turned finger after her last vacation. 3. n.
an amount of liquor poured into a glass
equal to the width of a finger. Tra c y
said she only drank one finger, but the glass
was five inches in diameter! No f ingers
for you, chum. You’ve had enough.finger waven. the act of giving someone
the finger; displaying the middle finger
upright as a sign of derision. (The gesture
is taboo. See also give someone the fin-
ger.) Two little kids gave the cop the fin-
ger wave. The salute turned into a fin-
ger wave when the Major turned away.
fink[fINk] 1. n. an informer; a stool (pi-
geon). (From Pinkerton. See also rat
fink.) Tracy has turned into a fink.
Mr. Big doesn’t think much of finks. 2. Go
to fink (on someone). 3. n. any strange
or undesirable person. You are being
such a fink. Stop it! Martin is a strange
kind of fink.
fink (on someone)in. to inform on some-
one. You won’t fink on me, will ya?
Rocko never finks on his friends.
fink out (on someone or something)in.
to decide not to cooperate with someone
or something (after all). Come on,
don’t fink out on us now. Bob finked out
on the plan.
finnGo to fin.
fire a linetv. to snorta line of cocaine.
(Drugs.) Frank left to fire a line.
Rocko has never fired a line in his life.
fire awayin. to start asking questions; to
start talking. Okay, I’m ready. Fire
away. The cops fired away at him for
an hour.
fireballGo to ball of fire.
fired upmod. excited; enthusiastic. How
can you be so fired up at this time of the
morning? It’s impossible to get Martin
fired up at all.
fire someone uptv. to motivate someone;
to make someone enthusiastic. (See also
fired up.) See if you can fire John up
and get him to paint the house. TI have
to fire up the electorate if I want them to
vote for me.
fire something uptv. to start something
such as an engine; to light something.
Fire this thing up, and let’s get going. T
Andy fired up the snow blower and started
to clear a path.
fire upin. to light a marijuana cigarette.
Frank fires up at every chance. Rocko
says he never fired up in his life.
firewatern. whiskey. (From cowboy and
Indian talk.) This firewater leaves a lot
to be desired. This isn’t gin; it’s fire-
water!
fireworks 1. n. excitement. When the
fireworks are over, come in and we’ll talk.
What’re all the fireworks about around
here? 2. n. trouble; a display of temper.
After Sam’s fireworks, we calmed down a
little. Cut out the fireworks, Sally. Calm
down and get back to work.
thefirstest with the mostestmod. the
earliest and in the largest numbers; the
earliest with more of what’s needed.
Pete got the prize for being the firstest with
the mostest. I always like to be there
early—the firstest with the mostest.
fishn. a stupid and inept person. (Derog-
atory.) The guy’s a fish. He can’t do any-
thing right. Don’t be such a fish, Mar-
tin. Anyone can work a can opener.
fish-fightn. a fight between females.
There’s a fish-fight over by the biology
building. Those fish-fights can get
brutal.
fishing expedition n. an exploratory
search for facts. (This involves asking
questions with no preconceived notion of
what the answers might reveal.) The
lawyer was on a fishing expedition. There
was no real wrong committed to justify
a lawsuit. Your honor, counsel is just
on a clumsy fishing expedition. I move for
dismissal.
fish-kiss 1. tv. & in. to kiss (someone) with
puckered up lips. (Collegiate.) He can
fish-kiss like an expert, which is like be-
ing an expert at nothing. He fish-kissed
me, then ran back to his car. 2. n. a kiss
made with puckered up lips. (Collegiate.)
One more fish-kiss tonight, and I am
going to scream. The actor planted a bigfinger wave