Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions

(Amelia) #1
from some place; to get oneself out of a
place in a hurry. (Usually objectionable.)
I gotta shag ass, Fred. Catch you later.

bagged 1. mod. alcohol intoxicated. 
How can anybody be so bagged on four
beers? She just sat there and got bagged.



  1. mod. arrested. “You are bagged,” said
    the officer, clapping a hand on the suspect’s
    shoulder. “I’m not bagged yet, copper,”
    said the crook.


Bag it! 1. exclam. Drop dead! (California.
See also Bag your face!; Bag that!) Yo u
are not rad, and you are not awesome, so,
like, bag it! Bag it yourself! 2. exclam.
Shut up! Bag it! I’m reading. Oh, bag
it! I’ve heard enough.


bagman[“bAgmAn] 1. n. a tramp. Tw o
old bagmen wandered slowly down the
lane. The bagman asked politely for
some work that he would be paid for in
food. 2. n. a drug dealer. (Drugs.) Sam
was a bagman for a well-known dealer for
a while. We don’t just want the bagman.
We want to arrest Mr. Big. 3. n. any rack-
eteer. Some bagman from the mob was
pulled out of the river yesterday. So you
think you and your bagmen can just walk
in here and take over!


bag of bonesn. an extremely skinny per-
son or animal. I’m just turning into a
bag of bones. Get that old bag of bones
off the racetrack!


bag of windGo to windbag.


bag on someonein. to criticize someone.
Stop bagging on me! I’m tired of all your
complaining. If you are going to bag on
everyone all the time, I don’t want to hear
about it.


bag someonetv. to put someone on a res-
pirator. (A medical device, part of which
is a rubber bag, used to help someone
breathe.) Bag this guy quick. He is
struggling to get his breath.


bag some raysGo to catch some rays.


Bag that!tv. Forget that! Bag that! The
number I gave you was wrong. There are
four—no, bag that!—six of the red ones
and three blue ones.


Bag your face!exclam. Go away! (See also
Bag it!) You outrage me. Bag your face!
You are in the way. Bag your face!
Bahama-mama [b@”ham@”mam@] n. an
obese black woman. Clare has turned
into a real Bahama-mama. She’s gonna
have to lay off eating so much. That Ba-
hama-mama who was just in here ordered
four chocolate shakes.
bail (out)in. to resign or leave; to get free
of someone or something. I can’t take
any more. I’m going to bail out. Albert
bailed just before he got fired.
bail (out) on someonein. to depart and
leave someone behind; to abandon some-
one. Bob bailed out on me and left me
to take all the blame.
baked 1. mod. sunburned. I was out in
the sun until I got totally baked. If you
would use some lotion, you wouldn’t get
so baked. 2. mod. alcohol or drug intox-
icated. All four of them went out and
got baked. I’ve never seen anybody so
baked.
bald-headed hermit and bald-headed
mouse; one-eyed pants mousen. the
penis. (Usually objectionable.) Some-
body said something about the attack of
the one-eyed pants mouse, and all the boys
howled with laughter.
bald-headed mouseGo to bald-headed
hermit
Baldwinn. a male. (As in Alec Baldwin.) 
Who is that Baldwin I saw you with last
night?
baldy and baldie[“baldi] n. a bald-headed
man. I’m getting to be an old baldie. 
I turned into a baldy in my twenties.
ball 1. n. a wild time at a party; a good
time. We really had a ball. See ya! 
Your birthday party was a ball! 2. n. a tes-
ticle. (Usually plural. Usually objection-
able. See also balls.) The teacher pre-
ferred “testicles” to “balls,” if they had to
be mentioned at all. 3. in. to enjoy one-
self. (Ambiguous with the next sense.) 
The whole crowd was balling and having
a fine time. We balled the whole eve-
ning. 4. in. to depart; to leave. It’s late.

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