Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions

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lip latrine lips
lip lip gloss
lip Read my lips!
lip Watch my lips!
lip Zip (up) your lip!
lip Zip your lip!
liquidliquid cork
liquidliquid laugh
liquor hard liquor
liquor hold one’s liquor
list drop-dead list
list hit list
list laundry list
list shopping list
list sucker list
list want list
list wish list
listen I’m listening.
listen listen up
lit lit up
little have a little visitor
little little black book
little little boy blue
little little boys’ room
little little girls’ room
little (little) pinkie
little little shit
liveall the way live
liveExcuse me for living!
livehow the other half lives
liveHow ya living?
live(live) wire
liveLiving large.
livePardon me for living!
live(Well,) pardon me for living!
livewhere someone lives
liver chopped liver
load carrying a (heavy) load
load dump one’s load
load get a load off one’s feet
load get a load off one’s mind
load get a load of something or someone
load have a load on
load loaded for bear
load loaded question
load loaded remark
load loaded to the barrel
load loaded to the gills
load one brick shy of a load
load take a load off one’s feet
load three bricks shy of a load
local local yokel
lock goldie locks
lock level one’s locks
lock level the locks
loco plumb loco


lone lone wolf
long ain’t long enough
long long arm of the law
long long bread
long long dozen
long long green
long long knife
long long shot
long long story short
long Long time no see.
long So long.
long take the (long) count
lookcome-hither look
lookdirty look
look(good) looker
lookHere’s looking at you.
looklook after number one
lookLook alive!
lookLook (at) what the cat dragged in!
lookLook who’s talking!
loony loony bin
loop fruit loop
loop throw someone for a loop
looseat loose ends
loosecut loose
loosecut one’s wolf loose
loosehang loose
loosehave a loose screw
loosehave a screw loose
looseloose cannon
looseplay fast and loose (with someone or
something)
loosestay loose
loosetear loose (from someone or
something)
loosener tongue loosener
lord drug lord
Lord Lord love a duck!
lose lose a bundle
lose lose (all) one’s marbles
lose lose it
lose lose one’s cool
lose lose one’s doughnuts
lose lose one’s grip
lose lose one’s hold
lose lose one’s lunch
lose lose one’s shirt
lose losing streak
lose two-time loser
lose Win a few, lose a few.
loss cut one’s losses
lost Get lost!
lost lost-and-found badge
lost lost cause
lost lost in the sauce
lot Lots of luck!

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