Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions

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close close as stink on shit
close Close, but no cigar.
close close call
close close shave
closet come out of the closet
clownclown around
cluck dumb cluck
clue clue someone in
clueless totally clueless
clustercluster fuck
clutch clutch (up)
coat blue coats
cober sold cober
cock go off half-cocked
cock horse cock
cock knock something into a cocked hat
coffee coffee and
coffee cold coffee
coffin coffin nail
coffin coffin tack
coffin coffin varnish
coin do some fine coin
coin hard coin
coke coke party
cold blow cold
cold cold blood
cold cold call
cold cold coffee
cold cold feet
cold cold fish
cold cold piece of work
cold cold pop
cold cold shoulder
cold cold sober
cold cold turkey
cold freezing cold
cold get one’s nose cold
cold in a cold sweat
cold in cold blood
cold in cold storage
cold kick cold (turkey)
cold leave someone cold
cold out cold
cold pour cold water on something
cold stone cold fox
cold stone (cold) sober
collardog collar
collarhot under the collar
collarrighteous collar
collect cool, calm, and collected
college Graystone College
college Joe College
Colombian Colombian (gold)
color color of someone’s money
color off color
color with flying colors


Columbian Columbian (gold)
come come clean (with someone) (about
something)
come come down
come come down hard
come come down hard on someone
come come-hither look
come Come off it!
come come on
come come on like gangbusters
come come on strong
come come on to someone
come come out ahead
come come out in the wash
come come out of the closet
come come out on top
come come up for air
come coming out of one’s ears
come if push comes to shove
come know where one is coming from
come This is where I came in.
come till kingdom come
come when push comes to shove
come You’ve got another think coming.
comedy Cut the comedy!
comfortcomfort station
commerce chamber of commerce
commode commode-hugging drunk
company company bull
company company man
complaint summer complaint
compos non compos poopoo
concon artist
concon job
concon man
conput a con on someone
conk conk out
connect connect (with someone)
connect connect (with something)
conniption conniption (fit)
coo bill and coo
cook chief cook and bottle washer
cook cooked up
cook cooking with gas
cook head cook and bottle washer
cook What’s cooking?
cookie blow (one’s) cookies
cookie cookie pusher
cookie drop one’s cookies
cookie shoot one’s cookies
cookie smart cookie
cookie snap one’s cookies
cookie That’s the way the cookie crumbles.
cookie throw one’s cookies
cookie toss one’s cookies
cookie tough cookie

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