irresponsible buckpasser I have ever had to
deal with! When something really goes
wrong, everybody suddenly becomes a
buckpasser.buck upin. to cheer up; to perk up.
Come on, now, buck up. Things can’t be all
that bad. She began to buck up when I
showed her the results of the tests.
bud[b@d] n. a Budweiser™ beer; any beer.
(See also budhead.) How ’bout one of
them buds in a green bottle? I got four
kinds of bud here. Which do you want?
buddy-buddy[“b@di”b@di] mod. friendly;
too friendly. Why is that guy so buddy-
buddy with me? Don’t try to get too
buddy-buddy with these people. They don’t
like strangers. What a buddy-buddy
phony!
buddy up to someonein. to become very
friendly toward someone. Why are you
buddying up to me? I don’t even know you.
Try to buddy up to him and pretend you
are interested in what he is doing.
buddy up (with someone)in. to share liv-
ing space with someone; to share some-
thing with someone. Let’s buddy up,
okay? There weren’t enough to go
around, so we had to buddy up.
budgetmod. [of something] of low quality
or cheap. Don’t you dare bring back any
of that budget pizza!
budget crunchGo to budget squeeze.
budget squeeze and budget crunchn. a
situation where there is not enough
money in the budget. Facing another
budget squeeze, the legislators were forced
to put off their pay increase. The bud-
get crunch hasn’t begun to affect us yet.
budhead[“b@dhEd] n. a beer drinker. (See
also bud.) You’re a budhead, and you’re
getting worse. Here comes Charlie, my
favorite budhead. How about a brew,
Charlie?
buffaloed [“b@f@lod] mod. confused;
stumped. These tax forms really have
me buffaloed. He was so buffaloed by
the problem that he didn’t get any work
done.
buff(ed)[b@ft] mod. strong; muscular.
Bill is buffed and short-tempered. Stay
away from him. He has such buff legs!
Does he have a job or does he just work
out?bug 1. n. a flaw in a computer program.
As soon as I get the bugs out, I can run my
program. There is a little bug still, but
it hardly causes any problems. 2. n. some-
one who is enthusiastic about something.
(A combining form.) Mary is a camera
bug. Al has turned into a real compact
disc bug. 3. n. an obsession or urge. I’ve
got this bug about making money. I have
a bug that causes me to eat tons of pasta.- n. a spy device for listening to some-
one’s conversation. I found a little bug
taped under my chair. The agency bulls
put bugs everywhere. 5. tv. to conceal a
microphone somewhere. Who bugged
my office? We will have to bug the
bookie joint to get the goods on those guys. - tv. to annoy someone. Stop bugging
me, you twit! This kind of thing really
bugs me.
bug-fucker 1. n. a male with a small penis.
(Rude and derogatory.) Tell the little
bug-fucker he doesn’t get a discount, no
matter what he’s got! 2. n. a small penis.
(Usually objectionable.) Well, a bug-
fucker is better than no fucker at all. 3. n.
an insignificant and worthless male.
(Rude and derogatory.) Listen to me,
you stupid bug-fucker! Get your things and
get outa here!
buggy[“b@gi] n. an automobile. Other
than a dent in the front bumper, this buggy
is in A-1 condition. It’s time to buy a
new buggy.
bugly[“b@g li] mod. butt ugly; really ugly.
I have never seen such a bugly guy in my
life!Bug off!exclam. Get out!; Go away! Bug
off! Get out of here! Bug off and leave
me alone!bug out 1. in. to pack up and retreat. (Mil-
itary, Korean War.) Orders are to bug
out by oh-nine-hundred. Okay, every-
body, move it! We’re bugging out. 2. in. to
get out of somewhere fast. I gotta findbug out