Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions

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after the party. I can’t imagine why. I
can munch out for no reason at all.

mung 1. and MUNG[m@N] n. something
that is mashed until no good; anything
nasty or gloppy. (An acronym, but pos-
sibly a coinage before it became an acro-
nym.) Get this mung off my plate. 
This mung is cruel and unusual punish-
ment. I demand to see the warden. 2. tv.
to ruin something. You munged my car!
Look at it! You munged it!


mung something uptv. to mess something
up. Don’t mung it up this time. TThe
team munged up the play, and the coach
blasted them but good.


mungy[“m@Ni] 1. mod. gloppy; messy. 
Get that mungy stuff off my plate! The
spaghetti was cold and mungy by the time
it was served. 2. mod. having to do with
an oily feeling of the face of a person who
has taken LSD. (Drugs.) I feel so mungy
after I take the stuff. Yuck! I can do
without the mungy feeling and the f lash-
backs.


murder and slaughtertv. to overwhelm;
to beat someone in a sports contest. 
The other team murdered us. We w e n t
out on the field prepared to slaughter
them.


murphy[“m#fi] 1. n. a potato. I spent
half my tour of duty peeling murphies. 
Look, this murphy looks like my mother-
in-law. 2. n. a breast. (Crude. Usually
plural. Usually objectionable.) Look
at the murphies on that dame! She
stood about six feet tall and was turned
in the light so her murphies stood out in
silhouette.


muscleheadn. a stupid man; a man who
has muscle where there should be brains.
(Also a rude term of address.) Look,
musclehead, do exactly what I tell you! 
An overstuffed musclehead waddled over
and offered to bend me in half if I didn’t
beat it.


muscleman 1. n. a strong bully; a goon.
(Underworld.) Bruno is a muscleman
for the kingpin of a local drug ring. Te l l
your muscleman to lay off. 2. n. a man
who builds muscles through bodybuild-


ing exercises. That muscleman doesn’t
have a single ounce of fat on him. Be-
ing a muscleman requires most of your
time.

mush 1. n. nonsense. What mush! Come
on, talk straight! That’s just mush. Don’t
believe it. 2. n. romance; lovemaking;
kissing. I can’t stand movies with lots of
mush in them. When an actor looks at
an actress like that, you just know that
there’s gonna be some mush. 3. n. one’s
face. (Crude.) Put some paint on your
mush, and let’s get going. With a mush
like that, you ought to be in pictures.
Maybe another King Kong remake.

mushheadn. a stupid person. Oh, good
grief, I’m such a mushhead! Who is the
mushhead in the cowboy boots?
mushmouthn. a person who does not or
cannot speak clearly. Don’t be a mush-
mouth. Talk plainly. How can a mush-
mouth like that get a job reading news on
network television?

musical bedsn. acts of sexual promiscu-
ity; sleeping with many people. (From
the name of the game musical chairs.) 
Mary has been playing musical beds for
about a year. She thinks that playing
musical beds is the way to get ahead.

mustGo to (must) do.

a(must) do and mustn. something that
someone ought to do. Seeing the Eiffel
tower is a must do in Paris. This is a do
when you’re in town.

mutantn. a total jerk;a social outcast.
(Also a term of address.) Sam, you act
like such a mutant! Hey, mutant! Get
out of the way!
My bad.phr. It’s my fault and I’m sorry. 
My bad. It won’t happen again.

my dawgGo to my dog.

my dog and my dawgn.my friend; my
“pet” and companion. Jane’s my dawg.
We cruise together.  Hey, my dog.
Wuzup?

My foot!exclam. I do not believe it!; Like
hell! (An exclamation of contradiction.)

My foot!
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