fag-busting and fag-bashingn. doing vi-
olence to homosexuals. (Usually objec-
tionable.) Those bums get some kind of
pleasure out of fag-busting. What’s this
strange need you have for fag-bashing?
What’s your problem?
fagged outmod. exhausted. I’m really
fagged out after all that running. John,
you sure look fagged out.
faggotGo to fag.
failn. a failing grade; a grade of F. (Com-
pare this with pass.) Sorry, this paper’s
a fail if I ever saw one. I pulled a fail
in stat.
fair-haired boyn. a promising young man;
a young man who receives favoritism.
Ted is the boss’s fair-haired boy now, but
he’ll be just like the rest of us in a month.
He’d have been fired if he wasn’t the
fair-haired boy.
fair shaken. a fair chance. (From shaking
dice.) I want to give you both a fair
shake. All I want from you is a fair
shake.
fair-weathermod. temporary; insincere.
(From fair-weather sailor.) I need
something more than a fair-weather friend
to help me through all this. Well, I see
you are just a fair-weather golfer like me.
fairyn. a male homosexual. (Rude and de-
rogatory.) Bob got fired for calling Bill
a fairy.
fairy tale and bedtime storyn. a sim-
plistic and condescending explanation for
something; a lie. I don’t want to hear
a fairy tale, just the facts, ma’am. What
you’re telling me sounds like a bedtime
story. Come back when you can be more
straightforward.
fake bookn. a book with basic melody and
chord changes for hundreds of popular
songs. Somebody lifted my fake book.
I thought fake books were illegal.
fake ittv. to pretend (to do something).
If you don’t know the right notes, just fake
it. I can’t fake it anymore. I’ve got to be
honest with you.
fake offin. to waste time; to goof off.
Hey, you guys, quit faking off! All you
clowns do is fake off. Now, get busy!fake someone outtv. to deceive someone,
as with a football pass. They faked me
out, and then I stumbled over my own feet.
The coach was fuming.TWe faked out the
teacher who thought we had gone out in
the hall.fake the funktv.to pretend to be in the
know; to pretend to be fly;to fake being
stylish. (Streets.) Hey, bro. You ain’t
down with nothing. You’re just faking the
funk. He’s only faking the funk to sur-
vive in the hood. He gets an A in every
class in school.fakus[“fek@s] n. a gadget; something with
no name or a forgotten name. This lit-
tle fakus goes right in here. Hand me
that long fakus with the hole in one end.falderal and folderol[“fald#al] n. wasted
effort; nonsense. I had about enough of
your falderal. Stop the folderol and get
to work.fall 1. in. to be arrested; to be charged with
a crime. (Underworld. See also fall guy.)
I heard that Bruno fell. Is that right?
Sam would never fall easily. Must be a
frame. 2. n. one’s arrest; being arrested
and charged. (Underworld.) Who took
the fall for the bank job? Rocko will
never accept a fall willingly.fall guyn. a victim; a dupe.(Originally un-
derworld.) Rocko wasn’t going to be the
fall guy for this caper. I didn’t want to
be the fall guy, so I sat out the last job.falling-down drunk 1. mod. alcohol in-
toxicated; very drunk. Poor Fred is
falling-down drunk and has no way to get
home. She’s not just tipsy; she’s falling-
down drunk. 2. n. a drunken person who
falls down. Poor old Jed is turning into
a falling-down drunk. One more falling-
down drunk in this neighborhood will not
be anything new.falling-outn. a disagreement. Tom and
Bill had a little falling-out. They
patched up their little falling-out.falling-out