and tell. I can’t take another show and
tell session.show bizn. show business. Well, that’s
show biz for you. Anybody who can
make a living in show biz has to be clever
and talented.
shower scumn. a despised person; de-
spised people. (See also bathtub scum;
pond scum.) Who is the shower scum
who put a cigarette butt in my houseplant?
I wish the shower scum of the neigh-
borhood wouldn’t throw trash in my yard.
shpleefGo to spliff.
shreddedmod. alcohol intoxicated. (Col-
legiate.) We are all too shredded to drive
home. What shall we do? I believe that
each of us is shredded enough to f ly home.
Let’s vote on that.
shriekn. an exclamation point. (Printers.
See also screamer; shout.) Where is
there a shriek at the end? Take off that
shriek. You use too many of those things.
shrimpn. a small person. Who’s the lit-
tle shrimp over by the door? I’m such a
shrimp. I just have short genes.
shrinkn. a psychoanalyst or psychothera-
pist. I dropped a bundle on a shrink, but
it didn’t help me. The shrink says I have
to take these pills to help me get off the
drug habit.
shroom[Srum] in. to take or eat peyote cac-
tus. (Drugs.) They spent all afternoon
shrooming. You shroom too much.
shrooms[Srumz] 1. n. the tips of the pey-
ote cactus that contain mescaline.
(Drugs. From mushrooms. Not really a
mushroom.) I got some shrooms. Ya
wanna come over? 2. n. mushrooms.
Do you want shrooms on your pizza?
shtikGo to schtick.
shtoonkGo to schtoonk.
shuck[S@k] 1. n. an insincere person.
The guy’s a shuck. Don’t believe a thing he
says! Who needs a shuck for a legislator?
- tv. & in. to kid someone; to tease
someone. Cool it! I’m just shucking.
Stop shucking me! 3. tv. to swindle some-
one; to deceive someone. The con man
shucked a number of people in the town
before moving on. He was going to shuck
the mayor, but people were beginning to
talk, so he blew town. 4. n. a hoax.
What a stupid shuck! How could you fall
for that old shuck? 5. and shuck down
tv. & in. to undress oneself; to remove
one’s clothing. He shucked himself
quickly and jumped into bed. He
shucked down and showered and was at
work in twenty minutes.shuck downGo to shuck.
Shucks!Go to (Aw) shucks!shufflern. a drunkard; a tippler. The
tavern was full of aged shuff lers hoping for
a handout. Some shuff ler barfed in the
shrubbery.shush (up)in. to be quiet. Shush! I want
to hear the weather. Shush up and lis-
ten to the lecture.shut-eyen. sleep. It’s about time to get
some shut-eye. I could use about another
hour of shut-eye.shutout 1. n. a game where one team pre-
vents the other from scoring any points
at all. He was still reveling from last
week’s shutout. It was another shutout
at Alum Field House last night. 2. mod.
having to do with a game where one team
has no score. Another shutout game
gave the fans nothing to cheer about this
afternoon. I was hoping for a shutout
contest, and I got one.
shuttersn. the eyelids. Her shutters
dropped slowly, and she was asleep. She
blinked those yummy shutters over those
bedroom eyes, and my knees turned to
mush.shut upin. to be quiet. Shut up and lis-
ten! Shut up yourself.Shut your face! and Shut your mouth!;
Shut your trap! exclam. Shut up!; Be
quiet! Oh, shut your face. I’ve heard
enough. Can’t you shut your trap, you
motor-mouth?Shut your mouth!Go to Shut your face!Shut your trap!Go to Shut your face!Shut your trap!