Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions

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gashn. the female genitals; the vulva. (Usu-
ally objectionable.) He thought he could
see her gash through her swimming suit.


gash bucketn. a refuse bucket; a bucket
used as a urinal. (Underworld and mili-
tary.) Don’t kick over the gash bucket
over there! Why don’t you go dump the
gash bucket?


gas-passern. a jocular nickname for an
anesthetist. (Hospitals.) My gosh! The
gas-passer charged almost as much as the
surgeon. The gas-passer put a needle in
my arm.


gassed (up)mod. alcohol or drug intoxi-
cated. Fred is gassed up and very wob-
bly. He was too gassed up to drive home.


gasserGo to gas.


gas upGo to gas.


gatn. a handgun; a revolver. (Old.) Willie
kept his gat in his pocket when the cops
walked up.


thegaten. a forced exit; sending (some-
one) away. (See also give someone the
gate.) I could see in his eyes that it was
the gate for me. I got the gate, but I was
going to leave anyway.


gaucho[“gaUtSo] tv. & in. to expose the
buttocks (at someone), usually through a
car window; to moon. Victor gauchoed
the cops as they went by. Victor would
gaucho at the drop of a hat—so to speak.


gay as pink inkmod. having to do with
an obviously homosexual person, usually
a male. Who said Ron’s as gay as pink
ink? These two guys—as gay as pink
ink—came in together.


gazinkus and gazunkus[g@”zINk@s and
g@”z@Nk@s] n. a gadget. Where is the
gazinkus I use for opening paint cans? Is
this the little gazunkus you were looking
for?


gazizzey and gazob[g@”zIzi and g@”zab]
n. a fool. What gazizzey put the sugar
in the salt shaker? Don’t call me a gazob!


gazobGo to gazizzey.


gazoo[g@”zu] n. the buttocks; the anus. 
He fell down f lat, smack on his gazoo. 
Look at the monstrous gazoo on that guy.


gazoony[g@”zuni] n. a bully or strong-arm
man. (Underworld.) Bruno didn’t like
being called a gazoony, although that is
what he is. A couple of gazoonies stood
outside looking menacing.

gazumph[g@”zUmpf] 1. tv. to raise the
price of a house after it is sold. They
tried to gazumph the price at the closing.
I just knew that the owner was going to
gazumph the final figure. 2. tv. to subject
someone to the raising of the price of a
house after it is sold. They tried to
gazumph me! If they try to gazumph
you, tell them to forget the deal.

gazunkusGo to gazinkus.

GBed[“dZi”bid] mod. goofballed; drug in-
toxicated. (Initialism. Drugs.) Pete is
GBed again. Gert got GBed fairly often
before the accident.

GBGinterj. a great big grin. (An initialism
used on computer forum or news groups
to show that the writer is grinning, jok-
ing, or happy. Not pronounced. Often
enclosed, <GBG>.) I think you are just
talking nonsense. <GBG> You are such
a kook! <GBG>

gear 1. mod. excellent. This jazz is really
gear! Man, what a gear pizza! 2. n. an
asterisk (*). Why is there a gear after
this word? The gear stands for anything
you want it to stand for.

gee[dZi] 1. n. a portion of liquor, a gallon
or a single drink. You want another gee
of this booze? How about a gee for me?


  1. exclam. Wow! (An abbreviation ofJe-
    sus!, although not always recognized as
    such. Usually Gee!) Gee! What a mess!
    Golly gee, do I have to? 3. mod. gross;
    disgusting. (The initial letter ofgross.) 
    This is just too gee! Tiffany is acting way
    gee lately. 4. Go to grand.


geedunk[gi”d@Nk or “gid@Nk] n. ice cream.
Let’s go out and get some geedunk for
dessert. Pineapple on chocolate geedunk?
Yu c k!

geedusGo to geetis.

geegaw and gewgaw; googaw[“gigO and
“gugO] n. a gadget; a bauble. Now that’s

gash

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