Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions

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Hey, homes! How’s it going? Me and my
homie want to go with you.

homeslicen. a homeboy; a homegirl. 
Ask my homeslice over there if he wants
to go with you. Well, homeslice, what
now?


homespunn. homemade liquor or beer. 
Jed offered a little of his homespun round
the table. How about a swig of home-
spun?


homeyGo to homes.


homieGo to homes.


homo 1. n.a homosexual. (Usually a male.
Rude and derogatory.) Bob got fired for
calling Bill a homo. 2. adj. homosexual.
(Usually objectionable.) Have you ever
been to a homo bar?


honcho[“hantSo] 1. n. the head man; the
boss. (Useable for either sex.) The mar-
keting honcho couldn’t say when the prod-
uct would be on the shelves. The top
honcho at the water department was no
help at all. 2. tv. to manage or boss some-
thing. Who’s supposed to honcho this af-
fair? I’ll honcho it until Larry gets here.


honest injun[“an@st “IndZ@n] interj. It is
true. You actually did that? Honest in-
jun? Sure I did, honest injun.


honey[“h@ni] n. beer. Let’s stop at the
happy shop and get some honey. Yo u
want another can of honey?


honeybunchn. a sweetheart. (Also a term
of address.) Look, honeybunch, let’s
hurry up. We’re late. I can’t wait to get
back and see my honeybunch.


honeycakesGo to babycakes.


honey cartGo to honey wagon.


honey fuckn. a gentle and loving act of
sexual intercourse. (Taboo. Usually ob-
jectionable.) I told him I’d prefer a
honey fuck to a bunny fuck any day.


honeymoon (period) and honeymoon
stagen. an early stage in any activity, be-
fore problems set in. Of course, this is
still the honeymoon stage, but everything
seems to be going all right. The honey-
moon is over, Carl. You have to produce
now.


honeymoon stage Go to honeymoon
(period).

honey of a somethingn. a very special
something; an excellent example of
something. This is a honey of a car.
Wanna drive it? Now here’s a honey of
a little stereo receiver.

honey wagon 1. and honey cartn. any
vehicle used for or designed for carrying
excrement: a farm manure wagon; a tank
truck used to pump out septic tanks; a
tank truck used to pump out airplane toi-
lets; a portable latrine truck used in
movie making. I drove a honey wagon
in Hollywood for a year. How’s that for
glamour? The honey cart was stalled
with a f lat tire in front of the plane. 2. n.
a beer truck. What time does the honey
wagon bring in new supplies? I drove a
honey cart in the city for a while.

Hong Kong dog[“hON “kON “dOg] n. diar-
rhea; a case of diarrhea. Andy has a
touch of the Hong Kong dog and needs
some medicine. I got rid of the Hong
Kong dog by meditating.

honk 1. n. a drinking spree; a toot. Jed’s
last honk lasted nearly a week. The guys
went off on the honk to end all honks. 2.
n. a white male; a honky. (Black. Not nec-
essarily derogatory.) Who’s the honk
who keeps driving by? There are mainly
honks where I work. 3. in. to vomit. (Ono-
matopoetic.) I can hear someone in the
john honking like mad. Who honked on
the driveway? 4. tv. to vomit something.
He honked up his whole pizza.

honked and honkersmod. alcohol intox-
icated. Wally was too honked to stand
up. Man, is that guy honkers!

honker 1. n. a goose. (Juvenile.) A whole
f lock of honkers settled on our pond. 
Can we have honker for Thanksgiving din-
ner? 2. n. a strange or eccentric person.
Clare is a real honker these days. Is she
all right? Martin is a classic honker. 3.
n. the nose. Look at the honker on that
guy. How can he see around it?

honkers 1. n. a woman’s breasts. (Jocular.
See also hooters.Usually objectionable.)

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