dancing there. Look at those really bad
shoes on that guy.badass 1. mod. tough; bad; belligerent.
Tom is one badass cop! Stop acting like
such a badass punk! 2. n. a tough guy; a
belligerent and arrogant person, usually
a male. Don’t be such a badass all the
time. Tom is the classic badass. A real
bum.
baddy and baddie[“bAdi] n. a bad thing
or person. Using butter is supposed to
be a real baddy. Marty has become such
a baddie that no one speaks to her any-
more.
bad eggn. a repellent person. Yo u’r e n o t
such a bad egg after all. She’s a real bad
egg.
bad hair dayn. a bad day in general. (Also
used literally when one’s inability to do
anything with one’s hair seems to color
the events of the day.) I’m sorry I am
so glum. This has been a real bad hair day.
It’s just one bad hair day after another.
bad-mouth 1. tv. to speak ill of someone
or something. (See also dirty mouth;
poor-mouth.) I wish you would stop
bad-mouthing my car. Harry bad-
mouths everything he doesn’t understand.
- n. someone who speaks ill of some-
one or something. Harry is such a bad-
mouth! The world is filled with bad-
mouths. We need more caring people.
bad news 1. n. the bill for something.
Here comes the bad news. Okay, let’s see
what the bad news is. 2. mod. unpleas-
ant; unfortunate. That poor guy is really
bad news. It’s bad news Freddy on the
phone again.
bad papern. bad checks; a bad check.
She got six months for passing bad paper.
There is more bad paper passed in this
town in one month than in all of Sweden
for a whole year!
bad rap 1. n. a false criminal charge. (Un-
derworld. The same as bum rap.)
Freddy got stuck with a bad rap. All
those guys get nothing but bad raps. No-
body’s ever guilty. 2. n. unjustified criti-
cism. This car has gotten a bad rap, and
I don’t know why. Butter has been get-
ting sort of a bad rap lately.
bad shit 1. n. a bad event; bad luck; evil
practices. (Usually objectionable.) I
had to put up with a lot of bad shit at my
last job. Is this one gonna be the same? 2.
n. bad drugs; adulterated drugs. (Usually
objectionable.) Freddy got hold of some
bad shit, and he’s really sick.
bad trip 1. n. a bad experience with a drug.
(Drugs.) My first trip was a bad trip,
and I never took another. The guide is
supposed to talk you down from a bad trip.- n. any bad experience or person.
This class is a bad trip. Harry can be
such a bad trip.
bafflegab[“bAflgAb] n. confusing jargon.
Don’t throw that baff legab at me. Use
English. Watch out for the baff legab
they use to try to sell that stuff.
bag 1. tv. to capture and arrest someone.
(See also bagged. Underworld.) They
bagged the robber with the loot still on
him. We’ll be able to bag the alleged
killer when we have more evidence. 2. n.
an ugly woman. (Rude and derogatory.)
Tell the old bag to mind her own busi-
ness. She has turned into an absolute
bag. 3. n. one’s preference; something
suited to one’s preference. My bag is
things with whipped cream. That kind
of stuff is just not my bag. 4. tv. to obtain
something. I’ll try to bag a couple of
tickets for you. See if you can bag one
of the red ones. 5. n. a container of drugs.
(Drugs. Not necessarily a real bag.)
Two bags of H. for two dimes? The man
f lipped a couple of bags out from a little
stack he had held under his wrist by a rub-
ber band. 6. in. to die. The guy was
coughing so hard that I thought he was go-
ing to bag right there. 7. tv. to apply a res-
pirator to someone. (Medical. The respi-
rator has a bag attached to hold air.)
Quick, bag him before he boxes.
bag ass (out of some place) and barrel
ass (out of some place); bust ass (out
of some place); cut ass (out of some
place); drag ass (out of some place);
haul ass (out of some place); shag ass
(out of some place)tv. to hurry away
bag ass (out of some place)