| bag |
a person's particular
interest; as in "singing's my bag" |
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| barn burner |
a very stylish, classy
woman |
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| beard |
a male friend who acts as a
"cover"; usually for extramarital affairs
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| beetle |
a girl who dresses in
flashy clothes |
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| big-leaguer |
a resourceful man who can
handle any situation
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| big casino |
death |
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| bird |
the male or female
genitalia; standard greeting: "How's your bird"?
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| bombsville |
any kind of failure in
life; see ville
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| broad |
affectionate term for a
girl or woman with sex appeal
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| bum |
a person who is despised,
most frequently linked to people in the media
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| bunter |
a man who fails in almost
everything he does; the opposite of gasser
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| charley |
what the rat-packers called
one another |
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| charlies |
admiring word for a woman's
breasts
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| chick |
a young and invariably
pretty girl
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| clyde |
a word used to cover a
multitude of personal observations; e.g., "I don't like her clyde"
means "I don't like her voice", etc. |
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| coo-coo! |
see crazy |
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| crazy |
a term of admiration for a
personal, place, or thing; similar to cool.
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| creep |
a man who is disliked for
any reason
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| crumb |
a person it is impossible
to respect
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| dame |
a generally derogatory term
for a probably unattractive woman
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| dig |
a term of appreciation;
e.g., "I dig that broad."
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| duke |
tip |
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| dying |
an exaggerated term to mean
slightly upset; e.g. "I'm dying"
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| end |
a word to signify that
someone or something is the very best; "the living end"
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| endsville |
total failure; similar to
bombsville; see ville
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| fink |
a person who cannot be
relied upon or trusted, especially someone in the media; a crumb |
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| fracture |
to make laugh; as in
"that fractures me"
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| gas |
a great situation; as in
"that set was a gas"
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| gasoline |
alcohol
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| gasser |
a highly admired person;
the end!
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| gofer |
someone who performs menial
jobs and tasks; "go for drinks"
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| good night all |
a term of
invective used to change the subject of conversation
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| groove |
a term of admiration or
approval; as in "in the groove"
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| harvey |
a person who acts in a
stupid or naive fashion; sometimes shortened to "Harv"
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| hacked |
angry; as in "he's
hacked off"
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| hello! |
a cry of surprise to no one
in particular when a beautiful woman is seen
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| hunker |
a jack-of-all-trades; see
gopher
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| jokes |
an actor's lines in a
screenplay
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| let's lose charley |
a term used among intimates
who want to get rid of a bore in their company |
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| little hey-hey |
romance; a little action
with a broad
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| locked-up |
as in "all
locked-up," a term for a forthcoming date or engagement, private or
public |
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| loser |
anyone who has made a mess
of their life, drinks too much, makes the wrong enemies, etc.
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| mish-mash |
similar to loser, but
refers specifically to a woman who is messed up
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| mothery |
terrific; wild and wicked
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| mouse |
usually a small, very
feminine girl who invites being cuddled
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| nowhere |
a term of failure as in
"he's nowhere."
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| odds |
used in connection with
important decisions, as in "the odds aren't right," meaning
it's a no go
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| original loser |
a person without talent;
sometimes more fully expressed as "He is the original Major Bowes
Amateur Hour loser |
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| pallie |
dean's nickname for
everyone, whether a lifelong friend or a bellhop |
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| player |
a man who is a gambler by
nature, makes friends easily, and never gives up trying
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| punks |
any undesirables, in
particular criminals, gangsters, or mobsters
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| quin |
derisive term for a woman
who is an easy pick-up
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| rain |
as in "I think it's
going to rain" indicating that it is time to leave a dull gathering
or party |
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| ring-a-ding |
a term of approval, as in
"What a ring-a-ding broad!"
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| sam |
used in the same way as
Charley for a person whose name has been forgotten, most often applied
to females
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| scramsville |
to run off
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| sharp |
a person who dresses well
and with style
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| ta-ta |
goodbye
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| twirl |
a girl who loves dancing
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| ville |
a suffix used to indicate
changes in any given situation; see endsville, splitsville, etc |
