Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions

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snozzle-wobbles[“snazl”wablz] n. a hang-
over; the delirium tremens. Freddy had
the snozzle-wobbles this morning. He has
no idea what caused it. They say that a
big glass of milk is good for the snozzle-
wobbles.


snuff 1. tv. to kill someone. (Underworld.)
The mob tried to snuff Max, but he
moved too fast for them. Somebody
snuffed my cat! 2. mod. having to do with
death or killing. Those snuff acts ought
to be outlawed. All this snuff stuff is for
sickies.


snuff filmn. a film that records an actual
death or killing. Who would watch a
snuff film anyway? Some of these snuff
films have a loyal following of real sickies.


snuff ittv. to die. The cat leapt straight
up in the air and snuffed it. I was so sick
they thought I was going to snuff it.


snuffy[“sn@fi] mod. alcohol intoxicated. 
She was a little snuffy, but nothing debil-
itating. Who’s the snuffy little guy in the
corner booth?


soak 1. in. to drink heavily; to get drunk.
(See also soaked.) The two old ladies
put on their coats and went out to soak.
They sat quietly soaking for an hour. 2.
n. a drinking bout. They sat there qui-
etly enjoying their soak. Both guys de-
clined to go out and stayed home and en-
joyed a soak in front of the TV. 3. n. a
drunkard. Some old soak lay moaning
in the gutter. Hank is getting to be a real
soak. 4. tv. to overcharge someone; to ex-
tort money from someone.  They
soaked me for twenty dollars for the parts,
but at least it runs now. The cleaners
soaked me for the cleaning job.


soakedmod. alcohol intoxicated. All the
guys came home soaked. Frank was too
soaked to drive home.


soakern. a drunkard; a tippler.Uncle
Charlie was a soaker, and the family never
realized it. Give the old soaker a drink
to shut him up.


soak one’s facetv. to drink heavily. 
They’re down at the tavern soaking their
faces. Well, I guess I’ll go soak my face
for a while.


so-and-son. <a euphemistic way of ad-
dressing someone with an insulting term
of address.> (This is usually euphemistic
for son of a bitch.However, it is also used
for good friends, especially male to male,
to show affection.) This lousy so-and-
so tried to take me for 400 bucks. Te r r y,
you old so-and-so, how ya been?
soapn. a soap opera. She won’t schedule
anything when her soap is on. Soaps are
very popular on college campuses these
days.
SOBn. a son of a bitch; a despised person,
usually a male. (Initialism only. Crude.
Also a rude and provocative term of ad-
dress.) Tell that SOB to mind his own
business. Look here, you SOB, get out!
so bad one can taste itmod. very much,
indeed. I want that car so bad I can
taste it. He had to get to Philadelphia
so bad he could taste it.
sober as a judgemod. as sober (free from
alcohol) as it is possible to be. Kelly—
who was starched as could be—claimed to
be sober as a judge. The judge was not
always sober as a judge, but he could get
through his court call.
sobersidesn. a very serious person; a
grumpy old man. Old sobersides can’t
manage to laugh at anything. Some
sobersides came over and asked us to watch
our language.
sober upin. to recover from alcohol or
drug intoxication. Barlowe had one
hour to sober up and get to the station. 
It took him a while to sober up.
sob sistern. a weak woman who is prone
to crying. Mary is a sob sister. She wears
you out fast. I had another sob sister in
the office today. Went through half a box
of tissues.
sob storyn. a sad story that is likely to
draw tears. I’ve heard nothing but sob
stories today. Isn’t anybody happy? She
had quite a sob story, and I listened to the
whole thing.
social diseasen. a sexually transmitted
disease. Many people find things like—
ah—social diseases difficult to discuss in

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