It was no sleepwalk, but it didn’t make me
slave away either.sleezGo to sleaze.
slew 1. in. to drink to intoxication. They
must have been slewing for an hour before
one got up and left. Let’s go out and slew
till we forget who we are. 2. and slews
n. a lot; lots. I have a whole slew of old
computer programs at home in a box
somewhere. She’s got slews of money.
slewed and slewy; slued; sloughed (up)
[slud and “slui, slud...] mod. alcohol in-
toxicated. Wallace is too slewed to drive.
She knows how to stop drinking before
she gets slewy.
slewsGo to slew.
slewyGo to slewed.
slice of the actionGo to piece (of the ac-
tion).
slick 1. mod. clever; glib. He is a slick op-
erator. His talk is slick, but his action
is zotz. 2. mod. excellent. This is a real
slick setup you got here. That is a slick
idea. The idea is not so slick! 3. n. a
high-quality magazine printed on slick
[coated] paper. The slicks are all car-
rying ads for products and services that
couldn’t even be mentioned a few years
ago. Most of the price increase for the
slicks has been because of postage increases.
- n. a racing tire. (Auto racing.) That
set of wheels has slicks. I wonder why. I
have some slicks at home in the garage.
slick-chickn. an attractive and cute girl.
Tiffany is a slick-chick. I wonder if she’d
go out with me. Who was that slick-
chick I saw you with the other night?
slickum[“slIk@m] n. hair dressing, espe-
cially if thick and heavy. What kind of
slickum do you have on your hair—bear
grease? His hair was plastered down
with slickum, and he looked like something
in an old movie.
slightly rattled 1. mod. upset; confused.
(See also rattled.) Tom was slightly rat-
tled by the trouble at the door. I’m
slightly rattled. I’ll get over it. 2. mod.
tipsy; alcohol intoxicated. He’s only
slightly rattled. He’ll recover by morning.
She can be stone blind and still seem
only slightly rattled.
slimn. a tobacco cigarette. (The same as
straight, as opposed to a marijuana cig-
arette, which may be thicker.) I’ll take
a slim and a little mist, thanks. Yo u g o t
a slim I can borrow?
slime 1. n. a worthless person; a low and
wretched person. What a slime that guy
is! Who is the slime over there with the
greasy hair? 2. n. degrading matters; cor-
rupt people or situations. I don’t want
to be involved in slime like that. The
press uncovered even more slime at city
hall.
slimebagGo to slime bag.
slime bag and slime bucket; slimebag;
slimeballn. a despicable person, usually
a male. (See also slime.) Gee, a slime
bag like that in the same room with me!
Yuck! Who’s the slime bucket in the 1962
Bonneville?
slimeball Go to slime bag.
slime bucketGo to slime bag.
sling the cattv. to empty one’s stomach; to
vomit. Suddenly Ralph left the room to
sling the cat, I guess. That stuff will
make you sling the cat.
Slip me five!Go to Give me (some) skin!
slip one’s trolleytv. to become a little
crazy; to lose one’s composure. (See also
off one’s trolley.) I was afraid I would
slip my trolley. He slipped his trolley and
went totally bonkers.
slip someone a Mickeytv. to secretly put
a Mickey Finn in someone’s alcoholic
drink. (This drug either makes the vic-
tim ill or causes immediate diarrhea.)
Somebody slipped Barlowe a Mickey and
sent him into action. For a ten-spot, the
bartender slipped Rocko a Mickey.
slip someone fivetv. to shake someone’s
hand. Billy slipped me five, and we sat
down to discuss old times. Come on,
man, slip me five!
slipstickn. a slide rule. Who carries a
slipstick these days? Who even knows
what a slipstick is these days?slipstick