alcoholic beverage; to drink alcohol to
excess. He’s down at the tavern, bend-
ing his elbow. Paul gets lots of exercise.
He bends his elbow thirty times a day.bend the lawtv. to cheat a little bit with-
out breaking the law. (Jocular.) I didn’t
break the law. I just bent the law a little.
Nobody ever got arrested for bending the
law.
beniesn. benefits. (See also benny.) The
salary is good, but the benies are almost
nonexistent. Are retirement contribu-
tions one of your benies?
Benjamin and Benjin. a one-hundred
dollar bill. (Bearing a picture of Benjanin
Franklin.) You owe me two Benjamins!
benny and bennien. a Benzedrine™ cap-
sule or tablet. You got a benny or two
you could spare a poor man? A couple
of bennies will chase away the blues.
bent 1. mod. alcohol or drug intoxicated.
I’ve never seen two guys so bent. I can
get bent on a glass of wine. 2. mod. dis-
honest; crooked. I’m afraid that Paul is
a little bent. He cheats on his taxes. A
lot of those officeholders get bent in of-
fice—if they weren’t before. 3. mod. an-
gry. He was so bent there was steam
coming out of his ears. Come on, don’t
get bent. I was only kidding.
bent out of shape 1. mod. angry; insulted.
Man, there is no reason to get so bent
out of shape. I didn’t mean any harm.
I got bent out of shape because of the way
I was treated. 2. n. alcohol or drug in-
toxicated. I was so bent out of shape I
thought I’d never recover. I’ve been pol-
luted, but never as bent out of shape as
this.
benz[bEnz] 1. n. Benzedrine™. (Drugs.)
Benz will pep you up, but you give it all
back later. Stay off the benz. Coffee is
enough to perk anybody up. 2. and Benz
n. a Mercedes Benz automobile. I
traded in my Benz for a beemer. My un-
cle had a Benz that he took back to Ger-
many every two years for service.
berp and burp 1. in. to bring up stomach
gas. (See also belch.) She burped qui-
etly behind her hanky, so no one would no-
tice. Try not to burp at the table. 2. n.
an upward release of stomach gas. The
burp did not go unnoticed. What can
you do when you berp in church?
berps and burpsn. liquor; beer. (See also
belch.) Did you bring the berps for the
party? Hey, this is pretty good berps.
berpwatern. beer; ale; champagne. I
don’t care for all that berpwater. Berp-
water is for sissies.
berries 1. theberriesn. the best; the
finest. (Always with the. A noun with the
force of an adjective.) Those people are
really the berries. Man, this stuff is the
berries! 2. n. wine. (Originally black. See
also grape(s).) Lemme stop at the
liquor store for some berries. No berries
for me. Where’s the belch?
best budn. a best buddy; a best friend.
Isn’t Bill your best bud? Why are you so
mad at him?
best buyn. a sexually loose woman.
That chick is a best buy.
bet one’s bottom dollartv. to be very cer-
tain of something; to bet in complete cer-
tainty of winning. (Need not refer to an
actual bet.) I bet my bottom dollar you
never ever went to Alaska! He bet his
bottom dollar on that horse, and it died at
the gate.
bet someone dollars to doughnutstv. to
bet something of value against something
worth considerably less. I bet you dol-
lars to doughnuts that she is on time. He
bet me dollars to doughnuts that it would
snow today.
better halfn. one’s wife, and occasionally,
one’s husband. My better half disap-
proved of the movie. I gotta go home to
my better half.
Better luck next time.sent. I wish you
luck when you try again. So you goofed
up. Better luck next time. Yo u b l e w i t ,
you stupid twit. Better luck next time.
betty 1. n. some fake drugs; a bad drug
buy. John’s supplier slipped him some
betty. 2. n. a good-looking girl or woman.
(Usually Betty.) Who’s your new Betty,
Bob?betty