Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions

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study animaln. someone who studies
hard. (A play on party animal.) All the
geeks in the dorm were study animals.
Dull, dull, dull. At the end of the school
year every party animal turns into a study
animal.


Stuff a sock in it! and Put a sock in it!;
Put a cork in it!exclam. Shut up! I’ve
heard enough. Stuff a sock in it! Stuff
a sock in it! You are a pain.


stuffed shirtn. a dull and stuffy person,
usually a male. Mr. Wilson is a stuffed
shirt, and people would tell him so if he
didn’t have so much money. I don’t want
to listen to that stuffed shirt anymore.


stum[st@m] 1. n. marijuana. (Drugs.) 
Where can I get some stum? This stum
is cashed. Trash it. 2. Go to stumbles.


stumblebumn. a tramp or bum, especially
drunk and stumbling. The poor old
stumblebum got to the other side of the
street the best he could. You are headed
toward being a stumblebum if you don’t
lay off the sauce.


stumble-bumblesGo to stumbles.


stumbles[“st@mblz] 1. and stum; stum-
ble-bumbles[st@m, “st@mbl”b@mblz] n.
barbiturates; sedatives; tranquilizers; al-
cohol. (Drugs.) Kelly was shocked to
find a handful of stumble-bumbles in his
brother’s jeans. I need a strike. You got
any stum? 2. n. the inability to stand up
and walk straight. I guess I have the
stumbles today. Not enough sleep, I guess.
Whoops! I have a case of the stumbles.


stump 1. tv. to confuse or puzzle someone.
That one really stumped me. I like to
stump people with hard questions. 2. tv. to
visit or tour a place. We stumped all of
Europe this summer. The team stumped
the countryside before even practicing for
the game. 3. n. a visit or tour. The old
girl is off on another stump. It was a fine
stump; we didn’t miss anything. 4. Go to
stumps.


stumpern. a shoe. (Black. Usually plural.)
Make those stumpers shine! You like
my new stumpers?


stumpsn. a person’s legs. My stumps are
sore from all that walking. You need
good strong stumps to do that kind of
climbing.
stungmod. alcohol intoxicated. I’m a lit-
tle stung by the mule, but I can find my
way home if you’ll just remind me how to
open this door. She can drink that stuff
all evening and never get stung.
stunnedmod. alcohol intoxicated. I was
simply stunned with the stuff. Kelly was
stunned and had to be carried home to
recover.
stunner n. a stunningly good-looking
woman. Did you see that stunner who
just came in? I think that she is a stun-
ner, and I go to all her movies—over and
over.
stupe and stoopn. a stupid person. (Also
a term of address.) Look, stoop, just do
what you are told. Don’t be a stupe! Use
your head!
stupeheadn. a stupid person; a blockhead.
(Also a term of address. See also stupe.)
What a stupehead! This stupehead
keeps trying to sell me something.
stupidmod. drunk. (See also get stupid.)
These kids are so stupid they can’t see
straight. They’re all going to be sick. 
Wayne was too stupid to walk, let alone
drive.
stupid-assGo to dumb-ass.
stupid freshmod. very, very good. (See
also fresh; funky fresh.) Her looks were
stupid fresh. Bonus! This ice cream is
stupid fresh and needs to be eaten in great
volumes.
stylein. to show off; to strut around.
(Black. See also strut one’s stuff.) Look
at that brother style! Why don’t you style
over here and meet my man?
stylin(g)n. looking good; showing off how
good one looks. Dave thinks that stylin’
is his sole occupation. When you finish
your styling in front of the mirror, would
you please dump the garbage?
stymie[“staImi] tv. to obstruct someone or
something. He did everything he could

stymie
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