Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions

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ing around the clock. 3. in. to work at a
second job. Larry had to moonlight to
earn enough to feed his family. A lot of
people have to moonlight to make ends
meet.

moonlight requisition n. a nighttime
theft. (Military. See also liberate.) It
took a moonlight requisition to get the
medicine we needed. They got the spare
part on a moonlight requisition.


moonlitmod. alcohol intoxicated, with
moonshine. He’s on the jug again. See,
he’s all moonlit. He’s too moonlit to
drive.


moonrockn. a form ofcrack that contains
heroin. Max was caught with a supply
of moonrock on him. He was trying to
start the little kids out on moonrock.


moonshine 1. n. nonsense; humbug. 
That’s just moonshine! I don’t believe a
word. He’s a master at moonshine. 2.
n. homemade whisky; any cheap or in-
ferior liquor. This moonshine isn’t the
best you’ve made. Moonshine is sup-
posed to be strong, not good. 3. in. to dis-
till or traffic in illicit liquor. (See also
moonshiner.) Yeah, I moonshine a lit-
tle. So what? You would be amazed at
how much people moonshine back in the
hills.


moonshinern. a maker ofmoonshine. 
Moonshiners in the Georgia hills are us-
ing sophisticated electronic warning sys-
tems to keep one step ahead of the feds. 
I have an uncle who was a moonshiner for
a while.


moosen. a Japanese girlfriend; any girl-
friend. (Crude. Military.) She’s my
moose, and you’d better remember it! 
She’s one fine moose, if you ask me.


mop[map] 1. n. a drinking bout. She is
off somewhere on another mop. This
mop lasted about a day and a half. 2. n. a
heavy drinker; a drunkard. The guy’s
a mop. There is nothing you can do till he
decides he’s had enough. The mops hang
out here looking for handouts. 3. n. hair;
a hairdo. How do you like my new mop?
Why don’t you comb that mop?


mope[mop] 1. n. a tired and ineffectual
person. I can’t afford to pay mopes
around here. Get to work or get out! I
feel like such a mope today. 2. and mope
aroundin. to move around slowly and
sadly. I feel like moping and nothing
else. He just mopes around all day and
won’t eat anything.
mope aroundGo to mope.
mopped and moppymod. alcohol intox-
icated. Jack was a little moppy to be
driving. He’s not mopped; he’s sloshed.
mopping-up operationn. a clean-up op-
eration; the final stages in a project where
the loose ends are taken care of. It’s all
over except a small mopping-up operation.
The mopping-up operation should cost
just under twenty million.
moppyGo to mopped.
mop the floor up with someoneand
wipe the floor up with someonetv.
to beat someone to a pulp. (Also with
other verbs: clean, dust, etc.) One more
crack like that, and I’ll have Sam wipe the
f loor up with you. TBruno’s job is dust-
ing up the f loor with people who don’t wipe
off their feet before coming in.
more than one bargained forn. (getting)
more than one expected. This is cer-
tainly more than I bargained for! Tr ou -
ble and more trouble. I’m getting more
than I bargained for when I took the job.
themorning after (the night before)n.
a hangover. Do worries about the morn-
ing after keep you from having a good time
at parties? She’s suffering from the
morning after the night before.
mossback[“mOsbAk] n. an old square;a
stick in the mud. Walter, you are such
an old mossback. I enjoy appearing to
be a mossback. People expect so little from
you.
themostn. something that is the best. 
This noodle stuff is the most, Mom! 
Sally is the most! Can she dance!
mother 1. n. marijuana. (Drugs. See also
mother nature(’s).) She grows her own
mother in a pot in her room. This
mother is way rad! 2. n. a drug dealer;

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