crib 1. n. a location where thieves gather
to plot; a dwelling for thieves, prostitutes,
etc. (Underworld.) The police busted a
crib over on Fourth Street. They use a
basement over there for a crib. 2. n. a
dwelling. Where’s your crib, man?
My good threads are all back at my crib.
crib coursen. an easy course in college.
Tom signed up for three crib courses and
gym. What a twit! Andy thought he was
getting into a crib course, but it turned out
to be really hard.
cricketmod. acceptable. (See negative ex-
amples at not cricket.) Is it really cricket
to play under two different names? Who
cares if it’s cricket!
crisco[“krIsko] n. a fat person. (Cruel. Also
a rude term of address. The brand name
of a baking shortening.) Some crisco
came in and ordered ten large fries. Hey,
crisco! Go on a diet!
crispmod. drug intoxicated. The crisp
guy waving the bra is the one we are af-
ter. Man, is he crisp!
crispy-crittern. a person under the effects
of marijuana. (From the brand name of
a breakfast cereal.) He’s fried all right.
A real crispy-critter. A crispy-critter
came in and tried to sell me his watch.
croak 1. in. to die; to expire; to succumb.
I was afraid I’d croak. The parrot
croaked before I got it home. 2. tv. to kill
someone or something. The car
croaked the cat just like that. Somebody
croaked my parrot.
croakern. a doctor. I went to the croaker
with my sore throat. The croaker said
my tonsils have to come out.
crock 1. n. nonsense. (See also crock (of
shit).) What a crock! You don’t know
what you are talking about! This whole
business is a crock. Hell, life’s a crock! 2.
n. a drunkard. Give the old crock some
money, anything to get him outa here be-
fore he barfs or something. The crock
wants booze, not money.
crocked[krakt] mod. alcohol intoxicated.
What do you get out of getting crocked
very night? Oh, my God! You’re crocked
again!crockeryn. the teeth. (See also china.)
I gotta go to the dentist for some work on
my crockery. Is that your own crockery?crock (of shit) 1. n. a mass of lies and de-
ception worth no more than dung. (Usu-
ally objectionable.) That’s nothing but
a crock of shit! I don’t believe a word of it.- n. a person who tells lies. (Rude and
derogatory.) He’s just a crock of shit. He
never tells the truth. 3. n. a braggart.
(Rude and derogatory.) He’s such a
crock. He makes everything he has done
sound ten times better than it really is.
cromagnon[kro”mAgn@n] n. an ugly male.
(Collegiate.) Who is that cromagnon
you were with last night? That was no
cromagnon. That was your blind date for
next weekend.cross-eyed (drunk)mod. alcohol intoxi-
cated. What’s the point of getting cross-
eyed drunk? He sat on the bar stool,
cross-eyed and crying.cross someone (up) and cross up some-
onetv. to go against someone; to thwart
someone. Don’t cross me up if you know
what’s good for you. I told you not to
cross me again!cross up someoneGo to cross someone
(up).crotch-cheese and cock-cheese n.
smegma; any nasty, smelly substance—
real or imagined—that accumulates
around the genitals, especially in athletes.
(Usually objectionable.) Man, this stuff
is vile. It smells like crotch-cheese.crotch-cobran. the penis. (Usually objec-
tionable.) He held his hands over his
crotch-cobra and ran for the bedroom.crotch-monkeyGo to crotch-pheasant.crotch-pheasant and crotch-monkeyn.
a louse. (Usually in the plural.) He
appears to be aff licted with what you
might call crotch-pheasants. There is a
special medicine that will get rid of crotch-
monkeys.crotch-pheasant