you’ve got a whole office
full of cookie pushers, there’s always some-
one to take you to lunch. Another cookie
pusher came in today to tell me what a
great teacher I am. 2. n. a lazy do-noth-
ing. Is Martin a couch potato or a cookie
pusher? That is the question! I’m just
looking for a cookie pusher to fire today.cooking with gasin. doing exactly right.
(Always with -ing.) That’s great! Now
you’re cooking with gas! I knew she was
finally cooking with gas when she an-
swered all the questions correctly.cool 1. mod. unabashed; unruffled; relaxed.
(See also keep one’s cool; lose one’s
cool.) This chick is so cool—no matter
what happens. She is totally cool and
easygoing. 2. mod. good; excellent. This
is a really cool setup! Then this, like, cool
muscleman comes over and asks Tiffany if
she’d like to dance. 3. mod. [of music]
mellow; smooth. This stuff is so cool,
I’m just f loating. Doesn’t he blow a cool
trumpet? 4. mod. no less than [some
amount of money]. He earns a cool
million every year. She cleared a cool
forty thousand on the Wilson deal. 5. in.
to die; to become cold after death. (Med-cool