when the Internet cannot find the ad-
dress you are seeking. Q: Where’s the
kitchen? A: 404. You’ll have to find it your-
self.four-one-one and 411 n. information; the
details about something or someone. (In
the U.S., the telephone number of direc-
tory assistance or information is 411.)
What’s the 411 on the new guy in the front
office? I heard some interesting 411 on
the guy down the street.
four sheets in the wind and four sheets
(to the wind)mod. alcohol intoxicated.
(See comments at three sheets in the
wind.) She’s not just tipsy. She’s four
sheets! After only three beers, Gary was
four sheets to the wind.
four sheets (to the wind)Go to four
sheets in the wind.
four-toppern. a restaurant table that will
seat four people. (Restaurant jargon.)
Please seat these two couples at the four-
topper in the corner.
four wheelsn. a car; transportation. (See
also wheels.) I need four wheels to get
me around town. Without four wheels
at my disposal, I feel trapped.
foxn. an attractive girl or young woman.
Man, who was that fox I saw you with?
That fox was my sister. Next question?
fox trapn. an automobile customized and
fixed up in a way that will attract women.
I put every cent I earned into my fox
trap, but I still repelled women. To y o u
it’s a fox trap; to me it’s a pimpmobile.
foxy 1. mod. sexy, especially having to do
with a woman. Man, isn’t she foxy!
What a foxy dame! 2. mod. smelly with
perspiration odor. Somebody in this
taxi is a little foxy. Who’s got the foxy
pits? Subway cars can sure get foxy in
the summer. 3. mod. alcohol or drug in-
toxicated. Gary is a little foxy. Let him
rest awhile. He’s worse than foxy—he’s
stinking drunk.
foxy ladyn. a sexually attractive woman or
girl. You are really a foxy lady, Tracy.
A couple of foxy ladies stopped us on the
street.
fracturetv. to cause someone to laugh very
hard. Now, this joke’ll fracture you.
I like to tell a few that fracture everybody.
fractured 1. mod. alcohol intoxicated.
This is the third night this week that Pete
has rolled in fractured. He was so frac-
tured he couldn’t see. 2. mod. demolished
by laughter. The class was fractured,
and the laughter didn’t stop until the
teacher managed to get up off the f loor.
The whole audience was fractured by the
time my ten minutes were up.frag[frAg] tv. to assassinate an unpopular
military officer in Vietnam. (Military.)
The guy was so certain that nobody was
going to frag him that he got careless and
Charlie got him. I saw some creeps frag
a guy once.
fragged[frAgd] mod. destroyed; ruined.
Why does your room look so fragged?
My clothes are fragged, and I need a hair-
cut.fraidy cat[“fredi...] n. a coward; a person
who is frightened of everything. (Used in
children’s taunts.) Don’t be a fraidy cat.
Go ahead, jump! Carl is such a fraidy
cat.
frame 1. tv. to cause an innocent person
to be blamed for a crime; to contrive ev-
idence so that someone appears to be
guilty. (Originally underworld.) Jimmy
tried to frame his sister for painting the cat
yellow. You won’t frame me and get
away with it! 2. and frame-up; frameup
n. a scheme where an innocent person is
made to take the blame for something;
incrimination caused by contrived evi-
dence. (Underworld.) Sam would never
fall easy. Must be a frame. The frame-
up would have worked if it weren’t for one
little thing.frame-upGo to frame.
franticmod. great; wild. We had a fran-
tic time at Chez Freddy. That rally was
really frantic.frat[frAt] 1. n. a fraternity. (Collegiate.)
Are you going to join a frat? My
brother is in a frat. 2. mod. having to do
with fraternities and their members.frat