Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions

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group of males. It was nothing but a
gang-bang, and a drunken one at that. 
Old Sally used to like a good gang-shag
every now and then. 2. and gang-shag
n. group rape of a woman. There was
another gang-bang in the park last week.


  1. in. & in. to perform an act of serial
    copulation, as in senses 1 or 2. A bunch
    of guys gang-banged Sally, for a fee, of
    course. 4. tv. & in. to gang up on some-
    one or something. They looked like they
    were going to gang-bang me. They’re al-
    ways gang-banging. The punks!


gangbangern. a member of a street gang.
The gangbangers threatened the old lady
too often, and finally she pulled out a can
of mace and gave them a little lesson in
good manners. Unless you want to grow
up to be a gangbanger, you’d better go to
school every day.


gangbusters[“gANb@st#z] n. a wild, busy,
and successful event. (See also like gang-
busters.) Our party was truly gang-
busters, for sure. The explosion and fire
two streets over was really gangbusters for
a while.


gang-shagGo to gang-bang.


ganktv. to steal something. Who ganked
my bike!


GAPO[“gApo] n. giant armpit odor; a bad
underarm odor. Who’s got the GAPO?
That cab driver really has the GAPO.


garbage 1. n. nonsense; gibberish. He’s
just talking garbage. I’ve heard too
much garbage here today. 2. n. jumbled
computer code. All I get is garbage on
the screen. If you put garbage into the
computer, you’ll get garbage out.


garbage freak and garbageheadn. an
addict who will take any drug. (Drugs.)
We don’t know what she took. She was
such a garbage freak. The garbageheads
will take beans or anything else.


garbageheadGo to garbage freak.


garbage mouthn. someone who uses ob-
scene language. Quiet, garbage mouth!
Watch your language. Who’s the garbage
mouth making all the noise?


garbage something downtv. to gobble
something up; to bolt something down.
Don’t garbage your food down! TThat
guy will garbage down almost anything.

garbanzosn. a woman’s breasts. (Usually
objectionable.) Look at the splendid
garbanzos on that chick!

gargle 1. in. to drink liquor. They sat and
gargled for an hour or two. Let’s go out
and gargle for a while. 2. n. liquor; a drink
of liquor. You want some more gargle?
Pour me a little of that gargle, if you
please.

gargle factoryn. a saloon; a tavern. 
Gary spends a lot of time at the gargle fac-
tory. He should open his own gargle
factory.

garglern. a drinker; a drunkard. You are
going to turn into a gargler if you don’t let
up on your drinking. Some old gargler
froze to death last night.

gas 1. n. intestinal gas. The baby has gas
and will cry for a while longer. I’m not
too well, but I think it’s just gas. 2. n. non-
sense. All we got in class today was gas.
Hey, that’s about enough of your gas.


  1. in. to talk nonsense; to brag. (See also
    gasbag.) Pay no attention. She’s just
    gassing. Stop gassing for a minute and
    listen. 4. in. to have a good time. We
    gassed all evening. Let’s go out and gas
    tonight, how about it? 5. and gassern.
    a joke; a prank; a wild time. The party
    was a gas. What a gas! I had a great
    time. 6. n. liquor, especially inferior
    liquor. You want some more gas? 
    Pour me a little more of that gas, will you?

  2. and gas upin. to drink excessively;
    to get drunk. Let’s go out and gas up! 
    I come home every night and find that
    you’ve been gassing all day.


gasbagn. a braggart. What’s the old gas-
bag going on about now? Harry is such
a gasbag when he gets going about himself.

gas-guzzlern. a large automobile that uses
much gasoline. I got rid of my gas-guz-
zler and got a smaller car. The old gas-
guzzlers were certainly comfortable.

gas-guzzler
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