storkedmod. pregnant. She got herself
good and storked. Now what? I hear that
Tracy is storked again.
story stockn. shares in a company that are
bought because of an appealing story
about the company. I never buy a story
stock. By the time I hear about it, it’s al-
ready gone up as much as it ever will.
Acme Widgets is another story stock that
I advise all my clients to buy.
Stow it!exclam. Shut up! Okay, stow it!
I’ve heard enough. Stow it! That is
enough of your applesauce.
stozzled[“stazld] mod. alcohol intoxicated.
My buddy is too stozzled to drive home.
Can you give him a lift? Marty can
drink and drink and never get stozzled or
even tipsy.
str8mod.straight. (Streets.) Now tell it
to me str8!
straddle the fencetv. to support both
sides of an issue. The mayor is strad-
dling the fence on this issue, hoping the
public will forget it. The legislator
wanted to straddle the fence until the last
minute, and that alone cost her a lot of
votes.
straight 1. mod. honest; unembellished.
This is the straight truth. Have I ever
been anything but straight with you? 2. n.
a tobacco cigarette; a tobacco cigarette
butt. (As opposed to a marijuana ciga-
rette. See also slim.) No, I want a
straight. That spliff makes me sneeze.
Can I bum a straight off you? 3. mod. hav-
ing to do with undiluted liquor. I’ll
take mine straight. Make one straight
with a little ice. 4. mod. relieved and sat-
isfied by a dose of drugs. (Drugs.) It
only takes a few bucks and a little time to
get straight. She will be straight for a few
hours, and then the same struggle all over
again—all through the night. 5. mod. off
drugs; no longer addicted to drugs. I’m
straight now, and I’m gonna stay that way.
I’m a straight guy. See how long you
can stay straight, how ’bout it? 6. n. a
square person (who does not use drugs,
etc.). The guy’s a straight. He’s gonna
turn us over to the cops! The straights
are putting pressure on city hall to clean
up this neighborhood. 7. n. a nonhomo-
sexual; a heterosexual. (Often from the
homosexual point of view.) Walter in-
vited a few straights to the affair, just to
keep things calm. 8. mod. not homosex-
ual; not having a homosexual orienta-
tion. He wandered into a straight bar
by mistake. 9. mod. excellent. This news
is truly straight and I am happy to hear
it. You are a straight G.
straight arrown. an honest person; a law-
abiding citizen. (See also straight
shooter.) Wally is really a straight ar-
row at heart—as long as he’s not around
Max. Max is not a straight arrow. Slime
is more like it.
straight dopen. the true information.
He gave us the straight dope. I want the
straight dope. I can take it.
straighten up and fly rightin. to get se-
rious and start behaving properly. It’s
time for you to straighten up and f ly right!
Straighten up and f ly right before you
get into difficulty.
straight-facedmod. with a serious, un-
smiling face. Mary couldn’t stay
straight-faced very long. It was just too
funny. He was a very straight-faced prof,
but he has a tremendous sense of humor.
straight from the horse’s mouthmod. di-
rectly from the source. (As if a racehorse
were giving racing tips.) Of course it’s
true. I got it straight from the horse’s
mouth. This came straight from the
horse’s mouth. It’s Zeerocks Copy in the
sixth race.
straight from the shouldermod. very di-
rect, without attenuation or embellish-
ment. Okay, I’ll give it to you straight
from the shoulder. Right straight from
the shoulder: clean out your desk; you’re
through.
straight lown. the absolute truth; the true
lowdown. (Prisons.) Can you give me
the straight low on this mess? Nobody
ain’t gonna tell no warden the straight low;
you can be sure of that.
straight mann. someone who sets up jokes
or gags so that someone else can say thestraight man