quarter to call the cops. Don’t be such
a scrooge! All I want is a buck!scrounge (around (for someone or
something))[skraUndZ...] in. to look
around for someone or something; to
seek someone or something in every
likely place. Try to scrounge around for
somebody to go to the party with, why
don’t you? I don’t think there is anybody
who will go with me, but I’ll scrounge
around. Ask John to scrounge around for
a wrench.
scrounge someone or something uptv.
to get someone or something somehow.
I scrounged a doctor up in the middle
of the night. TSee if you can scrounge up
a new carburetor by noon.
scrubtv. to cancel something. We had
to scrub the whole plan because of the
weather. The manager scrubbed the
party because people wouldn’t cooperate.
scrudn. a serious disease; a sexually trans-
mitted disease. (Military.) Oh, hell! I
think I got the scrud! Poor dumb Char-
lie can’t tell scrud from crotch rot.
scruff(y)[“skr@f(i)] mod. sloppy; unkempt.
Her boyfriend is a little scruffy, but he’s
got billies! Why don’t you clean up this
scruff car? It’s—like—grody!
scrump[skr@mp] tv. & in. to copulate
[with] someone. (Usually objectionable.)
You know what! I think those people
over by the garage are scrumping! The
movie showed a scene of some woman
scrumping her lover.
scrumptious[“skr@mpS@s] mod. excellent;
tasty. That cake is just scrumptious,
Mary. What’s in it? Who makes the most
scrumptious chocolate chip cookies in the
world—besides me, that is?
scrunch[skr@ntS] tv. to crush or crunch.
I sat on my cookies and scrunched them.
I hate crowds. I am afraid people will
scrunch me.
scrunge[skr@ndZ] n. nastiness; gunk.
What is this scrunge on my shoe? When
you find some scrunge on your shoe or
something, never try to find out what it
is. Just wipe it off.
scrungy[“skr@ndZi] 1. mod. filthy. This
place is too scrungy for me. I’m outa here.
What a scrungy guy. Put him some-
where to soak for a day or two. 2. mod.
inferior; bad. I don’t need scrungy mer-
chandise like this. I’m going elsewhere.
You have a very scrungy outlook on life.
Life is scrungy.
SCSI and scuzzy[“sk@zi] n. small computer
system interface. (Computers. Acronym.)
Come over and see my new SCSI. It lets
me run a hard disc. Why do they call it
a scuzzy? Why not just say what it is?
scum 1. n. a totally worthless and disgust-
ing person. (Rude and derogatory.) Yo u
scum! Get out of here! 2. n. low-life in
general; disgusting and worthless people.
(Rude and derogatory.) Fourth Street is
where all the scum in town hangs out. 3.
n. semen; seminal fluid. (Usually objec-
tionable.) You’d better clean up the
scum from the backseat before you take the
car home.
scumbag 1. n. a condom; a used condom.
(Usually objectionable.) I saw a used
scumbag in the school parking lot. We ll ,
what the hell do you do with a scumbag,
after? 2. n. a totally disgusting person.
(Rude and derogatory.) Oh, he’s a
scumbag. I wouldn’t be seen dead with
him!
scupper upin. to drink liquor, especially
beer. Tom goes home to scupper up
every evening. Come on, you guys.
Scupper up, and let’s get outa here.
scurvy[“sk#vi] mod. repulsive; gross. (Col-
legiate.) Who is that scurvy guy who just
came in? That class is scurvy. You’ll wish
you hadn’t taken it.
scut[sk@t] n. a despicable person. (Teens
and collegiate.) How can you be, like,
such a scut? It’s scuts like that who give
all us really rad kids a bad name.
scuttlebuttn. gossip. What’s the scuttle-
butt on the steeple clock? Why did it stop?
Don’t pay any attention to the scuttle-
butt around here.
scuz(z)[sk@z] 1. n. filth. What is this
scuzz all over the f loor? There is some
scuzz on your shoe. 2. n. a nasty person;scuz(z)