down with something 1. mod. comfort-
able with something; comfortable. (Usu-
ally with get.) Let’s get down with some
good music. Pete wanted to get down
with some grapes. 2. mod. ill with some-
thing; sick in bed with something. I
was down with the f lu for two weeks.
Fred and his wife were down with colds for
weeks at a time.
down with the hapsin.knowing what’s
happening; comfortable with what’s hap-
pening. (Streets.) Tell me what’s going
on! I gotta be down with the haps. Don’t
ask me, bro. I ain’t down with the haps
around here.
doxy[“daksi] n. a gangster’s woman. (Un-
derworld. Old.) Lefty’s doxy dropped off
this package. It’s ticking. Does Frank
have a doxy?
(Do) you eat with that mouth? and (Do)
you kiss your momma with that
mouth?interrog. Do you actually eat
with the mouth you use to talk that filth?;
Do you actually use that filthy mouth to
kiss your mother? (A catchphrase said to
someone who talks dirty all the time.)
That’s a lot of foul talk. Do you eat with
that mouth? You talk dirt a lot. You eat
with that mouth?
(Do you) get my drift?interrog. Do you
understand me? Get my drift? Should
I explain it again? Do you get my drift,
or shall I run through it again?
(Do) you kiss your momma with that
mouth?Go to (Do) you eat with that
mouth?
dozensGo to the (dirty) dozens.
DQn. Dairy Queen,a trade name for a
franchise fast-food store specializing in
frozen desserts. (Initialism. Teens and
collegiate.) Let’s go to DQ, okay? The
DQ is closed for the winter.
draft boardn. a tavern; a saloon. (Alludes
to draft beer.) Larry is down at the
draft board, slamming some beers. Let’s
stop in the local draft board and toss a
couple.
draftyn. a draft beer; beer. How about
a cold drafty? Another drafty, Tom?
drag 1. n. something dull and boring.
This day’s a drag. What a drag. Let’s go
someplace interesting. 2. n. an annoying
person; a burdensome person. (See also
schlep.) Gert could sure be a drag when
she wanted. Clare was a drag whether
she wanted to be or not. 3. n. a (female)
date. You got a drag for the dance yet?
My drag finked out on me. 4. n. a puff
of a cigarette. He took a big drag and
scratched at his tattoo. One more drag
and he coughed for a while and stubbed
out the fag. 5. tv. to pull or puff on a cig-
arette. She dragged a couple and sat in
the funk for a while. When she dragged
a fag, you could see her relax and get
straight. 6. tv. to race a car against some-
one; to race someone in a car. I’m
planning to drag you at the fairgrounds
next Saturday. Better be there. I don’t
drag anybody anymore. I lost my license.
drag ass aroundin. to go around looking
very sad and depressed. Why do you
drag ass around all the time, Tom?
drag ass (out of some place)Go to bag
ass (out of some place).
draggedmod. anxious or frightened after
smoking marijuana. (Drugs.) The kid
was dragged. You could tell he didn’t have
much experience with the real world.
Some of these burnouts really look dragged.
dragged outmod. exhausted; worn-out.
I feel so dragged out. I think I need some
iron. After the game, the whole team
was dragged out.
draggin’-wagonn. a fast car; a car cus-
tomized for racing. My draggin’-wagon
is in the shop. Your draggin’-wagon can’t
be driven in town, can it?
adrag (on someone)n. a burden (to
someone). I wish you wouldn’t be such
a drag on your friends. I don’t want to
be a drag on the department.
drain 1. n. someone or something that ex-
hausts one. Harry is such a drain on
me. What a drain these meetings are.- tv. to wear someone out. Arguing like
that drains me something awful. Yo u r
constant bickering is meant to drain me till
I submit. Is that it?
drain