female. Wow, is she ever stacked! I
like to see stacked dames like that starting
to do business in this place.stack the decktv. to arrange things se-
cretly for a desired outcome. (From card
playing where a cheater may arrange the
order of the cards that are to be dealt to
the players.) The president stacked the
deck so I would be appointed head of the
finance committee. It’s not fair when
somebody stacks the deck.
stag 1. mod. having to do with someone
going to a party without a date. (Origi-
nally said of a male.) He decided to ig-
nore her and go stag. A bunch of the
guys got together and went stag to the
dance. 2. mod. having to do with a gath-
ering for men only. The party is stag,
so Tom and I are going together. Stag
parties cease to be fun after a while.
staggers 1. n. liquor. He couldn’t seem to
get enough staggers. She poured herself
a huge glass of staggers and mumbled
something about cough medicine. 2. the
staggers n. drunkenness; the delirium
tremens. (Always with thein this sense.)
He seems to have a little touch of the
staggers. Larry’s laid up with the stag-
gers again.
stag linen. a line of dateless men at a
dance. She looked over the stag line and
saw nobody she knew. The guys in the
stag line looked so forlorn. She suddenly
wanted to do something to make them all
happy.
stag-party n. a party for men only.
(Thought to be raunchy.) Sally was
hired to dance at a stag-party. They
hired a stripper for the stag-party—you
know, the kind that jumps out of a cake.
stakeout 1. n. a person who is positioned
to observe someone or something. (See
also stake someone or something out.)
The stakeout stuck out like a sore
thumb—standing there under the street-
light reading a paper. The stakeout was
one of Barlowe’s best operatives. 2. n. a
(police) assignment where someone is
positioned to observe someone or some-
thing. The two top cops were out on a
stakeout. The stakeout at the warehouse
backfired. They only found cats.
stake someone or something out 1. tv.
to position a person so that someone or
something can be observed or followed.
The cops staked the car out and made
the arrest.TBarlowe staked out the apart-
ment building and watched patiently for
an hour. 2. tv. to position a person to ob-
serve someone or something. He staked
his best operative out in front of the build-
ing. TWe staked out two men to keep
watch.stake someone to something 1. tv. to
lend or give someone money to buy
something. Can you stake me to a de-
cent meal? Stake the man to a meal and
a f lop, and he’ll tell us what we want to
know. 2. tv. to treat someone to some-
thing. Can I stake you to a drink to cel-
ebrate? Let me stake you to a big ice
cream cone.
stale drunkn. a long-standing and fre-
quently renewed drunken state. The
guy’s on a stale drunk. He is a mess. Are
you on a stale drunk again, or is this the
same one?stallionn. a tall, good-looking woman.
Dana is really a stallion! Who is the
stallion with that dude?
stamping groundn. one’s favorite or cus-
tomary location. Adamsville is my old
stamping ground. I was born there, you
know. I like to go back and look at my
old stamping ground every now and then.standeen. someone who must stand (at
some event). There were about forty
standees in addition to the full house.
Can I get in as a standee, or do I have to
wait for the next showing?
stand-inn. a substitute; a temporary re-
placement. I was a stand-in for the lead
soprano, who had the sniff les. The au-
dience booed the stand-in. They had paid
to hear a star.standoffish[stAnd”OfIS] mod. aloof. Bob
is sort of standoffish until he gets to know
you. Don’t be so standoffish! Join in the
fun. I am a standoffish guy.stack the deck