lappern. a drunkard. The street was
empty except for an old lapper staggering
home. The party was ruined by the an-
tics of a few lappers.
lardn. the police. (Streets. Derogatory. See
also bacon; pig; pork.) Here comes the
lard! If the lard catches you violating
your parole, you’re through.
lard ass 1. n. someone with very fat but-
tocks. (Rude and derogatory. See also
crisco.) Here comes that lard ass again.
Get moving, lard ass! You’ve got to keep
going! 2. n. very large buttocks. I’m
gonna have to do something about this lard
ass of mine.
lardhead 1. n. a stupid person. What a
lardhead! Where are your brains? I’m
not a lardhead. I dwell in a different di-
mension. 2. mod. foolish. Now here’s
something from the lardhead department.
No more of those lardhead ideas!
last roundupn. death. (Western.) To
everyone’s surprise, he clutched the wound
and faced the last roundup with a smile.
When I know I’m headed for the last
roundup, I’ll write a will.
last strawn. the final act or insult; the act
that finally calls for a response. This
is the last straw. I’m calling the police.
Someone’s leaving the egg shells in the sink
was the last straw.
latch onto something 1. in. to obtain
something. I have to latch onto a hun-
dred bucks by Friday night. I latched
onto a good book about repairing plumb-
ing. 2. tv. to begin to understand some-
thing. When Fred finally latched onto
the principles of algebra, he began to get
better grades. Sue doesn’t quite latch
onto the proper stance in golf.
Later. and Late.; Laters.interj. Good-bye.
It’s time to cruise. Later. Late. Gotta
go.
lathered[“lAD#d] mod. alcohol intoxi-
cated. The two brothers sat there and
got lathered. She is too lathered to drive.
latrine lips[l@”trin “lIps] n. a person who
uses dirty language. Hey, latrine lips!
Cool it! When old latrine lips finishes
shocking everyone, I have something to say.
latrine rumor[l@”trin “rum#] n. any rumor,
especially one that is alleged to spread at
the latrine [general toilet facilities]. (Mil-
itary.) Somebody started spreading a la-
trine rumor about the Colonel’s wife.
That’s just a latrine rumor. The Colonel
isn’t married.
latrine wireless[l@”trin “waI#l@s] n. the
free exchange of information and gossip
at the general toilet facilities. (See also la-
trine rumor.) It came over the latrine
wireless this morning. We’re all shipping
out. The latrine wireless was virtually
silent while you were in sick bay.
latrino(gram)[l@”trino(grAm)] n. a latrine
rumor. There was a latrino yesterday
about the Colonel and his golf game.
There’s another latrinogram that says we’re
moving out.
lats[lAts] n. the latissimus dorsi;the mus-
cles of the back. (Bodybuilding.) Yo u r
lats are coming along fine. Now let’s start
working on your delts. Nice lats on that
guy.
laugh at the carpetin. to vomit; to vomit
on a carpet. Tom bent over and laughed
at the carpet, much to the embarrassment
of the entire group. Wayne laughed at
the carpet, and people moved away—not
knowing what he was going to do next.
laughing academyn. a mental hospital; an
insane asylum. About four years in the
laughing academy would get you straight-
ened out. I’m not ready for the laugh-
ing academy. A little while longer around
here and I will be, though.
laughing soup and laughing watern.
liquor; champagne. Laughing soup
f lowed like fury at the reception. How
about some more laughing water?
laughing waterGo to laughing soup.
launch (one’s lunch)tv. & in. to empty
one’s stomach; to vomit. When I saw
that mess, I almost launched my lunch.
Watch out! She’s going to launch!
laundertv. to conceal the source and na-
ture of stolen or illicitly gotten money bylapper