sudden deathmod. having to do with
something short, quick, and decisive.
The game ended in a sudden death play-
off. Okay, you’ve got just one more sud-
den death chance.
suds 1. n. beer. How about some suds,
Bill? I can’t get enough suds. 2. in. to
drink beer. How ’bout going out and
sudsing for a while? They were sudsing
when they should have been studying.
suds-swillern. a beer-drinker. Ted is a
suds-swiller and Bill won’t touch the stuff.
What strange roommates. Way n e’s go a l
in life is to be a professional suds-swiller.
Sue me!Go to (So,) sue me!
sue the pants off (of ) someonetv. to sue
someone for a lot of money. If they do
it, I’ll sue the pants off of them. He sued
the pants off his landlord.
sugarcoatedmod. palatable; inoffensive;
easy to take. Math is so sugarcoated
these days. Even I could learn it. Stop
giving them sugarcoated knowledge.
sugar daddyn. an older man who takes
care of a younger person, especially a
young man or woman. Mr. Wilson is
sort of a sugar daddy to the whole team.
I thought sugar daddies were illegal.
suitn. a businessman or businesswoman;
someone who is in charge. This suit
comes up and asks to go to the airport.
A couple of suits checked into a working-
class hotel and caused some eyebrows to
raise.
summer complaintn. diarrhea, especially
that experienced in the summer. I’ve
got a touch of the summer complaint.
Does summer heat cause the summer com-
plaint?
sun beltn. the southern U.S. states, where
it is generally warm and sunny. (See also
rust belt.) I want to retire to the sun
belt. The population of the sun belt is
exploding.
Sunday bestn. one’s best clothing, which
one would wear to church. We are in
our Sunday best, ready to go. I got mud
on my Sunday best.
Sunday drivern. a slow and leisurely dri-
ver who appears to be sightseeing and en-
joying the view, holding up traffic in the
process. (Also a term of address.) I’m
a Sunday driver, and I’m sorry. I just can’t
bear to go faster. Move over, you Sun-
day driver!
Sunday punchn. a very solid and destruc-
tive blow; one’s best blow. Barlowe sent
a Sunday punch straight into Rocko’s gut.
Rocko’s eyes bugged out; then he crumpled
to the f loor and wretched. Ralph aimed
a Sunday punch at Frederick’s nose, but
missed and spun about, striking his elbow
on the banister.
sunny-side upmod. [of eggs] having yolks
facing up and still yellow and hot, but not
cooked through; straight up. I’ll have
my eggs sunny-side up, with toast and cof-
fee. People who like sunny-side up eggs
wouldn’t dream of eating a whole raw egg.
sunshades n. sunglasses. (See also
shades.) Where are my sunshades? Did
you borrow them again? I left my sun-
shades in the car.
Sup?Go to (T)sup?
super 1. mod. fine; excellent. This report
is just super! Who made the super pie?- n. superintendent. The super comes
by every now and then to check on things.
Call the super and ask for some help.
super-dooperGo to super-duper.
super-duper and super-dooper mod.
excellent. That’s just super-duper.
Couldn’t have asked for better. Where
is this super-dooper car of yours?
superflymod. excellent; wonderful. This
dude is really superf ly. I don’t care about
this superf ly gent of yours. If he doesn’t
have a job, I don’t want you seeing him
anymore. Ya hear?
supergrassn. high-quality marijuana.
Tiffany picked up some pot she called su-
pergrass. It looks like alfalfa to me. The
cannabis that is the richest in resin is some-
times called supergrass.
superjock 1. n. an excellent athlete. Mike
is a real superjock. He plays four sports.
All those superjocks get special meals and
superjock