rience. (Drugs.) It took a lot to bring
her down. TWe brought down the two of
them carefully. 2. tv. to depress someone.
The news really brought me down. T
The failure of the business brought down
the staff.bring someone ontv. to arouse someone
sexually. Look at her! She’s doing her
best to bring him on! Why are men so stu-
pid? Are you trying to bring me on or
something?
bring something up 1. tv. to mention
something. (Standard English.) Why
did you have to bring that up?TThen
they brought up the question of money. 2.
tv. to vomit something up; to cough
something up. TSee if you can get him
to bring up the penny. TI did, and he
brought up a nickel instead!
broadn. a woman. (Originally underworld
slang. Often jocular. Usually considered
rude and derogatory.) When is that
broad gonna show up? Will you broads
go get yourselves ready so we can leave?
Bronx cheer[“braNks “tSir] n. a rude noise
made with the lips; a raspberry. The
little air compressor in the corner of the
parking lot made a noise like a Bronx
cheer. He got only a Bronx cheer for his
efforts.
brotherGo to (soul) brother.
brown-bag 1. n. a bag lunch. Bring a
brown-bag, and we’ll talk and eat at the
same time. I lost my brown-bag, but I’ll
come to talk anyway. 2. in. to carry a bag
lunch. He’s back to brown-bagging
while he saves up for his vacation. I like
to brown-bag. I don’t eat so much when I
do. 3. mod. having to do with an event
during which people eat their own bag
lunches. These brown-bag affairs seem
so tacky. The brown-bag meeting wasn’t
very useful. It’s brown-bag. Come if you
can.
brown bottle flun. a hangover or sickness
from drinking. (Probably from beer,
which is often sold in brown bottles.)
The jerks in the back row of my history
class show up every Monday morning with
the brown bottle f lu. Wayne had a case
of the brown bottle f lu and didn’t make the
meeting.
browned (off)mod. angry. I am really
browned off at you! The boss is
browned—to say the least.
brown hole 1. n. the anus. (Usually ob-
jectionable.) Bob tried to kick Ziggy in
the brown hole but missed. 2. n. to poke
someone in the anus; to goose someone.
(Usually objectionable.) Freddy brown-
holed Tom on the stairway, and they had
quite a fight.
brownieGo to brown-nose.
brownie pointsn. imaginary credit for do-
ing something well. (Originally ‘demer-
its’ in railroading.) How many brownie
points do I get for not frowning when you
take my picture? No brownie points for
you, twit!
brown-nose 1. and brownie; brown-
nosern. a sycophant; one who flatters for
self-serving motives. You are just a
plain old brown-nose. That brown-
noser actually gave the boss a bottle of
wine for her birthday. 2. tv. & in. to curry
favor with someone; to be a sycophant.
Don’t you brown-nose me! Don keeps
brown-nosing, and the professor pretends
not to notice.
brown-noserGo to brown-nose.
brown out 1. in. [for the electricity] to fade
and dim down. (Something less than a
black out.) The power kept browning
out. The lights started to brown out, and
I thought maybe I didn’t pay the bill for the
juice. 2. n. a period of dimming or fad-
ing of the electricity. There was another
brown out today. They keep building all
these expensive power stations, and then
we still have brown outs.
brown someone offtv. to make someone
angry. (See also browned (off).) That
whole business with the cab really browned
me off. TI’m afraid I’m going to brown
off everyone, but here goes anyway.
bruised[bruzd] mod. alcohol intoxicated.
I am bruised. My head hurts, and my
gut feels yucky. How can anybody get
so bruised on so little booze?bruised