candy-ass(ed) mod. timid; frightened;
cowardly. What a candy-assed twit you
are!
candy mann. a drug dealer. (Drugs.)
Lefty said he had to go meet with the candy
man. Max is sort of a candy man.
candy storen. a liquor store. Let’s stop
at this candy store and get some bubbles.
Somebody robbed the candy store on the
corner.
canen. cocaine. (Drugs.) What the hell
did you pay for this cane? Even the kids
can afford to buy cane now. The social
problems of the twenty-first century are
starting right here.
Can it!exclam. Shut up! I’ve heard
enough. Can it! That’s enough out of
you! Can it!
canned 1. mod. alcohol intoxicated. I’ll
drive. I’m too canned to walk. Man, am
I canned! 2. mod. having to do with pre-
recorded laughter or applause that is
added to the sound track of a television
program. Canned laughter really
sounds phony. The dialogue was funny
enough that they didn’t need to have the
laughter canned.
cannonn. a gun; a revolver. (Underworld.)
Rocko pulled out his cannon and aimed
it at Barlowe’s throat. The cops found
Rocko’s cannon where Barlowe had kicked
it during the struggle.
cannot see (any) further than the end
of one’s noseGo to see no further than
the end of one’s nose.
can of wormsn. an intertwined set of
problems; an array of difficulties. (Often
with open.) This whole business is a real
can of worms. When you brought that
up, you opened a whole new can of worms.
cansn. earphones. The guy with the cans
on his head is the radio operator. I
bought a new set of cans for my stereo.
can-shakern. a fund-raiser. (As if a per-
son were holding a can for the solicita-
tion of coins from passersby.) John was
the mayor’s can-shaker in the last election.
Fred was a professional can-shaker for
a museum. Maybe he has some ideas as to
how we can raise some money.
can’t hit the (broad) side of a barntv.
cannot aim something accurately.
You’re way off. You couldn’t hit the broad
side of a barn. Carry the paper to the
wastebasket. You can’t hit the side of a
barn.
can’t win (th)em alltv. (one should) ex-
pect to lose every now and then. It
doesn’t really matter. You can’t win them
all. Well, I can’t win ’em all.
cap 1. n. a capsule of a drug. Do you
want it in caps or elixir? She spilled the
caps on the f loor and had to find every sin-
gle one of them. 2. tv. to exceed some-
thing; to surpass something. I know I
can’t cap that. That’s just super! Who
could ever cap a joke like that? 3. tv. to
make a capsule. I must have capped 300
placebos today. Albert capped some H.
for a pal. 4. tv. to kill someone. The kid
capped his friend for dissing him. One
more word and I’ll cap you!
caper[“kep#] 1. n. any stunt or event; a
trick or a scam. That little caper the
kids did with the statue from the town
square was a dandy. Another caper like
that and I call your parents. 2. n. a crim-
inal job: theft, kidnapping, blackmail,
etc. (Underworld.) Who did you work
with on that bank caper? The black and
whites pulled up right in the middle of the
caper.
capish[k@”piS] in. to understand. (Usually
as a question. From an Italian dialect.)
The matter is settled. No more talk.
Capish? Now, if you don’t capish, let’s
get it clear right now.
capitaln. cash; money. I’m a little short
of capital right now. Do you think I
could borrow a little capital until payday?
capper[“kAp#] n. the climax or clincherof
something. The capper of the evening
was when the hostess got lathered before
midnight and couldn’t celebrate the New
Year. When the butler tripped and
served Mr. Wilson the entire dessert, in his
lap, that was the capper to an exciting eve-
ning.capper