Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions

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za[za] n. pizza. (Collegiate.) I’m gonna
spring for some za. Who wants some of
this za?


zaggedmod. alcohol intoxicated. How
can anybody get so zagged on three beers?
Wow, is she zagged!


zany[“zeni] mod. silly. What a zany chick!
Clare is so zany. That is a zany idea,
but I like it.


zap 1. tv. to shock someone. That fake
snake zapped me for a minute. The in-
cident zapped me, but good. 2. tv. to kill
someone. The stress from it all nearly
zapped him. I was afraid that one of
those thugs would zap me. 3. tv. to im-
press someone. My big idea really
zapped the boss. I may get a raise. I like
to have something to zap the board with at
every meeting. 4. tv. to stun someone
with an imaginary ray gun. Jimmy
swung around the corner and zapped me.
He zapped me with a water gun. 5. ex-
clam. Wow! (Usually Zap!) Zap! I did
it again! He said, “Zap!” indicating that
he really liked the present, I guess. 6. tv.
to defeat someone or a team. They
zapped us 10-8. Fred zapped Tracy in
the spelling bee. 7. in. to zip or move to
somewhere very fast. I’ll zap over and
see if the duplicating is ready yet. He’s
zapping to the drugstore for some aspirin.


zapped 1. mod. tired; exhausted. I’m too
zapped to go on. I’m way zapped. Good
night. 2. mod. alcohol or drug intoxi-
cated. We all got zapped and then went
home. Marty is too zapped to stand up.


zappymod. energetic; zippy. How can
you be so zappy at this time of the morn-
ing? That music is a little too zappy for
me.


zarf[zarf] n. an ugly and repellent male.
Ooo, who is that zarf who just came in?
That zarf is Martin, and he makes all
A’s, and he helps me with my homework,
so just shut up!
zebran. a referee. (Because of the black
and white striped shirt.) The zebra
blew the whistle on almost every play. 
There were not enough zebras to start the
game.
zeek out[zik...] in. to lose control of one-
self. I was in a pretty bad state. I al-
most zeeked out. Fred zeeked out and
had to be calmed down.
Zelda[“zEld@] n. a dull and ugly female.
(See also Clyde.) I’m not as much of a
Zelda as you think. Nobody’s gonna call
my sister a Zelda and get away with it.
zerk[z#k] n. a stupid person; a jerk. 
Who’s the zerk in the plaid pants? Don’t
be a zerk! Do what you’re told.
zerked (out)[“z#kt...] mod. drug intoxi-
cated; heavily drug intoxicated. Gary
looked really zerked out, and I thought he
was really stoned. Max gets zerked out
every weekend.
zerkingmod. strange; zerk-like. Who is
that zerking nerd over there? That zerk-
ing little guy is Martin, and I like him.
zeron. an insignificant person; a nobody.
Pay her no mind. She is a zero around
here. I want to be more in life than just
another zero.
zhlubGo to schlub.
zhlubby[“Zl@bi] mod. dull; boorish. (See
also schlub.) Who is the zhlubby type
with the plaid pants? That guy is so
zhlubby! I can’t sit through this zhlubby
thing one more minute.

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