fall off the wagonin. to resume drinking
after having stopped. Poor Jed fell off
the wagon again. It looks to me like he
wanted nothing more than to fall off the
wagon.
fall outin. to depart. (Probably from the
military command meaning disperse.)
It’s late, G. I have to fall out. Let’s fall
out. I have to get up early in the morning.
falloutn. the results of something; the flack
from something. The fallout from this
afternoon’s meeting was not as serious as
some expected. It’s not the crisis itself,
but the fallout from the crisis that concerns
us all.
fall out of bedin. to fall far down, as with
the drop in some measurement. The
temperature really fell out of bed last night!
It was twenty-three below! The stock
market fell out of bed last year at this time.
falsiesn. artificial breasts; stuffing for
making the breasts appear larger and
more shapely. I don’t care if she is wear-
ing falsies. She’s got a beautiful smile.
family jewelsn. the testicles. (Jocular and
euphemistic. They are necessary to pro-
duce a family.) Hey, careful of the fam-
ily jewels!
fantv. to ignore someone or something; to
cut a class; to blow someone or some-
thing off. You have to meet with your
teacher? Oh, fan that. It doesn’t matter.
Mary fanned her history class and missed
an important test.
fancy footwork and fast footworkn.
artful maneuvering; fast and clever think-
ing. Ken did a lot of fancy footwork to
get out of that one. Fast footwork is the
key to success in politics.
Fancy meeting you here.sent. Just imag-
ine meeting you here!; I am surprised to
meet you here! Well, hello, Tom. Fancy
meeting you here! Fancy meeting you
here, Bill. How have you been?
fancy-schmancy[“fAntsi”SmAntsi] mod.
fancy; very fancy. This one is just too
fancy-schmancy for Heidi. She likes
everything fancy-schmancy. I don’t care
for these fancy-schmancy get-togethers.
Fancy that!exclam. Imagine that! So,
you’re a bus driver now. Well, fancy that!
Fancy that! There’s a piece of pie left in
the fridge.
fanigleGo to finagle.
fannyn. the buttocks. (Euphemistic in the
U.S. The term has taboo implications in
the U.K.) He fell down right on his
fanny. There’s dust or something on your
fanny.
fanny-bumpern. an event that draws so
many people that they bump into one an-
other. The fire on Thirty-fourth Street
turned into a real fanny-bumper. There
was a typically dull fanny-bumper in the
village last night.
fanny-dippern. a swimmer, as opposed to
a surfer. (California.) The fanny-dip-
pers are not supposed to go out that far.
It’s too windy for fanny-dippers, let alone
surfers.
Fantabulous!exclam. Great! (A blend of
fantasticand fabulous.) You’re here at
last. Fantabulous! Fantabulous! It’s
finished.
fan the breezetv. to chat or gossip.
We’re just fanning the breeze, so you didn’t
interrupt anything. Stop fanning the
breeze and get to work.
far gone 1. mod. in an extreme state.
Wow, that chick is far gone. Listen to her
rave. He was too far gone to make any
sense. 2. mod. alcohol intoxicated.
Larry’s far gone and looking sick. Wo w,
is she ever far gone!
far out 1. mod. cool; great; extraordinary.
This jazz is really far out! You want
to hear some far out heavy metal? 2. mod.
very hard to understand; arcane; highly
theoretical. This stuff is too far out for
me. I can’t follow your far out line of
reasoning. 3. mod. alcohol or drug intox-
icated. How’d you get so far out?
Three beers and Wally was really far out.
fart 1. in. to release intestinal gas through
the anus. (Usually objectionable.)
Okay, who farted? I think I’m gonna
fart. 2. n. the sound or odor of the release
of intestinal gas. (Usually objectionable.)fall off the wagon