Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions

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seemed happy enough to sit under the
table and whimper. I hadn’t seen Bar-
lowe so maxed out in years. He was nearly
paralyzed.

maxin’in. relaxing. I spent Saturday just
maxin’ around the house and doing some
tunage. I spent all day maxin’ and
drinking beer.


max outin. to reach one’s maximum in
something, such as weight in weight lift-
ing or credit on a credit card. Andy f i-
nally maxed out at 300 pounds. Randy
just knew when he had maxed out. Some-
thing in his body told him to stop.


mayo[“meo] n. mayonnaise. You want
mayo or mustard? I’ll take both mayo
and mustard, thank you.


mazullaGo to mazuma.


mazuma and mazulla [m@”zum@ and
m@”zul@] n. money. (From Hebrew mezu-
man via Yiddish.) How much mazuma
do you want for this? She’s got more
mazuma than she knows what to do with.


mañana[m@”njan@] mod. tomorrow; in the
future, not now. (Spanish.) It’s always
mañana with you. Isn’t there any “today”
or “now” in your vocabulary? He’s a
mañana kind of guy. You know—real laid
back.


McCoyGo to (real) McCoy.


McDoc(s)Go to McDoctor(s).


McDoctor(s) and McDoc(s)n. <a jocular
term for a walk-in, emergency medical
clinic as found in shopping malls.> (See
also doc(s)-in-a-box.) They took the
kid to McDoctors, or whatever it is, over in
the mall. McDocs is not cheap, but it’s
handy.


McD’s and McDuck’sn. McDonald’s, the
franchised fast-food restaurant. (Teens
and collegiate. The duckis a play on the
Walt Disney character Donald Duck.) 
Can you take McD’s tonight, or do you
want some slow food? I can always han-
dle McDuck’s.


McDuck’sGo to McD’s.


McFly[“mIk”flaI] 1. n. a stupid person; a
simpleton. (Also a term of address.) 


Oh, Donna, you are such a McFly! Hey,
McFly. What do you think you are doing?


  1. mod. stupid; simple-minded. That
    was a McFly thing to do. Wayne is so
    McFly!
    MCP and male chauvinist pign. a male
    who acts superior to and aggressively
    toward women. (From the woman’s lib-
    eration movements of the 1970s.) The
    guy is just a male chauvinist pig, and he’ll
    never change. Don’t you just hate walk-
    ing through a room filled with MCPs and
    just knowing what they are thinking about
    you?
    meadow muffinn. a mass of cow dung.
    Jill stepped in a meadow muffin while
    she was bird-watching. Andy’s mom
    gathered dried meadow muffins to put in
    her f lower garden.
    meals rejected by EthiopiansGo to MRE.
    meals rejected by the enemyGo to MRE.
    meanmod. having to do with someone or
    something that is very good; cool. This
    music is mean, man, mean. What a great
    sound! This is the meanest wine I ever
    drank.
    mean businesstv. to be very, very serious.
    Stop laughing! I mean business. I
    could tell from the look on her face that she
    meant business.
    amean somethingmod. having to do with
    an excellent example of the art of doing
    something well habitually. John plays
    the piano quite well. Fred says that John
    plays a mean piano. You may say that
    your mother bakes delicious pies, but all
    my friends say she bakes a mean pie. 
    Tom says that his father plays a mean
    game of golf.
    meany and meanien. a mean or grouchy
    person. Come on! Don’t be such a
    meany. I don’t want to be a meany, but
    if you don’t turn down that radio, I don’t
    know what I’ll do.
    meat 1. n. the penis. He held his hands
    over his meat and ran for the bedroom. 2.
    n. the genitals of either sex; the sexual
    parts of either sex. I don’t want to see
    your meat! What kinda creep do you think


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