hockey, and you’ve got a customer for life.- n. French kissing. The two kids spent
the rest of the evening playing tonsil
hockey. No tonsil hockey for me. I don’t
want to catch something.
tonsil paint and tonsil varnishn. liquor;
whiskey. This tonsil varnish would take
the paint off a barn. Give the man a cup
of tonsil paint.
tonsil varnishGo to tonsil paint.
tons of somethingn. lots of something.
We got tons of fried chicken, so help your-
self. You are in tons of trouble.
Toodle(-oo).[“tudl(“u)] interj. Good-bye.
Take it easy. Toodle-oo. See ya! Toodle!
tooeyGo to tooie.
tooie and tooey; tuien. a capsule of Tu-
inal™, a barbiturate. You got any tooies?
The cops saw a few tuies on the sidewalk
and made the arrest.
tookGo to taken.
tool 1. n. an earnest student. (See also
power tool.) Of course he’s a tool. See
the plastic liner in his pocket? Martin
is a tool, and he’s proud of it. 2. n. a dupe;
someone who can be victimized easily.
They were looking for some tool to drive
the getaway car. Who’s the tool with the
briefcase? 3. in. to speed along (in a car).
(See also tool around.) We were tool-
ing along at about seventy-five when the
cop spotted us. I was tooling, and no-
body could catch me.
tool aroundin. to drive or cruise around.
(See also tool.) We tooled around for a
while and then rented a horror movie.
Let’s tool around on the way home.
too muchmod. overwhelming; excellent.
It’s wonderful. It’s just too much! Yo u
are so kind. This is too much.
too rich for someone’s blood 1. mod. too
expensive for one’s budget. This hotel
is too rich for my blood. Europe is get-
ting too rich for our blood. 2. mod. too
high in fat content for one’s diet. This
dessert is too rich for my blood. Most ice
cream is too rich for my blood.
toot 1. n. a binge; a drinking spree.
Harry’s on a toot again. He’s not on one
again. It’s the same old toot. 2. tv. & in.
to drink copiously. She could toot booze
from dusk to dawn. They tooted and
tooted till they could toot no more. 3. n. an
emotional jag of some kind. She’s on
a toot about how nobody loves her any-
more. Those toots wore everybody out.- n. a line or dose of cocaine; cocaine.
These tootheads get sort of frantic when
they can’t get a toot. What do you spend
on a toot, anyway? 5. tv. & in. to snort a
portion of cocaine. She had to leave the
office to toot. She tooted a couple of lines
and came back.
tooter 1. n. a person on a drinking spree.
A couple of tooters were making a lot
of noise. The streets belong to the toot-
ers on New Year’s Eve. 2. n. a drunkard.
Hank offered the tooter a drink, which
was gratefully accepted, of course. I
think you are turning into a tooter.
tootle alongin. to depart. I think I’d bet-
ter tootle along now. Nice talking to you.
Must tootle along.
toot one’s own hornGo to blow one’s
own horn.
tootonium[“tu”toni@m] n. an imaginary,
potent type of cocaine. (Drugs. A play on
titanium.) He called it tootonium. She
called it trouble. You want some real
tootonium, babe?
tootuncommon[tutn”kam@n] n. an imag-
inary, potent type of cocaine; any potent
cocaine. (Drugs. A play on King Tut-
ankhamen.) Bart laughed when the stu-
dent asked for tootuncommon. Which is
better, tootonium or tootuncommon?
top 1. tv. to surpass someone or something.
Can you top this one? I’ll try to top
your joke. 2. tv. to kill someone. Bart
was out to top Ziggy. Ziggy was gonna
top Bart first. 3. n. the first half of a base-
ball inning. Wilbur hit a nice double-
bagger in the top half of the fourth. It’s
the third inning at the top; Wilbur’s up.
top banana 1. n. the lead comedian in a
burlesque or vaudeville act. The top
banana didn’t show up for the gig. Let
top banana