Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions

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party 1. n. <a combining form used in ex-
pressions to refer to certain kinds of ac-
tivity carried on in groups or in pairs.>
(For examples, see coke party, free base
party, grass party, hen party, keg party,
kick party, pot party, stag-party, tailgate
party, tea party.) 2. in. to drink alcohol,
smoke marijuana, or use other drugs.
(May also include sexual activity.) 
Come on, man! Let’s party! If you didn’t
party so much, you’d get better grades.


party animaln. someone who loves par-
ties. My boyfriend and I are real party
animals. Let’s party! If you weren’t such
a party animal, you’d have more time for
studying.


party bowln. a marijuana pipe large
enough to serve a number of smokers.
(Drugs.) When they arrested Max, he
had two pipes and a party bowl with him.
The cops thought the party bowl was a
flower vase!


party downGo to party hearty.


party hearty and party downin. to have
a great time; to celebrate. (Also as an ex-
clamation: Party down!) Let’s get some
stuff and party hearty. The whole class
decided to celebrate and party hearty.


Party on!exclam. That’s right! Party on,
Beavis! You are totally right! Party on,
Waldo! You said it!


party-poopern. the first person to leave a
party; someone who ruins a party be-
cause of dullness or by leaving early. 
Don’t leave! Don’t be a party-pooper! 
Don’t invite Martha. She’s such a party-
pooper.


pass 1. n. a passing grade or mark on a test.
(Compare this with fail.) Did you get
a pass or a fail? This is my third pass this
semester. 2. in. to decline something; to
decline to participate in something. 
No, thanks. I pass. I’ll have to pass. I am
not prepared. 3. n. an act of declining
something. I’ll have to take a pass. 
Can I have a pass on that one? There is
nothing I can do. 4. n. a sexual advance
or invitation. (Usually with make.) He
made a pass at me, so I slapped him. 
When he made a pass at me, he got a pass


right back. 5. tv. to succeed in spending
counterfeit money; to succeed in cashing
a bad check. Beavis passed one bad
check after another. He was arrested for
passing bad checks.

pass for somethingin. to pay for some-
thing; to treat someone by paying for
something. Come on. Let’s go out. I’ll
pass for dinner. I’ll pass for drinks if you
want.

pass gotv. to complete a difficult or dan-
gerous task successfully. (From pass go
and collect $200in the game Monop-
oly™.) Man, I tried to get there on time,
but I just couldn’t pass go. You had bet-
ter pass go with this job, or you’ve had it.

passion-pitn. a drive-in movie theatre;
any place where young people go to neck,
such as an area where teenagers park.
(Dated but still heard.) She wanted me
to drive down to the passion-pit, but I said
I had a headache. My mother used to
tell me about her trips to the passion-pit.

pass the bucktv. to shift the responsibil-
ity for something to someone else; to
evade responsibility. (See also buck-
passer.) When things get a little tough,
do what I do. Pass the buck. Don’t pass
the buck. Stand up and admit you were
wrong.

passyn. a baby’s pacifier. (Baby talk.) 
Does little Johnnie want his passy? 
Mommy, Mary threw her passy on the
floor.

paste 1. tv. to strike someone, especially in
the face. (See also paste someone one.)
I hauled off and pasted him right in the
face. He tried to paste me, but I ducked.


  1. tv. to defeat a person or a team, usu-
    ally in a game of some type. (See also
    pasting; pasted.) The Warriors pasted
    the Rockets, 70-49. They really pasted
    our team in last week’s game.


pasted 1. mod. alcohol or drug intoxicated.
(From paste.) Poor Tom is totally
pasted. Bart got pasted on beer. 2. mod.
beaten; outscored. Our team really got
pasted. He sure looked pasted the last
time I saw him.

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