bang and then nothing. 6. tv. to copulate
[with] someone. (Usually objectionable.)
Did you bang her? Huh? Tell me! 7. n.
an act of copulation. (Usually objection-
able.) One bang was never enough for
Wallace T. Jones. He was never satisfied.(bang) dead to rightsmod. in the act;
[guilty] without question. We caught
her dead to rights with the loot still on her.
There he was, bang dead to rights with
the gun still smoking.
banger 1. n. the front bumper of a vehi-
cle. Other than a dent or two in the
banger, this buggy’s okay. How much for
a used banger like this old heap? 2. n.
a hypodermic syringe. (Drugs.) Jed
dropped his banger and really panicked
when it broke. His banger and other
stuff were upstairs under a loose board.
bang for the buckn. value for the money
spent; excitement for the money spent;
the cost-to-benefit ratio. I didn’t get
anywhere near the bang for the buck I ex-
pected. How much bang for the buck did
you really think you would get from a
twelve-year-old car—at any price?
bangingmod. good; exciting. We had a
banging good time at the concert.
bang in the armn. an injection of nar-
cotics. (Drugs. See also bang. Compare
this with shot in the arm.) The guy
looked like he needed a bang in the arm
right then! One good bang in the arm
leads to another, they always say.
bang-upmod. really excellent. We had
a bang-up time at your bash. I like to
throw a bang-up party once or twice a
year. Another bang-up day at the fac-
tory!
banjaxed[“bAndZAkst] 1. mod. demol-
ished; ruined. My car is totally ban-
jaxed. What a mess! Everything I
worked for is now banjaxed. 2. mod. al-
cohol intoxicated. She just sat there and
got banjaxed. All four of them went out
and got banjaxed.
bank 1. n. money; ready cash. I can’t go
out with you. No bank. I’m a little low
on bank at the moment. 2. n. a toilet.
(Where one makes a deposit.) Man,
where’s the bank around here? I have to
got to the bank and make a deposit.
banker’s hoursn. short work hours: 10:00
a.m. to 2:00 p.m. When did you start
keeping banker’s hours? There aren’t
many bankers who keep banker’s hours
these days.bankroll 1. n. a roll or wad of currency;
one’s cash assets. My bankroll is getting
a little low. Don’t show that bankroll
around here! 2. tv. to finance something.
We were hoping to find somebody who
would bankroll the project. Wilson
Sanderson, famous for bankrolling strug-
gling acting companies, could not be
reached for comment.
barbn. a barbiturate; a barbiturate capsule.
(Drugs.) Old Joey is hooked on barbs.
You got a barb I can bum?Barbie dolln. a pretty, giddy girl or
woman. She’s just a Barbie doll. Ask
that little Barbie doll if she wants a drink.
bare-ass(ed)mod. with a naked posterior
exposed; totally naked. (Usually objec-
tionable.) He ran right through the
room—totally bare-assed—looking scared
as hell.barf[barf] 1. in. to empty one’s stomach;
to vomit. I think I’m going to barf!
Don’t barf here. 2. n. vomit. Is that barf
on your shoe? Whatever it is, it looks like
barf. 3. in. [for a computer] to fail to
function. The whole system barfed
about noon, and all the data was lost.
My little computer barfs about once a day.
Something is wrong. 4. and barfola
[barf”ol@] interj. dammit; Good grief!
(Often Barfola!) Oh they’re late. Bar-
fola! Barfola! You’re out of your mind!
barf bagn. a bag available on an airplane
for persons who are nauseated. I hope
I never even have to see anyone use a barf
bag. What do they do with used barf
bags?Barf Cityn. someone or something dis-
gusting or undesirable. (Barf= vomit.)
The guy is gross! Just plain Barf City!
The movie was really bad; Barf City, I’d
say.Barf City