Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions

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MREn. meals ready to eat, prepackaged
food used by the armed forces in combat.
(Also reinterpreted as meals rejected
by Ethiopians; meals rejected by the
enemy.) Where is my MRE? I’m tired
of living.


Mr. Hawkinsn. the winter wind. (Origi-
nally black. See also hawk.) We h av e
an appointment with Mr. Hawkins in Jan-
uary. Put something on your head, or
Mr. Hawkins will cut you down.


Mr. Nice Guyn. a friendly, forgiving fellow.
You’ll find that I am Mr. Nice Guy as
long as you play fair with me. Oh, my
boss is Mr. Nice Guy. He’ll let me off, I’m
sure.


Mr. Rightn. the one man who is right for
a woman. Some day Mr. Right will
come along and sweep you off your feet.
I’m tired of waiting for Mr. Right.
Where is Mr. Maybe?


Mrs. Murphyn. a bathroom. Whose turn
is it at Mrs. Murphy’s? When will Mrs.
Murphy be free?


Mr. Whiskers and Uncle Whiskers;
whiskers (man)n. a federal agent. (Un-
derworld. From the whiskers of Uncle
Sam.) Mr. Whiskers is trying to get me
to pay tax on those few bucks. Mr.
Whiskers is on our tail. Let’s blow town.


MTn. an empty bottle. (Initialism.) Put
your MTs in the garbage. Here’s another
MT for your collection.


mun. marijuana. (Drugs.) This mu is
stale. Are mu and bu the same thing?


mucho[“mutSo] mod. very. (Spanish.) 
This is a mucho happy young man. We
are mucho disgusted with your perfor-
mance.


muck something uptv. to mess something
up; to ruin something. Try not to muck
it up this time. TYou seem to have
mucked up this one, too.


mudbud n. homegrown marijuana.
(Drugs.) Mudbud, hell! It’s garbage. 
If you sell your mudbud, you’re a pusher!


muddled (up)mod. alcohol intoxicated. 
I’ve had a little too much muddler, I think.


Anyway, I’m muddled. Larry is too
muddled up to drive.
muddlern. liquor. I’ve had a little too
much muddler, I think. Anyway, I’m mud-
dled. Let’s stop here for some muddler.
mud duckn. an ugly person. Sam is a
real mud duck, but the women seem to like
him.
mug 1. n. the face. (Crude.) Wipe that
smile off your mug! What a gorgeous
mug! 2. n. a thug; a goon. (Underworld.)
Call off your mugs. I’ll come peacefully.
Sam is just another one of the mugs
from the mob. 3. tv. to attack and rob
someone. Somebody jumped out of an
alley and tried to mug me. Some punk
mugged Mrs. Lopez last night.
muggern. someone, usually a male, who
attacks and robs people. I clobbered the
mugger with a tire iron I carry just for such
occasions. The muggers have the down-
town almost to themselves after dark.
muggy[“m@gi] mod. alcohol intoxicated. 
George is just a little muggy. It doesn’t take
much anymore. I’m too muggy to drive.
mug shotn. a photograph of one’s face
taken for police records. (Underworld.)
I’m going to have to ask you to come
down to the station and go through some
mug shots. How can a professional pho-
tographer take a portrait that looks like a
mug shot?
mulen. someone who delivers or smuggles
drugs for a drug dealer. (Drugs.) The
jerks use a twelve-year-old kid for a mule!
A car drove by, and suddenly the mule
was riddled with machine gun bullets.
munchies 1. Go to (blind) munchies. 2. n.
snacks, such as potato chips; any casual
food. What kind of munchies are we go-
ing to have? The munchies at the party
were great!
munchkin[“m@ntSk@n] n. a small or in-
significant person. You’re not going to
let that munchkin push you around, are
you? Who is the munchkin holding the
clipboard?
munch outin. to eat ravenously. (Drugs.
See also pig out.) I had to munch out

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