vomit. Right then and there, with no
warning, he tossed his cookies. If you feel
like tossing your cookies, please leave qui-
etly. Fred stepped over to the bushes and
raucously tossed his tacos.toss one’s lunchGo to toss one’s cookies.
toss one’s tacosGo to toss one’s cookies.
toss something off 1. tv. to do something
quickly without much time or effort.
It was no big deal. I tossed it off in thirty
minutes. TWe can toss off the entire or-
der in—let’s say—three hours. 2. tv. to
drink something quickly. He tossed it
off and ordered another. TShe tossed off
a scotch in one big swig. 3. tv. to ignore
criticism; to ignore defeat or a setback.
She just tossed it off like nothing had hap-
pened. THow could she just toss off such
a horrible thing? 4. tv. to resist or fight off
a disease. I caught a little cold, but
tossed it off right away. TI can’t toss off
these viruses like I used to.
toss-upn. a matter of chance. (As pre-
dictable as the outcome of the toss of a
coin.) Nobody knew what to do. It was
a toss-up. Who knows what will hap-
pen? It’s a toss-up.
totalled 1. mod. wrecked; damaged beyond
repair. (From totally wrecked.) The car
was totalled. There was nothing that could
be saved. There’s a place in the city that
will buy totalled cars. 2. mod. alcohol in-
toxicated. Tom was too totalled to talk.
Jed was totalled and couldn’t see to pay
the bill.
totallymod. absolutely; completely. (Stan-
dard. Achieves slang status through over-
use.) How totally gross! This place is
totally beige.
totally cluelessmod. ignorant (of some-
thing). (See also cluelessness.) Every-
body was totally clueless as to what to
do.Sorry, I’m totally clueless as to what
to do.
tote 1. n. someone who abstains from al-
cohol. (From teetotal.) I’m not a tote,
but I do have a limit—rather low by your
standards. Have a drink, or are you still
a tote? 2. n. a small portion of cannabis.
(Drugs.) The cops found a tote when
they tossed Bart, but that was all. How
much do you want for just a tote? 3. n. a
small pipe for smoking cannabis.
(Drugs.) Her father found a tote in her
room and really hit the ceiling. The cops
found a tote in her purse and called in her
father.to the maxmod. maximally. (California.
See also max.) She is happy to the max.
They worked to the max their whole
shift.
to the tune of somethingphr. for the sum
of a specific amount of money. The
whole thing set me back to the tune of
$400. You will end up paying to the tune
of twenty dollars a month.touch 1. n. a likely target for begging;
someone who is asked for a loan. (See
also soft touch.) He was just the kind
of touch we were looking for, not too bright
and not too poor. The touch looked
around him and gave the stiff two-bits. 2.
n. a request for money (from a beggar);
a request for a loan. I ignored the touch
and walked on by. Here comes Fred, and
he looks like he wants to make a touch. 3.
tv. to ask someone for a loan. He
touched me for a hundred bucks. The
wino touched Martin for a fiver. 4. n. a
small portion of something to eat or
drink. (Folksy.) I’ll have just a touch.
I’m on a diet, you know. Can I have an-
other touch of that pie, please? 5. tv. to
deal with or handle someone or some-
thing. (Usually in the negative.) I
wouldn’t touch that problem. Mr. Wil-
son is a real pain, and I wouldn’t touch his
account. Find somebody else to handle it.
touch and gomod. chancy. It was touch
and go for a while, but we are out of the
woods now. The place was in a real
tizzy. Everything was touch and go.touch a sore pointtv. to mention some-
thing that upsets someone. I touched
a sore point with Larry when I mentioned
taxes. That touched a real sore point
with me.touch base (with someone)tv. to make
contact with someone. I wanted to
touch base with you just in case somethingtouch base (with someone)