Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions

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I suggest that you make yourself scarce
before she returns.

make out 1. in. to neck and pet. I still
like to make out, but it’s hard with den-
tures. He started making out when he
was twelve. 2. in. to succeed. How did
you make out? I hope I make out okay
tomorrow.


make-out artistn. a seducer; a lecher, usu-
ally a male. (See also lady-killer.) The
guy thinks he’s a make-out artist, but the
women all think he’s a nerd. He might
have been a make-out artist in his youth,
but I doubt it.


make someonetv. to identify someone. 
The cop stared at Bart and tried to make
him, but failed to identify him and let him
go. The cops took Sam downtown where
the police chief made him for the third
time in a month.


make the scene 1. tv. to attend an event.
(See also scene.) We plan to make the
scene, but you know how things are. I
hope everybody can make the scene. 2. tv.
to understand a situation; to appreciate
the situation. (Underworld. See also
make.) I can’t quite make the scene, but
it looks like Sam punched the guy over
here. Then he moved to the window over
here, and that’s when the old dame across
the street saw him. I can make the scene.
It’s just like you said, except Bruno came
in and found the guy laid out on the f loor.


make trackstv. to move out of a place fast.
I gotta make tracks home now. Let’s
make tracks. We gotta hit Adamsville be-
fore noon.


make wavestv. to cause difficulty. (Often
in the negative.) Just relax. Don’t make
waves. If you make waves too much
around here, you won’t last long.


make with the somethingin. to make
something visible; to use something. 
Come on, make with the cash. I want
to know. Come on, make with the answers!


malark(e)y[m@”larki] n. nonsense; flattery.
Don’t give me that malarkey. What
ridiculous malarkey!


male chauvinist pigGo to MCP.


malletn. a police officer. Sam was struck
by a mallet this noon. Some mallet is go-
ing around asking questions about you.
mama bearn. a policewoman. (See also
lady bear.) As we came under the
bridge, we saw a mama bear sitting in a
pigmobile. A mama bear pulled the
trucker over.
man 1. n. one’s friend; a buddy, not neces-
sarily male. (Also a term of address.) 
Look, man, take it easy! Hey, man. That
one’s mine! 2. exclam. Wow! (Usually
Man!) Man, what a bundle! Man,
what an ugly mug. 3. and themann. a
drug seller or pusher. (Drugs.) The
man won’t give you credit, you numskull!
When your man doesn’t show, there’s al-
ways a good reason. 4. and themann.
the police; the establishment. Yo u b e t -
ter check with the man before you get seen
with me. We are about to rap a little
with my man.
themanGo to man.
M. and M.sn. capsules of Seconal™, a bar-
biturate. (From the brand name of a type
of brightly colored candy pellets.) Is
there somewhere around here I can get
some M. and M.s? No M. and M.s for
me. I’m on blues.
manicure 1. tv. to trim and clean mari-
juana for smoking. (Drugs.) Sam never
would manicure the stuff. Some people
would buy it anyway. Max wants to
manicure his own dope. 2. n. good-qual-
ity, cleaned marijuana. Ah, this mani-
cure should bring some good coin. Yo u
got any high Q. manicure?
man on the street 1. n. the common man;
just anyone selected at random. But
what does the man on the street think
about all this? The man on the street
really doesn’t care about most of what you
think is important. 2. mod. common;
everyday. (This is hyphenated before a
nominal.) These man-on-the-street in-
terviews all seem sort of phony. The
man-on-the-street opinion spots are fun to
make, but we can’t show half of them.
man-size(d)mod. large-size, especially in
reference to the size of servings of food.

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