mind. A real namby-pamby guy.
What a namby-pamby guy!thename of the gamen. the way things
are; the way things can be expected to be.
The name of the game is money, money,
money. I can’t help it. That’s the name
of the game.
Name your poison.sent. State what you
want to drink. (Refers to alcoholic drinks
only.) Okay, friend, name your poi-
son.Step up to the bar and name your
poison.
narcGo to nark.
narc(o)[nark and “narko] 1. n. a narcotic.
(See also nark.) She’s been taking narcs.
How long has he been on narcs? 2. mod.
having to do with narcotics. Does he
have a narc problem? She is a narco of-
ficer. 3. n. a federal narcotics agent; any
narcotics enforcement officer. The
narcs caught him. There is a narco at
our school.
nark and narc[nark] 1. n. a police in-
former. Fred is a nark. He squealed.
I’m going to get that narc for squealing. 2.
in. to inform (on someone) to the police;
to squeal. (Often with on.) Don’t nark
on me! All right. Who narked? 3. tv. to
annoy someone. (See also narked.)
Stop narking me! Why are you always
narcing someone? 4. n. any unpleasant
person. Tell that narc to get lost. Stop
being such a narc. Beat it!
narked[narkt] mod. annoyed. (Usually
with at or with.) He’s really narked at
us. She is narked with you and your car.
narky[“narki] n. a narcotic drug. They
caught him with a lot of narky in his pock-
ets. The mugger wanted money to buy
some narky.
narlyGo to (g)narly.
narrow squeakn. a success almost not
achieved; a lucky or marginal success; a
problem almost not surmounted. That
was a narrow squeak. I don’t know how I
survived. Another narrow squeak like
that and I’ll give up.
natch[nAtS] interj. yes; naturally. I guess
it’s okay. She said natch. Natch, you can
borrow my car.
naturaln. someone with obvious natural
talent. That guy is a natural! Can she
ever dance! What a natural!
natural-bornmod. born with talent or
skill. She is really a natural-born
dancer. Mary is a natural-born artist.
nature’s call and call of naturen. the
feeling of a need to go to the toilet. I
think I feel nature’s call coming on. A
call of nature forced us to stop along the
way.
nature stopn. a stop to use the toilet, es-
pecially during road travel. (Euphemis-
tic.) I think I need a nature stop when
it’s convenient. I left my comb back at
the last nature stop.
nause someone outtv. to nauseate some-
one. That horrible smell really nauses
me out. Things like that nause me out,
too.
nawinterj. no. Naw, I didn’t do that.
Naw, I won’t go.
naymod. ugly; unfavorable. (From nasty.)
She is really nay. What a nay thing
to say.
NBDinterj. no big deal. (Initialism.)
Don’t worry. NBD. So you’re a little late.
NBD.
NBTn. no big thing. (Initialism.) Hey,
man! Don’t make a fuss! It’s NBT. Lis-
ten up, Fred. This is NBT, but listen any-
way.
neanderthal[ni”And#Tal] n. a large and
ugly male. Tell that neanderthal to get
out of here. Tom, don’t act like such a
neanderthal.
near-beern. beer with less than 1/2 per-
cent alcohol content. (Originally from
the Prohibition era.) I read in the pa-
per that near-beer is making a comeback.
You can drink a lot of near-beer with-
out getting drunk.
neat 1. mod. great; cool; fine. What a
neat idea! That was not a very neat
thing to do. 2. exclam. Wow! (Usuallyname of the game