Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions

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crunchersn. the feet. My crunchers are
sore from all this walking. New shoes
can be hard on your crunchers.


crunchien. a soldier; a marching infantry
soldier. (Military. See also crunchers.) 
A couple of crunchies were complaining
about the Army. Crunchies have a pretty
hard life.


crunchymod. [of someone] loving nature,
plants, and animals. (The type of person
who lives on granola.) He’s such a
crunchy guy, always saving whales and
trees.


crushn.the person on whom one has
a crush; one’s main squeeze;one’s boy-
friend or girlfriend. I’m gonna go study
with my crush tonight. Wuz up, man!
Where’s your crush?


crustn. nerve; gall. She’s got a lot of
crust—coming in here like that. It takes
crust to sell this stuff to somebody. You
really gotta push.


crustymod. feisty; gruff. Jed is a crusty
old man. Unlike most crusty, old men,
Jed hasn’t a single redeeming quality.


crutch 1.n.a car. (Streets.) That’s one
fine crutch you got here, Bud. I need a
better crutch to get around. How about a
benz? 2.n. a device to hold a marijuana
cigarette butt. Here’s a crutch so you
can finish your smoke. I lost my crutch,
so now I keep burning my fingers on the
last few tokes.


cry hughie[“kraI “hjui] tv. to empty one’s
stomach; to vomit. He is in the john
crying hughie. I think I gotta go cry
hughie.


crying drunkmod. alcohol intoxicated and
weeping. She was crying drunk and
feeling sorry for herself. I really hate it
when they come in here crying drunk.


crying toweln. someone or something
used to comfort someone. I guess I
really need a crying towel today. I’m the
kind of person who has to carry a crying
towel at all times.


crying weedn. marijuana. I must have
got hold of some crying weed. This stuff


leaves me cold. On a rainy day, crying
weed seems just right.

cry in one’s beerin. to feel sorry for one-
self. She calls up, crying in her beer, and
talks on and on about her problems. 
Don’t cry in your beer. Get yourself
straightened out.

cry ralphGo to cry ruth.

cry ruth and call ruth; call ralph; cry
ralphtv. to empty one’s stomach; to
vomit. (See also ruth. Also with capital
r.) Someone is in the bushes crying ruth.
I think I have to cry ruth! Stop the car!

crystal 1. n. crystallized cocaine. (Drugs.
See also crack.) I wonder how much
crystal is used in this country each day. 
Crystal—an older name for crack—was a
favorite many years ago. 2. n. liquid
Methedrine™ in glass ampoules.
(Drugs.) I hear that Wally’s shooting
crystal. Is that true? Frank has lots of
crystal right now.

crystalsn. the testicles. (From crystal
balls.) He got hit right in the crystals.
It was real embarrassing, as well as
painful.

C-spotGo to C-note.

CUtv. see you (later). (Used in electronic
mail and computer forum or news group
messages.) Bye. CU. CU L8R.

cube[kjub] 1. n. a very square person. 
This nerd was the most unbelievable cube
you have ever seen. Not just an L7, a
real cube. 2. n. a die, one of a pair of dice.
(Usually in the plural.) Toss me the
cubes. She shook the cubes, saying,
“Baby needs shoes!” 3. n. a sugar cube im-
pregnated with LSD. (Drugs. Often in the
plural.) First they took it on cubes. Then
on little bits of paper. The cubes were
usually bluish.

cuckooGo to coo-coo.

cuddle bunnyn. a female lover. All you
want is a cuddle bunny with big tits! Grow
up, Maxwell Wilson! Who is that cud-
dle bunny driving the caddy?

cuddle bunny
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