herped upmod. infected with the herpes
simplexvirus. Why do all the boys treat
me like I was herped up or something?
They say all those frat guys are herped up.
herpie and herpn. someone who is in-
fected with herpies. How would you
like to find out you’ve been going out with
a herp? If you want to end up a herpie
for the rest of your life, go ahead.
heyinterj. hello. (A standard greeting in
much of the South, and now, among the
young.) Hey, Walter. How are you?
Hey, Chuck! Living large.
Hey, bum!interj. hello. Hey, bum! What’s
poppin’? Hey, bum! So good to see your
smiling face.
hickey and hicky[“hIki] 1. n. a love bite;
a mark on the skin caused by biting or
sucking. (See also monkey bite.) He’s
mad at her because she gave him a hicky.
She wore a high collar to cover up a
hickey. 2. n. a pimple, especially if in-
fected. There is a hickey on my nose!
Wouldn’t you know I’d get a hickey like
this right when I have to have my picture
taken!
hiddy and hidi[“hIdi] 1. mod. hideous.
That skirt is just hiddy! Get a life! What
hidi wheels! That car’s owner has more
money than sense. 2. mod. hideously
drunk; very drunk. Fred was totally
hidi. He fell asleep under the table. Su-
san was not just drunk, she was hiddy—
you know, bombed.
hiden. the skin. I need to get some rays
on my hide. Your hide looks pretty pale,
all right.
hidesn. drums. (See also skins.) Andy
can really bang those hides. They say his
hides are worth about 4,000 clams.
hidiGo to hiddy.
high 1. mod. alcohol or drug intoxicated.
Wally is a little high for so early in the
evening. They went out for the evening
to get high, and for no other reason. 2. n.
a state of euphoria caused by drugs or al-
cohol. His life is nothing but one high
after another. Her only goal is a high.
high and drymod. abandoned; unsup-
ported. (Like a ship beached or stranded
ashore.) He went off and left me high
and dry. Here I sit high and dry—no
food, no money, no nothing.
highbrow 1. n. an intellectual person; a
person with refined tastes. (Compare this
with lowbrow. See also longhair.) Sam
used to be a highbrow, but he gave up his
fancy ways. The highbrows usually con-
gregate in there. 2. mod. having to do
with an intellectual or a person with re-
fined tastes. I just don’t care for high-
brow music. Pete is sort of highbrow, but
he’s an okay guy.
higher upsGo to high ups.
high five 1. n. a greeting where the palm
of the hand is raised and slapped against
another person’s palm similarly raised.
(Compare this with low five.) They ex-
changed a high five and went on with the
show. How about a high five, man? 2.
tv. & in. to greet someone as described in
sense 1. They high fived and went off
together. Ted high fived Sam, and they
stopped to talk.
highjinks and hijinks [“haIdZINks] n.
tricks; capers. Enough of your hijinks!
Get busy. I like to hear about the kids
and their latest hijinks.
high mucky-muck[...”m@kim@k] n. an im-
portant person; the person in charge.
When the high mucky-mucks meet, they
will decide what to do about the problem.
Ted’s father is a high mucky-muck at the
gas company.
high on somethingmod. excited or en-
thusiastic about something. To m i s
really high on the idea of going to Yellow-
stone this summer. I’m not high on go-
ing, but I will.
high-res and hi-res[“haI”rEz] mod. good;
satisfying. (From high-resolution,refer-
ring to the picture quality of a computer
monitor. Compare this with low-res.)
This is a real high-res day for me. I sure
feel hi-res today.
high rollern. a big gambler who risks
much money; anyone who takes risks.
(Refers to rolling dice.) Rocko is a highherped up