slush fundn. a fund of money that can be
used for various unofficial and discre-
tionary purposes. How much is left
in the slush fund? The slush fund is
bankrupt.
slush upin. to drink liquor; to get drunk.
They slushed up for a while and went
out to look for some chicks. Don’t you
ever get tired of going out and slushing up
with those guys?
slymod. excellent; cool. Look at Jim’s sly
new ride. That is really a sly jacket you
got there.
smack (dab) in the middlemod. exactly
in the middle. (See also slap-dab.) I
came in smack dab in the middle of the
play. Not too big and not too small. Just
smack in the middle.
smacker 1. n. the face. (See also kisser.)
What a gorgeous smacker on that chick.
She ought to give that ugly smacker back
to the horse before it runs into something.
- n. a dollar. (Underworld.) Yo u g o t
a couple of smackers for the toll booth?
Don’t waste your hard-earned smackers
like that. Run on through. 3. n. a kiss.
He planted a smacker square on her lips.
She kicked him in the shins for his trou-
ble. Barlowe was greeted at the door by
a lovely, cuddly chick in a nightie—eyes
closed and lips parted for a better than av-
erage smacker. He really wished—just for
a moment—that he hadn’t rung the wrong
doorbell.
smack the roadtv. to leave; to hit the
road. Time to smack the road! Sgo!
Let’s smack the road. I have to get up early.
small beern. nothing or next to nothing;
an insignificant person. The guy is just
small beer. Pay him no mind. Small beer
or not, he’s my customer, and I will see that
he is taken care of.
small changen. an insignificant person.
(Also a rude term of address.) Look,
small change, why don’t you just move
along? The guy you think is small
change happens to own this building you
seem to be guarding so well.
small fortunen. a rather sizeable amount
of money. This set of wheels cost me a
small fortune. I’ve got a small fortune
tied up in test equipment.
small fryn. anything or anyone small or
unimportant. (Fry are juvenile fish.)
Forget the small fry. I’m going after Mr.
Big. Don’t worry about the small fry.
You have to please the fat-cats.
small potatoesn. something or someone
insignificant. This contract is small
potatoes, but it keeps us in business till we
get into the real money. Small potatoes
are better than no potatoes at all.
small-timemod. insignificant; petty. I
was in a lot of small-time stuff at home,
but never a Broadway hit before. Broad-
way is not small-time. Bart was in-
volved in a lot of small-time crime when
he was twelve.
smarmy[“smarmi] mod. insincere and ob-
sequious. He’s obnoxious but brazen
rather than smarmy. He’s a smarmy
creep. The guy is so smarmy, I can’t
stand him.
smart aleck[“smart “Al@k] n. someone who
is saucy and acts cocky. A smart aleck
like you ought to have no trouble at all get-
ting his face mashed in. Don’t be such
a smart aleck.
smart assn. someone who makes wise-
cracks and acts cocky. (Usually objec-
tionable.) Some smart ass came in here
and asked for a sky hook. Don’t be such
a smart ass!
smart cookien. a clever person. She’s
really a smart cookie if you give her a
chance. Fred is a smart cookie and really
ought to go far.
smart guyn. a man who acts cocky; a wise
guy. All right, smart guy, see if you like
this one. Some smart guy put fresh paint
on this bench.
smart moneyn. money belonging to smart
or clever people. Most of the smart
money is going into utility stocks right
now. Watch and see what the smart
money is doing.
smart mouthn. someone who makes wise-
cracks; a cocky person who speaks out
of turn. Don’t be a smart mouth withsmart mouth