lousy movie. After the ballyhoo died
down, we realized that nothing at all
had really changed. 2. tv. to promote or
publicize someone or something. They
ballyhooed this movie on television for a
month before it came out. We promise
to ballyhoo John at election time.balmedmod. alcohol intoxicated. (See also
bombed (out); embalmed.) To m w a s
totally balmed and went to bed. Fred
and Wilma went out and got totally
balmed.
balmy 1. mod. crazy; giddy. You are to-
tally balmy if you think I will put up with
that stuff. What a balmy idea! 2. mod.
alcohol intoxicated. She’s not just
drunk, she’s a little balmy. How can
anybody be so balmy on four beers?
baloney and bologna[b@”loni] n. non-
sense. (Also as an exclamation.) Don’t
give me all that baloney! That’s just a
lot of bologna. Don’t believe it for a
minute. Baloney! You’re nuts!
balticmod. cold; very cold. It really looks
baltic out there today.
bamboozle[bAm”buzl] tv. to deceive some-
one; to confuse someone. (See also bam-
boozled.) Don’t try to bamboozle me!
I know what I want! The crooks bam-
boozled the old man out of his life savings.
bamboozled[bAm”buzld] 1. mod. con-
fused. This stuff sure has me bamboo-
zled. I don’t know who’s more bam-
boozled, you or me. 2. mod. alcohol
intoxicated. (Collegiate.) She’s not just
drunk, she’s totally bamboozled. She
just sat there and got bamboozled as the
dickens.
bamman. a rural person, such as someone
from Alabama; a hick. (Rude and derog-
atory.) Some bamma in a pickup truck
nearly ran me off the road.
bananan. an American of East Asian de-
scent who acts too much like a Cau-
casian. (The person is yellow on the out-
side and white on the inside. Patterned on
oreo. See also apple.Rude and deroga-
tory.) Stop acting like such a banana!
Dave is the classic banana. Can’t quite fig-
ure out who he really is.
banana-headn. a stupid person. (Usually
objectionable.) Kelly can be such a ba-
nana-head! Ask that banana-head why
she is wearing a coat like that in July.
banana oiln. nonsense. That is the sil-
liest banana oil I have ever heard! I
refuse to listen to any more of your child-
ish banana oil.
banana republic 1. n. a stereotypic small
Central American country having con-
tinual political turmoil. (Formerly of in-
terest to the U.S. only because it supplied
bananas.) This is no banana republic!
Things like this aren’t supposed to happen
here! If you want to change governments
like underwear, maybe you should emi-
grate to some banana republic. 2. mod. in
turmoil, like a stereotypic small Central
American country. Who would think
that you would have banana republic pol-
itics in your own backyard? We’ve had
enough of your banana republic tactics!
bananas 1. mod. crazy. (Often with go, see
also go bananas.) You are driving me
bananas! You were bananas before I
ever showed up on the scene. 2. mod. en-
thusiastic. The audience was bananas
over the new star. The kids were ba-
nanas when they saw their presents.
B. and B.mod. breast and buttock, having
to do with entertainment featuring fe-
male nudity. There were some picketers
in front of the store protesting the sale of
B. and B. mags over the counter. Many
movies contain a little B. and B. just to get
an R-rating.
bang 1. n. a bit of excitement; a thrill; some
amusement. We got a bang out of your
letter. What a bang the party was! 2.
n. the degree of potency of the alcohol in
liquor. This stuff has quite a bang!
The bang is gone from this wine. 3. n. an
injection of a drug; any dose of a drug.
(Drugs.) I need a bang pretty fast.
If Albert doesn’t have a bang by noon, he
gets desperate. 4. tv. & in. to inject a drug.
(Drugs.) They were in the back room
banging away. She banged herself and
went on with her work. 5. n. a drug rush.
(Drugs.) One snort and the bang will
knock you over. There was one suddenbalmed