fed 1. and thefedsn. a federal agent con-
cerned with narcotics, tax collection, cus-
toms, etc. Some fed was prowling
around asking questions about you. The
feds are onto Rocko and his gang. 2. The
Fed n. the Federal Reserve Board. (Usu-
ally Fed. Always with thein this sense.)
The Fed is not likely to raise interest
rates very soon again. There is no way
to predict what the Fed is going to do.
federal diploman. a U.S. bank note. I
could use a few extra of those federal diplo-
mas. How many federal diplomas you
got with you?
federal jugn. a federal prison. (Under-
world. See also jug.) Rocko was set to
spend the next twenty years in the federal
jug. Lefty is fresh and sweet—just out of
the federal jug.
thefedsGo to fed.
feeb[fib] n. an oaf; a stupid person. (From
feebleminded.) Don’t be a feeb. Wake
up! You are such a feeb!
feebeeGo to feeby.
feeby and feebee[“fibi] n. the FBI, the
Federal Bureau of Investigation. The
locals were going to call in the feebies, but
the DA said to wait. The feeby is in on
this already.
feed one’s facetv. to put food in one’s
mouth; to eat (something). Yo u’r e a l -
ways feeding your face. You’re going to get
fat. Stop feeding your face and listen
to me.
feel a drafttv. to sense that one is being
rejected; to sense that someone is cool
toward one, possibly for racial reasons.
Oh, man, I feel a draft in here. Let’s leave.
What a reception! I sure feel a draft.
feel groovy 1. in. to feel really good and
mellow. It’s a beautiful day, and I really
feel groovy. Everybody is feeling groovy
and smiling and all. 2. in. to be alcohol or
drug intoxicated. Looks like Kelly is
feeling groovy on gin again. Sam feels
groovy because of what he is smoking.
feeling no pain 1. mod. numbed by alco-
hol and feeling nothing; alcohol intoxi-
cated. She fell off the wagon and is feel-
ing no pain. He drank the whole thing,
and he’s feeling no pain. 2. mod. feeling
nothing; dead. Now, poor Jed is feeling
no pain. Your aunt is feeling no pain
now. She slipped away before dawn.feel someone uptv. to feel someone sex-
ually. He tried to feel her up, but she
wasn’t that drunk. She felt him up and
kissed him passionately.feep[fip] 1. n. the beep made by a com-
puter. This thing only makes a feep
when I try to run my program. What
does the feep mean? 2. in. [for a com-
puter] to make a little beep. It feeps
when it’s angry, I think. Naw! It just
feeps to get your attention.fella[“fEl@] n. a fellow; a guy.(Also a term
of address.) Who’s the fella with the
dark glasses? Hey, fella. Got a match?fencedmod. angry. (California.) Boy,
was that old man fenced! Too many peo-
ple around here are fenced all the time.fence hangern. someone who cannot de-
cide which side to be on. We need to
find a way to persuade the fence hangers
to come over to our side. The senator
stated he would be a fence hanger until the
very minute of the vote.fender-bender 1. n. a minor accident. (See
also rear-ender.) There are a couple of
fender-benders on the expressway this
morning, so be careful. A minor fender-
bender blocked traffic for a while. 2. n.
a reckless driver (who causes minor ac-
cidents). I can’t get insurance on my
seventeen-year-old, who is a hopeless
fender-bender. Don’t give up on young
fender-benders.fer shur[f# “S#] phr. for sure; absolutely.
(Eye-dialect. Used in writing only for ef-
fect. See also for sure.) This is way rad,
fer shur. I’ll be there. Fer shur!feshnushkied[fE”SnuSkid] mod. alcohol
intoxicated. Wow, is that guy ever fesh-
nushkied! Gert is too feshnushkied to
drive home.fetch upin. to empty one’s stomach; to
vomit. I really felt like I was going tofed