No way!exclam. No! (Compare this with
Way!) Me join the Army? No way!
She can’t do that. No way!
now generationn. the (once current) gen-
eration of young people who seemed to
want only instant gratification. All
those people in the now generation want to
start out with fancy cars and nice houses.
What will happen to the now generation
when times are hard?
nowheremod. bad; no good; dull. This
place is really nowhere. Let’s go. I want
to get out of this nowhere party.
no-win situationn. a situation in which
there is no hope of success. I find my-
self in a no-win situation again. The
team—in a no-win situation—punted.
Now what?interrog. What is wrong now?
I ran into the room and stopped in front
of Tom. “Now what?” asked Tom. I see
you standing there. Now what?
Now you’re talking!exclam. What you are
saying is making sense! Now you’re
talking! You’ve got a great idea! “Now
you’re talking!” said the coach when I told
him I was going to win.
NPGo to No problem.
nudge and noodge[nUdZ] 1. n. someone
who nags. Sally can be such a nudge!
I really can’t stand a noodge. 2. in. to
nag. Don’t noodge all the time. Stop
always noodging. 3. tv. to nag someone.
Stop nudging me about that. I’ll
noodge him a little to remind him.
nudie[“nudi] n. a movie featuring nudes.
(See also skin flick.) There is a nudie
playing over at the Roxie Theater. I
didn’t know this movie was a nudie!
nudnik[“nUdnIk] n. a bore; a pest; a crank.
(From Russian via Yiddish. Also a term
of address.) Tell that nudnik to stay
away from here. He is such a pest. Heidi
can be such a nudnik!
nuggetsn. the testicles. Man, my nuggets
are cold! Let’s hurry up and get back in
the car. I know this kid with three
nuggets—a pair and a spare.
nuke 1. n. a nuclear weapon. Are there
nukes aboard that ship? The military es-
tablishment is working on a number of
new nukes. 2. tv. to destroy someone or
something. (As with a nuclear weapon.)
Your cat ran through my garden and to-
tally nuked my f lowers! I’m going to
nuke that cat the next time I see it. 3. tv.
to microwave something. I have to
nuke my dinner and then I will be right
over. Let’s nuke a bag of popcorn before
we watch the movie you rented.
Nuke it!tv. Throw it away! You don’t
need this thing. Nuke it!
nuke oneself[n(j)uk...] tv. to tan oneself
at a tanning salon. I nuke myself once
a week in the spring so I will be ready for
the summer bikini season. Leonard
nuked himself in the middle of winter, and
everyone thought he had been to Florida.
nuker[“n(j)uk#] n. a microwave oven. I
tried to do a turkey in the nuker once and
made a real mess of it. Who left the
soggy bacon in the nuker?
numbed outmod. nearly paralyzed by
phencyclidine (PCP). (Drugs.) The
teenager was nearly numbed out when
they brought her in. Bart was totally
numbed out on angel dust.
Anumber 1Go to A-1.
number 1. n. a girl or woman; a sexually
attractive girl. Who is that cute little
number I saw you with? She is really
some number. 2. n. a marijuana cigarette.
(Drugs.) Bart lit up a number just as
the boss came in. Can I have a hit off
your number? 3. n. any person or thing.
This is an interesting little number. You
attach it to your bicycle handlebars. Yes,
Tom can be a strange number when he
wants. 4. n. an act or performance; a per-
formance specialty. Ann did her num-
ber and left the stage. I’ll talk to you af-
ter my number.
number-cruncher 1. n. someone who
works with figures; an accountant. The
number-crunchers are trying to get the an-
nual report ready. I enjoy being a num-
ber-cruncher. Math doesn’t scare me. 2. n.
a large and powerful computer. (Com-number-cruncher