Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions

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campi[“kAmpaI] n. campuses. (The Latin
plural ofcampus= field.) I’ll see you
about the campi. Ciao! When will you
return to the campi after vacation?


camp it up 1. tv. to overact. Can you
make it a little more lively without camp-
ing it up? She’s so dull that she could
camp it up and still look half asleep. 2. tv.
to overdo effeminacy; [for a homosex-
ual male] to act too effeminate in pub-
lic. Can’t you even walk across the room
without camping it up? John just loves
to burst into the most sedate hotel in town
and camp it up in the lobby.


campus[“kAmp@s] tv. to restrict someone
to the grounds of a college campus. (See
also campused. Collegiate.) The dean
threatened to campus the entire fraternity
for a month. “We will campus you for
a year, if necessary,” shouted the dean, who
really didn’t understand young people.


campused[“kAmp@st] mod. restricted to
the campus. (Collegiate.) I can’t go to
town. I’m campused. She’s campused
and can only go to the library.


campus queenn. a good-looking and po-
pular female college student. I always
thought I wanted to be a campus queen,
but all that has changed. I wonder what
some of those campus queens look like
when they get up in the morning.


campyGo to camp.


cam (red)Go to Cambodian red.


can 1. n. the head. What do you have in
your can, anyway? Lard? Jerry landed
one on Frank’s can. Frank crumpled. 2. n.
toilet. Restroom? Hell, I ain’t tired!
Where’s the can? 3. n. the buttocks. (Usu-
ally objectionable. See also bucket.) 
The guy slipped on the ice and fell on his
can. Look at the can on that guy! 4. n.
jail. (Usually with the.) I had to spend
the night in the can, but it wasn’t too bad.
You’ve seen one can, you’ve seen ’em all.



  1. tv. to dismiss someone from employ-
    ment. The jerk canned everybody who
    played a part in the gag. I’ll can any-
    body who tries a stunt like that again. 6.
    n. a car. That’s a good-looking can he’s
    driving. Please don’t park your old can


in front of my house. 7. Go to cans. 8. n.
a breast. (Usually objectionable. Usually
plural.) Man, look at the cans on that
dame! Those cans can’t be real! 9. n. a
measurement of marijuana. (Drugs.) 
How much do you want for a can? A can
is too much except for a party.
canary[k@”nEri] 1. n. a female singer. 
The band had a cute canary who could
really sing. The drummer and the ca-
nary just don’t seem to be able to get along.


  1. n. a capsule of Nembutal™, a barbi-
    turate. (Drugs. The capsule is yellow.) 
    You got any canaries? I need a downer. 
    There are a couple of blues, which ought to
    do the same as canaries. 3. n. a police in-
    former who singsto the police. (See also
    stool (pigeon).) Ziggy is no canary. He
    would never squeal on us.
    cancel someone’s Christmastv. to kill
    someone; to destroy someone. (Under-
    world. The dead person will miss Christ-
    mas.) If he keeps bugging me, I’m gonna
    cancel his Christmas. Bruno threatened
    to cancel Frank’s Christmas if Frank didn’t
    pay up.
    cancer stickn. a tobacco cigarette. (From
    the notion that cigarette smoking is a ma-
    jor cause of lung cancer. Old but recur-
    rent.) Kelly pulled out his ninth cancer
    stick and lit it up. A lot of people are ad-
    dicted to cancer sticks.
    candied[“kAndid] mod. addicted to co-
    caine. (Drugs. See also nose (candy).) 
    Unfortunately, Paul is candied, and he lost
    his job so he can’t buy toot. He is one
    of those people who gets candied at first
    snort.
    candlelightn.dusk; dawn. I’ll see you
    along about candlelight. Tu r n y o u r
    lights on at candlelight or the cops will stop
    you.
    candyn. drugs in general. (Drugs. See also
    nose (candy).) I gotta go get some
    candy from the candy man. This candy
    is powerful stuff.
    candy-ass 1. n. a coward; a timid person.
    Sue is such a candy-ass when it comes
    to dealing with her children. 2. Go to
    candy-ass(ed).


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