bust (some) suds 1. tv. to drink some
beer. Let’s go out and bust some suds.
I’m tired of busting suds. Let’s play cards.
- tv. to wash dishes. I don’t want to
spend the rest of my life busting suds.
You get into that kitchen and bust some
suds to pay for your meal!
bust something uptv. to ruin something;
to break something up. She tried to
bust my marriage up! TI hate to bust up
the party, but we gotta go.
bust something wide openGo to blow
something wide open.
butmod. totally; very. (Note its position in
the sentence.) Tell him to get his tail
over here but fast. This thing has to be
done but good.
but-boyn. someone, usually a male, who
raises objections frequently. (The oppo-
site of a yes-man.) I wish you wouldn’t
be such a but-boy, Higgins. Can’t you ever
agree with anyone? Hank is such a but-
boy. He doesn’t know when to just let
something go by.
butch[bUtS] 1. n. a physician. (Derogatory.
From butcher.) The butch at the infir-
mary was no help at all. What does it
take to be a butch besides an office and a
degree? 2. mod. virile and masculine. (In
a homosexual context.) That’s a real
butch haircut, Claude. Really, Clare.
How butch!
But, heyphr.<a sentence opener used of-
ten to get attention and perhaps contra-
dict a previous remark.> A: Please
don’t track sand all over the restaurant
carpet! B: But, hey, it’s my vacation!
But, hey! I live here and I can do what I
want!
butt[b@t] 1. n. the buttocks. (Potentially
offensive, although heard almost every-
where.) She fell right on her butt. The
doctor gave her a shot in the butt. 2. n. a
cigarette butt. Whose butts are those in
the car ashtray? Don’t leave your butts
in the houseplants! 3. n. a cigarette of any
kind. You got a butt I can bum? What
kind of butt is that, anyway? 4. n. some-
one or something that is disliked. (Rude
and derogatory. See also boody.) The
guy’s a real butt. A real squid. I wish you
didn’t act like such a butt all the time.
buttermod.good; really fine. This guy
Walter, he’s butter, totally butter. Man,
your threads are butter!
butterfingers n. someone who cannot
hold on to things. (Also a term of ad-
dress.) I’m such a butterfingers. I
dropped my papers. Hang on to this
tight, butterfingers!
butt-fucking Egypt and BFEn. a place
that is very far away. (Usually objection-
able.) My brother lives out in butt-fuck-
ing Egypt somewhere.
buttheadn. a stupid or obnoxious person
of either sex. (Also a term of address.
Rude and derogatory.) Don’t be such a
butthead!
buttholen. the anus; the asshole.(Usu-
ally objectionable.) Why are you always
scratching your butthole?
buttinsky and buttinski[b@”tInski] n.
someone who interrupts; someone who
gets involved in other people’s business.
Frank is such a buttinsky. I hate to
be a buttinski, but what are you talking
about?
buttlegging[“b@tlEgIN] n. the transporta-
tion of untaxed or undertaxed cigarettes
across a state line. (Patterned on bootleg-
ging.) There’s another news story about
buttlegging in northern Indiana tonight.
Most of the guys at the plant do butt-
legging on the way home from work.
buttload and shitloadmod. a lot; a large
amount. (Usually objectionable.) I
know we can sell a buttload of these
recordings—if we can only get a shipment
of them in time. I want to get a really
good job and earn a shitload of money.
butt nakedmod. totally nude. I was butt
naked in the shower and couldn’t get the
phone.
button 1. n. the termination of a recitation;
the punch line of a joke; a zinger. (The
equivalent of a button punched to signal
a response.) When I got to the button,
I realized that I had told the whole joke
wrong. When I came to the button, Ibutton