cop a tubetv. to catch a perfect tubular
wave. (Surfers.) He was a real pro at
copping a tube, and always just the right
one. Mark—as drunk as all get out—
said he was gonna go out and cop a tube.
cop out 1. in. to plead guilty (to a lesser
charge). (Underworld. See also cop a
plea.) Frank copped out and got off with
a night in the cooler. I decided not to cop
out and got a mouthpiece instead. 2. in.
to give up and quit; to chicken out (of
something). Why do you want to cop
out just when things are going great? I
couldn’t cop out on you guys if I wanted to.
- n. a poor excuse to get out of some-
thing. (Usually cop-outor copout.)
This is a silly copout. That’s not a good
reason. That’s just a cop-out.
coppedmod. arrested. Jed got himself
copped—a speeder. I was copped for do-
ing absolutely nothing at all.
copper 1. n. a police officer. (Originally
underworld. Because the copper copsor
takes.See also cop.) See that copper
over there? He busted me once. The cop-
pers will catch up with you some day. 2.
n. money. (From copper penny. See also
rivets.) How much copper you got on
you? That car takes too much copper to
run.
cop-shopn. a police station. They hauled
off everybody to the cop-shop. The pigs
down at the cop-shop tried to act like they
didn’t know who Frank was.
cop some Z’sGo to catch some Z’s.
acopyn. apiece, as with an item produced.
We sell the toy at $14 a copy. These
cars cost over $20,000 a copy.
copycatn. someone who mimics or copies
the actions of others. Don’t be such a
copycat. Find a style that suits you. Jim
is a real copycat. He can say anything you
say, just the way you say it.
corked (up) and corkymod. alcohol in-
toxicated. You seem to be a little corked.
You’d be corked up, too, if you’d drunk
as much as I have.
corkern. someone or something good,
funny, or entertaining. That was a real
corker. I thought I’d die laughing. Tra c y
is quite a corker. I bet she’s fun at parties.
corkscrewed (up)mod. courageous be-
cause of alcohol; with one’s courage
screwed by alcohol. After getting him-
self corkscrewed up, he went into the boss’s
off ice for a word. He used a bit of vodka
to get corkscrewed enough to demand a
raise.
corkyGo to corked (up).
cornn. money. I need some corn to pay
the rent.
cornball 1. n. a stupid or corny person.
He’s a cornball, but he’s fun. Who in-
vited this cornball to my party? 2. mod.
stupid or corny. What a cornball idea!
Ken is such a cornball hick!
cornedmod. alcohol intoxicated. The old
timer is corned on moonshine. Let’s go
out and get corned.
cornfedmod. rural; backwards; unsophis-
ticated. I enjoy her honest, cornfed hu-
mor. Jed is a homey, cornfed kind of guy.
Don’t know anybody who bears him any ill
will.
cornhole 1. n. the anus. (Usually objec-
tionable.) Well, doc, I got this terrible
itch in the cornhole, you know. 2. n. a
sharp poke or goose in the anus. (Usu-
ally objectionable.) They delivered a
painful cornhole to the bully and then ran
off. 3. tv. to poke someone in the anus.
(Usually objectionable.) Let’s sneak up
and cornhole that guy!
corny 1. mod. having to do with simple-
minded, overdrawn humor. This corny
dialog has to be revised before I’ll act in
this play. Don’t be corny. This is serious.- mod. having to do with overdone sen-
timent. The love scenes were your corny
hands-off-the-naughty-parts events, but
nobody laughed. Harry always laughs
at corny mush in a movie.
corpse 1. n. an empty liquor or beer bot-
tle. (See also dead soldier.) Sam tossed
another corpse out the window. Throw
your corpses in the trash can, you jerk! 2.
n. a cigarette butt. The wino picked up
the corpse and put it in a little box of them
corpse