blah[bla] 1. mod. bland; dull. What a
blah performance! After a blah day like
this I need something really exciting like
a hot bath. 2. mod. depressed; worn out.
When I get into a blah mood like this,
I just want to cry. I’m really blah. Would
you mind awfully if I just went home? 3.
mod. alcohol intoxicated; very drunk.
I got myself blah in about twenty minutes.
We are going to get totally blah tonight.
blah-blah[“bla”bla] phr. <a phrase echoic
of gibberish or incessant chattering.> (It
can be repeated many times.) Why all
this blah-blah-blah? She’s going blah-
blah on the phone all the time.
theblahs[blaz] n. a state of mental de-
pression. I’ve had the blahs about as
long as I can stand. You look like you’ve
got the blahs.
blanco[“blaNko] n. a white person; a Cau-
casian. (From Spanish. Potentially de-
rogatory.) Adios, blanco. The blan-
cos arrived in droves.
blanket drilln. a night’s sleep; sleep. (Mil-
itary.) Fred is still on blanket drill. He’s
in for it. Blanket drill is the only thing
I like in the army.
blankety-blank and blankity-blank
[“blANk@di”blANk] mod. damned. (From
the past practice of printing blank spaces
in place of banned words. See also
blasted.) I’m tired of your blankety-
blank bad humor. Get this blankity-
blank cat out of here!
blast 1. n. an exciting party. Fred knows
how to put on a real blast! What a blast
we had! 2. n. a thrill; a kick. That gag
gave me a blast. The roller coaster was
a blast. 3. tv. to shoot someone with a
gun. The speeding car drove by, and
somebody tried to blast him with a ma-
chine gun. The cops blasted the crook till
there was nothing left. 4. tv. to attack or
criticize someone or something verbally.
She really blasted the plan in front of the
board. He blasted his brother until we
all left in embarrassment. 5. n. a verbal at-
tack. The senator leveled a blast at the
administration. The administration de-
livered an enormous blast at the senate
hearing. 6. n. the kick or rush from tak-
ing or injecting a drug. (Drugs.) That
stuff really gives me a blast. With a blast
like that, somebody’s gonna get hooked
fast.
blasted 1. mod. alcohol or drug intoxi-
cated. I got myself blasted. I’m really
sorry. I got so blasted I swore never to
blow another joint. 2. mod. damned. I
asked her to get her blasted stockings off
the shower curtain. Shut your blasted
mouth!
blasterGo to (ghetto) blaster.
blazein. to smoke marijuana. Two fresh-
men are in the restroom blazing.
blazesGo to (blue) blazes.
blazingmod. really good; really good look-
ing; really hot. (See also blaze.) We had
a blazing time at Jane and Bob’s wedding
reception.
bleedtv. to drain someone of money
through extortion or continuous de-
mands for payment. You can’t bleed me
anymore. I’m tapped. I’m going to bleed
you till I get what I deserve.
bleed for someonein. to sympathize with
someone. I really bleed for you, but
there’s nothing I can do. We bleed for
you, we really do.
bleed like a stuck pigin. to bleed great
volumes of blood. I poked a nail into
my foot and bled like a stuck pig.
bleed someone dryGo to bleed some-
one white.
bleed someone white and bleed some-
one drytv. to take all of someone’s
money; to extort money from someone.
(See also bleed.) The creeps tried to
bleed me white. Frank got some picture
of Fred and Paul together and tried to
bleed both of them dry.
blimpn. <a nickname for an obese per-
son.> (Cruel.) Look at that blimp who
just came in. This enormous blimp
managed to get on the plane, but couldn’t
get into a seat.
blimpedmod. alcohol intoxicated; swollen
with drinking. I am still a little blimpedblimped