Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions

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K.[ke] 1. and kee; key; ki[ki] n. a kilo-
gram of cannabis. (Drugs.) You want
a whole K.? Well, how much is a ki? 2.
n. ketamine hydrochloride, a drug simi-
lar to LSD. (Drugs.) You want to try
this K. stuff? What is this K. anyway?



  1. n. a thousand (of anything, such as
    dollars, bytes, etc.). This car is worth at
    least twenty K. I have 64 K. memory in
    my computer.


kackGo to cack.


kafooster[k@”fust#] n. nonsense. We’v e
heard enough of your kafooster. This
kafooster about me being a cheater is too
much.


kakGo to cack.


kakaGo to caca.


kangaroo court 1. n. a bogus or extra-le-
gal court. Is this a newspaper office or
a kangaroo court? You have turned this
interview into a kangaroo court. 2. n. a
legally convened court operating un-
justly. “Let me out of this kangaroo
court,” muttered Fred. The judge held
Fred in contempt for calling the proceed-
ings a kangaroo court.


kayoGo to KO.


keeGo to K.


keep coolin. to keep calm. Now, keep
cool. It’s going to be all right. Just keep
cool, man. Chill.


keepern. something that can be kept;
something that qualifies. This fish is a
keeper. Throw the others out. The
chipped one is not a keeper.


Keep in touch.sent. Good-bye. (Some-
times a sarcastic way of saying good-bye
to someone one doesn’t care about.) 


Nice talking to you. Keep in touch. 
Sorry, we can’t use you anymore. Keep in
touch.
Keep it real!exclam.Be serious! Come
on, you jokers. Keep it real! Come on!
Stop that jive! Keep it real!
keep one’s cooltv. to remain calm and in
control. (See also keep cool. Compare
this with lose one’s cool.) Relax, man!
Just keep your cool. It’s hard to keep your
cool when you’ve been cheated.
keep one’s head righttv. to maintain con-
trol of oneself. Chill, man, chill. You’ve
got to keep your head right. I can keep
my head right. I’m mellow.
keep one’s nose cleantv. to keep out of
trouble, especially trouble with the law.
Okay, chum. Keep your nose clean. I
can keep my nose clean. Don’t worry.
Keep on trucking.sent. Keep doing what
you are doing.; Keep taking care of busi-
ness. See ya, man. Keep on trucking. 
Keep on trucking. Things’ll get better.
Keep out of this!exclam. Mind your own
business! This is not your affair. Keep
out of this! Keep out of this! I’ll settle it.
Keep the faith (baby)!exclam. a statement
of general encouragement or solidarity.
You said it! Keep the faith, baby! Keep
the faith! See ya later.
Keep your hands to yourself. 1. sent. Do
not touch things that are not yours.; Do
not touch breakable things. (Said to a
child.) You can look, but don’t touch.
Keep your hands to yourself. Put that
down and keep your hands to yourself. 2.
sent. Don’t poke or hit other children.
(Said to a child.) Jimmy! Leave him
alone and keep your hands to yourself. 

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