ments about acid rain. When I heard
my name, I tuned in.tune outin. to begin to ignore everything.
I got bored and tuned out. The en-
tire class had tuned out, so no one heard
the teacher ask the question.
tunesn. a record; a record album; music in
general. (See also tunage.) I got some
new tunes. Wanna come over and listen?
The old tunes are good enough for me.
tune someone or something outtv. to ig-
nore or disregard someone or something.
I heard enough and tuned her out. TI
managed to tune out the constant clamor
in the streets.
turd 1. n. a formed mass of fecal material;
a fecal bolus. (Usually objectionable.)
Don’t step on that dog turd. There’s a
turd f loating in the swimming pool! 2. n.
a wretched or worthless person. (Rude
and derogatory.) You stupid turd!
Don’t be such a goddamn turd!
turd facen. a wretched and obnoxious per-
son. (Rude and derogatory.) You stupid
turd face! Why did you do that?
turfn. (one’s) ground or territory. When
you’re on my turf, you do what I say—
savvy? This is my turf, and what I say
goes.
turistas[tu”ristas] n. diarrhea; a case of di-
arrhea. (From Spanish.) Nobody ever
died of the turistas—right away, anyway.
Turistas can be very unpleasant.
turkey 1. n. a failure; a sham. This whole
business is a turkey. The turkey at the
town theater closed on its first night. 2. n.
a stupid person. Who’s the turkey who
put the scallops in the scalloped potatoes?
You are such a turkey!
turn 1. in. to go over to the other side, as
with a spy or a criminal turning into an
informer. (Underworld.) Is there a
chance that Bart would turn? Pete turn?
Ha! 2. tv. to corrupt someone. It was
the booze that turned him. Pete was try-
ing to turn a young kid.
turn around and turn overin. [for some-
thing] to undergo a major, dynamic
change. Things turned around for
Willard and went okay for a while.
When life turned over and things went
more smoothly, Frank was happier.
turn a tricktv. to perform an act of pros-
titution. (Usually objectionable.) She
can turn a trick and be on the streets again
in six minutes f lat. She’s upstairs, turn-
ing a trick.
turn belly up and go belly up 1. in. to
fail. I sort of felt that the whole thing
would go belly up, and I was right. (See
also belly up.) The computer—on its
last legs anyway—turned belly up right in
the middle of an important job. 2. in. to
die. (As a fish does when it dies.) The
cat was friendly for a moment before she
turned belly up. Every fish in Greg’s tank
went belly up last night.
turned offmod. uninterested. I’m sort of
turned off to stuff like that these days. Part
of getting older, I guess. I can’t pay at-
tention if I’m turned off, now can I?
turned on 1. mod. made alert to what is
new and exciting. I want to hire some-
one who’s really turned on—a real comer.
A young, turned on MBA would be just
right. 2. mod. drug intoxicated. (Drugs.)
Jerry’s turned on by noon—every day.
The kid over there looks sort of turned
on. Let’s go talk to him a bit.
turn in and roll inin. to go to bed. We ll ,
it’s about time to turn in. I can’t wait
to roll in tonight.
turn-offn. something that repels someone.
The movie was a turn-off. I couldn’t
stand it. What a turn-off!
turn on 1. in. to become interested or ex-
cited. She turned on when she heard her
name called. He really turned on when
he saw the cake. 2. in. to take a drug.
(Drugs.) Pete just can’t wait to light up
and turn on. He will turn on with any-
body at the drop of a hat. 3. n. someone
or something that excites someone. (Usu-
ally turn-on.) The concert was a real
turn-on. David can be a real turn on
when he’s in a good mood.
turn on a dimein. to turn sharply; to turn
in a small radius. This baby will turn
on a dime. A car that will turn on atune out