pletely charged up. Paul was one
charged up guy after the session. 3. mod.
excited. The audience was charged up
and ready for the star to come out. The
charged up quarterback made some won-
derful plays.Charles 1. n. cocaine. (Drugs.) I want
to meet Charles somewhere. Is there a
house where I can buy some Charles some-
where close? 2. n. a Caucasian. (Black.
Not necessarily derogatory.) And what
is Charles gonna say about what you did
to his car? That brother’s so backward,
he’s still afraid to go to Charles’s front door.
Charleyn. the Viet Cong in Vietnam. (Mil-
itary. From Victor Charley,which is from
VC.) How come Charley never gets bit
to death by those snakes? What if we
meet up with Charley down there?
Charlie Foxtrot and CF 1. Go to cluster
fuck (sense 1). 2. Go to cluster fuck
(sense 2).
Charlie Irvinen. a police officer. (Black.
See also Irv.) Charlie Irvine was around
asking after you. Look smart, dude, here
comes Charlie Irvine.
Charlie Noble n. a ship’s smokestack.
(Naval. This is an old naval term, used
as slang and in joking.) The captain
says I am supposed to take this letter to
Charlie Noble.
charmern. a seducer; a make-out artist.
You always have to act like some half-ass
charmer scamming like it really mattered!
Grow up! Willard is such a charmer!
Too bad he’s married.
chartn. a musical score. (Musicians. See
also map.) Come on, man! Look at the
chart! You’re making clinkers like hot
cakes. Lemme borrow your chart for a
while, okay?
chartsn. the trade magazine rankings of
current pop music. The big one is back
on the charts this week. Give it a listen.
Number five on the charts again this
week—it’s “My Blue Heaven” with the An-
drews Sisters.
chas and chez[tSAz and tSEz] n. matches.
(Collegiate. A clipping ofmatches.)
Where are my chas? You got a couple of
chez?
chaser 1. n. an alcoholic drink taken after
a nonalcoholic one; beer, water, or some
similar liquid drunk after a shot of hard
liquor. (See also wash.) I could use a
little chaser with this soda. I’d like a
double scotch and a beer chaser. 2. Go to
ambulance chaser.
chase the dragontv. to inhale opium
fumes through a straw. (Drugs.) Harry
thinks that chasing the dragon sounds like
real fun. Chasing the dragon may sound
good, but it smells awful.
C-head 1. n. a cocaine user. (Drugs.) I
don’t want any C-head operating on me!
How much money does a C-head need
to get through the day? 2. n. an LSD user
who takes LSD on sugar cubes. (Drugs.)
Frank was a C-head in the sixties.
Why don’t you C-heads grow up?
cheapien. a cheaply made article. (See also
el cheapo.) I don’t want a cheapie. I
can afford better. It broke. I guess it was
a cheapie.
cheap shotn. a remark that takes advan-
tage of someone else’s vulnerability. It’s
easy to get a laugh with a cheap shot at
cats. People who wouldn’t dare utter
anything negative about blacks, Poles, or
women just love to take a cheap shot at
yuppies.
cheapskate[“tSipsket] n. a miserly person;
a very cheap person. (See also piker.)
A 5 percent tip! What a cheapskate! I
don’t think of myself as a cheapskate, but
I do try to watch my cash f low.
cheatersn. sunglasses. (Formerly referred
to all spectacles. See also shades; sun-
shades.) Get your cheaters on. The
sun’s really bright. Somebody sat on my
cheaters!
check 1. n. a dose of a drug in a capsule
or folded in a paper. (Drugs.) Frank
handed me a check, and I slipped him
some long green. How much you want
for a check? 2. interj. okay; yes; yes, it is
on the list.BILL: Four quarts of oil.
TOM: Check. FRED: Are you ready?
PAUL: Check.Charles