the SLANGMAN GUIDE TO street speak 3
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cleaner
See: cleaning person . . . . . . . 150
cleaning girl
See: cleaning person . . . . . . . 150
cleaning lady
See: cleaning person . . . . . . . 150
cleaning person . . . . . . . . . . . 150
clergyman
See: cleric . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
cleric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
clip-clop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
close in on someone (to)
See: hot on someone’s
heels (to be) . . . . . . . . . 176
code (to)
See: code blue . . . . . . . . . . 179
code blue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
cold fish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
collage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
come clean (to) . . . . . . . . . . . 175
come down hard on
someone (to)
See: read someone the
riot act (to) . . . . . . . . . . 57
come on to someone (to) . . . . . . . 6
See: hit on someone (to) . . . . . . 16
come out of left field (to) . . . . . . . 64
come to (to) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
come to a parting of the
ways (to)
See: break up (to) . . . . . . . . . 46
comedian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
comedienne
See: comedian . . . . . . . . . . 140
comic
See: comedian . . . . . . . . . . 140
common man
See: person in the street . . . . . 154
concierge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
connoisseur . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
coochie-coo . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
cooking on all four burners
(not to be)
See: airhead . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
cool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Cool it! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
cool one’s heels (to)
See: do time (to) . . . . . . . . . 175
crack a case (to) . . . . . . . . . . . 175
crack someone up (to) . . . . . . . 171
crack-up (a)
See: crack someone up (to). . . . 171
craftsman
See: artisan . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
craftsmanship
See: artisanship. . . . . . . . . . 148
crash cart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
crazy about someone (to be). . . . . 27
creep . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
crib . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
criss-cross . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
cruise (to) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
cruisy
See: cruise (to) . . . . . . . . . . . 14
crush on someone (to have a) . . . . 27
See: crazy about someone
(to be) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
cuddle (to) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
cuff someone (to) . . . . . . . . . . 210
cum laude . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
curtain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
curtain call
See: curtain . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
custody . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
cut an album (to) . . . . . . . . . . 181
cut class (to) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Cut it out! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
cutie
See: hottie . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
D
da bomb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
dad
See: old man . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
daddy
See: old man . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
dark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
deadbeat dad . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
death warmed over (to look like)
See: butt-ugly (to be). . . . . . . . 14
debut . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
deja vu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
digits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
ding-dong . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
dirty old man . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
dirty pool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
diss someone (to) . . . . . . . . . . 190
See: brush off (to give
someone the) . . . . . . . . . 13
ditch class (to)
See: cut class (to) . . . . . . . . . 198
ditz
See: airhead . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
ditzy (to be)
See: airhead . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
diva
See: prima donna . . . . . . . . . 90
do time (to) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
dog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
dog (to be a)
See: butt-ugly (to be). . . . . . . . 14
do-it-yourselfer
See: handyperson. . . . . . . . . 152
Don’t budge! . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Don’t fall for it! . . . . . . . . . . . 216
door-to-door. . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
dope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
dork
See: nerd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
double entendre . . . . . . . . . . . 96
drafting technician . . . . . . . . . 151
draftsman
See: drafting technician. . . . . . 151
draftsperson
See: drafting technician. . . . . . 151
drag someone into court (to) . . . . 54
dreamy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
dressed to kill (to be) . . . . . . . . 171
dressed to the nines (to be) . . . . . 171
drop a bombshell on
someone (to) . . . . . . . . . . 173
drop a course (to) . . . . . . . . . . 199
drop out of school (to) . . . . . . . 199
drop someone like a hot
potato (to) . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
drop the ball (to) . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Drop! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
drop-dead gorgeous (to be)
See: hottie . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Duck! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
dude . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
See: guy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
dump someone (to)
See: drop someone like a
hot potato (to) . . . . . . . . 46
E
e.g. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
early man
See: prehistoric people . . . . . . 154
easy on the eyes (to be)
See: hottie . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
echelon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
eclair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
ego . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
elite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
en route . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
ennui . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
ensemble . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
entree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
ersatz. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
espresso . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
even up the score (to) . . . . . . . . 73
ex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
expecting (to be)
See: knocked up (to get) . . . . . . 29
extra
See: walk-on . . . . . . . . . . . 165
eye on someone (to have one’s) . . . 14
eye to eye (to see) . . . . . . . . . . 130
F
face that could stop a clock
(to have a)
See: butt-ugly (to be). . . . . . . . 14
face that only a mother could
love (to have a)
See: butt-ugly (to be). . . . . . . . 14
face to face . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
fair play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
fall for someone (to) . . . . . . . . . 27
See: crazy about someone
(to be) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
fall off the ugly tree and hit every
branch on the way down (to)
See: butt-ugly (to be). . . . . . . . 14
falling-out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
false move . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
faux pas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
fellow
See: guy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
fine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
finesse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
finger-pointing
See: point the finger at
someone (to) . . . . . . . . . 57
firefighter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
fireman
See: firefighter . . . . . . . . . . 140
first out of the gate (to be) . . . . . . 79
first voyage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
fisher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
fisherman
See: fisher. . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
fishing crew
See: fisher. . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
fizzle out (to). . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
flake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
flake out (to)
See: flake . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
flat line (to) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
flight attendant . . . . . . . . . . . 140
fling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
fling (to have a)
See: affair (to have an). . . . . . . 45
flip out (to)
See: blow one’s top (to) . . . . . . 53
flip one’s lid (to)
See: blow one’s top (to) . . . . . . 53
flip-flop. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
fly. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
fly off the handle (to)
See: blow one’s top (to) . . . . . . 53
for the kabillionth / kagillionth time
See: umpteenth time (for the). . . 172
forefathers
See: ancestors . . . . . . . . . . 148
foreman
See: foreperson . . . . . . . . . . 151
foreperson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
forgive and forget (to) . . . . . . . . 55
forte . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
fox
See: hottie . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
foxy (to be)
See: hottie . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
framed (to get) . . . . . . . . . . . 175
frat boy
See: frat rat . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
frat rat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
freak out (to)
See: blow one’s top (to) . . . . . . 53
free rein (to have) . . . . . . . . . . 79
freeze someone out (to)
See: brush off (to give
someone the) . . . . . . . . . 13
Freeze!. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
French kiss (to) . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
freshman
See: frosh . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
front page (to make the) . . . . . . 183
frosh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
froufrou . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
funnies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
G
G.F. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
See: my woman . . . . . . . . . . 38
gaga over someone or
something (to be) . . . . . . . . 130
gauche . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
geek
See: nerd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
geeky
See: nerd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Gesundheit! . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
get a little something on
the side (to)
See: affair (to have an). . . . . . . 45
Get a room! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
get all bent out of shape (to) . . . . 173
get along (to) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Get away! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
get even with someone (to). . . . . 173
Get lost! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Get my drift?
See: Catch my drift? . . . . . . . 171
Get out of the way! . . . . . . . . . 217
get over it (to)
See: forgive and forget (to) . . . . 55
get some on the side (to)
See: affair (to have an). . . . . . . 45
get turned down (to) . . . . . . . . . 15
Get your hands in the air!. . . . . . 211