Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions

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away. Yes, a soul kiss sounds silly—till
you try it with somebody you really like. 2.
in. [for two people] to kiss with inter-
acting tongues. They were soul kissing
and making noises. The creep had bad
breath and wanted to soul kiss!

(soul) sistern. a black person’s female,
black friend. (See also sister.) One of
the soul sisters dropped by to talk. A sis-
ter called, but didn’t leave her name.


sound off (about something) 1. in. to
complain about something; to gripe
about something. You are always
sounding off about something that gripes
your soul. Just sound off if you’ve got a
beef. 2. in. to speak out of turn about
something. Who asked you to sound off
about this? Don’t just sound off with-
out raising your hand. 3. in. to announce
something. Why did you have to go and
sound off about the surprise party? Keep
it a secret. Don’t sound off about it.


soundsn. music; records. I got some new
sounds. Ya wanna come over and listen? 
Man, these sounds are massive!


soupn. nitroglycerin, a liquid explosive.
(Underworld.) Lefty was a master with
the soup till he blew off his hand. Ta k e
care of that soup and treat it like eggs.


souped upmod. made more powerful. 
That souped up car of John’s sure makes a
lot of noise. Why do all cars driven by
males under the age of twenty have to be
souped up?


soup sandwichn.something impossibly
messy or impossible to deal with. 
You’re more trouble than a soup sandwich.
This whole project is just a soup sand-
wich. I’ll never get it straightened out.


soup something uptv. to increase the
power of something. (See also souped
up.) He souped his car up so it will do
nearly 120. TIf only I could soup up this
computer to run just a little faster.


Soup’s on!in. Dinner is ready. Time to
eat! Soup’s on!


soup-strainern. a mustache. Jerry had
a big bushy soup-strainer that he was very


proud of. It’s not a soup-strainer—just
a neat little black line.

soupy [“supi] mod. alcohol intoxicated;
drunk and vomiting. Then he got sort
of soupy and broke up the party. These
young kids tend to get soupy rather than
pass out.

sourpuss [“saU#pUs] n. a grouchy or
frowning person. (See also picklepuss.)
What a sourpuss! He makes King Kong
look sweet. Don’t be a sourpuss, baby-
cakes.

souse[saUs] 1. in. to drink excessively; to
go on a drinking bout; to get drunk.
(From a word meaning “to soak or
pickle.” See also soused.) They sat
sousing quietly in the corner. Let us re-
tire from the table and souse in the par-
lor. 2. n. a drinking bout. The souse
lasted longer than anyone would have
thought. That was one fine souse we
had. 3. n. a drunkard. The best thing
you can do for a souse like John is to take
away his car keys. It’s hard to live with
a souse.

sousedmod. alcohol intoxicated. (See also
souse.) We were really soused. All we
need right now is a soused bus driver.

southern-friedmod. alcohol intoxicated.
(An elaboration offried, referring to fried
chicken.) Ted and Bill went out and got
themselves southern-fried. When Bob
came home southern-fried, his wife nearly
killed him.

southpaw n. a left-handed person. 
Micky’s a southpaw and writes sort of
funny. My sister is a southpaw, but I’m
not.

So what?interrog. What does it matter?;
What is the point of what you are saying?
So what if I’m too old? Did that stop
Rudolph Drew from trying it? I’m a
crook. So what?

sozzle[“sazl] in. to drink to excess. (See
also sozzled; sozzler.) The guys are
sozzling over at John’s place. I wish you’d
stop coming home every night and sozzling
to oblivion.

(soul) sister

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