like to sell. Big blue led the market lower
again today.big boardn. the New York Stock Exchange.
(Securities markets.) On the big board,
stocks were down again today, bringing the
loss this week on the Dow to nearly 175
points. Is that stock on the big board or
where?
big brother 1. n. a personification of the
totalitarian state. (From George Orwell’s
1984 .) Big brother has changed the tax
laws again. Now big brother has fixed
it so you can’t even baby-sit without pay-
ing taxes. 2. n. someone who personifies
the totalitarian state: the police, parents,
teachers. Old big brother grounded me
for a week. Big brother says the paper
is due tomorrow, or else.
big bucksn. a lot of money. (See also
megabucks.) To me, $400 is big bucks.
She gets paid big bucks to worry about
stuff like that.
big-C. 1. n. cancer. (Usually with the.)
She was struck with the big-C. The big-
C. will finish off quite a few of us. 2. n. co-
caine. (Drugs.) When she started tak-
ing big-C., she was only eight. They use
kids to deliver big-C. because they know
they’re not going to get put in prison.
big cheesen. the boss; the key figure; the
leader. Here’s a note from the big cheese
telling me to come in for a chat. The big
cheese is giving everyone a bonus at the
end of the year.
big-D.n. Dallas, Texas. Kelly is from big-
D. What is big-D. famous for?
big deal 1. n. something really important.
Don’t make such a big deal out of it!
This isn’t a big deal as I see it. 2. exclam.
So what!; What does it matter? (Usually
Big deal!) So he snores! Big deal! Snore
back! She says to me, “Your socks don’t
match.” And I says back, “Big deal!”
big drinkn. the Atlantic Ocean; an ocean.
We f lew over the big drink in an hour
or two. When you’re over the big drink
you really get to feel how tiny we humans
are.
big drink of water 1. n. a very tall person.
(Folksy.) Tim is sure a big drink of wa-
ter. Kelly grew into a big drink of wa-
ter. 2. n. a boring person or thing. (A pun
on hard to take.) She is a big drink of
water, but she could be worse. The lec-
ture was a big drink of water.big enchilada[...EntS@”lad@] n. the boss;
the leader. (See also big cheese.) I
wanna see the big enchilada! The big
enchilada has sent word that it’s safe to re-
turn.big fishn. the boss; the leader. (Under-
world.) We took in the little guys, but
the big fish got away. The big fish or-
dered the killing.biggie 1. n. something or someone impor-
tant. This one’s a biggie. Treat him well.
As problems go, this one’s a biggie. 2.
n. copulation. (Usually with the.) But
I don’t think I’m ready for the biggie. He
wanted to do the biggie!biggity[“bIg@di] mod. haughty; aloof.
Kelly is too biggity for my taste. Who is
that biggity guy with the mustache?big gunn. an important and powerful per-
son, such as an officer of a company. (Of-
ten with bring in as in the example.)
It went up to the big guns, who said no im-
mediately. I knew they would bring in
the big guns at the last minute.big-H.n. heroin. (Drugs.) She’s on big-H.
now. Soon she’ll be hooked for good. The
big-H. in this town is so watered down,
you can joy pop for years and never get
hooked.bigheadn. a headache and other ill effects
from drinking. I got a case of the big-
head. Too much soda in my drinks, I guess.
You look like you have the bighead this
morning.bigheaded 1. mod. conceited. Now don’t
get bigheaded, but you are a top drummer
in my book. Look at him swagger. He is
so bigheaded. What a bigheaded jerk! 2.
mod. having a hangover. Tiffany is a
little bigheaded this morning. I feel sort
of bigheaded.bigheaded