them. 3. tv. to appreciate something.
The audience really ate it up. TThe stuff
about the federal budget went over well.
They really ate up the whole story.eat upin. to eat in enjoyment. (Usually a
command.) Come on, now. Sit down
and eat up! Eat up! There’s plenty more
where this came from.
eco freak and eco nut[“iko frik and “iko
n@t] n. someone with strong concerns
about the environment and conservation.
(Mildly derogatory. From ecology.)
They call me an eco freak, which is okay by
me. It’s we eco nuts who think about the
future of our planet.
eco nutGo to eco freak.
Ecstasy[“Ekst@si] n. a hallucinogen simi-
lar to LSD. (Drugs.) Chemicals with
names like “Ecstasy” are being put on the
streets every day. Ecstasy is just one of
a dozen drugs with similar formulas.
eddressn. an electronic address. Please
tell me your eddress so I can send you some
e-mail.
edgen. drunkenness; the early stage of in-
toxication from alcohol or drugs. (See
also have an edge on.) She was be-
ginning to show a little edge, but she ob-
viously still could drive. The edge was
starting, so Kelly slowed down her drink-
ing.
edgedmod. alcohol or drug intoxicated.
They set out to be edged by midnight.
We were edged and full of rich food. We
needed only to sleep.
edgymod. nervous; anxious and uncertain.
I feel sort of edgy about the race. I’m
just an edgy guy. Don’t let yourself get
so edgy.
effing and F-ingmod. fucking. (Usually
objectionable.) What an effing stupid
idea! Of all the F-ing stupid things to
do!
effing around and F-ing aroundin. fuck-
ing around; messing around. (See also
fuck around.Usually objectionable.)
They were F-ing around with the switch,
and turned it on accidentally.
egg-beater 1. n. an outboard boat motor.
My egg-beater has been acting up, so I
didn’t go out on the lake today. By the
time you get about twenty egg-beaters on
the lake at once, it’s really pretty noisy. 2.
n. a helicopter. (See also rotorhead.)
The egg-beater landed on the hospital roof.
I would think that egg-beaters all over
the place would disturb the patients.eggheadn. an intellectual person. The
eggheads aren’t exactly taking over the
world. My uncle was an egghead, but
nobody in our family thought he knew very
much.egg-suckern. a flatterer; a sycophant.
The guy is a chronic egg-sucker. Ignore
him. Who’s the egg-sucker who brought
the teacher candy?ego tripn. a public expression of one’s feel-
ings of importance or superiority. The
guy is on another ego trip. Pay no atten-
tion. Sorry, I guess I’m on another ego
trip.ego trippern. a person who habitually
goes on an ego trip. Not another ego
tripper running for public office! Yo u
have to be an ego tripper to be a palm-
presser.eighteen-wheelern. a large trailer truck.
(There are a total of eighteen wheels on
the cab and trailer.) An eighteen-
wheeler almost ran me off the road. The
eighteen-wheelers rule the road at night.theeighty-eightn. a piano. (Pianos have
88 keys.) Sam can really beat the eighty-
eight.eighty-six and 86 tv. to dispose of some-
one or something; to nixsomeone or
something. Please take this out and 86
it. He wants $400? 86 that! We can’t af-
ford it.elbow-bendingn. drinking liquor; drink-
ing liquor to excess. She spends quite
a bit of time at elbow-bending. That’s
a lot of elbow-bending for one sitting.elbow-greasen. effort. Put out a little
elbow-grease. All this job needs is a lit-
tle more elbow-grease.elbow-grease