off once a month. Mr. Wilson turned out
to be the cash cow we needed to start our
repertoire company.cashed 1. mod. having to do with mari-
juana whose active ingredients have been
exhausted. (Drugs.) This stuff is
cashed. Trash it. Frank sold the wrong
guy some cashed grass. 2. mod. exhausted.
I’m just cashed—really pooped. Af-
ter the game, the team was cashed and
couldn’t even celebrate.
cash flown. cash; ready money. When
I get a little cash f low at the end of the
week, I’ll treat you to a hamburger.
There wasn’t enough cash f low to pay the
rent.
cash in one’s checksGo to cash in one’s
chips.
cash in one’s chips and cash in one’s
checkstv. to die; to finish the game (of
life). He opened his eyes, said good-bye,
and cashed in his chips. I’m too young
to cash in my checks.
Cash is king.sent. It is best to keep one’s
investment money in cash. (Said when
the prices in the securities market are too
high. It is better to build up cash and wait
for a break in the market.) Things look
a little pricy now. I’d say that cash is king
for the moment. I’m holding a little cash
for a little bottom fishing, but I wouldn’t
say that cash is king.
Cash is trash.sent. It is unwise to keep
one’s investment money in cash. (Said
when there are good opportunities in se-
curities and it is foolish to stay on the
sidelines in cash.) If you’ve got money
sitting around in a money market fund
while the market is steaming ahead, you
are losing dollars. Right now cash is trash.
Cash is trash. Get into the market or you
stand to lose a bundle.
Caspar Milquetoast[“kAsp# “mIlktost] n.
a very timid man. (From the name of a
character in a cartoon.) I’m a little sen-
sitive—not a Caspar Milquetoast, but I
have feelings. He’s no Caspar Milque-
toast. He’s quite a tennis player in fact.
caspermod. gone; departed. (In the man-
ner of Casper, the friendly ghost—a car-
toon character.) We’ll be casper in just
a minute. I’m casper. See you later.
casting couchn. a legendary couch found
in the offices of casting directors for use
in seducing young people by offering
them roles. They say she got the job on
the casting couch. They say the director
got his job on the casting couch, too.cast-iron stomachn. a very strong stom-
ach that can withstand bad food or any-
thing nauseating. If I didn’t have a cast-
iron stomach, I couldn’t eat this stuff.
Fred—known for his cast-iron stomach—
ate all of his pepper soup.
castor oil artistn. a medical doctor.
This two-bit castor oil artist tried to get me
to lose weight. Check with your personal
castor oil artist to see if you should be tak-
ing this medication.cat 1. n. a fellow; a guy; a dude. Now,
this cat wants to borrow some money from
me. What should I do? Ask the cat what
he’s got for security. 2. in. to empty one’s
stomach; to vomit. I think I’m gonna
cat. Looks like somebody catted in the
bushes. 3. n. a gossipy woman. (See also
catty.) She is such a cat! Mary can be
such a cat, you know.
catch-22n. a directive that is impossible to
obey without violating some other,
equally important, directive. There was
nothing I could do. It was a classic catch-- I had my choice between catch-22s.
What do you call that kind of a dilemma?
catch 1. n. a drawback. Okay, that sounds
good, but what’s the catch? There’s no
catch. It’s all on the up and up. 2. tv. to
view something; to attend something; to
hear something. We’ll take the chicks to
catch a film after we eat. Did you catch
“Gone with the Wind” on TV?
catch hell (for something)tv. to get se-
verely reprimanded for (doing) some-
thing. I knew I’d catch hell for it.
Somebody is going to catch hell for this!catch some rays and bag some raystv.
to get some sunshine; to tan in the sun.
We wanted to catch some rays, but the
sun never came out the whole time we werecatch some rays