stuff and I was polished up. How much
of that do I have to drink to get good and
polished?pollutedmod. alcohol or drug intoxicated.
Those guys are really polluted.
Madam, you are polluted!
pond scumn. a mean and wretched per-
son; a worthless male. (Collegiate. An
elaboration ofscum, less crude than
scumbag. Also a rude term of address.)
Tell that pond scum to beat it. Get
your hands off me, you pond scum!
poo 1. and poo-poon. fecal material. (See
also poop. Mostly juvenile. Usually ob-
jectionable.) Don’t step in that dog poo!
There’s poo on your shoe, I think. 2. in.
to defecate. (Usually objectionable.)
That old dog pooed on our lawn. Don’t
let your dog poo here! 3. n. nonsense.
(From sense 1. See also poo(h)-poo(h).)
Don’t give me that poo! I’ve heard
enough of your poo. 4. n. champagne.
(From shampoo.) How about another
glass of poo? Oh, I just love poo! 5. Go
to poo(h)-poo(h).
poochn. a dog. (Also a term of address to
a friendly dog.) Hello, pooch. My good-
ness, you’re friendly. Please take your
pooch out of my garden.
pooheadn. an obnoxious person. Wa lly,
don’t be such a poohead! What poohead
left the window open?
poo(h)-poo(h)[“pu”pu] tv. to belittle some-
one or something. He tends to pooh-
pooh things he doesn’t understand.
Don’t always poo-poo me when I express
my opinions!
pool-hoppingn. sneaking into private or
public swimming pools at night or dur-
ing the off-hours. The kids went pool-
hopping, and one of them nearly drowned.
Pool-hopping is illegal.
poop 1. n. information; the detailed
knowledge of something. What’s the
poop on the broken glass in the hall? Te l l
me all the poop. 2. n. fecal matter. (Usu-
ally objectionable. See also poo.) Don’t
step in the poop. There’s poop on the
sidewalk. 3. in. to defecate. Your dog
pooped on my lawn. I tried to chase the
cat away while it was pooping.
pooped (out) 1. mod. exhausted; worn-
out. (Said of a person or an animal.)
I’m really pooped out. The horse looked
sort of pooped in the final stretch. 2. mod.
alcohol intoxicated. How much of that
stuff does it take to get pooped? He’s
been drinking all night and is totally
pooped out.
pooper-scoopern. a device used to pick
up and carry away dog feces from pub-
lic places. I never leave home without
my pooper-scooper. Tracy actually got
a ticket for walking her dog without a
pooper-scooper in sight!
poopheadn. a person who acts very stu-
pidly. (Also a term of address.) Some-
times you act like such a poophead. Look
here, poophead, you’re making a fool of
yourself.
poopiedmod. alcohol intoxicated. (A eu-
phemism for shit-faced.) She was so
poopied that she giggled all the way home.
They got real poopied last night.
poo-pooGo to poo; poo(h)-poo(h).
poop outin. to quit; to wear out and stop.
(See also pooped (out).) He pooped
out after about an hour. I think I’m go-
ing to poop out pretty soon.
poop sheetn. a sheet containing informa-
tion. Where is the poop sheet on today’s
meeting? You can’t tell one from the
other without a poop sheet.
poor-mouth 1. tv. to speak ill of someone.
(See also bad-mouth.) Please don’t
poor-mouth my brother. There’s no need
to poor-mouth your clothing. 2. in. to
speak repeatedly of how little money one
has; to plead poverty. She’s got money,
but she’s always poor-mouthing anyway.
Spend more time looking for a job and less
time poor-mouthing.
pop 1. tv. to hit or strike someone. Please
don’t pop me again. She popped him
lightly on the shoulder. 2. mod. popular.
This style is very pop. I don’t care for
pop stuff. 3. n. popular music. I like
most pop, but not if it’s too loud. Pop ispolluted