rip snortern. a remarkable person or
thing; a hilarious joke. (Folksy.) Old
Fred is a real rip snorter. Her new car
is a rip snorter, I tell you. Let me tell you
a rip snorter about a farmer and his cow.
Judy can tell some rip snorters.
rip someone offtv. to assault, kill, beat,
rob, rape, or cheat someone. They
ripped me off, but they didn’t hurt me.
Man, they ripped me off for three hundred
dollars.
rip something offtv. to steal something.
They ripped them all off. TThe crooks
ripped off the hubcaps of my car.
Rise and shine!exclam. Get up and get go-
ing! Get up! Rise and shine! It’s late.
Okay, you guys, rise and shine!
ritzy[“rItsi] mod. elegant; flamboyant.
That is a real ritzy car. It’s really ritzy!
What a ritzy coat! Is it new?
rivets[“rIv@ts] n. dollars; money. (From
copper rivets.) You got enough rivets on
you for a snack? Who can come up with
that many rivets?
roach 1. n. a police officer. (Derogatory.
From cockroach.) Watch out! The
roaches are coming. A roach caught him
while he was at work. 2. n. the butt end
of a marijuana cigarette. (Drugs.) The
cops found a roach on the bathroom f loor.
Hey, give me that roach! 3. n. an ugly
girl or woman. (Derogatory. From cock-
roach.) Who was that roach you were
with last night? That dame is a real
roach.
roach clip and roach pickn. a device to
hold a roach and make it smokable.
(Drugs.) When the cops find a roach
clip on you, you’ve had it. They found
two roach picks and a pipe.
roach-coachn. a mobile snack truck. (The
term was revived in the Persian Gulf
War.) Let’s go get a sandwich at the
roach-coach. Here comes the roach-
coach! Let go spend some coin. The
roach-coach pulled up in front of the dorm
every night about eleven.
roachedmod. hungover; exhausted. I’m
roached. I feel lousy. What a day! I’ve
never been so roached.
roach pickGo to roach clip.
road applen. a lump of horse excrement.
(See also alley apple.) Don’t step on the
road apples. There must be horses
around here. I see road apples.
road hogn. someone who takes too much
space on a road or highway; someone
who seems to run other people off the
road. Get over! Road hog! A road hog
nearly ran me off the road.
roadie and roady 1. and roadstern.
someone who helps rock groups set up
for performances. I want to be a roadie
when I grow up. I was a roadster for a
while, but I didn’t like it. 2. and roadster
in. to help rock groups set up. Let’s go
downtown and roadie tonight. The Red
Drips are in town. I hate to roady. It’s,
like, work! 3. mod. eager to travel; eager
to get on the road. I get a little roady
when the weather gets warm.
road pizzan. a dead animal on the road.
Every morning the highway is littered
with road pizza. A bunch of crows were
feasting on road pizza when we drove by.
roadsterGo to roadie.
roadtripn. a sudden trip in a car. (Some-
times yelled, Roadtrip!to indicate an im-
pending jaunt in an automobile.) Let’s
make a little roadtrip to get some beer.
“Roadtrip!” hollered Ken. “We’re gonna go
out and get some dames!”
roadyGo to roadie.
roast 1. tv. to put on an entertaining pro-
gram, usually with a dinner, where the
guest of honor is teased and insulted.
They roasted Dave when he retired. If
they roast me at the dinner, I’ll cry. 2. n.
an entertaining program where the guest
of honor is insulted all in fun. It was
a wonderful roast. The guest of honor was
pleased with the quality of the insults.
It was a little too polite for a real roast.
roastedmod. alcohol intoxicated. He
was stewed, roasted, and boiled. He’s out
getting roasted with the boys.roasted