wimp. You blob! Show some spunk!
I’m amazed that blob can tie his own
shoes. 3. n. a very fat person. What a
blob! You’d think being a blob like that
would get old after a while.block 1. n. the head. That block of yours
is pretty dense. Try to get this stuff
through your block before the test. 2. n. the
auction block. The painting went on the
block and sold for nearly fifty-three mil-
lion dollars. The house had just gone on
the block, and the first bid was already
opened. 3. n. a stupid person. (Possibly
a back formation on blockhead.) Yo u
silly block! Get out of the way. Wally acts
like such a block!
blockbuster 1. n. something enormous, es-
pecially a movie or book that attracts a
large audience. That blockbuster should
make about twenty million. I need two
blockbusters like that to pay for the last
flop. 2. mod. exciting and successful.
The new blockbuster movie made about a
zillion bucks in a month. With a block-
buster novel like that in print, you should
make quite a bundle.
blockedmod. alcohol or drug intoxicated.
Man, he is really blocked. How can
anybody get so blocked on four beers?
blockheadn. a stupid person. (See also
block.) Without a blockhead like you to
remind me of the perils of stupidity, I
might be less efficient than I am. Why
did he call me a blockhead? I didn’t do
anything.
blood 1. n. catsup. Somebody pass the
blood. How ’bout some blood for my
burger? 2. Go to blood (brother). 3. n. a
black buddy or fellow gang member.
(Also a term of address.) Hey, blood!
Where you been? The bloods aren’t go-
ing to like this.
blood and guts 1. n. strife; acrimony.
There is a lot of blood and guts around
here, but we get our work done. Cut out
the blood and guts and grow up. 2. mod.
acrimonious. (This is hyphenated before
a nominal.) There are too many blood-
and-guts arguments around here. Old
blood-and-guts Wally is here making
threats again.
blood (brother)n. a fellow black male.
One of the bloods came up to say hello.
This blood brother keeps asking me for
money.
blooey[“blui] 1. mod. gone; destroyed.
Everything is finished, blooey! All my
plans are blooey! 2. mod. alcohol intoxi-
cated. John is totally blooey. He can’t
even open his eyes. Man, I’m blooey. I’m
stoned to the bones.
blooper[“blup#] 1. n. an embarrassing
broadcasting error that must be bleeped
or blooped out of the program. I made
a blooper, and they cut it out of the pro-
gram. There is a record you can buy that
lets you hear the famous bloopers of the
past. 2. n. an error. Another day, an-
other blooper. That was a real blooper.
Did you get fired?
blot someone outtv. to kill someone.
(Underworld.) Sorry, chum, we got or-
ders to blot you out.TThey blotted out the
witness before the trial.
blotter 1. n. a drunkard. (See also sponge.)
The guy’s a blotter. He’ll drink anything
and lots of it. They say that Mr. Frank-
lin is a blotter and needs treatment. 2. n.
the drug LSD, sold on bits of blotting pa-
per. (Drugs.) Most of the acid in this
town is blotter. Blotter can bring one to
five dollars a pop. 3. n. a police station log
of arrests; a police blotter. We w e n t
downtown to have a look at the blotter.
There was no Matthew Wilson on it any-
where. The blotter is full of the names
of petty criminals and drunks.
blotto[“blado] 1. n. strong liquor. Let’s
go get a little of that blotto. Let’s get
some blotto and get blocked. 2. mod. al-
cohol intoxicated; dead drunk. Let’s get
some smash and get blotto. She just lay
there—blotto.
blow 1. tv. & in. to leave (someplace) in a
hurry. (See also blow town; blow the
joint.) It’s late. I gotta blow. They
blew this place before you got here. 2. tv.
to ruin something; to ruin an opportu-
nity. You really blew it! It was my lastblow