ial. (See also laid out. Not slang.) The
undertaker did not lay Aunt Fanny out
to my satisfaction.TThe women of the
town helped the young widow lay out her
husband.lay someone out in lavendertv. to scold
or rebuke someone severely. She really
laid him out in lavender for that. No
need to lay me out in lavender. I wasn’t
there.
lay (some) rubbertv. to spin one’s car tires
when accelerating, leaving black marks
on the street. (See also burn rubber.)
At that age all they want to do is get in the
car and lay some rubber. You wanna
know how well I can lay some rubber in
this thing?
lay some sweet lines on someone and
put some sweet lines on someonetv.
to speak kindly to someone; to soft soap
someone. I just laid some sweet lines on
her, and she let me use her car. If you
put some sweet lines on him, maybe he
won’t ground you.
lay something on someone 1. tv. to pre-
sent a plan or an idea to someone. Here
is this century’s greatest idea. Let me lay
it on you. I’m going to lay a great idea
on you. 2. tv. to attempt to make some-
one feel guilty about something. Don’t
lay that stuff on me. Face your own prob-
lem. Every week she calls up to lay a
guilt trip on me about something or other.
lay something out 1. tv. to spend some
amount of money. I can’t lay that kind
of money out every day! TShe laid out
about $24,000 for that beemer. 2. tv. to ex-
plain a plan of action or a sequence of
events. Let me lay it out for you. TLay
out the plan very carefully, and don’t skip
anything.
lazybonesn. a lazy person. I’m just a
lazybones, but I don’t eat much. That
lazybones is out there sleeping in the shade.
LBOn. leveraged buy-out. (Initialism. Se-
curities markets.) The money used for
the LBO came from the issuance of junk
bonds. Mr. Boone specializes in LBOs.
He’s made a fortune at it.
leadfootn. a speeder in an automobile.
There is a leadfoot driving behind me and
wanting to pass. Tom was a real lead-
foot until he got a few speeding tickets.
lead poisoningn. death caused by being
shot with a lead bullet. (Underworld.)
He pifted because of a case of lead poi-
soning. The fourth mobster to die of lead
poisoning this month was buried today in
a private service.
leafn. cocaine. (Sometimes with the. Co-
caine is extracted from the leaves of the
cocaplant.) Sure I like plants. I am es-
pecially fond of the leaf. The entire ship-
ment of leaf was seized by the feds.
lean and meanmod. capable and ready for
hard, efficient work. Ron got himself
lean and mean and is ready to play in Sat-
urday’s game. The management is lean
and mean and looks to turn a profit next
year.
leapersn. amphetamines. (Drugs.) Yo u
can tell Sam’s on leapers. He’s wired as hell.
He needs some barbs to balance the
leapers, or maybe he just ought to go cold
turkey and go straight.
leave someone coldtv. to leave someone
unaffected. He said it was dull, and it
left him cold. The music’s good, but the
story left the producer cold.
leeky store[“liki stor] n. a liquor store.
(Black. From liquor.See also take a leak.)
Get me some grapes at the leeky store.
The leeky store is closed till 10:00 A.M.
leerics[“lirIks] n. sexually suggestive song
lyrics. For those of you out there who
go in for leerics, listen carefully to this tune.
A group of parents has banded together
in the eastern suburbs to fight the naughty
leerics of some of the current hot rock
tunes.
left-handed monkey wrenchn. a nonex-
istent tool. (New workers are sometimes
sent to fetch nonexistent tools. See also
sky hook.) Hand me the left-handed
monkey wrench, huh? Do you think you
can dig up a left-handed monkey wrench?
legal-beagle and legal-eagle[“ligl”bigl
and “ligl”igl] n. a lawyer. I’ve got a le-lay someone out in lavender