Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions

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ghettoghetto bird
ghetto(ghetto) blaster
ghetto(ghetto) box
ghost ghost turd
giantmental giant
giddy Giddy up!
gift get a gift
gift gift of gab
gigglegiggle goo
gillblue around the gills
gillgreen around the gills
gillloaded to the gills
gillstewed to the gills
gimme Gimme a break!
gingin dive
gingin mill
gingin palace
girllittle girls’ room
girlold girl
girlie girlie magazine
girlie girlie show
git from (the) git-go
givedon’t give a hoot
givedon’t give a rip
givegive a fuck (about someone or
something)
givegive a shit (about someone or
something)
givegive head
giveGive it a rest!
givegive it the gun
giveGive it up!
giveGive me a break!
giveGive me a rest!
giveGive me five!
giveGive me (some) skin!
givegive (out) with something
givegive someone a buzz
givegive someone a (good) talking to
givegive someone a (good) working over
givegive someone a melvin
givegive someone an earful
givegive someone a pain
givegive someone five
givegive someone hell
givegive someone the ax
givegive someone the brushoff
givegive someone the business
givegive someone the finger
givegive someone the gate
givegive someone the go-by
givegive someone the nod
givegive someone the raspberry
givegive someone the shaft
givegive someone the slip
giveSomething’s got to give.


giveWhat gives?
glad glad rags
glamour glamour puss
glassglass gun
glaze glazed (drunk)
glaze glazed (over)
gloomy gloomy Gus
glory send someone to glory
gloss lip gloss
glow glow worm
glow have a glow on
glue glue factory
go from (the) git-go
go get (out) while the goin’s good
go get someone going
go get something going (with someone)
go give someone the go-by
go go all the way
go go ape (over someone or something)
go go apeshit over someone or something
go go bananas
go go belly up
go go bitchcakes
go go blooey
go (Go) blow it out your ear!
go Go chase yourself!
go Go chase your tail!
go Go climb a tree!
go go down
go go downhill
go go down in flames
go go down on someone
go go down the chute
go go down the line
go go down the tube(s)
go go Dutch
go Go figure.
go go flooey
go Go fly a kite!
go go for broke
go Go for it!
go go for the fences
go Go fry an egg!
go Go fuck yourself!
go go great guns
go go haywire
go go home in a box
go go home to mama
go going high
go going over
go go into orbit
go Go jump in the lake!
go go mental
go go off half-cocked
go go off the deep end
go Go on!

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