eager-beavern. a person who is very ea-
ger to do something. Rocko is an eager-
beaver when it comes to collecting money
for Mr. Big. The eager-beavers were try-
ing to buy tickets yesterday!
eaglen.a dollar bill. (From the picture of
the eagle on the back.) This thing ain’t
worth 4 eagles! The lady tipped me two
eagles for carrying her bags.
eagle-eye 1. n. a busybody; a person who
watches or monitors other people’s ac-
tions: a floorwalker, a detective, a hall-
monitor. Some old eagle-eye across the
street saw me standing in the cold and
called my wife who came down and let me
in. The store detective is an eagle-eye
and caught the kleptomaniac. 2. n. an eye
or eyes with very keen vision. Keep
your eagle-eye trained on the entrance.
My eagle-eye tells me there’s trouble over
there.
eagle freakn. someone with strong con-
cerns about the environment and con-
servation, especially the preservation of
the eagle. (A play on eco freak.) The
eagle freaks oppose building the dam.
They call me an eagle freak, which doesn’t
bother me at all.
ear candyn. soft and pleasant popular mu-
sic; music that is sweet to the ear. I find
that kind of ear candy more annoying than
heavy metal. People joke about it, but
ear candy is restful.
ear-dustern. a gossipy person. Sally is
sort of an ear-duster, but she’s all heart.
I can be an ear-duster, I know, but have
you heard about Sally and her you-know-
what?
earful[“irfUl] 1. n. a tremendous amount of
gossip. I got a big earful about Sally.
I can give you an earful about the mayor.- n. a scolding. Her mother gave her
an earful when she finally got home.
Tom got an earful for his part in the prank.
ear hustlingn. eavesdropping. Your ear
hustling will get you in trouble, especially
when people are talking about you.
earl[#l] in. to vomit. (Onomatopoetic.)
I think I gotta go earl! Who’s earling in
the john?
early beam(s)n.dawn; early morning.
(Streets.) I always come to in the early
beam. He was away every day, early
black to early beam.
early bird 1. n. a person who gets up early.
I never miss sunrise. I’m an early bird.
The early birds saw the corpse on the
street and called the cops. 2. n. a person
who arrives early. The early birds get
the best seats. There were some early
birds who arrived before the tea things
were laid. 3. mod. having to do with early
arrival. Early bird arrivals will be given
a free cup of coffee. The early bird spe-
cial this week is a free six-pack of pop for
the first 100 visitors.
early black n. dusk; early evening.
(Streets.) I’ll be back to my crib about
early black. He was away every day,
early black to early beams.
earp and urp 1. in. to vomit. She went
over by the bushes and earped and earped.- n. vomit. God, there’s earp right there
on the sidewalk.
Earp slop, bring the mop.tv. Someone
has vomited. (Juvenile catchphrase.)
See what’s in the hall? Earp slop, bring the
mop. Earp slop, bring the mop. Some-
body was sick.