uation where one’s underpants ride up
high between the buttocks. (Named for a
person so stupid and unaware that he is
comfortable with this arrangement. See
also give someone a melvin.) Look at
that twit with the melvin. How could
anybody go around all day with a melvin
like that?men in blue and boys in bluen. the po-
lice; policemen. (See also blue boys.)
The men in blue are looking for you. Yo u
can depend on the boys in blue to clean
things up in this town.
mensch[mEntS] n. a mature and responsi-
ble person. (From German via Yiddish.)
Now there goes a real mensch! I am
honored to invite such a mensch into my
home.
men’s room n. a men’s restroom.
Where’s the men’s room, please? I gotta
use the men’s room.
mental 1. mod. mentally retarded. (Usually
objectionable. Derogatory.) The girl’s
mental. Leave her alone. Everybody in
this ward is mental. 2. n. a mentally re-
tarded person. (Usually objectionable.
Derogatory.) He’s a mental. He’ll need
some help. Who doesn’t need help? Men-
tals are normal on that point. 3. n. a stu-
pid person. You’re such a mental lately.
Don’t be a mental.
mental giantn. a genius. I’m no mental
giant, but I do know trouble when I see it.
Don was a mental giant but didn’t ever
take advantage of it.
mental midgetn. a stupid person. I hate
to seem like a mental midget, but what’s so
great about that? This mental midget
here thinks he can solve it for us.
mep(s) n. meperdine, Demerol™, a
painkiller. (Drugs and hospitals.) The
nurse was sneaking a little meps now and
then. For some people, mep is highly
addictive.
merchandisen. any contraband. (Under-
world.) The merchandise is still at the
boss’s place. How much of the mer-
chandise can you deliver by midnight?
merger-manian. an apparent need for
companies to merge with one another.
(Securities markets and journalism.)
Merger-mania is in the news again tonight
with Ford’s offer to take over GMC. The
market meltdown put an end to merger-
mania.
mesc[mEsk] n. mescaline, a hallucinatory
substance. (Drugs.) Tiffany is totally
hooked on mesc. I don’t know where she
gets it. Jerry refuses to take mesc or any
other dope.
meshn. a crosshatch or octothorp, #. (See
also pigpen.) Put a mesh on each end
of your formula. What does the mesh
stand for in this equation?
meshuga and meshugah[m@”SUg@] mod.
crazy. (From Hebrew meshuggah via Yid-
dish.) What a meshuga day! This guy
is meshugah!
mess 1. n. a hopeless, stupid person.
Harry has turned into a mess. The guy’s
a mess! 2. n. dung. (Usually with a.)
There is a dog mess on the lawn again this
morning. There’s a mess in Jimmy’s di-
apers, Mom.
mess about (with someone)Go to mess
around (with someone).
mess about (with something)Go to
mess around (with something).
mess around (with someone) and mess
about (with someone); monkey
around (with someone) 1. in. to play
with someone sexually. Those two have
been messing around. Pete was messing
around with Maria, and now she’s storked.- in. to waste someone’s time. Don’t
mess around with me. Just answer the
question, if you please. I don’t have the
time for this. Stop messing around. 3. in.
to waste time with someone else. I was
messing around with John. John and I
were monkeying around.
mess around (with something) mess
about (with something); and monkey
around (with something)in. to play
with or fiddle with something. Don’t
mess around with the ashtray. Yo u’ l l
break it if you don’t stop monkeying
around with it.
men in blue