frickingmod. lousy; damn. (A euphemism
for fucking.) What a fricking mess
you’ve made of this! Get the fricking hell
out of here!
fridge[frIdZ] n. a refrigerator. Put this
in the fridge so it won’t spoil. What’s in
the fridge for dinner tonight?
friedmod. alcohol or drug intoxicated. (See
also brain-burned; southern-fried.)
How the hell did you get so fried? The
chick got totally fried on three beers.
frig 1. tv. & in. to copulate [with] someone.
(Usually objectionable.) Bob and Mary
were in the back room frigging. 2. tv. to
ruin something. Somebody frigged my
rear bumper. Stop frigging my stereo!
frigging 1. mod. damnable. (A euphemism
for fucking.) Who made this frigging
mess? I smashed up my frigging car! 2.
mod. damnably. What a frigging stupid
thing to do! That is a dumb frigging
thing to do!
Frisco[“frIsko] n. San Francisco, Califor-
nia. (Objected to by residents of that
city.) Have you ever been in Frisco?
My cousin lives in Frisco.
friz[frIz] n. a Frisbee™. If I could find my
friz, we could go out and whirl a few.
Whose friz is that in the tree?
froGo to Afro.
frog facen. a nerd; a geek.(Especially as
a rude term of address.) Look here, frog
face, what makes you think you can talk
to me that way? Wally is such a frog face.
Does he take nerd classes or what?
frog slicingn. biology class; a biology
course. (A dysphemism.) Dave dreaded
going to frog slicing. The smell got to him.
Mary found frog slicing to be interest-
ing. She especially liked the study of con-
servation and ecology.
from A to Zmod. of a complete and wide
variety. We have just about everything
from A to Z. She ordered everything on
the menu from A to Z.
from hungerGo to (strictly) from hunger.
from (the) git-gomod. from the very start.
(See also git-go; jump (street).) This
kind of thing has been a problem from the
git-go. I warned you about this from
git-go.
front 1. in. to pay out money in advance
of receiving goods; to pay up front. (See
also front money.) I fronted about $550
for the new computer. How much do you
want her to front for this? 2. n. a re-
spectable appearance. Jan can put up
a good front, but most of us know the real
Jan. The front she put up collapsed as
she heard the bad news. 3. in. to pretend.
Wendy, you are not real. You’re just
fronting all the time. Stop fronting and
be yourself. 4. tv. to challenge someone;
to confront someone, perhaps in anger.
Don’t front me unless you are ready for
a fight. You better not front any of your
teachers.
front mann. a respectable and well-known
man who represents a less respectable
person or organization. The former ad-
viser now serves as a front man for a large
foundation. The front man came out
and made an announcement.
front moneyn. money paid in advance;
earnest money. How much front money
do you need? I put up a lot of front
money and have nothing to show for it.
front off about somethingin. to be brash
and resentful about something. To d d
was fronting off about his assignment and
got a detention for it. You will wish you
hadn’t fronted off about your supervisor.
front runnern. the leader; the person or
thing most likely to win. The press
found out some juicy secrets about the front
runner and made them all public. Who
is the front runner in the race for senator?
frontsn. clothing; a sports jacket. Yo u g o t
some good-looking fronts there. I need
some new fronts.
froody[“frudi] mod. grand; wonderful.
The curtains parted to the most froody,
funky set I’ve ever seen. Man, is this
froody! Oh, you have some froody ideas,
all right. But can you carry them out?
frosh[frOS] 1. n. a freshman. Ken is just
a frosh, but he looks older. Get some
frosh to do it for you. 2. mod. having to dofricking