Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions

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from our party last night. I’m bigheaded
and still blimped this morning.

blimp outin. to overeat. I love to buy a
bag of chips and just blimp out. I only
blimp out on weekends.


blind drunkmod. heavily alcohol intoxi-
cated. You came in blind drunk last
night. What’s going on? They drank till
they were blind drunk.


blind(ed)mod. alcohol or drug intoxicated.
I guess she was blinded. She couldn’t
stand up. They were both blind as they
come.


(blind) munchiesn. a craving for food or
snacks. (Originally drugs.) There is
nothing like potato chips when you’ve got
the munchies. By midnight I had the
blind munchies.


blindsidetv. [for someone or something]
to surprise someone, as if sneaking up on
the blind side of a one-eyed person (or
animal). The new tax law blindsided
about half the population. The mugger
came up and blindsided her with a blow to
the head before she knew what had hap-
pened.


blinkersn. the eyes. As I opened my
blinkers, guess who I saw? Look at those
classy blinkers!


blinky and winky[“blINki and “wINki] n.
a device for smoking free base, a form of
cocaine. (Drugs.) He broke his blinky
and is desperate for a new one. Hold the
winky here and wait till I tell you.


blip[blIp] 1. n. an intermittently appearing
light on a radar screen. A blip caught
the controller’s eye for an instant. Did
you see that blip, Freddy? 2. n. anything
quick and insignificant; a onetime thing
of little importance. It was nothing, just
a blip. The press blew it out of proportion.
It wasn’t really a fight. It was just a blip.


blissed (out) and blissed-out[blIst...] 1.
mod. in a state of emotional bliss. Af-
ter the second movement, I was totally
blissed out. What a blissed-out dame! 
I know a gal who can get blissed from a
sunset. 2. mod. alcohol or drug intoxi-
cated. She is more than blissed. She is


stoned. My friend is a little blissed out.
Can she sit here?
bliss ninny[“blIs “nIni] n. a giddy and dis-
oriented person; a blissed-out person.
(See bliss (out).) You silly bliss ninny.
Who watches over you, anyway? Tiffany
is such a bliss ninny—all heart though.
bliss outin. to become euphoric. (See also
blissed (out).) I blissed out just because
it is spring and I am with you. I always
bliss out from talk like that, but I still love
Wa l ly.
blisterfootn. someone who walks a lot: a
police patrol officer, a soldier, etc. This
blisterfoot puts his hand on my shoulder
and says, “What’s the rush, chum?” So
this blisterfoot just falls down right there
on the parade ground.
blithering idiot[“blID#IN...] n. a crazy per-
son; a totally disoriented person. How
can you be such a blithering idiot? Yo u
blithering idiot! You’ve buttered the table-
cloth!
blitz[blIts] 1. n. a devastating attack. Af-
ter that blitz from the boss, you must feel
sort of shaken. That’s my second blitz
this week. I feel like London. 2. tv. to at-
tack and defeat someone or demolish
something. Two of your friends came by
and blitzed my refrigerator. The team
from downstate blitzed our local team for
the third year in a row.
blitzed (out)[blItst...] mod. alcohol or
drug intoxicated. To say she is blitzed
out is putting it mildly! I want to go out
and get totally blitzed. I’ll show her who’s
in charge!
blivit[“blIv@t] n. someone or something an-
noying and unnecessary. The dame’s a
blivit. She adds up to one too many. 
Don’t be a blivit. Just calm down.
blixed[blIkst] mod. mildly drug intoxi-
cated. (Drugs.) He was a little blixed
when I last saw him. He has been blixed
for hours.
blob[blab] 1. n. a fool; an oaf. Don’t be
a blob. Get up and get going. This blob
just sits there and lets me do all the work.


  1. n. a useless dishrag of a person; a


blimp out

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