hopped up 1. mod. stimulated by drugs.
(Drugs.) The two of them were hopped
up most of the time. Two hopped up kids
were hunkered down in the alley. 2. mod.
[of a car] customized and speeded up.
As soon as I get this hog hopped up, you’ll
see some real speed. Sam drives a
hopped up old Ford. 3. mod. excited.
Paul is certainly hopped up about some-
thing. Why are you so hopped up?
hopping madmod. very angry; angry and
jumping up and down. I was hopping
mad about the broken window. The boss
was hopping mad at the secretary.
Hop to it!exclam. Get moving!; Hurry up!
Hop to it! I don’t pay you to stand
around. I need it now! Hop to it!
horizontalmod. alcohol intoxicated. The
boss was horizontal at the Christmas party.
Stewed? No, he’s totally horizontal!
hork 1. in. to vomit. God! I think I’m go-
ing to hork! 2. in. to spit. Don’t you
hork on my driveway, you slob!
horn 1. n. the nose. He scratched his horn
with his pencil and opened his mouth to
speak. He had the most humongous
horn I have ever seen on man or beast. 2.
n. the telephone. Get Mrs. Wilson on
the horn, please. She’s on the horn now.
What’ll I tell her? 3. tv. to sniff or snort
a narcotic. (Drugs.) Ernie horned a line
and paused for a minute. He’d rather
horn it than shoot it.
horner 1. n. a heavy drinker; a drunkard.
Wally is a real horner. He has an enor-
mous capacity. Jed is the king of horners
around here. 2. n. a cocaine user.
(Drugs.) Sure, Bart is a horner. He sells
the stuff to support his own habit. I
think the new employee is a horner.
hornymod. sexually aroused; in need of
sexual release. (Refers to the horns of the
goat, not a car horn. The goat is a sym-
bol of lust. Usually objectionable.)
God, I’m horny! I need of piece of some-
thing. He said he was so horny he could
honk. What did he mean?
horrors 1. n. the delirium tremens. The
old wino had the horrors all the time.
He has a bad case of the horrors. 2. n.
frightening hallucinations from drugs.
(Drugs.) Once he had gone through the
horrors, he swore off for good. Pete had
the horrors and had to be hospitalized.horse 1. n. heroin. (Drugs.) Now, horse
is all that Gert will touch. Horse is still
very popular in the big cities. 2. n. horse
dung. I use horse on my vegetables.
I got a job shoveling horse out of the
stables.horse aroundin. to work inefficiently; to
goof around. Stop horsing around and
get busy. You guys are always horsing
around.horse cockn. a large sausage. (Usually ob-
jectionable. Military.) Whack me off a
piece of that horse cock, would ya, Clyde?
Oh, not horse cock again tonight!horsed and on the horsemod. under the
effects of heroin; addicted to heroin.
(Drugs.) Gert was totally horsed.
How long have you been on the horse?horse doctorn. a doctor. (Derogatory.
Originally referred to a veterinarian.)
That horse doctor says there’s nothing
wrong with me. My horse doctor says
everything is wrong with me.Horsefeathers! exclam. Phooey!; Non-
sense! Oh, horsefeathers! You’re nuts!
Horsefeathers! I did no such thing!horse hockey 1. n. horse dung. I try to
get horse hockey for my garden. Yo u
don’t see horse hockey in the streets any-
more. 2. n. nonsense. I’ve heard enough
of your horse hockey. The guy special-
izes in producing horse hockey for the gos-
sip columns.horse laughn. a mocking and sarcastic
laugh. He came out with a horse laugh
that caused some eyebrows to raise. The
horse laugh from the back of the room did
not go unnoticed.horse operan. a Western movie. (See also
oater.) They’re showing a series of old
horse operas at the theater tonight.
Haven’t I seen this horse opera before?
About a hundred times maybe?horse opera