C.n. the sum of one-hundred dollars, as in
C-note. (Underworld. The Cis the Ro-
man numeral 100.) Four C.s for an old
junker like that? You’re crazy! This suit
cost me two C.s.
cabbagen. money. (Originally under-
world. See also green; spinach.) How
much cabbage you want for this heater?
I don’t make enough cabbage to go on a
trip like that!
cabbageheadn. a fool; a stupid person.
What cabbagehead put this thing on up-
side down? I’m such a cabbagehead. I
mailed my paycheck back to the office by
mistake.
cabbie and cabbyn. a taxi driver. (Also a
term of address.) Ask the cabbie if he
can change a twenty. Say, cabby, do you
know the way to St. Joseph’s Hospital?
caboose[k@”bus] n. the buttocks. (From
the name of the car at the end of a rail-
road train.) You just plunk your caboose
over there on the settee and listen up to
what I have to tell you. My caboose is
bigger than I want it, but life is too short
to fret about stuff like that.
caca and kaka[“kaka] 1. n. dung; feces.
(Juvenile. From Spanish. Usually objec-
tionable.) There’s fresh caca in the front
yard. Don’t worry. It’s dog kaka. 2. in.
to defecate. (Juvenile. Usually objection-
able.) Jimmy kakad in his diaper! It’s
time you learned to caca in the potty.
cack[kAk] 1. n. dung; feces. (Usually ob-
jectionable. See also caca.) Wipe that
cack off your shoes before you come in here!
The sidewalks are just covered with
cack! 2. in. to defecate. (Usually objec-
tionable.) The dog cacked right there on
Fifth Avenue. “Dogs can’t cack here,”
hollered the police officer. 3. and kack;
kakin. to empty one’s stomach; to vomit.
I cacked all night with the f lu. I’ve
never heard anybody cack so loud in my
life! 4. and kack; kaktv. to kill someone.
Frank threatened to cack Veronica if she
didn’t straighten up. The witness got
kacked before she could testify. 5. tv. to de-
ceive someone; to shit(sense 7) someone.
That didn’t happen! You’re just cacking
me.
cackleberryn. an egg. (Old.) You want
cackleberries for breakfast?
cactus (buttons)n. peyote cactus con-
taining mescaline. (Drugs.) Gert came
back from vacation with a bag of cactus
buttons. “Who ate all my cactus?”
screamed Gert.
cactus juicen. tequila. (A Mexican liquor.)
Ernie brought back a big jug of cactus
juice from Mexico. This cactus juice will
make your hair stand on end.
caddy[“kAdi] n. a Cadillac automobile.
What I really want is a caddy. Keep your
yuppie beemer. Who’s the chick in the
caddy?
Cadillac[“kAdlAk] 1. n. the name of some-
thing powerful or superior. (From the
name of the automobile.) This product
is the Cadillac of plastic kitchenware.
Acme is the Cadillac of monochrome
closed-circuit retail surveillance equip-
ment. 2. n. a powerful drug, especially
cocaine. (Drugs.) Just a pinch of Cadil-
lac in my junk seems to keep me a little
more lively. Nothing but Cadillac for
Frank!
thecage of angern.a prison. (Streets.)
The judge put JoJo into the cage of anger
for a three-year stretch. Man, you