sozzled and sossled; sozzly[“sazld and
“sazld, “sazli] mod. alcohol intoxicated.
Man, was she sozzled. She was so soz-
zly she didn’t even know her name, or my
name, or anybody’s name.
sozzler[“sazl#] n. a drunkard. The soz-
zler leaned against the tavern window. I
thought he would break it. A sozzler
staggered by—reeking of gin.
sozzlyGo to sozzled.
spaceGo to space out.
space cadet 1. n. a person who is always
silly or giddy. Mom, you are such a
space cadet. Here comes a space cadet
who looks like he has more money than he
needs. 2. n. a person who is always high
on drugs. Bart has been a space cadet
since he was twelve. The space cadets
can usually be found sitting on a bench
outside the principal’s office.
spaced (out) and spacymod. silly; giddy.
I have such spaced out parents! He’s
so spaced! I love my spacy old dad.
space out 1. n. a giddy person. (Usually
space-out.) Terry is becoming such a
space-out! What a space out you are! 2.
and spacein. to become giddy; to be-
come disoriented. She is spacing again.
She doesn’t even know where she is. I
spaced out after the long climb.
space someone outtv. to cause someone
to become giddy. The whole business
just spaced me out.TThe spectacle spaced
out the entire audience.
spacyGo to spaced (out).
spam 1. n. something disliked, typically,
but not necessarily, food. (From the
brand name of a canned meat product.)
I can’t eat this spam. It could be spoiled.
This book is spam! I refuse to read it.
- n. one or a series of uninvited email
messages advertising money-making
schemes, pornography, or sales of any
kind. I never get any real messages.
Only spam! If I don’t recognize the
sender, I assume the message is spam and
I delete it. 3. tv. to clutter or fill someone’s
email account with spam (sense 2).
Some jerk is spamming me with an adver-
tisement for dirty pictures.
spanked n. drunk. Those gals are
spanked. Who served them all that booze?spanking newGo to (brand) spanking
new.
spare tire 1. n. a thickness in the waist; a
roll of fat around one’s waist. I’ve got
to get rid of this spare tire. The spare tire
started when I was twenty-six. 2. n. an
unneeded person; an unproductive per-
son. Gary is a spare tire. Send him
home. You spare tires over there! Get to
work.
sparklern. a diamond; gemstones. Look
at the sparklers on that old dame. Jan-
ice has a new sparkler on her finger.spasticmod. overly responsive; out of con-
trol. She can get so spastic when I come
in late. Tell the spastic jerk to shut up.
My dad’s spastic when it comes to drugs.
spaz[spAz] 1. n. a fit or an attack; a strong
reaction to a bad or funny situation.
My father had a spaz when he heard.
Take it easy! Don’t have a spaz. 2. n. a to-
tal jerk; someone who overreacts to
something. (Not used for a congenitally
spastic condition.) Some spaz is in the
other room screaming about a stolen car.
Relax! You don’t need to be a spaz.spaz aroundin. to waste time; to mess
around. You kids are always spazzing
around. Why don’t you get a job? We’re
just spazzing around. Leave us alone.
spaz downin. to relax. Spaz down, man!
Chill out! We tried to get the crowd to
spaz down, but they were very excited.
spaz out 1. in. to overreact to something;
to become overly excited about some-
thing. I knew you would spaz out! It’s
not that bad! Come on, don’t spaz out!- n. an emotional display. (Usually spaz-
out.) There’s no need for a spaz-out!
She threw a hell of a spaz-out.
speakeasyn. a nightclub during prohibi-
tion. My grandfather remembers
speakeasies. They were pretty crude places.
You weren’t supposed to talk aboutspeakeasy