Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions

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play tonsil hockeytv. to kiss deeply, us-
ing the tongue. Kids sit around in cars,
playing tonsil hockey all evening. Sally’s
mother caught her playing tonsil hockey
with George and grounded her.


play with a full deckin. to operate as if
one were mentally sound. (Usually in the
negative. One cannot play cards with a
partial deck.) That guy’s not playing
with a full deck. Look sharp, you dum-
mies! Pretend you are playing with a full
deck.


play with firein. to do something dan-
gerous or risky. When you talk to me
like that, you’re playing with fire. Going
out at night in a neighborhood like that is
playing with fire.


pleasantly plasteredmod. mildly alcohol
intoxicated; mellow with drink. (And
elaboration ofplastered.) He wasn’t
really stoned. Just pleasantly plastered. 
I get to the point that I am pleasantly plas-
tered, and then I stop.


[please]Go to Puh-leez!


plonkn. white wine; cheap wine; any
liquor. (From French blanc.) That
plonk is really hard on the gut. How
about a bottle of plonk?


plonked (up)mod. alcohol intoxicated.
(See also plonk; blank.) He sure is
plonked up. She is totally plonked.


plonkon. a drunkard. (See also plonk.) 
Get that smelly plonko out of here! He’s
a plonko if I ever saw one.


plootered[“plud#d] mod. alcohol intoxi-
cated. We went out and got totally
plootered.  How can anyone get so
plootered on a bottle of wine?


plop 1. n. the sound of dropping something
soft and bulky, such as a hunk of meat.
When the roast fell on the f loor, it made
a nasty plop. When I heard the plop, I
looked up and saw our dinner on the f loor.



  1. tv. to put or place something (some-
    where). I don’t mind cooking a turkey.
    You only have to plop it in the oven and
    forget about it. I plopped my books on
    the table and went straight to my room.

  2. tv. to sit oneself down somewhere; to


place one’s buttocks somewhere. (The it
in the examples is the buttocks.) Come
in, Fred. Just plop it anywhere you see a
chair. This place is a mess. Just plop it
down right there, and we’ll have our little
talk.
plotzed[“platst] mod. alcohol intoxicated;
really drunk. They all came home
plotzed. Two bottles and she was plotzed.

plowed (under)mod. alcohol or drug in-
toxicated. She was plowed under for a
week. They went out and got ploughed.
pluck and plug n. wine; cheap wine.
(Originally black.) Where can I get
some plug? You spilled plug all over my
car seat.

plug 1. n. a bite-sized, pressed mass of
chewing tobacco. He put a plug in his
cheek and walked away. Hey, gimme a
piece of that plug! 2. n. a drink of beer; a
slug of beer. Let me have a plug out of
that bottle. I just want a plug, not the
whole thing. 3. n. a free advertisement or
a commercial boost from someone for a
product. (See also plugola.) I managed
to get a plug on the Mike Michael show.
How about a free plug during your in-
troduction? 4. tv. to give an advertisement
or commercial boost for something with-
out having to pay for it. I want to get
on that TV program and plug my new
book. I can’t plug your product until I
have a sample I can test. 5. Go to pluck.
plugged inmod. excited by drugs; having
to do with the drug culture; turned on.
(Drugs.) Those guys are really plugged
in. That punker is plugged in, for sure.

plugola[pl@g”ol@] n. a bribe paid to get a
free advertising plug (worth far more
than the amount of the bribe). How
much plugola did you have to pay for that
mention? The announcer was charged
with accepting plugola.
plug-uglymod. very ugly. (See also pug-
ugly.) Your dog is just plug-ugly. My
plug-ugly dog happens to be pedigreed.

plumn. a prize or reward; something that
can be considered the spoils of a politi-
cal office. That appointment was quite

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