spit and polishn. orderliness; ceremonial
precision and orderliness. I like spit
and polish. It comes from being in the mil-
itary. There is no such thing as too much
spit and polish.
Spit it out!exclam. Say it! Come on, don’t
be shy! Spit it out! Say what you have
to say and leave. Hurry up! Spit it out!
spizzerinktum[spIz#”rINkt@m] n. energy;
vitality. The kid’s got spizzerinktum!
I like that. Put more spizzerinktum
into it!
spleefGo to spliff.
spliffand shpleef; spleef; splim[splIf
and Splif, splif, splIm] n. marijuana; a
marijuana cigarette; hashish. They
consume an enormous amount of spliff
and try to sell it to the tourists. It’s really
high-quality splim.
splimGo to spliff.
splitin. to leave. Look at the clock. Time
to split. Let’s split. We’re late.
split a gut 1. tv. to laugh very hard. He
laughed until he nearly split a gut. The
audience split a gut laughing. 2. tv. to
work very hard. I split a gut to get this
place fixed up in a week. Don’t split a
gut for me. I love things that are falling
apart.
splitting headachen. a severe headache,
as if one’s head were splitting open. I’m
sorry, I can’t. I have a splitting headache.
Maybe Fred will play bridge with you.
This splitting headache has been going on
for hours.
split up 1. in. to separate. The two split
up and went their separate ways. They
couldn’t get along, so they split up. 2. n. an
act of separating or breaking up. (Usu-
ally split-up.) Everyone was mentally
prepared for the company’s split-up. The
split-up caused neither surprise nor grief.
splurgein. to indulge oneself with much
spending or eating. I have to splurge
every now and then. I deserve it. I
splurge every weekend.
spoiltv. to kill someone. It was Ziggy’s
job to make sure that nobody got close
enough to Mr. Big to spoil him. Rocko
was determined to spoil Barlowe.
spoiled rottenmod. indulged in; greatly
spoiled. This kid is spoiled rotten! I
was spoiled rotten when I was a child, so
I’m used to this kind of wasteful luxury.
spoiling for a fightin. argumentative; ask-
ing for a fight. They were just spoiling
for a fight, and they went outside to settle
the matter. She was grouchy, and you
could tell she had been spoiling for a fight
all day.
spondulicks and spondulics; spondulix
[span”dulIks] n. money. How much
spondulicks will this set me back? I don’t
have enough spondulix to swing the deal.
spondulicsGo to spondulicks.
spondulixGo to spondulicks.
sponge and spunge 1. in. to drink heav-
ily. She was sponging like there was no
tomorrow. What can you do with a
woman who sits and spunges all day long?- n. a drunkard; a tippler.(See also blot-
ter.) She was a spunge, and she wasn’t
going to do anything about it. Is there
treatment for spunges like her? 3. n. a par-
asitic person. Don’t be a sponge. Get
your own! Here comes that sponge,
Wally. Hide your wallet, pencils, glasses,
and any clothes in his size.
spongedmod. thirsty. I gotta get a drink,
man. I’m sponged!
sponge off someonein. to live off some-
one; to take advantage of someone by
taking food and shelter from them with-
out compensation. Go get a job! Stop
sponging off me!
spoof[spuf] 1. n. a parody. The first act
was a spoof of a Congressional investiga-
tion. The second act was a spoof of the
first act. 2. tv. to make a parody of some-
one or something. The comedian
spoofed the executive branch by sitting in
a big chair and going to sleep. I like
to spoof myself. It helps break the ice at
parties.
spook 1. tv. to frighten or startle someone
or something. (See also spooked.)
Something I did spooked the teller, and she
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