scandal sheetn. a tabloid newspaper fea-
turing lurid news. I like to read a scan-
dal sheet every now and then. I’m tired
of this scandal sheet. Let’s get a classy
newspaper today.
scankGo to skank.
scanlessGo to skanless.
scared shitlessmod. very frightened. (Po-
tentially offensive. Use caution with shit.)
He wasn’t just frightened. He was scared
shitless! He had to go to court and was
scared shitless about it.
scared stiffmod. frightened; unable to
move from fear. The poor little kid
stood there—scared stiff. I was scared
stiff for hours after the accident.
scare someone or something uptv. to
find someone or something. (As if one
were flushing wild game.) I have to
scare a date up for Friday night. TSee if
you can scare up a clean tablecloth.
scare the hell out of someonetv. to
frighten someone badly. (Use caution
with hell.) These figures scare the hell
out of me. The door blew shut and
scared the hell out of me.
scare the pants off someonetv. to
frighten someone suddenly. The piano
lid fell and scared the pants off my parents.
It takes a lot to scare the pants off a
hardened criminal.
scarf 1. tv. to eat something. Andy
scarfed the whole pie. Are you going to
scarf the whole thing? 2. in. to eat. I’ll
be with you as soon as I scarf. I gotta
go scarf now. 3. n. food. I want some
good scarf. This stuff stinks. No more
fried scarf for me. 4. tv. to steal or swipe
something. The kid scarfed a candy bar,
and the store owner called the cops. The
plumber’s assistant had been scarfing cop-
per for months before they figured out
what was going on. 5. tv. to discard some-
thing. Scarf that thing. It’s no good.
Bill scarfed his girl. She was seeing some-
body else at the same time.
scarf outin. to overeat. (See also blimp
out; pig out, mac out.) I scarf out
every weekend. My brother scarfs out
every day—around the clock!
scarf something downtv. to eat some-
thing, perhaps in a hurry; to swallow
something, perhaps in a hurry. Are you
going to scarf this whole thing down? T
Here, scarf down this sandwich.
scarymod. [of women] ugly. Man, is she
scary! Why do I always end up with a
scary woman?
scat[skAt] 1. n. nonsense syllables sung to
music. (Refers to a [primarily black] jazz
practice in the jazz era.) She used to
do scat but moved on to blues. He could
sing scat like nobody’s business. 2. exclam.
Go away! (Usually Scat!Often said to a
cat to get it to go away.) Get out! Scat!
Beat it, cat! Scat, you wretched animal!- in. to leave. It’s midnight. I gotta scat.
You guys scat now. I have to go to work. - n. heroin. (Drugs. From an old term
for dung. See also shit.) Bart is trying
to sell scat in the neighborhood again.
That scat’s gonna get that man killed. 5.
n.inferior whiskey. That rotten scat
nearly choked me. You got anything bet-
ter than that scat, bartender?
scatterbrainn. a forgetful person; some-
one who is mentally disorganized. I’m
getting to be such a scatterbrain, I think.
Aunt Martha is a real scatterbrain. She
always forgets where her glasses are.
scatteredmod. drug intoxicated; confused
by drug use. (Drugs. See also scat.)
Those poor kids are so scattered, they can’t
even get themselves to class. Fred must
spend half his life scattered and sleeping.
scene[sin] 1. n. a place; a setting. (See also
make the scene.) This scene is no good.
Let’s split. I need a different scene. Life
is too hectic here. 2. n. the drug-use en-
vironment; the drug scene. The longer
you spend in a scene like this, the harder
it is to sober up and go straight. This
coke scene is a bad one. It will shorten your
life. 3. n. one’s preference. (See also bag.)
This nine-to-five stuff just isn’t my
scene. I quit. Your scene doesn’t seem to
involve much in the way of hard work.
schickerGo to shicker.
schicker