out of luckmod. unfortunate; in a hope-
less position. If you think you are go-
ing to get any sympathy from me, you’re
just out of luck. I was out of luck. There
were no eggs left in the store.
out of one’s skullmod. alcohol intoxi-
cated. Oh, man, I drank till I was out
of my skull. Two beers and he was out
of his skull.
out of pocketmod. out from under some-
one’s control; not manageable. The guy
is wild. Completely out of pocket.
out of sight 1. mod. heavily alcohol or
drug intoxicated; high. They’ve been
drinking since noon, and they’re out of
sight. Man, is she ever out of sight! 2.
mod. very expensive; high in price.
Prices at that restaurant are out of sight.
The cost of medical care is out of sight.
out of sync[...sINk] mod. uncoordinated;
unsynchronized. Our efforts are out of
sync. My watch and your watch are out
of sync.
out of the picturemod. no longer relevant
to a situation; departed; dead. Now
that Tom is out of the picture, we needn’t
concern ourselves about his objections.
With her husband out of the picture, she
can begin living.
out of the way 1. mod. dead; killed. The
crooks put the witness out of the way be-
fore the trial. Now that her husband was
out of the way, she began to get out and
about more. 2. mod. alcohol intoxicated.
She spends a lot of time out of the way.
After a few more drinks, Bill will be out
of the way.
out of the woodsmod. freed from a pre-
vious state of uncertainty or danger; no
longer critical. As soon as her temper-
ature is down, she’ll be out of the woods.
We’re out of the woods now, and things
aren’t so chancy.
out of this world 1. mod. wonderful and
exciting. This pie is out of this world.
My boyfriend is just out of this world.
- mod. drug intoxicated. Man, is she
ever out of this world! What did she drink?
He drank until he was out of this world.
out of w(h)ackmod. out of adjustment;
inoperative. (See also out of kilter.) My
watch is out of whack. I think my left
eye is out of wack a little. Maybe I need
glasses.outsy and outy[“aUtsi, “aUtI] n. a navel
that protrudes. (Compare this with insy.)
Is yours an insy or an outsy? I have
an outsy. Why on earth do you ask?out the gazoo[...g@”zu] phr. in great
plenty; everywhere. (Gazoo = anus. Usu-
ally objectionable.) We have old mag-
azines out the gazoo here. Can’t we throw
some of them away? Go away. I have
problems out the gazoo. I don’t need any
more of them from you!out the windowmod. gone; wasted. All
that work gone out the window. My
forty dollars—out the window. Why didn’t
I save my money?out to lunchmod. absentminded; giddy;
stupid acting. (See also OTL.) Old Ted
is so out to lunch these days. Seems to be
losing his mind. Don’t pay any attention
to my uncle. He’s out to lunch.outyGo to outsy.overampedmod. high on amphetamines;
overdosed with amphetamines. (Drugs.)
Max is overamped again. Two stu-
dents were overamped and got sent to the
counselor.overjolt and OJ 1. n. an overdose of drugs,
especially of heroin. (The abbreviation
is an initialism. Drugs.) Ted is suffer-
ing from a serious OJ. That overjolt
nearly killed her. 2. in. to take an overdose
of drugs, especially of heroin. (Drugs.)
She overjolted once too often. If you OJ
again, you will probably die.overkilln. too much. That is enough. Any
more is just overkill. Your policy of
overkill is wasteful and expensive.over my dead bodyphr. not if I can stop
you; you won’t be able to do something if
I am alive to prevent you. You’ll drop
out of school over my dead body! Get
married and move to Arizona? Over my
dead body!out of luck