ossified[“as@faId] mod. alcohol or drug in-
toxicated. (From stoned (out).) How
can anybody be so ossified on four beers?
I’ve never seen anybody so ossified.
Otis[“otIs] 1. n. a drunkard. (From the
name of a television character who is the
town drunk. Also a term of address.)
Look at Otis over there, propped up against
the wall. Have another beer, Otis? 2.
mod. drunk. Gary was completely Otis
and couldn’t walk straight. Fred was
Otis by midnight and began looking like
he was going to barf.
OTL[“o”ti”El] phr. out to lunch; spacy;
giddy. (An initialism.) Wally is the most
OTL guy I have ever seen. Sue is OTL.
She seems witless all the time.
OTOHphr. on the other hand. (An initial-
ism. A computer abbreviation, not pro-
nounced.) That’s one good idea.
OTOH, there must be many other satis-
factory procedures. OTOH, everyone is
a little forgetful now and then.
out 1. mod. alcohol or drug intoxicated.
(Probably from far out.) Those guys are
really out! 2. mod. out of fashion. (The
opposite ofin.) That kind of clothing
is strictly out. 3. tv. to make someone’s
homosexuality public. (Can be reflexive.)
He outed himself at the party last Fri-
day.
outa[“aUd@] phr. out of. (Eye-dialect. Used
in writing only for effect. Used in the ex-
amples of this dictionary.) Get outa
here! In two minutes I’m outa here!
out-and-outmod. complete or total; bla-
tant. Fred was an out-and-out liar.
Don’t be such an out-and-out stinker!
out cold 1. mod. unconscious. Paul was
out cold when we found him. Who
knocked him out cold? 2. mod. alcohol in-
toxicated. Four beers and he was out
cold. He sat in his chair at the table, out
cold.
outed 1. and offedmod. dead; killed.
The witness was outed before a subpoena
could be issued. The guy was offed when
we found him. 2. mod. having had one’s
homosexual identity made public. (Not
prenominal.) Yes, he’s outed, but he
hasn’t told his parents.
outfit 1. n. a group of people; a company.
That outfit cheated me out of my
money. I will never deal with that out-
fit again. 2. n. a set of clothing. Yo u
look lovely in that outfit. Should I wear
my gray wool outfit? 3. n. a set of things;
the items needed for some task. I got
a fine chemistry outfit for my birthday.
My tool kit has everything I need. It’s the
whole outfit.
out in left fieldmod. wrong; off base;
loony. Don’t pay any attention to her.
She’s out in left field as usual. That guy
is out in left field—a real nut.
out like a light 1. mod. unconscious or
sleeping soundly. I fell and hit my head.
I was out like a light for two minutes, they
tell me. I closed my eyes and was out like
a light in no time at all. 2. mod. heavily
alcohol intoxicated. Those guys are
really out like a light! All four of them
drank till they were out like a light.
out of it 1. mod. not in with the real world.
You never pay attention to what’s go-
ing on. You’re really out of it. Fred is
out of it most of the time. He even looks
dull. 2. mod. alcohol or drug intoxicated.
Two drinks and she was totally out of
it. When they are out of it, they are quite
dangerous.
out of kilter 1. mod. not functioning prop-
erly; on the fritz; out of w(h)ack. My
car’s engine is out of kilter and needs some
repair work. My coffeepot is out of kil-
ter, so I have to make coffee in a pan. 2.
mod. out of square. That picture is out
of kilter. Please straighten it. That cor-
ner is not square, and the wall even looks
out of kilter.
out of left fieldmod. suddenly; from an
unexpected source or direction. Most
of your ideas are out of left field. All of
his paintings are right out of left field.
out of linemod. not in accord with what
is appropriate or expected, especially in
price or behavior. Your behavior is
quite out of line. I shall report you. Yo u r
price is out of line with the other stores.out of line