shwench[SWEntS] n. a female freshman.
(Collegiate.) A couple of giggling
shwenches showed up to cheer on the team.
There’s a shwench in my English class
who knows more than the prof.
shyster[“SaIst#] n. an unethical or un-
scrupulous lawyer. (Also a rude term of
address.) Look, you cheap shyster, I paid
you to help me, not ruin me! My ex-
wife’s shyster called again today to say she
wants more money.
Siberian expressn. an enormous mass of
very cold air moving from Siberia, across
the North Pole, and down onto North
America. The country braced itself for
a return Friday of the Siberian express
with temperatures dropping to twenty be-
low in many areas. The Siberian express
seems to be aimed right at our state.
sicksn. nausea; vomiting. Oh man, I got
the sicks. He’s at home with the sicks.
sick to death (of someone or some-
thing)mod. totally disgusted with some-
one or something. I am sick to death
of your constant bickering. This whole
bribery business just has me sick to death.
sick (up)in. to empty one’s stomach; to
vomit. I think I’m going to sick up. Isn’t
there supposed to be a barf bag in one of
these seat pockets? He’s got to sick, and
there’s no air sickness bag. Help!
sickyn. someone who seems mentally de-
ranged. The dame’s a sicky. Watch out
for yourself. Some sicky drew these ob-
scene pictures on the wall.
sidGo to cid.
siden. a side of a record. Let’s cruise over
to Sam’s pad and hear some sides. Now
here’s a side you may remember.
sidewalk superintendent 1. n. someone
who—out of curiosity—watches excava-
tions being dug and buildings being built.
All day, the lines of sidewalk superin-
tendents oozed by. I don’t want any ad-
vice from a sidewalk superintendent. 2. n.
any critic. If another sidewalk superin-
tendent comes in here and tries to tell me
how to manage this office, heads will roll.
I hate to be a sidewalk superintendent,
but this plan is all wrong.
sidewalk surfingn. skateboarding. Bill
spent a lot of time sidewalk surfing until
the town passed an ordinance against it.
The little kids started the summer sidewalk
surfing, but gave it up after a few weeks.
sidewindern. a sneaky and despicable
man. (Western jargon. From the name of
the sidewinder rattlesnake.) You dirty,
lowdown sidewinder! That’s too much!
What sidewinder spilled my drink?
sidneyn. the hallucinogenic drug LSD.
(Drugs. Also capitalized. See also cid.)
Is Sidney working tonight? Sidney and
I have a little business trip planned.
sieg-heil someone[“sIg”haIl] tv. to show
homage to someone; to salute and obey
someone. (From German. Use caution
with this reminder of Nazi Germany.)
The guy expects all his underlings to sieg-
heil him and worship the ground he walks
on. I won’t sieg-heil her. She’ll have to
earn my respect.
signify 1. in. to cause trouble for fun; to stir
things up. (Black.) Why’s that dude sig-
nifying over there? What are all these
cats signifying about anyway? 2. in. to try
to look more important than one really
is; to brag; to strut one’s stuff. (Black.)
See that dude signify like somebody im-
portant? First you gotta learn to signify.
silkn. a Caucasian. (Black.) Some silk
was over here, looking around sort of sus-
picious. He told his mama that if she
doesn’t treat him better, he’s gonna bring
some silk home for dinner and let her see
what the neighbors think.
silked to the boneGo to laid to the bone.
silksn. clothing. Look at the silks on that
dude! I gotta get some new silks before
spring.
silkymod. smooth; unctuous. Beware of
anybody that silky. What a silky char-
acter. He could talk his way into the heart
of some unsuspecting chick.
silo drippingsn. alcohol allegedly obtained
at the base of a silo containing ferment-
ing corn. You actually drink this stuff?shwench