there. I went to Hawaii to bag some
rays.catch somethingtv. to see or listen to
something. (More specific than the col-
loquial sense, to manage to hear some-
thing.) I will try to catch that new movie
this weekend. Did you catch that radio
program about cancer last night?
catch some Z’s and cop some Z’s; cut
some Z’stv. to get some sleep. I gotta
catch some Z’s before I drop. Why don’t
you stop a little bit and try to cop some Z’s?
catch upin. to break the drug habit; to
withdraw from drugs. (Drugs.) John
never tried to catch up. He’s just too far
gone. I just know I can catch up, if I can
just get through the first week.
Catch you later.sent. I will talk to you
again when I next see you. Can’t talk
now. Catch you later. Sorry, gotta rush.
Catch you later.
catholic bageln. a non-traditional bagel
made or flavored with cinnamon, blue-
berries, strawberries, etc. (Jocular.) At
breakfast, they had catholic bagels and
sweet rolls.
cats and dogsn. slow selling or undesir-
able merchandise. During the Christ-
mas season, the merchants try to get rid
of all their cats and dogs. When people
are buying up even the cats and dogs, you
know business is good.
cat’s meow[...mi”aU] n. something really
fine. This stuff is really the cat’s meow.
Hearing all the old big band music
again is the cat’s meow.
cat-soup[“kAtsup] n. catsup; ketchup.
Do you want some cat-soup on your
burger? No, I never use cat-soup.
cattle-rustlern. a thief who steals meat
from supermarkets for resale. (Under-
world.) Marty is a cattle-rustler, and
she’s got some stuff for sale. She’s a cat-
tle-rustler to support her habit.
cattymod. spiteful; snotty. You know how
catty Mary is—almost as catty as Glo-
ria—well, she told me something about
you that really shocked me. How can
anybody be so catty?
cavemann. a strong, virile man. He’s
sort of a caveman, big and hairy. I don’t
care for cavemen.
cazh[kAZ] mod. casual. (From casual. See
also cas.) I tend to dress cazh in warm
weather no matter what the occasion.
Tom showed up dressed cazh and all the
other guys were in tuxes.
cee[si] n. cocaine. (Drugs. See also C.)
Where can I get a little bit of cee? Ask
Max for some cee, but ask him nice.
celeb[s@”lEb] n. a celebrity. They hired
a few celebs to shill for their new computer.
There were celebs all over the place, but
nobody I recognized.
cement cityn. a cemetery. I’m too young
to end up in cement city. There’s a ce-
ment city outside town, and our house is
just a half mile east of it.
centn. one dollar. (Underworld.) One
cent for one joint? Not bad. A cent for
this thing?
century noten. a one-hundred-dollar bill.
(Underworld. The Cis the Roman nu-
meral for 100.See also C-note.) I got
a couple of century notes for driving these
guys home from the bank. Here’s a cen-
tury note for your trouble, young man.
acertain partyn. someone whom I do not
wish to name; you can guess whom. I
spoke to a certain party about the matter
you mentioned. If a certain party finds
out about you-know-what, what on earth
will you do?
cets and sets[sEts] n. tablets of Darvo-
cet™, a painkiller. (Drugs.) You got any
cets I can bum off you? I don’t know
anything about sets or any of that stuff.
CFGo to Charlie Foxtrot; cluster fuck.
chain(saw)tv. to destroy something; to cut
something up severely. The senatorial
committee tried to chainsaw the nominee,
but the full senate voted for confirmation.
We didn’t think they’d come in and
chain all our plans.
chain(-smoke)in. to smoke cigarette af-
ter cigarette. I gave never wanted to
chain-smoke, but I got addicted. I usedcatch something