English Slangs 2011

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Aqui está uma lista com algumas gírias traduzidas:
bump'n'grind = rebolado
crib = casa, apê.
get busy = dançar (no sentido de dançar e no sentido de encrenca).
get low = dançar.
hoe = mulher; mulher vagabunda, promíscua. Amigo, parceiro.
player = garanhão, pegador.
right on = isso aí
thang = coisa.
weirdo = esquisitão.
ya damn right! = tem toda a razão!
I have a lot more but I'm a little lazy.

I'll be back soon.
ENGLISH SLANS PART 1 (ALL IN ENGLISH)
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If you want to want your English to sound "cool" and "with it", or if you want to
understand the street English spoken around the world, then this list is for you! On this
page you will find what might be considered the most essential slang. Therefore we
recommend any advanced learner of English try and learn at least some of these
words. The page is arranged in alphabetical order, so just scroll down to check out the
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airhead: stupid person.
ace: excellent, great.
Adam and Eve - Rhyming Slang for 'believe'
aggro - short for aggravation or violence
amber fluid : beer
anorak - geek, nerd.
apples and pears - Rhyming Slang for 'stairs'.
armpit: dirty, unappealing place.
arse / ass [slightly offensive] (1): backside.
arse / ass (2): an unworthy person.
arse about/arsing about - to fool around
arse-about-face: something that is in a mess or crooked

arseholed: very drunk
arvo : afternoon
Aussie : Australian
awesome: great and impressive.
backhander (1): a payment given, normally in a secretive fashion.
backhander (2): hit someone.
ball (1): a fun time.
ball [slightly offensive] (2): a testicle.
ballistic - to go mad with rage
bang [slightly offensive](1): to make love
bang (2): a powerful effect.
banged up - to be put in prison.
bangers - another name for sausages.
barbie : barbecue, grill.
barf (1): vomit.
barmy - a foolish person, mad.
barney - row, violent argument.
beans: money.
beast [offensive] - an ugly woman.
beat: tired.
beemer: a BMW.
bent (1): a 'gay man'
bent (2): 'stolen'.

biggie: something important.
biker: a motorcycle rider.
bikkie : biscuit
bimbo - a young woman considered sexually attractive but of limited

intelligence.
bird - woman/girl/girlfriend
bitch [offensive] (1): a very unpleasant woman.
bitch [offensive] (2): complain.
bitchy [slightly offensive]: moody.
bitzer : mongrel dog (bits of this and bits of that!).
bladdered - very drunk
blag - a robbery
bloke - man
blotto - 'very drunk'
blue (1) - XXX; dirty, hot, steamy, pornographic
blue (2): domestic fight or row.
bluey - pornographic film
boat race - Rhyming Slang for 'face'.
bod: body.
bonkers; go bonkers: crazy.
bonzer : great.
booboo: a mistake.
bovver - trouble, usually fighting.

booze: alcohol.
boozer (1): a pub
boozer (2): someone who likes alcohol.
Brahms and Liszt - Rhyming Slang for 'pissed' (drunk).
brass monkeys - cold weather
bread: money.
brew (1): tea or coffee.
brew (2): beer.
brill - short for 'brilliant'.
bull: bullshit; lie.
bullshit [offensive]: lie; dishonesty.
bugger - a mild form of abuse or an exclamation.
bunk-off - to be absent without permission
bunk-up - to make love.
bushed: extremely tired.
butt: the buttocks, bottom.
cabbage - someone who is a bit slow or stupid
cakehole - mouth..
catch some rays: get some sunshine.
char / cha - tea.
cheesy: cheap; lacking in good taste.
chicken: coward.
chook : a chicken
chuck up: vomit
chuck a sickie : take the day off sick from work when you're perfectly
healthy.
ciggy - slang for cigarette.
cock and bull story - a rubbish story, nonsense.
(to) cop it - to die, to get into trouble.
cool: excellent; superb.
cooler, the: gaol; jail; prison
couch potato: a person who watches too much television.
cozzie : swimming costume
cranky : in a bad mood, angry.
crap [slightly offensive] (1): something worthless.
crap [offensive] (2): excrement.
crap [slightly offensive] (3): falsehoods and lies.
crikey - an expression of astonishment.
crust - money / wage.
cushy - easy.
dead cert - something that is definite.
deck: to hit someone.
dicey: unpredictable; risky.
dickhead [slightly offensive] - an idiot, fool.
dill : an idiot.
ding-dong - argument or fight.

dipstick - idiot, fool.
dirt: extremely bad person.
dirty: offensive; pornographic.
div/divvy - stupid or slow person.
doodle - something thats easy / no problem.
dodgy - dubious person or thing.
dog [offensive] - an ugly girl.
done over - beaten up
dope - a slow or stupid person.
doobry - a nonsensical word used when you forget the name of

something
dorky: strange; peculiar.
dosh - money.
dosser - down-and-out, tramp.
down under : Australia and New Zealand.
Drongo : a dope, stupid person.
dude: a male.
dump [slightly offensive] - to defecate.
dyke [offensive] - lesbian.
dynamite: powerful; excellent.
dinosaur: something out of date or old fashioned.
earbashing : nagging, non-stop chatter.
evil: great; excellent.

eyeball: to stare long and hard at someone or something.
eyepopper: something or someone visibly astounding.
fab: fabulous.
face-off: confrontation.
fag [offensive] (1): homosexual
fag (2): cigarette
family jewels - Rhyming Slang for testicles.
far out - splendid.
fart [offensive] (1): an escape of gas from the bowels.
fart [slightly offensive] (2): an unpleasant person
fat head - an idiot or dull person.
fender-bender: small accident.
filth [offensive] - the police.
fit - sexually attractive.
five finger discount - shoplifting.
flaky: unpredictable.
flashback: sudden memory.
flick (1): film; movie.
flick (2): to give something or somebody the flick is to get rid of it or

him/her
floating : intoxicated
floozie - a mistress or girlfriend.
flommox - confuse
flutter - a bet (on horse racing or football)
footie - Abbreviated form for football.
for crying out loud ! - a expression of frustration or anger.
forty winks - a short sleep or nap.
fox: attractive, alluring person.
freebie: something that does not cost money.
French kiss : kissing with the tongue.
full monty - 'the whole lot', everything.
full-on - powerful, with maximum effort.
funny farm - mental hospital or institution.
funny money - counterfeit money.
gaff - house or flat.
gander - to look at.
geek: an unattractive person who works too hard.
get it: to understand something.
glitch: flaw.
gobshite [offensive] - someone who talks rubbish all the time.
go bananas: go slightly mad.
good onya : good for you, well done
goof (1): make a mistake.
goof (2): a silly and foolish person.
goof off: waste time.
goof up: make a mistake.

goofy: silly.
Gordon Bennet - an exclamation.
grand: one thousand dollars.
grass: marijuana.
greaser - slang name for a 1950's style man.
grog : alcohol, beer.
grub: food.
grubby: not clean.
grungy: unclean and stinky.
gut: a person's stomach; belly.
guts: courage.
gyno - gynaecologist
hacked off - fed up, annoyed.
hairy: difficult; dangerous.
ham-fisted - clumsy.
hammered - drunk.
handcuffs: an engagement ring or wedding ring
hang a left: make a left turn.
hang a right: make a right turn.
headcase - mad
hep: sensible; informed.
her ('er) indoors - wife, girlfriend.
hickey: a love bite on the skin.

hip: sensible; informed.
hole in the wall - a cashpoint machine or bankomat.
hoo-ha - trouble; commotion.
hooker: prostitute.
horny: in the mood for sex, sexually stimulated;.
hot (1): sexy.
hot (2):popular.
hottie : hot water bottle
huff - bad mood.
humungous: really big.
hump (1) - to have sex.
hump (2) - bad mood.
hyper: overly excited.
icky: unpleasant.
I.D.: identification.
iffy - dubious, doubtful.
I'm outta here: I'm leaving; I'm departing.
in: fashionable.
ivories: teeth.
jack around: waste time.
jam (1): trouble.
jam (2): improvise (musically).
jamming, to be : going well.

jammy - lucky.
jerk: stupid or annoying person.
jock: someone good at sports.
K : a thousand.
keep your hair on - "keep calm".
kick back: relax and enjoy.
kick the bucket: die.
kip - sleep.
knackered - exhausted.
knees up - party.
knock: condemn, criticise.
knockout: beautiful woman; handsome man.
knock back : refusal (noun), refuse (transitive verb)
kook: peculiar person.
kraut [slightly offensive] - German
laid back: relaxed; calm.
lairy - loud, brash.
lame: incompetent.
legless - very drunk.
limp wristed - a gay man.
lip: cheeky talk.
loaded - someone with a lot of money.
loo : toilet
loser: a bungling and worthless person.
lost the plot - crazy/mad.
love handles: excess fat around the waist.
luvverly jubberly - wonderful, great, all is well.
make waves: cause problems.
malarkey - nonsense.
mate - friend
max, to the : maximum.
mega: big.
megabucks: a large amount of money.
mellow: relaxed.
mickey-mouse: unimportant; time-wasting.
minger [offensive] - an unattractive person (usually female).
mongrel : despicable person
moonie [offensive!] - to show one's bottom (arse) to unsuspecting

onlookers.
moose [offensive] - an ugly girl.
mozzie : mosquito
mug : a gullible person.
naff - something which is cheap and nasty.
naff off - a milder version off fu*k off.
nancy (nancy boy) - a homosexual.
nark - a police informer.

narked - to be annoyed.
neat: cool; great.
nick - to steal.
nipper - a small child.
no-hoper - somebody who'll never do well
nosh - food.
not cricket - not normal or correct.
not all there - someone who is stupid, not bright intellectually
not half! - cetainly, for sure.
not the full quid - someone who is stupid, not bright intellectually.
nuke (1): nuclear weapon.
nuke (2): destroy; delete.
nuke (3): cook something in the microwave oven.
nut (1): odd or crazy person.
nut (2): someone passionate about something.
nutter - crazy person.
nuts [slightly offensive]: testicles.
nutty - eccentric.
off your face - to be very drunk.
out of your tree - crazy, drunk or stoned.
pad: someone's home.
pants (1) - an exclamation of frustration.
pants (2) - bad or rubbish.

party: celebrate.
party animal: someone that loves parties.
paws: hands.
peanuts: very little money.
pee: to urinate.
pickled: drunk.
pig out: eat too much.
pigs ear: to make a mistake with something.
piss [slightly offensive] - to urinate.
pissed - drunk.
pissed (off): angry; upset.
piss-head - a habitual drinker or alcoholic.
piss-up - a big drinking session.
plank - an idiot.
plastered: drunk.
plonker - an idiot
pad: someone's home.
plonk (1) : cheap wine
plonk (2): sit down - as in "plonk your arse down there".
poop [offensive]: defecation; shit.
poop out: get tired and quit.
postie : postman
pot: marijuana.
prezzy : present, gift
pro - someone who's good at something; professional.
psycho: crazy person.
puke: vomit.
pumped (up): excited.
queer [slightly offensive] - a homosexual.
rabbit - talk.
racket (1): noise.
racket (2): an occupation.
racket (3): something that's dishonest or deceptive.
rat: a despicable person.
rat-arsed - drunk.
rear (end): buttocks.
(a) riot - something or someone very funny.
rip off (1): stealing.
rip off (2): fraud.
ripper : great, fantastic
rocking: great; excellent.
roll up - a hand rolled cigarette.
rosie lee - tea
rubbish: nonsense; not true.
ruck - a fight.
rug - wig, toupee.

rug rat: a child.
rum - odd, strange.
runs, the: diarrhoea.
scoff: to eat.
screw up: to make a mistake.
screw-up: a person who makes a mistake.
scum (offensive] - a despicable individual.
shades - sunglasses.
shag [slightly offensive] - to make love.
shagged-out - to feel tired.
shed-load - a huge amount.
shite - milder variation of the word shit.
shitfaced [slightly offensive] - very drunk.
shithead [slightly offensive]: a stupid, impolite person.
skint - to have no money
skosh - a little bit.
slapper [offensive] - a loose or easy woman.
smeghead - an idiot.
snog - to kiss
snookered: cheated, stuck.
solid (1): really good; cool.
solid (2): consecutive.
specs: eyeglasses.
split: to leave.
spunk [offensive] (1): semen
spunk (2): spirit.
spunk (3): an attractive man.
stoned: drunk from drugs or alcohol.
stunner - a very good looking woman.
street smart: knowledgeable about city life.
strewth : exclamation
(I'll be) stuffed : expression of surprise
suck: to be bad and unacceptable.
sunnies : sunglasses
swagman : tramp
sweet - excellent, cool.
ta - thanks.
tacky - something of poor taste or style.
tanked (up) - to get very drunk.
tea leaf - Rhyming Slang for thief.
telly - television.
thick as shit [offensive]- very stupid.
thick as two short planks [offensive] - very stupid.
thingo : Wadjamacallit, thingummy, whatsit, something you don't know

the name of!
thou: thousand.
threads: clothing.
ticker (1): the heart.
ticker (2): a watch.
tiddly - slightly drunk.
toss-pot [slightly offensive] - idiot.
totally: really; completely.
to the max: maximum.
troll - an ugly girl.
(the) trots - diarrhoea.
trouble and strife - Rhyming Slang for 'wife'.
trout [offensive] - unattractive woman
turkey (1): failure; flop.
turkey (2): dumb person.
turn-off: something that repulses a person.
umpteen: many; countless.
up for it - to be willing to have a good time.
up the duff - to be pregnant.
Uncle Tom Cobley and all - a phrase meaning 'everyone'.
uptight: nervous; anxious.
veg out : relax in front of the TV (like a vegetable)
wad: a lot of money.
wanker - an idiot or an unpleasant person.
wasted: killed.
weed (1): marijuana.
weed (2): someone who is weak.
wheels: car; motorcycle.
whiz: someone who shows a special talent for something.
wicked - excellent, cool.
wimp: weak; feeble.
wimpy: weak.
wind up - to tease.
winks: sleep.
wuss : coward
x-rated - pornographic.
yabber : talk (a lot)
Yank: an American.
yob - a horrible or uncouth young man.
zeds - sleep.
zero - an unimportant person.
zilch - nothing
zip (1) -nothing.
zip (2) - energy; vigor.
zip it - shut up.
zit: pimple; acne.

ENGLISH SLANGS PART 2
English Slang
This dictionary is a comprehensive and in-depth look at all the slang,

vulgarisms, curses, and insults, plus idioms, expressions, and a lot
more, available in English. As always with slang, be careful using what
you hear; it may not work quite the way you expect.
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUV
WXYZ
abs
n. abdominal muscles. 1. Nice abs. You been working out?
ace
n. best; top-notch; most competent person
ace
v. do extremely well on a test or exam. 1. I aced that exam.
acid
n. lysergic acid diethylamide. 1. Have you ever dropped acid?
acid head
n. user of LSD. 1. He was an acid head in college but hasn't used since.
action
n. excitement; activity in general; share of winnings or booty; sexual
activity
adult
adj. sexually explicit
AFAIK
abbr. as far as I know (computers and Web usage). 1. AFAIK, it's not a
problem.
AFK
abbr. away from keyboard
a-hole
n. asshole; a very annoying, dumb person (usually used in reference to
men)
air ball
n. a throw in basketball that entirely misses the net. 1. Air balls all the
time. You can't ever make a shot.
air boss
n. head of the flight deck on an aircraft carrier. 1. Ask the air boss what
to do about it.
air rage
n. passenger on an airplane, who is out of control
airhead
n. dimwit; stupid person (usually said of women). 1. She's a total
airhead, can't even spell her own name.
all-nighter
n. an activity that goes on all night long (e.g.: party, study session, test
preparation). 1. She pulled an all-nighter to finish her term paper.
also-ran
n. somebody or something that performs poorly in a race or other
competition. 1. He's just another also-ran in this election. No chance of
winning.
ambo
n. ambulance
Amped-out
adj. fatigue after using amphetamine
angel lust
n. death erection; male cadaver with an erection
angels
n. altitude in thousands of feet
anke biter
n. child; kid
antifreeze
n. liquor, usually strong
apeshit
adj. excited; upset. 1. He's apeshit about his new job.
apple
n. native American person who adopts the lifestyle, attitudes, and such
of White people
apples and oranges

idiom. two things that cannot be compared. 1. It's apples and oranges.
You can't compare them.
appy
n. appendicitis; appendectomy
armpit
n. an undesirable place or location, often a city or state.. 1. New Jersey
was once called the armpit of America.
Army brat
n. child in a regular Army family
arse
n. ass; rear end; buttocks
as if
exclam. a strong expression of disbelief said in response to something
that is false but the speaker wishes were true. 1. Go on a date with him.
As if!
ASL
abbr. age, sex, and location (question posed in chat rooms online)
ass
n. a worthless, descpicable person. 1. You're such an ass; I never want
to see you again.
ass
n. a person (used in reference to the entire person). 1. Get your ass in
here right now.
ass
n. a woman as a sexual object. 1. I gotta get me some ass.
ass
n. buttocks; rear-end. 1. She's got a great ass.
ass bandit
n. male homosexual
ass is grass
idiom. done in; done for (said as a threat or warning)
ass wipe
n. an annoying person of little or no value
asshole
n. an annoying person of little or no value. 1. Don't be an asshole. Try
being nice for once.
asshole
n. the anus; the opening at the rectum
ass-kisser
n. someone who flatters for personal gain; a toady. 1. He is such an
ass-kisser, always complimenting our boss.
ass-licker
n. someone who flatters for personal gain; a toady
ate up
adj. clueless; stupid; incompetent; messed up
atomic wedgie
n. the act of pulling the underwear of a boy up from behind so that it
creates discomfort around the genitals in a particularly harsh manner
aural sex
n. phone sex
Aussie
n. Australian person
awesome
adj. great; excellent
ax
n. saxophone; other horn or similar instrument
baby catcher
n. obstetrician
back in the day
idiom. a long time ago when style, fashion, and taste were different
back of beyond
n. remote, isolated area (often far from even a small town)
backassed
adj. backward; poorly arranged or structured; awkward. 1. That was a backassed solution to the
problem.
back-ender
n. automobile collision in which one car strikes the back or another
backer
n. investor; financial supporter
bad
adj. intense; powerful; suitable; excellent
bad girl
n. woman who behaves dangerously or irresponsibly by normal social standards
bad guy
n. man blamed or held responsible for something
bad rap
n. a false criminal accusation or conviction. 1. He's got a bad rap as a drug dealer, but it's not
true.
bad rap
n. a poor reputation, usually not deserved. 1. She's got a bad rap as a bitch, but she's actually
nice.
bag
v. capture; seize; arrest. 1. The cops bagged another pimp last night.
bag
n. an ugly, usually older woman
bag
v. use a bag breathing apparatus to get air into someone's lungs (standard phrase in medicine)
bag
n. condom
bag man
n. person who transports money; a person who supplies narcotics or other drugs, a pusher
bail
v. abandon; depart; leave. 1. I bailed on my calculus class because I was tired.
BAK
abbr. back at keyboard
baldie
n. bald man (used as a nickname at times)
ball
n. a good time; great fun (at a party, etc.). 1. We had a ball at that party last night.
ball
n. testicle
ball
v. have sexual intercourse with someone
ball of wax
n. whole situation; all factors, elements, or aspects of something
ballpark figure
n. estimate; approximate figure
balls
exclam. Indicates disbelief or rejection. 1. Oh balls! I can't believe I lost my wallet.
balls
n. courage; guts; daring-do (usually used to describe men)
balls
n. testicles
ballsy
adj. aggressive. 1. Don't be so ballsy. People don't like it.
ballsy
adj. daring; courageous. 1. That was a ballsy maneuver. I'm surprised you tried it.
bamboozle
v. deceive or confuse someone
banana
n. Asian person who adopts the lifestyle, attitudes, and such of White people
bandit
n. hostile aircraft
bang
n. a thrill; something exciting
bang
n. the act of sexual intercourse
bang
v. to have sexual intercourse
bang for the buck
idiom. value or return for money used
banger
n. sausage. 1. Want some bangers with that?
barbie
n. barbeque grill; grill. 1. Let's fire up the barbie and grill some burgers.
barf
n. vomit; vomitus. 1. Damn, there's barf in the bathroom again. Who's responsible?
barf
v. vomit
barfly
n. person who spends a lot of time at one bar drinking
barista
n. espresso bartender
barkeep
n. bartender. 1. Barkeep! Two beers here.
bashing
n. critiziing; slandering; defaming (used after the object of the crticism in a combined form). 1.
Japan-bashing; China-bashing.
baster baby
n. baby resulting from artificial insemination
battle rattle
n. combat gear, esp. Kevlar helmets and flak jackets
bazillion
n. a vast, enormous, or indefinite amount. 1. I've got like a bazillion things to do.
bazongas
n. breasts (on a woman)
bazoo
n. mouth. 1. Shut your bazoo right now.
B-ball
n. baseball or basketball. 1. How about some b-ball later?
BC
abbr. birth control
BCD
abbr. bad conduct discharge
BCGs
abbr. birth control glasses, i.e. military glasses that repel women because they are very ugly
BCGs
n. birth-control glasses (so called because they were deemed so ugly that women would be
scared off)
be a snap
v. be easy; be straight-forward; be simple. 1. No problem, it's a snap.
be all over
v. be done; be finished; be completely finished. 1. t's all over now.
be all over (something)
v. like (something); be fascinated by; be obsessed by. 1. He really likes her, he's all over her.
be all that
idiom. be the best; be the top
be bummed about
v. be depressed. 1. I'm so bummed that I ddin't get a raise.
be buzzed
v. be intoxicated, tipsy, or under the influence (usually mild) of alcohol
be down with that
idiom. agree; think similarly. 1. I'm down with that. You'll get no argument from me.
be fucked
v. find oneself in a desparate or difficult situation. 1. We're so fucked.
be on the rag
v. be menstruating; be having one's period. 1. She's on the rag, so sex was out of th question.
be out of here
v. be departing or leaving right now; be thrown out of a game or party. 1. I'm out of here. No
point in staying.
be shitting bricks
v. be extremely frightened or nervous. 1. I was shitting bricks before the exam.
Beamer
n. BMW automobile
bean
v. his someone on the head (often with a ball). 1. The batter got beaned by the pitcher.
bean
n. the head
Bean Town
n. Boston
bean-counter
n. accountant; statistician; someone who meticulously keeps track of numbers. 1. The bean
counters have decided we need to cut costs.
beans
n. nonsense. 1. Oh, beans.
beans
n. nothing. 1. You don't know beans about this
bearded clam
n. female genitals
beast with two backs
n. sexual intercourse between two people
beat
adj. exhausted, very tired; worn out. 1. I'm beat, it's been a long day.
beat (one's) meat
v. masturbate (men only)
beat off
v. waste time or energy; do little or nothing
beat off
beat the shit out of (someone)
v. physically attack and abuse someone. 1. He beat the shit out of his brother when he found
out his brother broke his iPod.
beautiful
adj. excellent; very pleasing; great
beauty spot
n. female genitals
beaver
n. female genitals
bed-hop
v. have sexual relations with many people; sleep around
beef
n. agrument; disagreement. 1. I've got a beef with him about the rent.
beef
n. objection; problem. 1. What's your beef today?
beefcake
n. a man with an apppealing physique. 1. He's quite the beefcake.
beemer
n. BMW automobile. 1. Nice beamer, how'd you afford it?
been around (the block)
v. experienced (often sexually). 1. She's been around the block and knows what she's doing in
bed.
beer
v. drink beer. 1. Beer me.
beerbong
n. a can of beer, usually large, set up to be drunk in one go
bells and whistles
n. appealing, non-essential features
belly landing
n. aircraft landing without use of wheels
belly ride
n. sexual intercourse between two people
bellyaching
n. act of complaining, griping, or criticizing something or somebody
bench
v. remove a player from a game (usually basketball, football, or baseball). 1. He got benched
after four missed throws.
bench warmer
n. a player who remains on the bench, usually due to lack of skill. 1. He was a bench warmer
and never played in a single game.
bent
adj. angry; upset
bent
adj. crooked; dishonest. 1. Don't trust him. He's bent.
best bud
n. a close friend
BFD
abbr. big fucking deal (i.e.: it's not important, significant, or interesting at all)
bi
adj. bisexual
bi
n. bisexual person. 1. Is he bi or just gay?
biatch
n. woman (from "bitch")
Big Apple
n. New York City
Big Blue
n. International Business Machines (IBM). 1. Big Blue got downgraded last week.
big cheese
n. boss; powerful person in an organization. 1. Uh-oh, the big cheese is here. We're in trouble
now.
big chicken dinner
n. jocular for bad conduct discharge
big gun
n. a powerful or important person. 1. This isn't working. It's time to bring in the big guns.
big Kahuna
n. leader; head of a group; powerful person in an organization. 1. Who's the big Kahuna around
here?
big mouth
n. a person who speaks loudly or says too much (often revealing secrets). 1. She is such a big
mouth and can't keep anything to herself.
big stink
n. a scandal; a major issue. 1. Don't make a big stink out of such a small problem.
biggie
n. someone or something of significance or importance
biker
n. a person who rides motorcycles
bikini stuffers
n. breasts (on a woman)
bimbo
n. sexually loose or promiscuous woman
bin
v. dispose of; throw out; throw away. 1. Just bin it, I don't want it anymore.
bingo
n. minimum amount of fuel needed to safely return to base. 1. Bingo fuel. We're heading back,
now.
bio
n. biology (class or subject in school). 1. Bio is all right because we get to dissect
tuff.
bird
n. odd, eccentric person (anachronistic)
bird
n. woman; female
bird
n. aircraft; airplane
bird colonel
n. full colonel, as opposed to a lieutenant colonel, which is one rank lower (in the U.S. Army)
bird-dog
v. monitor someone
bird-dog
v. steal another man's girlfriend
birdseed
n. a minute amount of money. 1. I'm getting paid birdseed for all my hard work.
bit bucket
n. imagined site where lost computer data ends up
bitch
n. a woman. 1. Get your bitch out of my face.
bitch
n. complaint; gripe. 1. What's your bitch now?
bitch
n. frustrating, annoying activity. 1. This job's a bitch.
bitch
v. complain; gripe. 1. It's always bitch, bitch, bitch with you.
bitch
n. unpleasant, rude, or irritating woman. 1. She is such a bitch, always whining and insulting my
friends.
bitch out
v. complain; gripe
bitch session
n. casual meeting during which people complain, gripe, or air grievances. 1. Today's meeting
was really just a bitch session.
bitch tits
n. growth of breasts on a man; gynecomastia (n.b.: usually caused by steroid abuse)
bitchy
adj. moody; rude; spiteful (usually used to describe women). 1. She's really bitchy today.
bite
n. snack; small meal
black diamond
n. first sergeant (named for the black diamond in the rank insignia in the U.S. Army)
black eye
n. espresso with brewed coffee mixed in
blade
n. knife, usually a larger, shiny one
bleed like a stuck pig
v. bleed profusely
blimey
exclam. wow; oh (used to express surprise or excitement)
bling
n. diamonds or other equally shiny, glittering jewelry. 1. Nice bling. How much did it all cost?
blissed (out)
adj. drunk from alcohol or high on drugs
blissed (out)
adj. emotionally very pleased, happy, or content
blitz
n. devastating assault
blitz
v. attack someone or something successfully
blotto
adj. very drunk; highly intoxicated on alcohol
blow
n. setback; hurdle; attack; v. leave someplace in a rush; v. ruin or destroy something, often an
opportunity; v. waste time or money; spend money frivolously; n. cocaine;v. inhale cocaine; v.
perform oral sex (usually a woman blowing a man). 1. That was a blow to our plans to go on
vacation.
blow (one's cool)
v. become angry or upset. 1. He blew his cool when he saw his ex-girlfriend out with a new guy.
blow (one's top (off))
v. become angry or upset
blow (someone) off
v. ignore or neglect someone; reject or abandon someone. 1. She's totalling blowing me off.
blow a fuse
v. become angry or upset. 1. He blew a fuse when he found out he lost his job.
blow a gasket
v. become angry or upset. 1. She blew a gasket when she heard her house was robbed.
blow it out your ear
v. go away; no way (expression of disbelief). 1. Blow it out your ear! No one cares.
blow job
n. oral sex given to a penis
blow off
v. waste time. 1. I blew off the evening playing with my Wii.
blow smoke
v. con; deceive; swindle; cheat
blow smoke
v. say something so as to avoid telling the truth. 1. Stop blowing smoke and say something
useful.
blown away
adj. very impressed; overwhelmed; awed
BLT
abbr. bacon, lettuce, and tomato sandwich
blue balls
n. used to describe the tenderness in the testicles after substantial sexual activity
blue plate special
n. daily special meal offered at a low price (usually in diners). 1. Would you like to hear about
our blue plate special?
blue steeler
n. strong erection
boat
n. very large car (e.g.: Oldsmobile). 1. Those boats use too much gas.
boat
n. very large shoe. 1. Nice boats. You look like a clown.
bod
n. body; physique (especially an appealing one). 1. Look at that bod.
boff
v. strike or punch someone. 1. I got boffed on the head at the bar yesterday.
boff
v. have sexual intercourse with someone. 1. He boffed her last night again.
boff
v. have sexual relations with
boffo
n. a successful movie, play, or other performance
bogon
n. person who is fake or says absurd things
bogosity
n. something that is bogus; quality of bogus-ness
bogus
adj. fake; false. 1. No more bogus excuses. Just tell me the truth.
boink
v. have sexual intercourse with someone
boku
adj. a lot; many (from the French beaucoup)
bolo
n. solider who fails rifle qualification
bolo
v. fail a qualification or test
bomb
n. a terrible performance or show. 1. That movie was a total bomb.
bomb, the
n. something fantastic or wonderful. 1. Your party was the bomb.
bombed
adj. very drunk; highly intoxicated on alcohol. 1. He got bombed at the bar last night.
bone
n. trombone (used by musicians). 1. Play that bone for all your worth.
bone up
v. study; learn quickly or intensively. 1. Gotta bone up for the quiz next week.
bonehead
n. dumb, stubborn person. 1. He's a total bonehead. Can't even get his work done.
boneheaded
adj. dumb, stubborn. 1. That was a boneheaded move. It will never work.
boner
n. erection
bones
n. dice. 1. Roll 'dem bones.
bones
n. physician (nickname made famous by Dr. McCoy in Star Trek)
boneyard
n. junkyard for vehicles. 1. I found a fender for my car in the boneyard.
bong
n. pipe used to smoke marijuana
bonk
v. to have sexual intercourse
bonkers
adj. crazy; nuts; insane. 1. Don't mind him, he's just plain bonkers.
boob
n. woman's breast (usually used in the plural). 1. Check out her boobs. They're enormous.
boo-boo
n. error; mistake
boo-boo
n. minor injury; cut; bruise; scrape (usually said by and to small children). 1. Did you get a boo-
boo on the playground?
boody
n. buttocks (usually applies to a woman's buttocks)
booger
n. piece of snot (nasal mucous). 1. You've got a booger on your shirt.
boogie
n. type of dance to rock music
boogie
v. dance in a particular style
boogie
v. leave; go; depart. 1. Time to boogie.
book
v. charge a person with a crime. 1. We got our man, let's book him.
book
v. leave; go; depart. 1. Gotta book, I'm meeting some friends soon.
boom box
n. a large, portable stereo system. 1. Turn that damned boom box down.
boondocks
n. remote, isolated area (often a village or town)
boondoggle
n. government activity that wastes taxes
boonies
n. remote, isolated area (often a village or town; abbreviated form of boondocks)
boost
v. shoplift; steal from a store. 1. I boosted these from the drugstore.
bootie
booty
booty call
n. state of sexual arousal
booze
n. alcoholic beverage of any sort. 1. Gimme some booze, now.
bop
v. strike or punch someone or something
bop
n. kind of jazz music from the 1940s
boppers
n. amyl nitrite
boss
bought it
idiom. be killed. 1. He bought it when we raided that house.
bought the farm
idiom. be killed. 1. He almost bought the farm on that last patrol.
bounce
n. energy; verve
bounce
v. have a check fail to clear payment due to lack of funds. 1. My checked bounced because I
forgot to put money into my account.
bounce
v. leave; go; depart. 1. It's late, time to bounce
bounce
v. throw someone out (usually from a bar or similar establishment)
bounceback
n. patient who repeatedly returns to the hospital
bouncer
n. an individual who throws out patrons, usually unruly ones, from a bar of similar establishment
bouncer
n. person in a club or bar who maintains order
bow to the porcelain altar
v. vomit; throw up (n.b.: the porcelain alter refers to a toilet bowl)
box
n. a large, portable stereo system
box
n. computer; desktop computer. 1. How many boxes do we have in storage now? Do any work?
boxed in
adj. having few choices or possibilities; having few options
bracelets
n. handcuffs. 1. The cop slapped bracelets on the drunk driver.
brain bucket
n. helmet for when riding a bicycle or motorcycle
brainiac
n. very smart student. 1. She's such a brainiac, always getting straight A's.
brass
n. colonels and generals (in the U.S. Army)
BRB
abbr. be right back
bread
n. money; cash. 1. I'm broke, no bread left.
break
n. opportunity; change. 1. What a lucky break, I get to go to Thailand.
break a leg
exclam. good luck; hope all goes well (from theatrical slang, where "good luck" is a jinx)
brew
n. coffee; beer
brewsky
n. beer; a (bottle, can, glass) of beer
Brickyard
n. Indianapolis racetrack (home of the Indy 500)
broad
n. woman. 1. Who's the new broad behind the bar?
brown bag
v. bring lunch in a brown paper bag
brownout
n. a reduced level of electrical power. 1. Another brownout? Now I can barely see anything.
BTDT
abbr. been there, done that
buck
n. one dollar. 1. That costs two bucks.
buck
v. go against; resist; make a difference choice. 1. Don't buck the trend, you'll look silly.
buck sergeant
n. sergeant (E-5, in the U.S. Army)
bucket of bolts
n. machine that functions poorly or is in a state of disrepar. 1. This damned bucket of bolts won't
even start half the time.
bucko
n. friend; buddy
bud
n. beer;, esp. Budweiser beer
buff
n. enthusiast; fan; avid practitioner. 1. She's such a movie buff.
buff
v. prepare a patient and details of care so discharge or transfer to another service will go
smoothly. 1. Just buff the patient's chart and get him out of here already.
bug juice
n. fruit drink (not carbonated)
bug off
v. go away; get out
bug out
v. leave or depart rapidly. 1. Enemy's coming, time to bug out.
bugger
exclam. damn; darn; drat (used to express frustration or annoyance). 1. Bugger it. I can't take
this anymore.
bugger
n. contemplible, unappealing person
bugger
v. cause serious trouble or harm to somebody
bugger
v. have anal intercourse with
bugger about
v. behave carelessly or dumbly. 1. Stop buggering about and get to work.
bugger around
v. behave carelessly or dumbly
bugger it
idiom. oh no; oh dear; uh-ho (a strong expression of surprise or frustration). 1. Bugger it! I lost
again.
bugger off
v. go away; leave; get out of here
bugger off
v. imp. go away; shove off. 1. Bugger off. Just go away.
bugly
adj. ugly (from butt and ugly)
built
adj. muscular; strong in appearance; curvaceous
built like a brick shithouse
adj. muscular; strong in appearance; curvaceous (said of women)
bull
n. nonsense (short and less offensive form of bullshit). 1. That's complete bull. I don't believe a
word of it.
bullshit
exclam. a strong way to reject or challenge someone else's statement or claim. 1. Bullshit! That
can't be true.
bullshit
n. nonsense; rubbish; foolish talk or ideas. 1. That's such bullshit, I don't believe any of it.
bullshit artist
n. an expect liar; someone good at lying or exaggeration
bullshitter
n. an expect liar; someone good at lying or exaggeration
bum (someone) out
v. discourage or depress someone
bum (something) off
v. ask or beg something (usually small or minor)
bummed
adj. depressed; discouraged; down. 1. I'm just totally bummed today; nothing to do, nowhere
go to.
bummed out
adj. depressed; discouraged; down
bummer
adj. unpleasant; unappealing; disappointing
bummer
n. something or someone unappealing or unpleasant. 1. Major bummer, losing your job like that.
bump
v. remove a passenger with a confirmed reservation as a result of the flight being overbooked.
1. I got bumped from my flight and am stuck here for two hours.
bumpee
n. person who has been removed from a commercial flight due to overbooking
bun in the oven
idiom. pregnant. 1. She's got another bun in the over, you know.
bunk
n. bunk bed
buns
n. buttocks. 1. Nice buns on that chick. She must work out.
burbs
n. suburbs. 1. You're living out in the burbs now?
burger
n. hamburger. 1. Gimme a burger, no fries.
burger joint
n. place that specializes in hamburgers
burn
v. rob or cheat someone (often used in the passive). 1. I got burned at the pawn shop when I
bought this thing.
burn rubber
v. accelerate a car so that the tires produce smoke and a squealing noise
bushed
adj. tired; exhausted. 1. It's been a long day, and I'm bushed.
bust
n. failure; poor performance. 1. It's a bust. Complete failure.
bust
n. police raid (on a criminal hideout, drug lab, etc.)
bust (one's) ass
v. work very hard; struggle. 1. I don't want to bust my ass here anymore.
bust one's balls
v. work very hard; make an extreme effort. 1. He busted his balls to get that paper done on
time.
butch
adj. masculine in appearance and behavior (usually used for lesbians)
butt
n. a cigarette
butt
n. buttocks (shortened form)
butt
n. the filter/end of a cigarette
butt naked
n. completely nude
butter bar
n. second lieutenant (named for the appearance of the insignia in the U.S. Army) or the rank
insignia itself
butthead
n. obnoxious, dumb person
butthole
n. anus
buy
v. approve; accept; believe
buy it
v. die. 1. He bought it during night patrol.
buy the farm
v. die. 1. He bought the farm during that last raid.
buzz
n. a telephone call. 1. I'll give you a buzz later. What's your cell number?
buzz
v. contact someone using an intercom or similar device
buzz
v. fly an aircraft very low over an area. 1. The fighter jets buzzed the enemy camp.
buzz-kill
n. a wet blanket; someone or something that ends fun or good mood
café noir
n. black coffee
cake hole
n. mouth. 1. Shut your cake hole or I'll smack you.
cakewalk
n. something simple, easy, or straight-forward. 1. Total cakewalk, that test.
calc
n. calculus (class or subject in school). 1. My calc teacher makes it easier than I thought it'd be.
call
n. a prediction. 1. Good call. That's what actually happened.
call (someone) out
v. challenge someone to a fight or contest
call shotgun
v. claim the seat next to the driver in a car
can
n. buttocks
can
n. jail; prison
can
n. toilet. 1. Gotta go to the can. I really need to pee.
can
v. fire; terminate someone's employment. 1. He got canned for blogging too much at work.
can of worms
idiom. difficult situation; problem; mess
candy-ass
n. timid person; coward
candy-assed
adj. coward(ly); timid; frightened
cannon cocker
n. solider whose specialty is artillery
cap
v. kill; murder. 1. Shut up or I'll cap you.
capish
v. understand (usually as a question). 1. This is what you gotta do, capish?
carb
n. carburetor. 1. How many horses in this carb?
carbs
n. carbohydrates. 1. Too many carbs are bad, or so some people say.
card
n. amusing, strange person. 1. He's quite a card, always making jokes and doing odd things.
card
v. check someone's identification for age. 1. I got carded when I tried to buy beer.
cash cow
n. good source of income
cat
n. guy; fellow; dude (rarely used)
catch some rays
v. sunbathe; get a tan. 1. Gotta catch some rays, otherwise I'll look totally pale.
catch some Z's
v. sleep; take a nap
catch you later
v. good-bye for now; see you soon
catshot
n. aircraft takeoff from a carrier using a catapult
CBNC
abbr. close but not cigar
chap
n. fellow; guy
chaser
n. strong liquor drunk quickly after a weak drink such as beer
check
inter. okay; yes; right
check that
v. ignore that; cancel that (last remark or item)
cheeky
adj. irreverent; impudent
cheese
v. smile (when asked with the word as someone takes a picture). 1. Say cheese for the camera.
cheesed off
adj. upset; disgusted; angry
cheesehead
n. person from the state of Wisconsin
cheesehead
n. person who does stupid things
cheesy
adj. tacky; cheap; smarmy. 1. What a cheesy sweater, it looks horrid.
chem
n. chemistry (class or subject in school). 1. Chem was my worst science in high school.
cherry
n. hymen (by extension, a female virgin)
cherry
n. novice; newbie; inexperienced person
cherry
n. new recruit (in the U.S. Army)
chew someone's ass out
v. criticize or scold someone
chicken
n. coward. 1. Don't be chicken, just give it a try.
chicken
n. game in which two drivers drive toward each other head-on and the first driver to veer off is
the loser (hence chicken, as in coward)
chicken out
v. avoid something due to fear. 1. He chickened out at the last minute and didn't take the bet.
chicken shit
adj. fearful; cowardly
chicken shit
n. almost nothing; worthless
chief
n. form of address (to a friend or other familiar person; not often used). 1. Hey, chief, what's
doing?
chief
n. unofficial form of address for any Warrant Officer (CW-2 to CW-5 in the U.S. Army)
chill
v. relax; calm down. 1. Chill. It's no big deal.
chill out
v. relax; calm down. 1. Time to chill out. I've been working all day.
chink
n. Chinese; Chinese person
chintzy
adj. shoddy; cheap; stingy; miserly
chips and salsa
n. computer hardware and software
chivvy
v. repeatedly tell somebody to do something
chivy
v. repeatedly tell somebody to do something
chocoholic
n. person who loves chocolate in any form
choke
v. panic (usually before an exam). 1. I totally choked on the calc test last week.
chop shop
n. place where stolen cars are cut apart, the resulting parts sold individually
chopper
n. motorcyle
chotchke
n. small item; trinket
chow
idiom. good-bye (from Italian). 1. I'm off now, chow.
chow
n. food; meal
chow
n. food; meal; breakfast, lunch, or dinner
chow down
v. eat; consume food and drink
chown down
v. eat; have a meal
chrome dome
n. bald person (usually male)
chubby
adj. slightly overweight; rotund
chuck
v. dump; reject; break up with somebody
chuck
v. throw away something; discard. 1. I never use this, so just chuck it.
chugalug
v. drink quickly without gulping
chute
n. straighaway portion of a racetrack
ciao
idiom. good-bye (from Italian). 1. I'm off now, ciao.
circle the drain
v. be moribund; be in the process of dying or failing
circle-jerk
n. a group of men masturbating together
circling the drain
adj. expected to die shortly. 1. He's circling the drain and won't last much longer.
City of Brotherly Love
n. Philadelphia
civvies
n. civilian clothing
clamshell
n. luggage container that is put on a car's roof (it opens like a clam does)
clap
n. gonorrhea
class-A uniform
n. class-A dress uniform
class-A’s
n. class-A dress uniform
click
n. kilometer
clincher
n. the last step; the final straw
clip
n. high speed; fast
clip
n. short video or audio segment
clit
n. clitoris
clod
n. oaf; stupid person
close but no cigar
idiom. unsuccessful; almost but not quite good enough
clunder
n. old car in poor condition
clunk
n. the sound of something hitting or striking something else
clunker
n. used, worn-down machine (incl. computers, cars, appliances)
cluster fuck
n. totally screwed up situation or circumstances
cluster fuck
n. group rape
clutch up
v. become nervous, tense, or anxious
CO
n. commanding officer
cock
n. the penis
cock tease
n. a woman who makes sexual advances but does not follow through
cock up
v. screw up; make a mistake; goof
cock-eyed
adj. screwy; nutty; insane; crazy; impractical
cock-sucker
n. worthless, unappealing person (usually said of a man)
code
v. go into cardiac arrest and require resuscitation
code warrior
n. person who writes software code
coin
n. money; cash. 1. You can make some serious coin by working here.
cojones
n. testicles; guts (from Spanish)
coke
n. cocaine
cold
adj. dead. 1. He's cold. No need to shoot him again.
cold
adv. suddendly and completely. 1. He stopped cold when he saw the dead body.
cold fish
n. unresponsive, uninteresting person (often with sexual undertones). 1. She's such a cold fish,
no guy would want to date her.
collar
n. arresting of someone. 1. Any new collars last night, officer?
collar
v. arrest someone. 1. The cops collared two pros over there yesterday.
come
n. semen
come
v. experience orgasm
come and get it
n. dinner is ready; dinner is on the table. 1. Come and get it. Dinner's ready.
come back to haunt (someone)
v. result in undesirable effects eventually
come down
n. disappointment; letdown
come down
v. happen; occur; take place
come home to haunt (someone)
v. result in undesirable effects eventually
come off it
exclam. behave nicely or pleasantly. 1. Oh, come of it, no one believes you
come on
n. an invitation (often duplicitous or sexual). 1. What a come on! I don't believe any of it.
come on to
v. approach someone with sexual or romantic intentions
come out of the closet
v. reveal publicly that one is homosexual
come up for air
v. pause; take a break; rest
comfort food
n. food that calms one down or reminds one of pleasant times
commo
n. communications, especially radio
comp
v. give someone something for free
con
n. convict
con
v. deceive; cheat; swindle. 1. Don't try to con me, I know you're lying.
con artist
n. swindler; someone who deceives people out of money
con man
conehead
n. oaf; fool; stupid person
conk
v. go to sleep; fall asleep
cook
v. mix heroin with water
cool
cool
adj. relaxed; at ease; unrufffled
cool down
v. calm down; relax
cool it
exclam. calm down; relax; take it easy; stop it
cool off
v. calm down; relax
cooler
n. jail; prison
cooler
n. drink made of wine, fruit juice, and soda water
cop
n. police officer. 1. The cops around here are actually very nice and helpful.
cop
v. take something; grab something; steal something. 1. He copped a feel as she walked by.
cop a plea
v. plead guilty to a lesser charge when in court. 1. The prostitute copped a plea and got
probation.
cop an attitude
v. be oppositional or defiant. 1. Don't cop an attitude with me, it won't work.
cop out
v. plead guilty to a lesser charge when in court
cop out
v. quit; give up; abandon
copper
n. police officer
couch potato
n. lazy person who watches television, movies, or plays video games
cough it up
v. give something (usually money and usually unwillingly)
cow chips
n. dried cow feces
cowboy
n. independent, risk-taking man
coyote ugly
adj. very ugly
cozy up to
v. become very close to someone in order to get something
crab
n. louse; lice (usually used in the plural)
crack
n. an attempt; a try; a go. 1. Let me have a crack at it.
crack
n. break down; fail
crack
n. joke; bad joke
crack
v. break into (a safe or strong box, for example). 1. He cracked that safe in three minutes.
crack
n. the line between each side of the buttocks
crack (somebody) up
v. make somebody laugh
crack a book
v. study; open a textbook to study
crack gallery
n. place where crack is bought and sold
crackers
adj. mentally unstable; nuts; crazy
cram
v. study at the last minute for a test
cram it
exclam. be quiet; shut up. 1. Oh, cram it. No one wants to hear about it anymore.
crank call
n. telephone call made to harrass or anger someone
crap
v. defacate; move one's bowls
crap
n. dung; feces; shit. 1. Damn, there's bird crap on my car again.
crap
n. nonsense; rubbish; foolish talk or ideas
crap
n. worthless junk
crap out
v. avoid something due to fear
crap-house
n. outhouse; outdoor toilet
crap-list
n. list of worthless or troublesome people
crapper
n. toilet
crapper
n. latrine; bathroom
crappuccino
n. low-quality, highi-priced cappuccino
crappy
adj. lousy; poor quality; undesirable
crash
n. computer failure
crash
v. cease functioning (usually computers). 1. My PC crashed again.
crash
v. enter a party or similar event without an invitation. 1. They crashed the party even though we
tried to keep them out.
crash
v. lose value quickly and dramatically (said of financial markets)
crash
v. spend the night somewhere. 1. I crashed at my friend's place because I didn't feel like driving
home.
crash and burn
v. fail dramatically (often in romance)
crasher
n. person who shows up at a party uninvited
crater
n. scar from acne
crater-face
n. person with severe acne or scars from acne
cream
v. defeat somebody (often in a game or other contest)
cream
n. semen
cream puff
n. a weak-willed person; a wimp. 1. He's a total cream puff. Why are you scared?
crew
n. group that works together (often applies to music)
crib
n. place where thieves or prostitutes live and work
crib
n. a dwelling or home. 1. Come on and check out my crib. It's just around the corner.
crispy critter
n. burn victim, usually with second- or third-degree burns. 1. One crispy critter coming in from
that apartment fire.
cristal
n. methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) (from Spanish)
croak
v. die
crock
n. a collection of lies, deception, or misleading information
crock of shit
n. a collection of lies, deception, or misleading information. 1. What a crock of shit; I don't
believe any of it.
crotch rot
n. fungal itch or rash in the crotch
crowd
v. move into too close to someone; put pressure on someone
crud
n. junk; worthless stuff. 1. Dump this crud already. It's all old and useless.
crud
n. junk; worthless stuff
cruddy
adj. awful; unpleasant
cruise
v. drive around in search of friends or fun
cruise
v. travel in a vehicle (usually a car) at high speed
crunchies
n. ground troops; ground infantrymen
crush
n. feeling of love, romantic desire, or sexual attraction (usually among teenagers)
cuey
n. cucumber
culsterfuck
n. totally screwed up situation or circumstances
cum
n. semen
cum
v. experience orgasm
cunt
n. contemptible, disgusting woman
cunt
n. the femal genetalia
cunt cap
n. narrow green Army cap (so called because of its shape)
cuppa
abbr. cup of (usually tea)
curly
n. a bald man (used as a nickname at times)
cushy
adj. easy; soft; pleasant
cuss out
v. curse someone; scold someone
cut
n. share of booty, loot, profits, or gains
cut
n. single song or track of music
cut
v. dilute or thin something (liquid, drugs, etc.)
cut
v. eliminate; dismiss. 1. He got cut from the team.
cut
v. adulterate drugs
cut and run
v. cease all action and flee immediately
cut in line
v. enter a line ahead of other people
cut no ice
v. have no effect or influence on somebody
cut one
v. fart; break wind
cut some slack
idiom. grant somebody time or space to accomplish something; leave somebody alone. 1. Cut
me some slack. I've had a long, hard day.
cut somebody in
v. allow somebody to participate (in something)
cut the cheese
v. fart; break wind. 1. God, what a smell. Who cut the cheese?
cut the crap
exclam. stop talking nonsense; cease lying
cut up
adj. upset; distressed
cut-rate
adj. inexpensive; cheap
cutter
n. a person who enters a line ahead of other people
CYA
abbr. cover your ass. 1. It's CYA time. We're being investigated.
cyberpron
n. pornography online, particularly pornographic Web sites
cyberslut
n. woman who will swap email or chat online about sex
D
n. Detroit (used with "the")
D.J.
n. disc jockey. 1. That station's got the best D.J. in the business.
da bomb
n. something fantastic or wonderful. 1. Our party was da bomb.
daffy
adj. mildly eccentric; silly
daft
n. foolish; silly
dagwood
n. huge sandwich
daisy cutter
n. bomb (BLU-82, 15,000 lbs.) that burns away everything on the ground when detonated at a
few feet about ground level
damage
n. cost; amount of a bill
dame
n. woman (old term but still occasionally in use)
damn
v. curse; doom. 1. Damn you. How could you do that?
damn it
idiom. oh no; oh dear; uh-ho (a strong expression of surprise or frustration). 1. Damn it. I lost
my car keys.
damn it to all hell
idiom. oh no; oh dear; uh-ho (a strong expression of surprise or frustration). 1. Aw, damn it to
all hell. My car was stolen.
damned
adj. irritating; annoying; frustrating. 1. That damned cat won't do anything I say.
darn
exclam. damn (used in place of damn to express anger or frustration)
DD
abbr. designated driver
DDK
abbr. designated drunk
dead
adj. quiet; nothing happening; lifeless
dead
adv. extremely; totally; completely (used with adjectives to give emphasis). 1. You're dead
wrong about that.
dead meat
n. dead person (usually made in threat form)
dead president
n. paper money (U.S.)
deck
v. knock someone to the ground
deejay
n. disc jockey
deep pockets
n. a person with a lot of money. 1. They've got deep pockets, so it's not a waste of money for
them.
def
adj. cool; nice; excellent
def
adj. cool; wonderful; terrific
deli
adj. of or like a delicatessen
deli
n. delicatessen. 1. I'm going to the deli for a sandwich. Anyone want anything?
delish
adj. delicious (abbreviated form)
delts
n. deltoid muscles (shoulder muscles)
delts
n. deltoid muscles, particularly when well developed
demi-veg
n. quasi-vegetarian; part-time vegetarian
desk jockey
n. person who works at a desk in an office
deuce
n. 2.5 ton truck; medium-sized truck for cargo (from â€œdeuce and a halfâ€ )
deuce and a half
n. 2.5 ton truck; medium-sized truck for cargo
diamond in the rough
idiom. person with unrealized potential or future possibilities
diarrhea of the mouth
n. alleged medical condition when someone speaks excessively
dicey
adj. risky; difficult; tricky
dick
n. detective
dick
n. dumb person (usually a man)
dick
n. nothing; nothing at all
dick
n. penis
dick
n. the penis
dick
v. have sexual intercourse with a woman
dick around
v. waste time; mess around
diddly-shit
n. nothing at all; worthless; useless
diddly-squat
diddly-squat
n. nothing; nothing at all. 1. You don't know diddly-squat about this.
dig
v. comprehend; understand; appreciate
digs
n. home
dike
n. lesbian
dimple
n. dent in a car
ding
v. dent; damage; bump into (something)
ding-dong
n. dumb person (male or female)
ding-dong
n. penis
dipshit
adj; stupid; dumb; obnoxious
dipshit
n. jerk; twit; oaf
dipstick
n. jerk; twit; oaf
dirt
n. scandal; story with sordid details
dirt
n. worthless, pathetic people
dish
n. sexually appealing woman
dishy
adj. sexy; sexually appealing (said of women)
ditch
v. get rid of; abandon (somebody or something). 1. Oh, just ditch him. No one wants him
anyway.
ditsy
adj. spacey; flakey; absentminded person
ditzy
adj. spacey; flakey; absentminded person
ditzy
n. person who is spacey, flakey, or absentminded (usually applied to women)
DNR
abbr. do not resuscitate (in case of cardiac arrest or other systemic failure). 1. There's a DNR
order on his chart.
do
n. hairdo; hairstyle
do
n. party; event
do
v. serve a particular purpose well
do
v. have sexual relations
do a job on
v. destroy; ruin; harm (somebody or something)
do a number on
v. betray; deceive (somebody or something)
do lunch
v. eat lunch with another person. 1. Let's do lunch sometime. It'll be fun.
doc-in-a-box
n. a small emergency medical clinic. 1. He injured his finger and got it stiched at a doc-in-a-box.
doctor shopping
n. practice of going from doctor to doctor to obtain prescriptions for pharmaceuticals
dodgy
adj. dangerous; risky
dodgy
adj. dishonest. 1. Seems a bit dodgy to me, that guy.
dodgy
adj. unreliable or poor (quality)
dog
v. berate; criticize (someone)
dog
v. pursue; stalk; track (someone). 1. Stop dogging me. Leave alone.
dog
n. ugly woman
dog dags
n. very hot, sunny days in August
dog meat
n. dead person (usually made in threat form)
doggie bag
n. a small container of food leftover from a meal at a restaurant. 1. I'll take home the rest in a
doggie bag.
doggie bag
n. bag or container for leftovers in a restaurant so they can be eaten at home
doggy bag
n. bag or container for leftovers in a restaurant so they can be eaten at home
d'oh
exclam. damn; shit; ouch (popularized in "The Simpsons"). 1. Don't say "d'oh". You sound like
Homer Simpson.
doll
n. woman (old term but still occasionally in use)
dome of obedience
n. helmet made of Kevlar
Dominoid
n. person who works at Domino's Pizza
donorcycle
n. motorcyle to medical practitioners, so called because of the hate rate of death which results in
organs available for donation
doo
n. hairdo; hairstyle
doo-doo
n. dung; feces; shit
doofus
n. jerk; twit; oaf
dope
n. dumb person
dope
n. gossip; news; information. 1. It's time for the straight dope. No more lies.
dope
n. drugs, especially marijuana or heroin
dork
n. worthless, dumb person
dorkette
n. female dork; dumb, incompetent woman
dorky
adj. weird; strange; unappealing
dosh
n. money; cash
double dipper
n. person who receives compensation inappropriately from two sources
douche bag
n. horrible, retched person
dough
n. money; cash. 1. Where'd you get the dough to pay for that TV?
down
adj. finished; done
down
adj. in a losing position; having the lesser score
down
v. eat or drink rapidly
down and out
adj. having no money or place to live; in the gutter
downer
n. a disappointing, depressing event or situation
downer
n. depressants
DQ
abbr. Dairy Queen
drag
adj. dull, annoying person
drag
n. puff of a cigarette
drag
n. something boring, dull, unentertaining, or uninteresting
drag
n. women's clothes, when worn by men
drag
v. inhale or puff on a cigarette
dragster
n. car for drag racing
drat
exclam. darn (used in place of damn to express anger or frustration)
dreck
n. dirt; feces; crap; garbage
drink
v. use gasoline (said of cars)
drop
v. knock someone to the ground
drop the ball
v. blunder; fail
druggie
n. drug user; drug abuser
duby
n. marijuana
dude
n. male friend; guy (also used to address a man)
dullard
n. dumb, idiotic person
dumb-ass
adj. dumb; stupid; idiotic
dumb-ass
dummy
dump
n. act of moving one's bowels
dump on
v. criticize or scold somebody
dupe
n. target for deception, lying, or a con
dupe
v. fool, trick, or swindle somebody
dust
v. win by a large margin
dust
n. cocaine
dust
n. PCP
dust-up
n. fight; conflict. 1. I had a little dust-up with my boss yesterday.
dweeb
n. very hardworking student
dyke
n. lesbian
dynamite
adj. good; great; excellent (not used much anymore)
E
E
n. Ecstasy (methylenedioxymethamphetamine; MDMA)
earful
n. large quantity of gossip
earful
n. scolding; tirade; verbal assault
eary-bird special
n. meal at reduced price in a restaurant for patrons who arrive early
easy as pie
idiom. simple; very easy. 1. This job is easy as pie. No problems.
easy mark
n. somebody easily fooled, tricked, or deceived
eat
v. pay for the costs or expenses associated with something
eat
v. worry or bother (somebody). 1. What's eating you? Why so upset?
eat
v. perform oral sex
eat shit and die
abbr. take what is coming to you; take what you deserve (abbr.: ESAD)
eco freak
n. somebody greatly concerned about the state of the environment
eco nut
n. somebody greatly concerned about the state of the environment
effing
adj. fucking
effinig around
v. fucking around
eighty-six (86)
v. eliminate someone or something; nix. 1. 86 it.
el cheapo
adj. cheap, inexpensive
el cheapo
n. cheapest one, choice, or option
el-tee
n. second lieutenant
empty calories
n. food with little or no nutritional value
enforcer
n. bodyguard; thug; tough guy
enough, already
exclam. stop what you are doing; that is sufficient
EPW
n. enemy prisoner of war
etched in stone
idiom. fixed; finalized; unable to be changed
evil
adj. excellent; good
excellent
exclam. good, great, terrific
excuse me for breathing
idiom. no; no way (a strong, sarcastic rebuke)
excuse me for living
eyeball
v. look closely at, stare at, examine visually
eyepopper
n. something or somebody very appealing
eyepopping
adj. very appealing or attractive
F2F
n. face to face
fab
adj. fabulous (abbreviated form)
fab
adj. fabulous; terrific
face man
n. handsome man with little personality
face time
n. time in which two people meet in person, as opposed to communicating by email or telephone
face-off
n. confrontation (from sports)
fade
v. leave; depart; go away
faff
n. ineffective action or activity
faff
v. do something ineffectively
faff about
v. do something ineffectively
fag
n. male homosexual
faggot
n. male homosexual
fairy
n. male homosexual
falsies
n. artificially enlarged breasts (either through surgery or padding). 1. Nice falsies on her, but I'd
rather have the real thing.
family jewels
n. testicles. 1. Careful with the family jewels.
fancy
v. like; find appealing; enjoy. 1. You fancy him? Why? He's such a nerd.
FAQ
abbr. frequently asked questions
far out
adj. cool; nice; excellent
far out
adj. rarefied; obscure; difficult to comprehend
fart
n. sound or smell or a release of intestinal gas
fart
v. release gas. 1. Who farted?
fart
n. dumb, undesirable person (usually male). 1. Who's that old fart?
fart around
fart sake
n. bedroll; sleeping bag
fascinoma
n. any interesting or amusing medical condition, particularly tumors and malignancies
fast buck
n. easy money; income easily earned
fast mover
n. high-speed aircraft or ground vehicles
fast track
n. path of rapid rise through an organization or situation
fast-track
v. move something or somebody quicky through an organization or situation
fat
adj. well-stocked; having sufficient or excess of something. 1. He's fat with cash now that he
received his bonus.
fat lip
n. swollen lip resulting from a blow to the mouth
fat-ass
adj. said of a person with a large butt
fat-assed
adj. said of a person with a large butt
FCOL
abbr. for crying out loud
fender-bender
n. minor collision between automobiles
fiddlesticks
exclam. drat; darn (used in place of shit to express anger or frustration)
F-ing
adj. fucking
F-ing around
v. fucking around
fink
n. informer; someone who reveals secrets
fink on somebody
v. betray somebody; reveal secrets about somebody
first base
n. the act of kissing (as a step in increasing levels of sexual intimacy). 1. First base? Is that all?
Just kissing?
first daddy n. first sergeant
first shirt
n. first sergeant
five by five
idiom. okay; all's well; all's good; everything is fine. 1. Five by five. We're ready to start.
five-finger discount
n. shoplifting; stealing from a store
fix
n. bribe; money paid to effect an outcome. 1. The fix is in. We're sure to win.
flack
n. criticism; complaints
flak
n. criticism; complaints
flake
n. a silly, giddy person. 1. She's a total flake, so don't count on her to remember.
flaky
adj. spacey; absentminded; unreliable
flame
n. angry message or personal attack online
flame
v. post an angry message or personal attack online
flame war
n. exchange of angry messages or personal attacks online
flash
n. a sudden idea or memory. 1. I had a flash of inspiration this morning.
flash
n. very brief amount of time. 1. It happened in a flash.
flash
v. show or reveal something briefly
flash-to-bang time
n. interval from an artillery gunâ€™s recoil to the explosion of the shell fired (the shorter, the
better in combat)
flat
adj. carbonated beverage that has lost its carbonization. 1. This soda has gone flat.
flat
adj. said of a woman with small breasts
flat-chested
adj. said of a woman with small breasts
flea
n. internist; doctor who specializes in internal medicine
flexitarian
n. vegetarian who sometimes eats meat or fish
flick
n. movie, film. 1. Let's see a flick tonight.
flip
v. go crazy; go nuts
flip one's lid
flip one's wig
flip out
v. go crazy; go nuts; lose control
flip side
n. other side of a story, argument, or claim
flip side
n. return trip, esp. for a long trip
flip side
n. opposite side of a phonograph (vinyl) record
FLK
abbr. funny-looking kid (used in nursery)
flub something up
v. mess up; make mistakes; do something incorrectly
fly
adj. stylish; attractive; appealing
flying
adj. under the influence of drugs
foam
n. beer
fob
v. attempt to satisfy somebody using deception
FOB
abbr. forward operating base
fobbit
n. soldier in a safe place; soldier who never leaves the FOB (forward operating base)
FOOBAR
abbr. fucked up beyond all recognition; very gravely damaged or in very poor condition (n.b.:
the "oo" reflects the pronunciation of the acronym). 1. The project? Totally fubar.
fooey
foot it
v. walk or run somewhere
footy
n. football (soccer to Americans, though more vigorous and even violent than the soccer played
elsewhere)
Fort Living Room
n. home; civilian life
fossil
n. old-fashioned, outmoded person
fox
n. attractive, sexy young woman (though sometimes said of men)
fox
v. fire a weapon (from an aircraft)
foxy
adj. sexy (for women in particular)
foxy lady
n. sexy woman
frag
n. fragmentation grenade
frag
n. wound or kill using a fragmentation grenade
fragged
adj. damaged, destroyed, ruined
frak
n. fuck (from the TV series "Battlestar Galactica; all variants of fuck are reproduced with frak)
frankenfood
n. genetically engineered or modified food
frantic
adj. fun, wild, amazing
freak
v. lose control; panic
freak
n. frequency (for radio communications)
freak out
v. lose control; panic
freak somebody out
v. stun, surprise, or shock somebody
freaked
adj. stunned; shocked; surprised
freaked out
adj. stunned; shocked; surprised
freaking
adj. unsuitable; unacceptable; upsetting
freebasing
n. smoking crack cocaine
freebee
n. something free
freebie
n. something free
freegan
n. person who only eats food that can be gotten for free
freeze
v. ignore or reject somebody
frell
n. fuck (from the TV series "Farscape"; all variants of fuck are reproduced with frell)
French
adj. of or pertaining to oral sex
French
n. oral sex (the act itself)
French
v. kiss using the tongue
French
v. perform oral sex on somebody
French kiss
n. kissing with the tongue
French kiss
v. kiss using the tongue
fresh
adj. stylish; new; appealing
fresh off the boat
adj. newly arrived (usually from another country)
Freud squad
n. psychiatrists
fricking
adj. poor; lousy; frustrating
friendlies
n. allies, whether civilian or military
frigging
adj. poor; lousy; frustrating
frigid
adj. sexually disinterested; not into sexual activity. 1. She's so frigid, she won't even kiss me.
frikking
n. annoying; irritating; damned (from "fucking")
from the get-go
adj. from the outset; from the start
frosty one
n. beer (esp. cold beer)
froth
n. beer
fruit
n. male homosexual
fruit salad
n. rows of campaign ribbons on a uniform
fruitcake
n. male homosexual
fruitcake
n. person who acts childish or silly
fruity
adj. of or pertaining to silly behavior
FUBAR
abbr. fucked up beyond all recognition; very gravely damaged or in very poor condition
fuck
n. sexual intercourse. 1. She's a great fuck.
fuck
v. have sexual intersource with. 1. They fucked all night long.
fuck
exclam. strong expression of frustration, anger, or impatience. 1. Oh, fuck, I forgot.
fuck
v. damage or run. 1. He fucked the entire project.
fuck (someone) over
v. take advantage of; exploit; abuse. 1. Don't try to fuck me over.
fuck (something) up
v. damage or mangle something. 1. I totally fucked up the test.
fuck about
v. spend time doing minor, irrelevant things. 1. Stop fucking about, you've got work to do.
fuck around
v. spend time doing minor, irrelevant things. 1. Don't fuck around anymore.
fuck friend
n. a friend one has sexual relations with; a friend with benefits. 1. I'm off to see my fuck friend
for some fun.
fuck it
exclam. strong expression of frustration, anger, or impatience. 1. Fuck it, I've had it.
fuck like bunnies
v. have sex regularly and repeatedly
fuck like rabbits
v. have sex regularly and repeatedly
fuck me
exclam. strong expression of surprise, shock, or dismay. 1. Fuck me. I don't believe it.
fuck off
v. imp. go away; shove off. 1. Fuck off, all of you, right now.
fuck up
v. make an error; screw up; make a mistake; do something badly or incorrectly. 1. We really
fucked up
fuck with somebody
v. threaten somebody; mess with somebody; irritate somebody
fuck with something
v. tinker or play with something
fuck you
v. imp. strong expression of anger directed at someone. 1. Fuck you. I'm sick and tired of your
shit.
fucker
n. a person with many negative traits (used pejoratively or disparagingly; rarely used for
women). 1. He's suck a fucker.
fucking
n. the act of having sexual intercourse. 1. Their fucking is so incredibly noisy it kept me up all
last night.
fucking
adj. used to emphasize or stress the importance of the following words; very, extremely
(intonation indicates if good or bad is meant). 1. You're fucking nuts; I can't believe this fucking
weather.
fucking A
exclam. a strong expression of satisfaction or delight. 1. A raise!? Fucking A!
fuck-me shoes
n. very high heels that make a woman sexier
fudge
exclam. drat; darn (used in place of fuck to express anger or frustration)
fudge packer
n. man who engages in anal sex with another man
fugly
adj. fat and ugly
full bird
full bull
full of it
adj. lying; dumb (from "full of shit"). 1. He's so full of it, no one should believe anything he says.
full of shit
adj. lying; dumb. 1. You're so full of shit.
full-court press
idiom. effort or pressure put on sombody to accomplish something
funk
n. depression; depressed mood. 1. Why the funk? What's wrong? 2. He's always in a funk, no
matter how good things are.
funk
n. stench; bad smell. 1. Quite a funk here. Do you ever clean this place?
funky
adj. smelly; stinky. 1. What's that funky odor? Did something die? 2. The cat's litter box is
getting funky.
funky
adj. strange; peculiar; odd. 1. "Play that funky music, white boy" (song lyrics).
furball
n. chaotic combat among many aircraft
fuzz
n. police; police officer. 1. Quick, run, the fuzz is here.
FWIW
abbr. for what it's worth
F-word
n. the word "fuck" (said to avoid using the actual word). 1. The F-word was reportedly used on
the Senate floor today.
G
n. thousand dollars
G2G
abbr. got to go
GAL
abbr. get a life
gang-bang
n. group rape (men on one woman)
gang-bang
n. many men having sex with one woman one after another
gangbanger
n. member of a street gang
gangsta
adj. of or pertaining to a gang or gang member. 1. Don't give me that gangsta attitude.
gangsta
adj. or or pertaining to gangsta rap or anything related to it
gangsta
n. member of a gang
gas guzzler
n. vehicle that uses a lot of gasoline
gat
n. gun; firearm
gate-crasher
n. person who shows up at a party uninvited
gaydar
n. sense or intuition about who is homosexual (from gay + radar). 1. My gaydar is never wrong.
He's homosexual.
gazoo
n. buttocks
g'day
idiom. hello; how are you; how's it going (abbreviated from "good day" but used in all contexts).
1. G'day, mate.
gearhead
n. person who enjoys working on cars, particularly his or her own
get a life
exclam. make major changes to your life
get bent
exclam. go away; drop dead (used to reject something or as a retort)
get cracking
v. hurry up; get a move on; get started
get down
v. concentrade hard
get down
get fucked
v. have sexual intersource with someone. 1. I got fucked last night
get fucked
v. be exploited or taken advantage of. 1. We were totally fucked by that computer saleman.
get hooked
v. become addicted (usually to drugs)
get into something
v. become very interested in something
get it
v. be punished or chastized. 1. You're gonna get it if you don't stop now.
get it
v. understand (a joke, information, an idea)
get it on
get it up
v. achieve erection
get made
v. be identified as; be caught as. 1. He got made as a cop and was killed.
get made
v. become part of a group; be allowed to join a group. 1. He got made in the Mafia when he was
only seventeen.
get naked
v. enjoy oneself a lot; relax
get off
v. derive pleasure (from doing something)
get off my ass
v. stop it; leave me alone; let me be
get off my back
v. stop it; leave me alone; let me be
get on
v. have (usually good) relations with somebody
get on in years
v. grow old; become older
get one's rocks off
v. have sexual relations; ejaculate (said of men only)
get one's shit together
v. become organized; gather one's possessions
get out of here
exclam. no way; that can't be right; that's wrong
get out of my face
exclam. do not argue with me; make room; make space
get real
v. behave or act practically. 1. Oh, come on, get real, will you?
get somebody's motor running
v. excite somebody; make somebody enthusiastic or sexually aroused
get to first base
v. kiss someone. 1. I got to first base with her last night.
get to somebody
v. irritate, annoy, or bother somebody. 1. He really got to you, didn't he?
get with it
v. hurry up; get a move on; get started. 1. Get with it already, we've got to go.
get with it
v. make one's ideas and actions current. 1. Come on, get with it. You're so behind the times.
get your ass in gear
exclam. get moving; get going; get started. 1. Get your ass in gear. It's time for school.
get your ass in gear
idiom. get moving; start doing what you are supposed to be doing
ghetto blaster
n. large, portable stereo radio/cassette/CD player. 1. Turn down that damn ghetto blaster.
ghetto box
n. large, portable stereo radio/cassette/CD player
gig
n. a one-shot job or task (said often by people in the entertainment business)
gimp
n. person who limps; a crippled person
git-go
n. the start; the absolute beginning
give a flying fuck
v. not care at all; have absolutely no interest whatsoever. 1. Who gives a flying fuck? 2. Why
should I give a flying fuck about that?
give a shit
v. care; have an interest in (usually used with a negative connotation). 1. Like I give a shit. 2. I
don't give a shit.
give it a rest
v. shut up; stop talking; stop talking about something
give it up
v. stop now; quit now
give me a break
v. that's enough; lay off; no more
give me five
v. a request to touch hands as a form of greeting or agreement
give me some skin
v. a request to touch hands as a form of greeting or agreement
give one's best
idiom. make a supreme effort; perform as well as one can
give one's best to
idiom. say hello to; give one's regards to
give some sugar
v. kiss affectionately (used by older people toward children; not common)
GJ
abbr. grapefruit juice
glad rags
n. fancy clothing; one's best closthing (anachronistic)
glad-hand
v. treat somebody very enthusiastically
glad-hander
n. somebody who is very enthusiastic and friendly
glitch
n. defect; flaw; bug; problem
glitz
n. glamour; flashy, showy style
glitzy
adj. glamourous or stylish in a flashy way
GLM
abbr. good-looking mother (used in pediatrics)
GMTA
abbr. great minds think alike
gnarly
adj. dangerous; risky. 1. Gnarly waves today, you know.
go
n. an attempt; a try
go apeshit
v. become excited or upset. 1. He went apeshit when he heard he was going to be laid off.
go bananas
v. become slightly anxious, agitated, or crazy
go belly up
v. die
go belly up
v. fail; perform poorly
go belly-up
v. fail; go bankrupt. 1. Enron went belly up after it's scandal.
go belly-up
v. fail; go bankrupt
go blooey
v. fail; fall apart; cease to function
go climb a tree
v. go away; get out
go down
v. be accepted or received
go down
v. happen; occur; take place
go down in flames
v. fail dramatically
go down on somebody
v. give oral sex to somebody
go down the chute
v. faill completely
go down the tube(s)
v. faill completely
go flooey
v. fail; fall apart; cease to function
go fly a kite
v. go away; get out
go for it
v. give it a try; do it;
go fuck yourself
v. a strong insult intended to reject or disparage another person. 1. Oh, go fuck yourself.
go home in a box
v. be transported back home in a coffin (i.e.: dead)
go jump in a lake
idiom. leave; get out; go away. 1. Go jump in a lake. No one wants you here.
go jump in a lake
v. go away; get out
go postal
v. go berserk; go crazy; become violent
gob
n. mass or hunk of something; a large amount of something
gofer
n. somebody whose job is to fetch or bring trivial items to more important people
GOK
abbr. God only knows (what is wrong with the patient)
gold brick
v. avoid work; hide from a task or assignment. 1. Stop gold bricking and get back to work.
gold digger
n. woman seeking a relationship partner for money
golden
adj. cool; nice; excellent. 1. We're golden. Let's go.
Golden State
n. California
gomer
n. dumb, oafish person
gomer
n. person thrown out of an emergency room due to repeated or inappropriate visits (short for
"get out of my ER")
gone
adj. asleep; unconscious
gonzo
adj. out of control; wild
gonzo
n. foolish or silly person
goo
n. sticky substance
goober
n. pimple
good fuck
n. a person who performs well sexually (usually used to describe a woman). 1. She's a good
fuck, but otherwise a pain.
good on ya, mate
idiom. well done; nicely done
good on you, mate
idiom. well done; nicely done
good vibes
n. positive feelings
goodie
n. something good, favored, or appealing
goody
n. something good, favored, or appealing
goody two-shoes
n. person who follows all the rules and expectations of society and culture perfectly. 1. Don't be
such a goody two-shoes. You never do anything fun.
goof
n. error; mistake; blunder. 1. What a goof! I'll never be able to fix it in time.
goof around
v. waste time; mess around. 1. Stop goofing around and get some work done.
goof off
goof up
v. make errors; mess up
goofball
n. foolish or silly person who wastes time. 1. You're such a goofball. You'll never amount to
anything.
goofus
n. dumb, oafish person
goofy
adj. silly; inanely
google
v. use Google or a similar search engine find something online
gook
n. Korean; Korean person
goombah
n. good friend; pal
goose egg
n. zero; score of zero. 1. My score on the test: goose egg.
gopher
n. somebody whose job is to fetch or bring trivial items to more important people
gorilla juice
n. steroids; anabolic steriods
Gorillas in the Mist
adj. pissed; drunk; intoxicated
gorked
adj. anesthetized; unresponsive and not speaking
gorp
n. trail mix, i.e. a mixture of dried fruit, nuts, and small candies
gotcha
n. you are caught; I see what you are doing; I understand what you are saying
GPO
abbr. good for parts only
GR8
abbr. great minds think alike
grand
n. thousand dollars. 1. I paid three grand for that plasma TV.
gravy train
n. work situation that provides stable income
grease
n. protection money paid to organized crime groups
greaser
n. aggressive young male (often with air slicked back with grease)
greasy spoon
n. restaurant with poor quality food and hygeine
green
adj. inexperienced; without know-how
green
adj. raw; inexperienced; new to something
grinder
n. sandwich made with Italian bread sliced lengthwise, filled with cold cuts, cheese, and
vegetables (used in the Boston area)
gripe
v. complain
grit
n. verve; courage. 1. "True Grit" (movie title). 2. Show some grit and fight.
grody
adj. repulsive; disgusting
grody to the max
adj. extremely repulsive or disgusting
grok
v. understand; comprehend
groovy
adj. cool; nice; excellent (anacrhonistic)
gross
adj. disgusting; repulsive; vulgar
gross somebody out
v. show or tell somebody something disgusting, repulsive or vulgar
gross-out
n. something disgusting, repulsive, or vulgar
grottiness
n. low quality; unpleasantness
grotty
adj. low quality; unpleasant
ground-pounder
n. infantryman
grub
n. hardworking, serious student
grub
n. messy, dirty person. 1. He's a total grub, never bathes or washes his clothes.
grub
n. food. 1. What does someone have to do in this diner to get some grub?
grub
n. food; meal
grubby
adj. messy; dirty; unclean; unkempt
grunt
n. infantryman; now also used to mean a government reject unfit for normal training.
GSW
abbr. gunshot wound
guber
n. pimple
gults
n. gluteus maximus muscles (buttocks muscles)
gun
n. bodyguard; assassin; hired gunman
gun
v. rev up an engine
gun bunny
n. artilleryman
gunk
n. disgusting, messy substance of any sort
gunner
n. hardworking, serious student
gunner
n. medical student working hard for high grades or evaluations
gusto
n. verve; courage
gut
adj. fundamental; basic
gut
n. abdomen; belly; intestines
gut
n. fat belly on a man
gut out
v. endure; persist; persevere
guts
n. verve; courage. 1. He's got guts, arguing with the judge in court.
guzzler
n. vehicle that uses a lot of gasoline
habu
n. pilot of the SR-71
habu
n. SR-71 (also called the Blackbird) aircraft
hack
n. cough
hack
n. author or writer who creates material (often of low quality) to order. 1. He's just a hack and
can't really write well.
hack
n. taxi; taxicab
had
adj. deceived; cheated; swindled
hairy
adj. risky; difficult; tricky
half-assed
adj. awkward; inefficient; useless
half-pint
n. very short, usually slender peson (typically male)
halvsies
adj. two people each paying for half of something (often a meal)
hammer
n. accelerator pedal in a vehicle
hammy
n. hamstring(s). 1. I pulled a hammy while running away from that mugger.
hand job
n. sexual stimulation of a penis
hang a left
v. make a left turn
hang a right
v. make a right turn
hang five
v. surf while standing towrd the front of the board
hang it
exclam. damn it; darn it (said to express frustration or exsaperation)
hang loose
v. be cool; relax; be calm
hang ten
v. surf while standing towrd the front of the board
hang tough
v. maintain one's ideas or attitudes
hang-up
n. problem; obsessoin; concern(s)
hard up
adj. desperate for company, attention, or affection. 1. He's hard up for work these days and
doesn't have any money.
hard-on
n. erection (penile)
hard-pressed
adj. difficult; under pressure; with difficulty. 1. I'd be hard pressed to loan you any money
because I've got so little.
hardware
n. weapons; guns
harsh
n. rude; cruel
hate somebody's guts
v. hate somebody with a passion
haul ass
v. move quickly out of a location
haul asss
v. hurry out of a place. 1. Time to haul ass out of here before the cops show up.
have a crush on
v. have feelings of love, romantic desire, or sexual attraction (usually among teenagers)
have a go (at)
idiom. attempt; give a try
have a row
v. have an argument, dispite, or angry discussion
have a shit-fit
v. have an angry fit, a temper tantrum
have been had
v. have been cheated, deceived, or fooled
have it together
v. be organized physically and mentally; be in a good position or situation
have legs
idiom. able to sustain popularity (said of movies, books, and other media)
have shit for brains
v. be extremely dumb
have the hots
v. be romantically or sexually attracted to or aroused by somebody
have to fly
v. have to depart immediately
head
n. person
head
n. toilet; bathroom; restroom
head spoon
n. mess sergeant
heap
n. old, unreliable vehicle (usually a car) in poor condition
heavy
adj. serious; important; significant
heavy
n. bad guy; antagonist; villain
hellhole
n. a dangerous (often hot) place
hep
adj. informed; up to date; current
herd cats
v. do the impossible
here's the deal
v. here is the idea, plan, or situation
hero
vegetables
hick
n. person from a small, rural town and possessing little education or manners
hickey
n. love bit; mark on skin from biting or sucking
hicksville
n. small, rural town where people with little education or manners live
hicky
n. love bit; mark on skin from biting or sucking
high
adj. very pleased, amused, happy, or euphoric
high
adj. intoxicated from alcohol or drugs
high five
n. two people striking the palms of their raised hands together as a form of agreement or
greeting
hillbilly armor
n. improved armor for vehicles made from scavenged metal
hip
adj. informed; up to date; current
history
n. something or somebody that is no longer relevant
hit
n. success; something approved of or highly regarded
hit the books
v. study or review school material diligently
hit the bricks
v. begin walking
hit the fan
v. become a scandal; become known to the public
hit the pavement
v. begin walking
hit the sack
v. go to bed; get in bed
ho
n. prostitute; whore
hoagie
vegetables
hoe
hog
v. use all of; use a great deal of; take up most or all of something. 1. Don't hog all the pizza. I
want some too.
hog
n. motorcyle
hoi polloi
n. common people; everyday people
hole up
v. hide; conceal oneself
holy shit
exclam. a strong expression of surprise, fear, or disbelief. 1. Holy shit! I don't believe it.
home run
n. act of sexual intercourse (used as a way to mark "progress in sex, especially among youth)
homeboy
n. good male friend
homegirl
n. good female friend
homes
n. neighbor; companion
homey
n. good friend. 1. My homies all think I look good in black.
homo
n. homosexual (typically male)
honcho
n. boss; leader
honker
n. nose
honker
n. nose, esp. a large nose
honker
n. the nose (often a large nose). 1. Check out that guy's honker. It's enormous.
honkers
n. woman's breasts (usually large or otherwise remarkable)
honkey
adj. of or pertaining to white (Caucasian) behavior, ideas, etc.
honkey
n. white (Caucasian)
honkie
adj. of or pertaining to white (Caucasian) behavior, ideas, etc.
honkie
n. white (Caucasian)
hooch
n. simple housing, from hut to barracks
hood
n. hoodlum; thief; criminal
hood
n. neighborhood; immediate area where one lives
hood
n. neighborhood; inner-city neighborhood or area controlled by a gang
hooked
adj. addicted
hooker
hoops
n. basketball
hoops
n. basketball (the game, not the ball itself)
hoot
adj. fun; amusing; entertaining. 1. That party was a hoot, totally fun.
hoot
n. something humourous; joke
hoot
v. boo; make catcalls
hoot
v. laughly loudly and deeply
hooters
n. a woman's breasts (jocular and offensive; used almost exclusively by men); name of a
restaurant where the waitresses tend to have large breast and wear tight T-shirts. 1. Get a load
of her hooters.
hopped up
horny
adj. sexually aroused; wanting sexual activity
horse hockey
n. horse dung; horse feces; nonsense
horse's ass
n. obnoxious, dumb person
horseshit
n. nonsense; rubbish; foolish talk or ideas. 1. Don't give me any horseshit.
hose
v. cheat, lie, or deceive somebody
hose
n. penis
hoser
n. idiot; moron; dumb person
hot
adj. angry; upset
hot
adj. famous; well-known
hot
adj. regularly winning at gambling
hot
adj. stolen; wanted by the authorities
hot
adj. sexy (for women in particular)
hot car
n. stolen vehicle
hot item
adj. item that sells rapidly or successfully
hot item
n. romantically involved couple
hot number
n. sexually appealing person (usually a woman)
hot number
n. sexy, appealing person (usually a woman)
hot pants
n. pants that make a woman look sexually appealing (usually tight)
hot shit
n. pesron (usually male) who believes he is great
hot tot
n. preadolescent girl who dresses and behaves in a shallow, sexual manner
hot under the collar
adj. angry; upset
hotdog
v. show up; perform difficult and spectacular moves (in skiing)
hottie
n. sexy, appealing person (usually a woman)
howl
n. something amusing or entertaining
howler
n. amusing, large error
hump
hump day
n. Wednesday (so called because it is the middle of the week)
hungry
adj. ambitious; eager for success and willing to work hard for it
hunk
n. physically attractive, handsome male
hunk of ass
n. potential partner for sex (usually a woman)
hunk of tail
hurl
v. throw up; vomit
hurting
adj. in great pain
hush puppy
n. cornmeal dumpling that is deep fried
hustle
n. plan for making money (usually through deception)
hustle
v. act quickly; rush; hurry
hustle
v. make efforts (usually with one's own abilities) to earn money
hustler
n. pool hall gambler
hustler
hyped
adj. exaggerated; promoted inaccurately
hyped
adj. stimulated; excited; eager
hyper
adj. excited; eager
hyper
n. person who is easily or frequently very excited or active
ice
n. methamphetamine
ice
n. methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA
ice
n. smokable methamphetamine
ick
exclam. nasty; ugly; unappealing
icky
adj. unappealing; disgusting
ICU
abbr. intensive care unit. 1. That car crash put him in the ICU for two weeks.
idiot light
n. red or flashing lights on dashboard panel of a car that warn the driver of a problem
IIRC
abbr. if I recall/remember correctly
I'll be damned
idiom. no way; really; what a surprise. 1. I'll be damned. That really is true.
I'll be damned (if)
idiom. there is no way that; I will not under any circumstancesâ€¦. 1. I'll be damned if I'm going
to do that.
IMHO
abbr. in my humble opinion
IMO
abbr. in my opinion
in
adj. fashionable, trendy
in a bad way
adj. in a poor position; in a bad mood
in a New York minute
idiom. right away; immediately; in a heartbeat. 1. Would you sleep with him? In a New York
minute.
in a snit
adj. irritated; upset; angry
in bad shape
adj. injured; in poor (physical) condition. 1. The quarterback was in bad shape after the tackle.
in deep
adj. very much involved in something
in play
adj. active; being played (said in sports)
in the bag
adj. done; obtained; completed
in the loop
idiom. involved; connected; aware of what is going on
in your dreams
idiom. no way; impossible; it's not going to happen. 1. A date with you!? In your dreams.
in-country
n. nation outside the U.S. where a soldier is stationed
intense
adj. important, serious, significant
IOW
abbr. in other words
IRC
abbr. Internet relay chat
iron
n. gun
ISTM
abbr. it seems to me
it's all down to somebody
idiom. a result or outcome is owed to or because of somebody's efforts
ivories
n. piano keys
J
jack
n. Jack Daniel's whiskey. 1. Give me a glass of jack, straight.
jack
v. steal a car with a driver or passenger in it. 1. My car got jacked but at least I'm all right.
jack around
v. mess around; do little or nothing; waste time
jack off
jack off
jack off
v. masturbate (said of men)
jack up
v. motivate or stimulate somebody or something
jack up
v. raise the price of something
jacked
adj. damaged; injured; harmed; messed up
jacked up
adj. aroused, excited
jacked up
jacknife
v. fold in; fold in half (said of a tractor-trailer that forms a "V" shape after a collision)
jackshit
Jag
n. Jaguar car
jam
n. problem; difficulty
jam
v. play musical instruments together in an improvisational style
jammed up
adj. in difficulty; in trouble
jammed up
adj. stuffed with food; constipated
jamming
adj. very good; excellent; outstanding
jaw
v. chat; talk nonsense
jay
n. marijuana cigarette
jazz up
v. make somebody or something more interesting or sexually appealing
jazzed
adj. excited; in a good frame of mind
jazzed up
adj. excited; in a good frame of mind
jazzy
adj. appealing; enticing
jerk
n. dumb, unappealing person
jerk around
v. harass or waste somebody's time
jerk off
jerk off
jerk off
jerry-rigged
adj. temporary and inefficient (solution to a problem)
jive
adj. inaccurate; deceptive; flashy but meaningless
jive
n. lie; lies, nonsense
jive
n. retort; back talk
jive
n. drugs
jive talk
n. slang; currently popular words and phrases
jive turkey
n. dumb person
jive-ass
adj. nonsensical
jock
n. athlete; athletic supporter (clothing)
Joe Six-Pack
n. ordinary man (typically one who sits in front of the television and drinks beer)
joggers
n. jogging shoes; running shoes; sneakers
john
n. customer of a prostitute
john
John Wayne
v. try to be a hero; be heroic; ham it up for the media
joint
n. prison; jail
joint
n. marijuana cigarette
joint
n. bar; tavern; grill
joint
n. low-quality place for food or drink
jonesing
n. need for drugs; need for anything in particular. 1. He was jonesing for some smack.
juice
n. electricity; power
juice
n. interest paid to organized crime on a loan
jump
v. physically attack or assault somebody
jump
v. have sex with somebody
jump in a lake
idiom. leave; get out; go away
jump start
n. starting one car by using power (via jumper cables) from another car
jump street
n. start; beginning; outset (of something)
junk
n. drugs (heroin in particular)
junk it
v. discard it; get rid of it
junkie
n. addict
junkie
n. drug user; drug addict
just off the boat
adj. newly arrived (usually from another country)
K
K
n. thousand (of anything). 1. I make three K per week doing this.
kawabunga
exclam. yeah; horray; yippee (an expression of excitement or enthusiasm, popularized in the TV
series "The Simpsons")
keep in touch
phr. good-bye; see you soon
keep one's cool
v. remain relaxed, calm, under control
keep your nose out of my business
phr. do not meddle in my affairs; do not involve yourself in what I am doing
keester
n. buttocks
keg party
n. party or event at which beer is served from a keg (barrel-sized container of beer)
kegger
n. party or event at which beer is served from a keg (barrel-sized container of beer)
kevork
v. ban a person from a Web site or other place online
kewl
adj. good; great; excellent (alternate spelling for "cool")
keyster
n. buttocks
kick
n. good feeling or pleasure derived from something
kick around
n. have nearby; be in one's position
kick back
n. bribe; money paid to effect an outcome
kick back
v. unwind; relax; have fun
kick in the arse
n. something that motivates or gets somebody to do something
kick in the ass
kick in the butt
kick in the pants
kick in the rear
kick the shit out of (someone)
v. physically attack and abuse someone
kick-ass
adj. appealing; fun; exciting
kick-ass
adj. strong; vigorous
kickback
n. bribe; money paid to effect an outcome
kicky
adj. appealing; fun; exciting
kiester
n. buttocks
kike
n. Jew; Jewish person
killer
adj. very amusing or entertaining
killer
adj. very unusual or extraordinary
kingpin
n. leader of a criminal gang
kinky
adj. weird; strange; unappealing
kinky
adj. unusual, possibly deviant (sexual activity)
kiss ass
v. flatter or toady up to someone for personal gain
kiss my ass
kiss my ass
v. go away; no way (expression of frustration, disbelief, or dismissal)
kiss up to
v. flatter; be obsequious to somebody
kiss-ass
adj. obsequious or servile
kiss-ass
n. obsequious, servile person
kissyface
n. kissing
klick
n. kilometer. 1. The enemy is about three klicks from here.
klotz
n. clumsy, often dumb, person
kludge
n. sloppy or inefficient solution to a problem in computer hardware or software
kludgy
adj. inefficient, low-quality software
kluge
n. sloppy or inefficient solution to a problem in computer hardware or software
klutz
n. clumsy, often dumb, person. 1. He's a total klutz. Don't ask him to try to fix your car.
klutzy
knackered
adj. very tired; wiped out; exhausted
knickers
n. underwear
knock
v. reject, criticize, or berate something or somebody
knock back
v. drink rapidly
knock one back
v. drink alcohol; have a drink (of alcohol)
knock somebody up
v. get a woman pregnant
knocked up
adj. pregnant
knockout
adj. stunning; smashing; brilliant
knockout
n. highly appealing woman or man
know where somebody is coming from
v. understand or comprehend a person (their ideas, situation, etc.)
known from
v. have knowledge about; be familiar with
knuckle sandwich
n. striking somebody in the mouth with the hand (i.e.: knuckles of a fist)
knuckle-dragger
n. strong, dumb male
konk
v. go to sleep; fall asleep
kook
n. peculiar, eccentric person
kooky
adj. eccentric, peculiar, strange
KP
abbr. kitchen patrol (i.e.: duty in the mess hall)
K-pot
n. standard Army helmet made of Kevlar
laid-back
adj. relaxed; at ease; unrufffled
lame
adj. inadequate; incompetent
lard ass
n. fat person, especially when the person has large buttocks
later
n. good-bye
lats
n. back muscles (i.e.: latissimus dorsi). 1. Nice lats on that guy. He must work out a lot.
laundry list
n. list of tasks to be done
lay a guilt trip on
v. berate; criticize (somebody)
lay a guilt trip on
v. try to make somebody feel guilt or remorse about something
leadfoot
n. person who drives at high speed
legs
n. ground soldiers; unit that is neither mechanized nor airborne
lemon
n. bad car, usually new and with mechanical problems. 1. So what's with the new lemon law?
Does it really protect consumers from bad cars?
lemon law
n. legal requirements giving buyers of a lemon a means to resolve any problems
lid
n. eyelid
lifer
n. career military person
like I care
idiom. I am not interested at all (used to indicate that something does not matter)
line
n. story; argument; explanation
lip
n. rebuttal; argument; back talk
liquid bread
n. beer
little shit
n. dumb, unimportant person
livin' large
idiom. wealthy; rich. 1. He's livin' large since his song went gold.
LMAO
abbr. laughing my ass off
LOL
abbr. little old lady. 1. There's one LOL coming into the ER in five minutes.
LOL
abbr. laughing out loud
loo
look at what the cat dragged in
idiom. see who just arrived (said in frustration or with sarcastic overtones)
looney
adj. crazy; nuts; insane
looney
n. mentally unstable person
loonie
loonie
loony
loony
loose cannon
n. blabbermouth; someone who says too much, often at the wrong time
lose one's lunch
v. vomit; throw up
loser
n. incompetent, undesirable person
love handles
n. roll of fat around the abdomen (usually said about men)
low rent
adj. unappealing and low cost
lowlife
n. unappealing, unreliable, cruel person
lox
abbr. liquid oxygen
LSD
n. lysergic acid diethylamide
LSHITIWMP
abbr. laughing so hard I think I wet my pants
LT
n. second lieutenant. 1. Ask the LT if we have to do this.
luck out
v. be lucky; be fortunate
lurker
n. person who reads but does not participate in an online news group or forum
ma deuce
n. Browning M2 .50 caliber heavy machine gun
magic bullet
n. amazing and full-proof solution
make my day
idiom. attempt what you want, and I will act/react as I like (said as a threat or warning)
make waves
v. create trouble; create controversy
make with the
v. bring out; reveal
manure
v. deceive; lie; con
map
n. the face
Mary J
n. marijuana
Mary Jane
n. marijuana
mash-up
v. bring together two different Web sites or services to create a third that leverages the benefits
of each
max
n. maximum; greatest/largest possible
max out
v. use up completely. 1. She maxed out her credit cards shopping last weekend.
maxed out
adj. tired; fatigued; exhausted
mayo
n. mayonnaise
mean
adj. good; great; excellent
meatspace
n. the real world, as opposed to cyberspace. 1. See you in meatspace tomorrow.
mega
adj. big; large; substantial
megabucks
n. large sum of money. 1. He's making megabucks on Wall Street now.
MEGO
abbr. my eyes glaze over
mellow
adj. at ease; calm; relaxed
mellow out
v. relax; calm down
meltdown
n. complete collapse or failure
merchandise
n. drugs
mesc
n. mescaline
mess
n. dumb, unappealing person
mess
n. feces; dung. 1. The dog left a mess by the door.
mess
n. dining hall; dining area; cafeteria
mess hall
n. dining hall; dining area; cafeteria
mess somebody up
v. beat or attack somebody. 1. If you don't shut up, I'm gonna mess you up.
messed up
adj. unfair; cruel. 1. That's messed up. How could he do that to you?
mickey mouse
adj. poor quality; lousy; unimportant
mickey mouse
middle of nowhere
n. remote, isolated area (often far from even a small town)
miffed
MILF
abbr. mother I'd like to fuck
milk run
n. routine mission that is flown many times. 1. During WWII all we did was milk runs over Italy.
mitt
n. hand
MMPORPG
abbr. massively multiplayer online role playing game (e.g.: World of Warcraft)
Monday morning blues
n. depressed feeling associated with the return to work on Monday after the weekend
Monday morning quarterback
n. advice given after the fact, with the benefit of hindsight and otherwise not useful
mongo
adj. great; fantastic
moon
v. display one's buttocks, usually through a window
moon
n. buttocks
mope
v. act sadly and slowly
mope around
v. act sadly and slowly
mosh
n. style of dance involving significant physical action
mosh pit
n. where moshing occurs
mother-fucker
n. a person of degernate or disgusting character. 1. You are a total mother-fucker who I
wouldn't trust to do anything.
mother-fucking
adj. extremely frustrating, upsetting, or annoying. 1. I hate this mother-fucking job
motor
n. car
motor mouth
n. person who speaks quickly and excessively
move on somebody
v. try to seduce or pick up somebody
MUD
abbr. multi-user dungeon
mug
v. study; learn quickly or intensively
mug up
v. study hard and quickly; bone up; cram (for an exam)
muggle
n. boring person; unimaginative person
mum
n. mother; mom
mum's the word
n. silence; nothing will be said on the subject. 1. Shh, mum's the word. Don't say anything to
anyone.
munch out
v. eat greedily and quickly
munchies
adj. hunger, usually for snack food
munchies
n. craving for food, usually junk food
munchkin
n. small, unimportant person
mung
v. destroy; make irreversible changes to
muscle
n. power in a car
muscle
n. strong person brought in as a threat or for enforcement
muscle car
n. car from the 60s and 70s that looked like a race car but was designed for use on ordinary
roads
mush
MVA
abbr. motor vehicle accident
my bad
idiom. my mistake and I apologize
MYOB
n. mind your own business
nada
natter
n. chat; talk
natter
v. chat; chat casually. 1. They just natter all day instead of doing proper work.
neat
adj. cool; nice; pleasant
negative
n. something bad, poor, or flawed
negatory
adj. no; not at all; not now
nerd
n. boring, studious person (usually said of men or boys)
nerdmobile
n. boring family car
netiquette
n. etiquette or manners online
netizen
n. person on the Internet or Web
neuro
n. neorology; neurological service in a hospital. 1. Call neuro. We won't figure this out on our
own.
newbee
n. person who is new to the Internet
newbie
n. person who is new to a situation
newbie
n. person who is new to the Internet. 1. Too many newbies in this chat room today.
nick
v. steal something; get something
nick of time
adv. at the last minute; just before time runs out
NICU
abbr. neo-natal intensive care unit
NIFOC
abbr. nude in front of computer
nigga
n. niggar; Black person (offensive when used by non-Blacks, but acceptable among Blacks). 1.
What's up, my nigga?
nigger
n. Black person (offensive when used by non-Blacks, but acceptable among Blacks). 1. When
Chris Rock says "nigger", it's all right, but if Donald Trump said it, it'd be offensive.
nip
n. small drink of alcohol taken quickly
nip
n. Japanese; Japanese person
nip out
v. slip out; sneak out; leave secretly and briefly
nix
nix
v. stop; halt; prohibit. 1. Wait, nix that idea. It's no good.
no great shakes
adj. not particularly impressive or important
no heroic measures
idiom. no performing CPR or other drastic procedures to resuscitate a patient
no holds barred
idiom. unfettered; without rules or regulations; harsh; rough
no joy
n. no contact; nothing identified. 1. No joy, I don't see anything.
no prob
idiom. no worries or concerns; everything is fine
no problem
no shit
exclam. really? no way; not possible
no shit
exclam. an expression of disbelief or dismissal. 1. No shit! Did that really happen?
no sweat
no way
exclam. never; no; not on your life
noggin
n. the head (only used for people)
noodge
n. a nag; a critical, irritating person
noogie
n. using the knucles to rub somebody's head (done among children)
not enough room to swing a cat
idiom. very little space to move around
not have a pot to piss in
idiom. be very poor; have no money or resources. 1. He hasn't got a pot to piss in, so don't ask
him for money.
not know one's ass from a hole in the ground
v. be ignorant; be unaware or useless
not know shit about
v. be ignorant; be unaware or useless
not know shit from shinola
v. not know anything useful
notch
n. mark of achievement or accomplishment
nudge
n. a nag; a critical, irritating person
nugget
n. new recruit or cadet
nugget
n. pilot on his or her first tour of duty; new recruit or cadet in flight school
nuke
v. destroy or obliterate somebody or something
nuke
v. use a microwave oven to prepare food
nuke
n. nuclear weapon
nuke it
number one
n. urination (used mostly by and about children). 1. Mom, I gotta go number one real bad.
number one
adj. best; top
number one
n. oneself. 1. I'm looking out for number one from now on.
number two
n. defacation (used mostly by and about children). 2. Dad, I did a number two by myself.
numbnuts
n. dumb, worthless person
nut
n. eccentric, peculiar individual; insane person
nut
n. fan or enthusiast of something
nuts
adj. crazy; mentally unbalanced
nuts
exclam. no way; that can't be right; that's wrong. 1. Nuts! That can't be right.
nuts
n. testicles
N-word
n. nigger; the word "nigger". 1. Don't use the N-word; it's really harsh.
O
off the hook
adj. not at risk anymore; not obligated or required to do something anymore
oh shit
exclam. a strong expression of shock and fear. 1. Oh shit, I forgot my wallet.
OJ
abbr. orange juice
old school
adj. old fashioned; out of date; behind the times
on the hop
idiom. not ready; unprepared; occupied; busy
on the rocks
n. an alcoholic drink with ice cubes added. 1. Scotch on the rocks, please.
one-off
adj. made, done, or happening only one time
one-off
n. something done or happening only one time; something unique
oreo
n. black person who adopts the lifestyle, attitudes, and such of White people
O-sign
n. comatose patient with his mouth agape
OTOH
abbr. on the other hand
out
v. reveal somebody as a homosexual
out of pocket
adj. from one's own resources
out of the loop
idiom. not involved; disconnected; unaware of what is going on
over-the-top
adj. excessive; unnecessary; exaggerated
pack
v. carry or have a gun
pad
n. home; dwelling; room where one lives
PAFO
abbr. pissed (drunk) and fell over
pain in the ass
n. highly irritating or difficult
pain in the butt
pain in the buttocks
pain in the neck
pain in the rear
pain in the rear end
pancake
n. foundation makeup as used in the performing arts
pancake
v. flatten; reduce to a flat shape. 1. The car got pancaked in the collision.
paper trail
n. evidence in written or document form that proves somebody did something
paper-pusher
n. clerk; bureaucrat; office worker
pardon me for breathing
pardon me for living
parental units
n. parents; father and mother
park it
v. sit; sit down; sit and remain sitting
partay
n. party
party
v. throw or have a party; celebrate
party animal
n. person who loves parties
pasting
n. defeat; beating; loss
patsy
n. victim; dupe; person easily taken advantage of
paw
n. hand
paw
v. grope or touch somebody in a sexual manner
payback
n. revenge, retribution, just desserts
PB
abbr. peanut butter
PBD
abbr. peanut butter and dill pickle sandwich
PBJ
abbr. peanut butter and jelly sandwich (n.b.: other forms, such as shakes, also exist)
PDA
abbr. public display of affection. 1. No PDA around here.
peace out
idiom. good-bye; bye now
peanuts
n. very little money
pecker checker
n. urologist
pecks
n. pectoral muscles; chest muscles
pects
n. pectoral muscles; chest muscles
peds
n. pediatrics. 1. I spent the morning on peds, taking care of little kids.
peep
n. vocalization; noise; sound
peepers
n. eyes
pencil in
v. schedule something tentatively
pencil-pusher
n. clerk; bureaucrat; office worker
period
exclam. that's all; that's it; no more discussion
perp
n. perpetrator; person who commits, or may have committed, a crime. 1. Who's our perp?
Anyone able to identify him?
peyote
n. mescaline
pharming
n. technique to direct a user to a fake Web page used to scam people
phat
phat
adj. something extremely good
phishing
n. technique of directing people to fake Web sites in order to convince them to reveal personal
informatio
phone sex
n. sexual activity over the telephone
phooey
phreak
v. attack computer systems or telephone systems over telephone lines
phreaker
n. person who attacks computer systems or telephone systems over telephone lines
pickled
adj. drunk; intoxicated
piddle
v. work slowly and without focus
piddle around
v. work slowly and without focus
pie hole
n. mouth
piece of ass
piece of cake
idiom. simple; very easy. 1. That test was a piece of cake. I'm sure I'll get a good score.
piece of cake
n. something readily or easily accomplished
piece of tail
piece of work
n. person of unappealing or undesirable character
pig
n. fat, ugly woman
pig
n. glutton; person who eats a lot
pig
n. messy, dirty person
pig
n. police officer
pig out
v. gorge, overeat, eat to excess
pile of shit
n. lies
pile of shit
n. low-quality object or device
pile of shit
n. person of little value
pimp
v. make fancy; dress up; embellish
pimpmobile
n. big, flashy car, often with bright colors, lights, and chrome
pinch
n. small quantity of powdered substance (e.g.: salt, spices)
piss
n. low-quality beer or liquor
piss
n. urine; pee
piss
v. urinate; pee
piss around
v. spend time doing minor, irrelevant things
piss in the wind
v. waste time; do something unproductive or futile
piss off
piss off
exclam. go away; get out of my sight
piss somebody off
v. upset somebody
piss something away
v. squander; fritter away; waste
pissant
adj. completely worthless
pissant
n. person of no value
piss-ant
adj. completely worthless
piss-ant
pissed
pissed
adj. upset; angry
pissed off
adj. upset; angry
pissing match
n. dispute; argument; pointless debate or competition
piss-poor
adj. extremely poor; having no money
piss-poor
adj. very low quality or capability
pit stop
n. stop made while driving somewhere, usually for food or to use a bathroom
PITA
abbr. pain in the ass
pitch a tent
v. have an erection upon waking in the morning
pitch it
pitch up
v. arrive; show up; appear
pitch-in
n. meal in which each participant contributes food (used in Indiana and Montana only)
pits
n. something very poor or undesirable
pizza-face
n. person with severe acne or scars from acne
PJs
n. projects
plastered
plastic
adj. fake; false; unreal
play
n. plan; strategy; tactic. 1. Okay, here's our next play. You fake left, you go deep.
play doctor
v. engage in sexual activity (mostly said and done by children)
play it cool
v. appear or act in a relaxed, carefree manner
played out
adj. ineffective; used up
player
n. person who has power, influence, or authority in a situation
player
n. person who is sexually active or promiscuous
plop
v. put or place something in some location
plop
v. sit down
PLOS
abbr. parents looking over shoulder
plug
n. hunk of chewing tobacco
plug
n. promotion or advertisement (often free) for a product or service
p-mail
n. physical mail
pocket rocket
n. penis
poindexter
n. studious, good student (usually male)
pointy-head
n. intellectual; careful thinker
pokey
adj. slow; very slow
pokey
n. prison; jail
poky
n. prison; jail
polish off
v. finish up; complete; remove the last of (said of food or work). 1. He polished off the rest of
the cake.
pond scum
n. person (usually male) of no worth, with a cruel disposition
poop
n. act of defacation. 1. I've gotta take a poop real bad.
poop
v. move one's bowels; defacate
poop
n. feces; dung
poop
n. information or knowledge about something
poop out
v. stop; quit; become tired and stop
poop sheet
n. paper containing information about something
pooped
pooped out
pop
adj. popular. 1. Pop music sucks these days.
pop
n. father; dad; daddy (older expression, not used much anymore)
pop
n. soda; carbonated beverage (used mostly in the Midwest of the U.S.)
pop
v. strike; hit
pop a boner
n. get an erection
pop a wheelie
v. ride a motorcycle or bicycle with the front wheel off the ground. 1. He popped a wheelie, then
crashed his bike.
pop for
v. pay for something (usually a treat for somebody)
pop off
v. interrupt; talk back
pop off
v. lose control
pop one's cork
v. become angry; have an outburst or tantrum
pop the clutch
v. engage the clutch abruptly. 1. Don't pop the clutch. Be a bit more gentle when you shift
gears.
popper
n. small container of amyl nitrate
poppers
n. amyl nitrite
pops
n. you (when addressing an older male you do not personally know). 1. Hey, pops, help me out
here for a minute.
pork
pork out
v. eat excessively; overeat
pork out
porky
adj. fat, overweight
poser
n. person who pretends to be what he or she is not
posh
adj. fancy; upscale
posse
n. one's friends
post
n. steering column in a car
pot
n. carburetor
pot
n. marijuana
pot luck
n. meal in which each participant contributes food
POW
n. prisoner of war
pray to the porcelain god
v. vomit; throw up
prick
n. dumb person of little worth
prick
n. penis
pro
n. professional; somebody with professional-level ability
pro
prod
n. reminder; way to make somebody remember something
prod
v. remind somebody of something
psych
n. psychiatry; psychiatric service or ward in a hospital. 1. Get psych down here. I think we've
got a suicide.
psych out
v. fool; deceive; trick (somebody)
psych up
v. excite somebody; make somebody enthusiastic
psyched
adj. thrilled; excited; stimulated; eager
puff
v. exaggerate; promote; hype; market aggressively
puke
n. vomit; vomitus. 1. Look at the puke all over this bus station. It's disgusting.
puke
v. vomit; throw up. 1. I was so sick from that fish that I puked last night
pull an all-nighter
v. stay up all night doing something, usually a studying, preparing for an exam, or partying. 1. I
pulled an all-nighter to finish that project.
pull rank
v. use or exploit the authority that comes with one's rank
pull somebody's chain
v. annoy; harass; irritate
PUMG
abbr. puking up my guts (from laughing hard)
pump
v. try to extract information from somebody
pump
n. heart
pump up
v. excite somebody; make somebody enthusiastic
pump up
v. exercise or flex muscles to that they become filled with blood and appear larger
pumped
pumped up
punch out
v. eject from an aircraft. 1. I'm hit, gotta punch out!
punk
adj. of or pertaining to punk music and those who listen to it
punk
n. juvenile delinquent; hoodlum (said of young men and boys)
punker
n. person (usually young) who emulates the fashion and behavior of punk rock musicians
punter
n. gambler; someone who bets or makes risky investments
puppy
n. object; thing
puppy love
n. feeling of affection or romantic attraction among pre-adolescents
push off
v. depart; leave. 1. It's late, time to push off.
pusher
n. person who sells drugs
puss
n. face; a person's face
pussy
n. female genitalia
pussy
n. woman (as a sexual object). 1. I gotta get me some pussy.
pussy-wipped
adj. under the control of a woman; manipulated by a woman (said of men)
put a sock in it
exclam. be quiet; shut up; stop stalking
put a sock in it
v. be quiet; stop talking
put out
adj. upset; disappointed
put out
v. engage in sexual activity (said of women)
put the chill on
v. ignore; leave alone; reject (somebody)
put the freeze on
v. ignore; leave alone; reject (somebody)
put the moves on
v. attempt to attrack or seduce somebody (usually a woman)
put the pedal to the metal
v. accelerate a car by pressing the accelerator pedal to the floor
put your hands together for
v. clap; applaud somebody
put-on
n. con; deception
putz
n. dumb, clumsy person
putz
n. penis (from Yiddish)
putz around
v. mess around; do little or nothing; waste time
pysched up
Q-sign
n. comatose patient with mouth open and tongue hanging out
quads
n. quadrucep muscles (on the front of the thigh, visible near the knee)
quant
n. financial analyst who uses quantitative techniques
quarterback
v. lead; manage; be in charge of something or somebody
que pasa
idiom. what's up? how are you? what's going on? (from Spanish)
queer
adj. of or pertaining to homosexuals
queer
n. homosexual (typically male)
quick buck
n. profit rapidly and readily earned
quick fix
n. simple, rapid solution that is usually not practical in the long term
quick fix
n. solution that is neither good nor durable
quick one
n. sexual relations done quickly
quick-and-dirty
adj. something done rapidly and sloppily
quickie
n. sexual relations done quickly
rabbit
v. flee; run away; escape. 1. He's rabbiting. I'm going after him.
rabbit food
n. raw vegetables
rack
n. bed; cot
rack
n. breasts (female, usually large)
rack duty
n. time spend in bed asleep
rack time
n. time spend in bed asleep
rack up
v. earn; obtain; acquire
racket
n. con; deception
racket
n. noise; loud sounds (music, work-related noise)
radical
rag
n. clothing in general (of any quality)
rag
n. newspaper
rag
n. tampon; pad
rag
n. ugly clothing
ragjob
n. convertible (car)
ragtop
n. convertible (car)
railroad tracks
n. braces on the teeth (particularly metal ones with wires connecting them)
rain on somebody's parade
v. ruin or spoil something for somebody
rake in
v. obtain or bring in a large quantity (usually money)
rally
n. party; gathering; event
rally
v. have a party or hold an event
rap
n. criminal charge or accusation; blame or responsibility
rap
v. chat; talk; discuss something
rap session
n. causual discussion about something
rap sheet
n. record of a person's crimes
raspberry
n. obnoxious sound made by pushing air through closed lips
rat
n. person who is disgusting
rat fink
n. informant; snitch
rat on
v. inform, snitch, or tell on somebody
rat-bastard
n. person who is extremely disgusting
rathole
n. disgusting place
rattled
adj. surprised; confused
raw
adj. lacking experience; new. 1. You're totally raw. You've never done this, have you?
rays
n. sunshine
razz
v. tease; taunt
ream out
v. scold or berate somebody
rear
n. buttocks
rear end
n. buttocks
rear-ender
n. automobile collision in which one car strikes the back or another
red hot
n. very important; very much in demand
red tide
n. menstruation; menstrual period; period
red up
v. dress up; make fancy (used in western Pennsylvania)
redneck
n. person from a small, rural town and possessing little education or manners
reffo
n. refugee
regs
n. regulations (abbreviation). 1. Don't quote me the regs.
rep
n. representative (usually in sales)
rep
n. reputation. 1. Don't mess with my rep. I worked hard for it.
repo
n. repossessed item (usually an automobile)
re-up
v. reenlist. 1. He re-upped? I thought he wanted out of the army.
revved
adj. excited; eager
revved up
adj. excited; eager
ride
n. car; vehicle
ride shotgun
v. sit in the front passenger seat of a car. 1. I'll ride shotgun if you don't mind. I've got to tell
him where we're going.
riff
n. brief piece of music played by one musician. 1. Nice riff. Let me hear it again.
rig
v. manipulate or set up a situation to achieve a desired outcome; cheat
righteous
adj. high quality; nice; good
rims
n. wheels (on a car)
rinky-dink
adj. cheap; low quality; damaged
rip off
v. deceive; steal; con somebody out of. 1. They tried to rip me off at the used car dealership.
rip-off
n. con; deception
rip-off
n. copy; reproduction; stolen idea or item
rip-off artist
n. con artist; deceiver
ripped
adj. muscular; having well-defined muscles (usually said of men). 1. His abs are seriously
ripped.
roach-coach
n. snack truck
road hog
n. driver who takes up too much space on a road
roadie
n. person (usually young) who helps a rock group move equipment and set up for a performance
roady
n. person (usually young) who helps a rock group move equipment and set up for a performance
roast
n. party or event at which the guest or honor is teased or insulted in an affectionate way
roast
v. tease and insult a person at a party held in his or her honor
rock
v. be exciting, stimulating, or successful
rocks
n. ice cubes
roger
n. understood (used primarily for radio communication)
roit
n. an amusing, entertaining person or thing
Rolls
n. Rolls-Royce. 1. Nice Rolls. How'd you afford it?
root around
v. look for; carefully and thoroughly seek
rophies
n. rohypnol
rophy
n. rohypnol
ROTL
abbr. rolling on the floor
rotten
adj. low quality or performance. 1. He wrote a rotten paper for his history class.
rotten
adj. stinky; smelly; disgusting
rough time
n. difficult experience; hard time
roundup
n. summary of information such as news, weather, or sports
rubber
n. black marks of rubber left by automobile tires on a road. 1. He really burned rubber when he
left.
rubber
n. condom (U.S. usage). 1. Where can you buy rubbers at this time of night?
rubbish
n. nonsense; foolish talk or ideas
rug
n. toupee or wig. 1. Nice rug that guy's got.
rug rat
n. child; kid. 1. Any rug rats at home?
rule
v. be the top; be the best; dominate
run
n. transportation of illegal items
run
v. transport illegal items. 1. My grandfather used to run rum from Cuba.
run down
n. explanation or description of an event
run it down
v. tell exactly what happened
run off at the mouth
v. speak excessively and quickly
run out of gas
v. tire; lose interest
runner
n. somebody who transports illegal items. 1. That gun runner got arrested, didn't he?
runs
n. diarrhea
runt
n. short, usually slender peson (typically male)
rush
n. time when sororities and fraternities attempt to find new members, usually in the fall
S.O.B.
n. son of a bitch; despicable person (typically male)
S.O.S.
n. shit on a shingle (i.e.: creamed chipped beef on toast)
sack
n. bed; cot
sack
n. firing, termination, or dismissal from a job
sack
n. the tackling of a player in football (American)
sack
v. fire; dismiss (an employee)
sack
v. tackle a player in football (American)
sack out
v. go to bed; get in bed; go to sleep
sand box
n. Iraq (as of 2003; previously referred to Saudi Arabia)
scam
n. deception; swindle; con; v. deceive; steal; con somebody out of
scammer
n. con artist; deceiver; swindler
scank
n. ugly woman (usually young)
scarf
v. eat greedily and quickly. 1. He was so hungry he scarfed the entire pizza.
scarf down
scarf out
schlep
n. dumb, annoying person
schlep
v. carry or haul something or somebody from place to place. 1. I've been schlepping these books
around all day.
schmoose
v. gossip; discuss; cat
schmooze
schmoozer
n. person who can chat or gossip effectively
schmuck
n. dumb, annoying man or boy
schmuck
n. penis
school
v. teach somebody something (usually said by a person in authority)
scope
v. assess or evaluate somebody visually
scope out
v. assess or evaluate somebody visually
scorcher
n. very hot, sunny day
score
n. results; outcome
score
n. summary of information such as news, weather, or sports
score
v. succeed; obtain what one wanted
score
v. have sexual relations with (said by men regarding women)
scraggy
adj. bony; having little muscle or body fat
scratch
adj. unplanned; temporary
scratch
n. money; cash
scratch
v. eliminate; cancel; delete
scratch
n. money
screw
v. con; deceive; swindle; cheat
screw
n. person available for sex
screw
n. sex; the sex act
screw
screw around
v. waste time; do something unproductive or futile
screw over
v. cheat, lie, or deceive somebody
screw up
adj. err; mess up; blunder
screw up
n. chaos; confusion; mess
screwed
scriptkiddy
n. young, inexperienced hacker with little programming ability who uses other's code for their
own malicious purposes
scrub
v. cancel; halt; stop
scruffy
adj. dirty; unkempt. 1. Who you calling scruffy looking?
scum
n. disgusting, worthless person
scum
n. semen
scumbag
scumbag
n. condom, in particular a used one
scuz
n. dirt; filth; garbage
scuzzbag
scuzzy
second base
n. act of touching or groping sexually (used as a way to mark "progress" in sex, particularly
among youth)
serious
adj. excellent; nice; good
set
n. period during which a band plays without stopping
sexy
adj. have substantial sexual appeal
shades
n. sunglasses, especially dark sunglasses
shag
v. depart; leave
shag
v. have sexual intercourse with
shag off
v. depart; leave
shank
n. knife; blade
shank it
v. walk someplace; go someplace on foot
shape up or ship out
idiom. behave/perform well or get out of the way
sharp
adj. handsome; attractive; nicely dressed
sharp
adj. smart; clever; bright
shellac
shellacked
adj. defeated; beaten (often in a game or other contest)
shellacking
n. defeat; beating; loss
ship shape
adj. in good condition; functioning well
shit
n. feces; the act of defacating; a despicable pesron; something completely worthless; nonsense.
1. There's shit all over the place. What happened?
shit
v. defacate; move one's bowls. 1. Gotta shit, be back in a minute.
shit fit
n. a strong, angry outburst; a tantrum. 1. Her kid threw a shit fit when he didn't get what he
wanted for dinner.
shit on
v. treat somebody poorly
shit on a shingle
n. creamed chipped beef on toast
shit or get off the pot
v. take action or leave
shit slinger
n. cook
shit-ass
adj. of or pertaining to an awful, repulsive person
shit-ass
n. awful, repulsive person
shit-bag
n. set of annoying problems or difficulties
shit-bag
n. unappealing, incompetent person
shitcan
n. toilet
shitcan
n. garbage can
shit-faced
shithead
n. dumb, rude person (usually said of men)
shit-house
n. outhouse; outdoor toilet
shit-list
n. list of worthless or troublesome people
shitload of
n. large quantity of something
shits
n. diarrhea
shits
n. diarrhea; the runs; loose stool. 1. I've had the shits since I ate that bad fish.
shitsky
n. dumb, rude person (usually said of men)
shitsky
n. feces; dung
shitstick
n. feces in a long, narrow shape
shitstick
n. horried person
shitty
adj. coated with feces
shitty
adj. lousy; poor quality; undesirable. 1. What shitty weather. 2. That's such a shitty car, what
with the dents and scracthes.
shlep
shlep
v. carry or haul something or somebody from place to place
shmen
n. freshmen; first-year college students
shmoose
shmooze
shook
adj. scared; frightened; startled
shoot
v. start to explain something
shoot the bull
v. gossip; discuss; chat
shoot the crap
shoot the shit
short stack
n. two pancakes
shot
adj. tired; exhausted; damaged; ruined
shot
n. attempt; attempt to do something
shot
n. launch of a rocket
shot down
adj. rejected; eliminated; destroyed
shot glass
n. small glass, 1.5 to 2.0 ounces, for measuring or drinking liquor
shot in the dark
idiom. guess; random attempt. 1. It was a shot in the dark. I'm not surprised I got it wrong.
shot to the curb
adj. having no money or place to live; in the gutter
shotgunning
n. ordering large numbers of tests so as to find what is wrong with a patient
shove off
v. depart; leave
shrooms
n. Psilocybin/psilocin
shut somebody up
v. force somebody to stop talking; prevent somebody from talking
silver bullet
n. amazing and full-proof solution
single digit midget
n. solider with less than ten days left in a combat zone
sitrep
n. situation report
SIW
abbr. self-inflicted wound
six pack
n. well defined stomach muscles
sixty-nine
n. oral sex in which the two partners mutually stimulate each other
sixty-nine (69)
n. oral sex in which the two partners mutually stimulate each other
skank
n. ugly woman (usually young)
skanky
adj. ugly; disgusting (said mostly about women)
sketchy
adj. shady; vague; weird
skills
n. ability; capacity; talent; gifts. 1. You know you brought me in 'cause I got the skills.
skin
v. cheat; deceive; overcharge
skinhead
n. person with a shaven or bald head
skinny-minnie
n. very slender woman
skins
n. drums
skive off
v. avoid work or responsibilities; shirk
skosh
n. a little more
slacker
n. lazy, unproductive person
slam
n. criticism; harsh review
slam
v. criticize; berate; object. 1. He got slammed by his boss for doing a lousy job last month.
slam (some) beers
v. drink (a lot of) beer
slam dunk
n. forcing a basketball into the basket from above
slam dunk
n. something that is absolutely certain. 1. I'm telling you, it's a slam dunk. No problems.
slammer
n. prison; jail
slanging match
idiom. prolonged exchange of insults using slang
sleaze
n. disgusting, despicable person
sleaze
n. worthless item or object
sleaze
v. be promiscuous (sexually); be a slut
sleazebag
n. disgusting , repulsive person
sleazeball
sleaze-bucket
sleazo
adj. sleazy; disgusting; having a bad reputation
sleazoid
adj. sleazy; disgusting; having a bad reputation
sleez
n. disgusting, despicable person
sleez
n. worthless item or object
sleez
v. be promiscuous (sexually); be a slut
slime
slime bag
n. disgusting, worthless person (usually said of men)
slime bucket
slimeball
SLJO
abbr. shitty little jobs officer (junior officer given many small tasks)
slope
n. Asian person (so called because of the shape of the eyes)
slow code
n. cardiac arrest for which no particular measures are taken due to the moribund condition of
the patient
slug
n. bullet; firearm ammunition
slut
n. a woman who is sexually promiscuous; a woman who appears sexually promiscuous or
sexually alluring. 1. She looks like a slut but doesn't actually put out.
slutty
n. a sexually promiscuous or alluring appearance (used only in reference to women). 1. She
always looks slutty, even when she goes to church.
smarts
n. intelligence; brains
smash hit
n. very successful movie, play, or other form of entertainment
smashed
smear
smoke
n. act of smoking any substance
smoke
n. cigarette (tobacco); cigar; pipe
smoke
n. deception; exaggeration; bullshit
smoke eater
n. firefighter
smokin'
adj. excellent; very hot
smoking gun
n. irrefutable evidence of guilt
smoothie
n. blended drink, usually including fruit
SNAFU
n. problem; trouble; trouble spot (from WWII military slang: situation normal, all fucked up). 1.
Just one little snafu: the computer crashed.
SNAG
abbr. sensitive New Age guy
snag
n. trouble; difficulty
snag
v. acquire; grab; swipe; steal
snail mail
n. physical mail. 1. Send it snail mail. I don't mind waiting.
snake eater
n. U.S. Army Special Forces personnel; Green Beret
snap
n. snapshot
snap
v. lose control; go crazy. 1. When he heard the news, he just snapped.
sniffer
n. nose
snog
v. kiss. 1. I just snogged the girl of my dreams.
snookered
snorting
n. using inhalants
snow
n. deception; con
snow
v. attempt to con or deceive somebody
snow job
n. deception; con
so sue me
idiom. retort said to reject or dismiss somebody's statement
sofa spud
n. lazy person who watches television, movies, or plays video games
soft code
n. cardiac arrest for which no particular measures are taken due to the moribund condition of
the patient
solid
adj. great; excellent; cool
son of a bitch
n. unappealing, worthless person. 1. You are such a son of a bitch. I can't trust you at all.
son of a bitch
exclam. damn it, darn it (used to express frustration or anger). 1. Son of a bitch! I totally forgot.
sorry-ass
adj. depressed; sad; pathetic; worthless. 1. Get your sorry-ass car out of my space.
sorry-assed
adj. depressed; sad; pathetic; worthless
soul kiss
n. French kiss
sounds
n. music; records; CDs
soup
n. fog. 1. We can't see anything through this soup. Better drive slow.
soup's on
n. dinner is ready; dinner is on the table. 1. Soup's on. Get it while it's hot.
space
v. be befuddled; become disoriented or disorganized
space junk
n. debris, including dead satellites, in orbit around the earth
space out
v. be befuddled; become disoriented or disorganized
spaced
adj. giddy; flakey; silly; befuddled
spaced out
spacey
spam
n. mass mailing of email for commercial purposes (usually involving sex)
spam
n. undesired email messages (usually in large quantity) for products or services the user has no
interest in
spam
v. flood email boxes with unrequested messages for products or services
spam
v. send massive amounts of email for commercial purposes (usually involving sex)
spamhaus
n. company or site that sends out spam email
sparg
n. asparagus
sparky
n. radio operator
spastic
adj. out of control; hyper
spaz
n. idiot; twit; person who overreacts
spear-phishing
n. targeted, precision phishing
specs
n. eyesglasses
specs
n. specifications; detailed information (usually about technology). 1. Just give me the specs on
the new system.
speed
n. amphetamine
spic
n. Hispanic person
spiffed up
adj. nicely dressed; cleaned up. 1. You got all spiffed up for today's meeting? Why?
spiffy
adj. good; nice; excellent. 1. Very spiffy clothes. Where are going?
spike
v. put alcohol into a non-alcoholic drink. 1. Who spiked the punch?
spill one's guts
v. confess; reveal everything
splash
n. commotion; noise; something noticable or even remarkable. 1. He made a big splash with his
new ideas
splash
v. shoot down; kill in an aerial battle. 1. Splash one enemy fighter.
split
v. depart; leave
sponge off
v. live off somebody without paying for rent, food, or other costs
spook
n. spy; espionage agent
spook
v. scare; frighten, startle
spook factory
n. CIA (Central Intelligence Agency)
spoon
n. cook
spoon slinger
n. cook
spot
n. small quantity of liquor. 1. Just a spot of whisky, please.
spot
n. club; nightclub; nigth spot. 1. Where's a good spot to hang out around here?
spot
v. give somebody an advantage (in a game). 1. I'll spot you ten points.
spot
v. lend somebody something. 1. Can you spot me ten dollars?
spring for
spring for
spruce up
v. fix up; clean up; make neat and tidy
spud
n. potato. 1. "Addicted to Spuds" (song title).
spunk
n. guts; verve; courage
spunk
n. semen
square
n. person who is old-fashioned, behaves well, and is traditional
square
v. set something right
squat
squat
v. sit; sit down; sit and remain sitting
squeal
v. inform, snitch, or tell on somebody
squeeze
n. difficult situation
squeeze
v. pressure; urge; push somebody to do something
squeeze
n. one's lover
stack
n. pile of toast, French toast, or pancakes
stash
n. hidden supply of drugs or drug-related items
stash
v. hide; conceal
stat
adj. immediately. 1. Get him to the ER stat.
stay loose
v. be cool; relax; be calm
steam
v. anger; upset
steamed
adj. angry; upset, frustrated
steel pot
n. helmet made of steel with a plastic liner
step on it
v. hurry; make haste; rush. 1. Step on it. We don't have time to waste.
stern
n. buttocks; posterior
sticks
n. remote, isolated area (often a village or town)
stiff
n. corpse; dead body. 1. Where's the stiff from last night's shootout?
stiff
v. not leave a tip (in a restaurant, bar, or club). 1. That waiter got stiffed by a stingy couple.
sting
n. operation to ensnare criminals. 1. In a brilliant sting operation, the police shut down a major
drug smuggling operation.
sting
v. capture and/or arrest somebody
sting
v. cheat; deceive; swindle
stinger
n. flaw; catch; drawback
stink
n. commotion; argument; dispute
stink
v. be disgusting, unappealing, or undesirable
stinker
n. person who is undesirable or disgusting
stinking rose
n. garlic
stinkpot
n. baby with a soiled diaper (usually from defecation)
stoked
adj. excited; eager
stone
adv. totally; completely; entirely
stoned
stoned
stones
n. guts; verve; courage
stones
n. testicles; balls
straight
adj. honest; truthful
straight
adj. no longer using drugs or alcohol
straight
adj. undiluted alcoholic drink
straight
adj. heterosexual
straight
n. heterosexual as opposed to homosexual or bisexual
straight dope
n. accurate reporting, information, or facts
straight up
adj. alcoholic drink without ice; neat
straight up
adj. forthwith; upright; earnest
straight-shooter
n. person who speaks directly and frankly
strapped
adj. short on cash; broke; having no money
street
n. real world (as opposed to jail, prison, or other confinement)
street
n. Wall Street (note that this is often capitalized)
street smart
adj. knowledgable about life in the city, particularly in dangerous parts of a city. 1. She's street
smart and knows how to get things done.
street smarts
n. capacity to survive or thrive in a given environment
stress
v. become anxious or agitated; make somebody anxious or agitated
stressed
adj. anxious; upset; agitated; annoyed. 1. I'm so stressed because of all this work.
stressed out
adj. anxious; upset; agitated; annoyed
stretch
n. nickname for a tall, lanky, gangly person (usually capitalized)
stretch
n. time period
stroke
v. flatter or comfort somebody. 1. Just go stroke his ego, then you'll get a raise.
stubby
n. small can of beer
stud
n. male seen as successful with or appealing to women
studhammer
n. male who is sexually successful with women
stud-muffin
n. very handsome, sexy male
stuff a sock in it
exclam. be quiet; shut up; stop stalking
stupid-ass
stupid-ass
sub
vegetables
submarine sandwich
vegetables
suck
v. be unappealing or undesirable
suck face
v. kiss
suck suds
v. drink beer
suck up
v. tolerate; endure; accept something. 1. I know your job is tough, but you just have to suck it
up.
sucker
n. person who is easily fooled or deceived
sucker
n. thing; object; device
sucker
v. trick; con; swindle; deceive
sucky
adj. undesirable; unappealing; low-quality
suds
n. beer
sue me
idiom. retort said to reject or dismiss somebody's statement. 1. You say you don't like it? So sue
me.
ugar
exclam. drat; darn (used in place of shit to express anger or frustration)
sugar daddy
n. older man who financially takes care of a younger person, often in a sexual relationship
suit
n. businessman or businesswoman; a person in authority
Sunday best
n. fancy, elegant clothing
Sunday driver
n. automobile driver who goes slowly and carefully. 1. I hate being stuck behind Sunday drivers.
superfly
adj. good; nice; excellent
superjock
n. great athelete or sports competitor
supratentorial
adj. in the brain or head; used to say a condition is psychiatric instead of neurological. 1. This
patient's problem is supratentorial. We can't do anything for him here in the ER.
surf n' turf
n. common way of referring to a platter with meat and seafood
suss
v. figure out; realize; understand clearly. 1. I've got you sussed now.
Suzy Homemaker
n. stereotype of the American housewife
swap spits
v. kiss
sweat
n. problem; trouble. 1. No sweat, I'll get it done.
sweat
v. anxiously await results
sweat blood
v. feel very tense or anxious
sweat bullets
v. feel very tense or anxious
sweep under the rug
idiom. hide; conceal; remove evidence. 1. Just sweep that problem under the rug. We'll worry
about it if we have to.
swift
adj. clever; intelligent; smart. 1. You're not too swift, are you?
swing
v. be current; modern; with it
swing
v. be entertaining, exciting, or enjoyable
swing
v. participate in group sex, exchanges of sex partners, or other fashionable activities
swipe
n. blow or strike by somebody or something
swipe
v. steal something (usually small)
swipe
v. take something
T&A
abbr. tits and ass (in reference to women)
T.G.I.F.
abbr. Thank God it's Friday
T.S.
abbr. tough shit (i.e.: too bad; tough luck; rotten luck)
TAFN
abbr. that's all for now
tag
n. license plate or identification/registration stickers on a vehicle
TAH
abbr. take a hint
tailer trash
n. poor people who live in trailer parks
take a dump
v. defacate; move one's bowls
take a dump
take a dump
take a hike
idiom. leave; get out; go away
take a hike
v. leave; depart; get out
take a piss
v. urinate; pee
take a shit
v. defacate; move one's bowls. 1. God, do I have to take a shit? Where's the can?
take a shit
take a stab at
idiom. attempt; give a try
take a walk
v. leave; depart; get out
take five
v. take a break for five minutes
take names
v. create a list of people who have behaved badly or illegally
take out
v. destroy or obliterate somebody or something
take out
v. go out with somebody; go on a date with somebody
take the piss
idiom. tease; mock; have fun at someone's expense
take up the slack
idiom. make up for a lack of time or effort due to other people
taken
taking care of business
idiom. dealing with life, work, or similar matters
talking head
n. announcer or anchor on television (so called because often only the face and neck are visible)
tall in the saddle
adj. proud; pleased; self-satisfied
tank
v. drink excessively
tank
tank up
v. drink excessively
tanked
tanked up
tap out
v. lose all one's money (often through gambling)
tapped
adj. broke; having no money
tapped
tapped out
adj. broke; having no money
tapped out
tater
n. potato
tawny
tchotchke
n. small item; trinket
tee off
v. upset or angery somebody
TEETH
abbr. tried everything else, try homeopathy
telly
n. television; TV. 1. Let's see what's on the telly tonight.
tenderfoot
n. person lacking experience or know-how (old expression no longer used much)
terp
n. interpreter for American forces in Iraq; interpreter in the military
thing
n. activity; undertaking (used after a noun to emphasize the particular nature of the noun or
create a general idea about that noun). 1. It's a girl thing; you wouldn't understand.
third base
n. act of oral sex or finger sex (used as a way to mark "progress" in sex, especially among
youth)
third wheel
n. additional or extra person who is not wanted
thou
n. one-thousand
thou
n. thousand (n.b.: the "th" is pronounced hard, as in "threw")
threads
n. clothes; clothing. 1. Nice threads! Going on a date?
throw one's cookies
v. throw up; vomit
thunder-thighs
n. fat or large thighs (usually on a woman)
TIA
abbr. thanks in advance
tick
n. minute; second
ticked
adj. upset; angry
ticked off
adj. upset; angry
ticker
n. heart
ticker
n. watch; time piece
ticket
n. license; driver's license. 1. "Ticket to Ride" (song title).
ticket
n. something needed for a particular purpose
tickle the ivories
v. play the piano
tiddly
adj. tipsy; slightly drunk
tight
adj. close; very friendly; on good terms. 1. Those two are very tight.
TIIC
abbr. the idiots in charge
time
exclam. stop; stop talking; cease
time out
exclam. stop; stop talking; cease
time to cruise
idiom. time to depart, leave, or go
tinnie
n. can of beer
tipple
n. alcoholic drink such as beer, wine, or liquor. 1. My favorite tipple? A bit of cognac.
tipple
v. drink alcohol regularly
tits
n. breasts (usually said of women)
TLA
abbr. three-letter acronym
to die for
adj. excellent; outstanding. 1. This cake is to die for.
toast
adj. in trouble; at risk of punishment
todger
n. penis; dick
toe jam
n. smelly gunk between toes on unwashed feet
tokus
too … by half
adj. too much; excessively; extremely. 1. You are too crazy by half.
took
tool
n. person who is easily exploited
tool
n. serious, dedicated student
tool
v. drive at high speed in a car
tool around
v. cruise or drive around in a car
tooth-to-tattoo ratio
n. visual inspection to determine mental status; a higher ratio (more teeth than tattoos) is
better
top dog
n. leader; head of a group; powerful person in an organization
torpedo
vegetables
toss off
v. do something rapidly and with little attention to detail
toss one's cookies
v. throw up; vomit
toss one's lunch
v. throw up; vomit
toss one's tacos
v. throw up; vomit
totalled
adj. wrecked; demolished; destroyed
totally
adv. absolutely; completely; entirely
totally spent
adj. feeling adverse effects of methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA)
tough out
v. endure; persist; persevere. 1. I know it's hard, but you've got to tough it out.
tough shit
idiom. too bad; tough luck; rotten luck
tough stick
n. patient whose veins make a blood draw difficult. 1. Druggies always make for tough sticks
because their veins are shot.
train wreck
n. patient with multiple medical problems
trammeled
tranny
n. transmission in a car
trash
n. person of little value
trash
v. damage; vandalize
trash
v. discard; throw away; get rid of
trashed
adj. drunk; intoxicated. 1. He was totally trashed after only four beers.
treadhead
n. tank driver or crewman; soldier whose specialty is armor
tribe
n. friends; relatives; family
trike
n. motorcyle with three wheels. 1. Nice trike. How fast does it go?
trip
n. time to be spent in jail; prison sentence
trip
n. weird, annoying person or experience
trippin'
adj. high on drugs
tri's
n. triceps (muscles on the back of the arm)
troll
n. ugly man or woman, often with a mean disposition
trounce
trust me
exclam. believe me; really; honestly; for real
TTFN
abbr. ta-ta for now
TTYL
abbr. talk to you later
tub of lard
n. fat person, typically very fat
tube
n. ocean wave when breaking
tube
n. television set (not a flat panel screen though)
tube steak
n. hotdog
tubular
tuchus
tude
n. poor attitude; troublesome disposition
tukkis
tunes
n. music; records; CDs
turd
n. poop; feces
turd
n. horrible person
turf
v. transfer a patient to another service (usually to get the patient out of your service). 1. She
got turfed up here from the ER, and now we're stuck with her.
turkey
n. failure; loss
turkey
n. dumb person
turn belly-up
v. die
turn belly-up
turn turtle
v. turn over; flip over; capsize
turned on
adj. sexually excited or aroused
turnoff
n. something unappealing, unenjoyable, or disgusting
turps
n. turpentine
turtle
n. Kevlar helmet
tweak
v. make small adjustments
tweaking
n. drug-induced paranoia
tweeked
twenty-four, seven
adj. all the time; 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
twenty-four/seven (24/7)
twenty-four/seven (24/7)
twerp
n. small, annoying person
Twinkie
n. Asian person who adopts the lifestyle, attitudes, and such of White people
twirp
n. small, annoying person
twit
twofer
n. two items for the price of one
two-time
v. cheat on a spouse or lover
two-time loser
n. confirmed failure
two-timer
n. somebody who cheats on a spouse or lover
U.V.s
n. sunshine; ultraviolet radiation from the sun
UBI
abbr. unexplained beer injury
umpteen
n. large quantity; many
umpteenth
adj. millions; billions; an uncountably large number
un-ass
v. get out of a sitting position; get off (a vehicle)
uncut
adj. not circumcised
uncut
adj. unmodified; unedited
under one's thumb
adj. under the control of; manipulated by. 1. "Under My Thumb" (song title).
undies
n. underwear
unit
n. gadget; device; mechanism
unit
n. penis
up
adj. pleased; happy; excited
up
v. increase; augment; raise
up for grabs
adj. in the mood for; willing to
up for grabs
adj. unclaimed; available
up for grabs
adj. unknown (in terms of outcome or results); chaotic; disorganized
up front
adj. honest; truthful; forthright
up front
adj. in advance; at the start; at the outset
up shit's creek
v. be in a desperate, no-win situation
up shit's creek without a paddle
v. be in a desperate, no-win situation
up to speed
idiom. current; informed; aware of what is going on. 1. Is the president up to speed or should
someone brief her?
up yours
upchuck
n. vomit; vomitus
upchuck
v. throw up; vomit
upchuck
v. throw up; vomit
uptight
adj. nervous; anxious; edgy
V.S.A.
abbr. vital signs absent; dead; deceased
vanilla
adj. ordinary; dull; plain
VB
n. Victorian Bitter (brand of beer in Australia)
V-ball
n. volleyball
veg
v. relax; take it easy; do very little
veg out
v. relax; take it easy; do very little
veggies
n. vegetables. 1. Some veggies with your steak?
vest
n. bulletproof vest; Kevlar vest. 1. He was wearing a vest, so he survived the gunshot.
vette
n. Corvette car
vibes
n. atmosphere; feelings; sense of what's what (short for "vibrations")
vic
n. convict
vic
n. victim
vid
n. video tape
vinyl
n. phonograph record(s) (so called because they are made from vinyl)
vivor
n. survivor
VPL
abbr. visible panty lines. 1. Hey girfriend, VPL.
wack
v. kill; murder
wack
adj. stupid; embarrassing. 1. That's just wack. No way it's real.
wack off
wack off
wack off
wack off
wacked
wacked out
wad
n. bankroll; handful of money
WAG
abbr. wild-ass guess
wagon
n. station wagon
wail on
v. beat; hit; strike (somebody)
walk
n. something easy to accomplish or do
walk
v. walk out; abandon; reject
walk on sunshine
idiom. be very pleased, excited, or happy
walking wounded
n. injured soldiers or victims still able to walk on their own
walking wounded
n. dumb people
wanabe
n. somebody who aspires to greatness or to a particular position or achievement
wannabe
n. somebody who aspires to greatness or to a particular position or achievement
wap
n. Italian; Italian person
Warthog
n. nickname for the A-10 Thunderbolt aircraft. 1. We've got two Warhogs in this hanger.
washboard abs
n. well defined stomach muscles
wassup
idiom. what's up; what is going on. 1. Wassup, man?
waste
v. kill; murder
wasted
wasted
way
adj. very; extremely; completely
way
exclam. yes; there is; there is too
way it plays
idiom. how things are; the real situation
WB
abbr. welcome back
wedge
vegetables
wedgie
n. pulling the underwear up tightly from behind
wedgie
n. the act of pulling the underwear of a boy up from behind so that it creates discomfort around
the genitals
wedgy
n. pulling the underwear up tightly from behind
weekend warrior
n. Army Reserve or National Guard members
weenie
n. dumb, incompetent man
well hung
adj. having large testicles and penis
wetback
n. Hispanic illegal immigrant
whack
v. kill; murder
whack
adj. stupid; embarrassing
whack off
whack off
whack off
whacked
whacked out
what in the fucking hell
exclam. what? (used to indicate anger or surprise)
what the fucking hell
exclam. what? (used to indicate anger or surprise)
whatever
adj. it's trivial, unimportant, irrelevant. 1. Like, whatever! It's not important, you know.
what's doing down
idiom. what's going on; what's happening
what's happening
idiom. what's going on
what's the deal
idiom. what is going on now
what's up
what's up doc
wheels
n. transportation in a car; a car
when the shit his the fan
idiom. when the catastrophic results of something become known or discovered
whipped
adj. tired; exhausted
whitebread
adj. ordinary; dull; plain
white-knuckle
adj. very tense, anxious, or stressed
whiz
v. urinate
whiz
n. capable person; talented person
whole ball of wax
idiom. everything; any and everything
whole enchilada
idiom. everything; any and everything
whore
n. a female prostitute; a contemptible, disreputable woman
WIA
abbr. wounded in action
wicked
adj. impressive; good; excellent
wienie
n. dumb, incompetent man
wigger
n. white person who adopts black styles
willie pete
n. white phosphorus
wimp out
v. avoid a task
wimp out
v. cease or stop due to fear or anxiety
wimpy
adj. incompetent; weak
Windy City
n. Chicago
wing
v. travel by airplane
wing it
v. do something without preparation; improvise
winks
n. sleep
wipped
adj. under the control of a woman; manipulated by a woman (said of men; from "pussy-
wipped")
wired
adj. anxious; nervous; very alert
wired
adj. connected electronically using cable(s) or radio connections
wired into
adj. concerned, worried, or attentive to somebody or something
wired up
within spitting distance
adj. very close
wizard
adj. cool; neat; excellent (no longer used). 1. That's so wizard. It's amazing.
wolf down
v. eat rapidly. 1. Don't wolf down your food. It's bad for your digestion.
wombat
n. eccentric person
wonk
n. serious, dedicated student
wonky
adj. studious; diligent
woody
n. erection of the penis
word
exclam. right; true; right on
word up
exclam. right; true; right on
work one's ass off
v. work very diligently
work one's butt off
v. work very diligently. 1. I worked my butt off on that paper and all I got was a C+.
worship the porcelain god
v. throw up; vomit. 1. After last night's frat party, I spent the morning worshipping the porcelain
god.
wow
v. impress. 1. You wowed them with that presentation.
wrack one's brains
v. think very hard or very deeply. 1. I'm wracking my brains but just can't remember her name.
wrecker
n. tow truck. 1. Where's the wrecker? I've got to get my car to the shop.
wrong-foot
v. trip up; cause somebody difficulty; make somebody make a mistake
WTG
abbr. way to go
wuss
n. weak, fearful person. 1. Don't be such a wuss. Speak up for yourself.
wussy
n. weak, fearful person
wusup
idiom. what's up; what is going on. 1. Wusup, bro?
WWW
abbr. we want women
XTC
n. methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA)
Yank
n. U.S. soldier; Yankee; American
yank
v. irritate; harass; annoy
yank around
yank one's strap
yank somebody's chain
yid
n. Jew; Jewish person. 1. Don't call me a yid. It's insulting.
york
v. throw up; vomit
you got that
idiom. do you understand
yuck
exclam. horrible; terrible; disgusting
yuck
n. disgusting person or thing
yucky
yuk
n. disgusting person or thing
yukky
yuky
zap
v. impress somebody
zap
v. shock somebody
zapped
adj. fatigued; tired; exhausted
zapper
n. microwave oven. 1. Stick it in the zapper and warm it up.
zapper
n. remote control; TV remote
zebra
n. improbable or ridiculous diagnosis
zero
zip
zip
n. score of zero
zip
n. spirit; vigor; energy
zit
n. pimple. 1. Damn, another zit. Where's my medicine?
zonk
v. fatigue or tire somebody
zonk out
v. collapse from fatigue
zonked
zonked
adj. fatigued; tired; exhausted. 1. I'm totally zonked from studying.
zonked out
zonked out
adj. fatigued; tired; exhausted. 1. He's really zonked out from studying so much.
List of slang terms for police officers
Many slang terms for police officers exist. The terms are also applied by inmates
toward uniformed prison staff. These are often used by the public rather than the
police themselves. Many are considered offensive.
The precise sociological and etymological provenance of some of these terms is

significant:
5-O (Five-Oh)
US, slang, for police officers and/or a warning that police are approaching.
Derived from the television show Hawaii Five-O. The 5-O is actually "five
zero". It represents that Hawaii was the fiftieth state.
6-Up
US, slang, west coast, "Look behind you! There are police!"[citation needed]
A
Aina
Swedish, slang for police in some sociolects. From the Turkish Aynasız.[citation
needed]
Accoutrements
British police terminology for a police constables personal equipment. At
signing-on parade, the procedure was to give the order 'show your
accoutrements', at which the constables would produce their handcuffs,
truncheons, whistles and notebooks for inspection. This was common practice
up to the early 1990s. As officers now carry more equipment for their
protection, having every officer produce this at the beginning of a shift would
be impracticable. Up until the introduction of police radios officers carried a
whistle, (to signal to officers that they required assistance, and to attract the
attention of the public) and 3 Old Pence so that, whilst on patrol, the officer
could ring the police station from a public phone kiosk. (This amount would, of
course, have varied according to the minimum cost of a call from a phone-box.)
[citation needed]
Asfalt Kovboyu (Asphalt Cowboy)

Turkish, slang, relates the modern police officers to cowboys. Police officers
are called cowboys in Turkey, due to their lawless acts[citation needed].
Aynasız
The most common slang word to address a police officer in Turkish. The word
literally means "mirrorless", and its attribution to a police officer suggests that
a cop is perceived as someone who constantly accuses others of vice, whereas
he himself has no mirror to see his own vice. It is the semi-official equivalent of
the English word "pig" (only when used to refer to the police), and commonly
used when translating English-spoken movies into Turkish. Pronunciation is
roughly I-nuh-suzz. (Plural: Aynasızlar)
B
Babylon
Jamaican, colloquial, for establishment systems, often applied to the police.
Derived from the Rastafari movement.[1]
Bacon
US? Derived from pigs; often used in the structure "I smell bacon" to warn of
the approaching presence of an officer.[2]
Bacon sandwich, or Jam sandwich
UK, slang, derogatory, for traffic car, from the colour-scheme, which is
generally white, with a longitudinal red, or red and yellow, stripe on each side.
(This colour-scheme is dated, modern markings are somewhat different.)[citation
needed]
Bait
UK. A term meaning the police or doing something that will get you caught.
[citation needed]
Barney
US, term coined after Barney Fife from The Andy Griffith Show.[citation needed]
Bastards
UK, derogatory, derived from the prison knuckle-tattoo A.C.A.B (All Coppers
Are Bastards), also used as a lyric by the London punk-band The 4 Skins[citation
needed]
Batsi
Greece, (sing. Batsos, in Greek: Μπάτσος), derogatory, the most common slang
word for Greek police officers. Literally means punch or slap, derived from the
widespread police brutality (and the according mentality), especially when they
used to serve oppressive and authoritarian governments in the recent past. The
most common anti-police moto is: Batsi, gourounia, dolofoni (cops, pigs,
killers), shout en mass in many demonstrations
The Bay
US, slang term for Eastern Long Islanders. Derived from the Bay Constable
and it is used when someone thinks it's a cop, but it's just the Constable. [citation
needed][citation needed]
Bear
US, short for "Smokey Bear" in reference to the hats worn by some law
enforcement officers similar to the ranger hat worn by
"Smokey Bear". "Bear bait" is a reference to speeders, who may draw the attention
of the police and allow slightly slower traffic to exceed the speed limit in their wake.
"Bear in the Air" is a reference to a police chopper. "Bear in a plain brown wrapper"
is a reference to an unmarked patrol car.[citation needed]
Bängen
Swedish slang term for the police. Originally an old Swedish word for devil,
from Romani Beng with the same meaning.[citation needed]
Berry
Originating from blueberry, referring to the blue uniform most officers wear.
[citation needed]
Boxer briefs
Greek slang. Refers to the police car.[citation needed]
The Big Big Big Big
Originating in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Referring to an over-inflated sense of
power.[citation needed]
Big Blue Machine
A somewhat derisive term by smaller independent Municipal Police Services in
Ontario to describe the perception the Ontario Provincial Police, or any other
large regional police service "assimilating" (assuming policing duties and
taking on the staff and resources of) smaller police services. The OPP and
other services thus extend the ribbing in various jokes derived from the
fictional Borg of Star Trek.[citation needed]
Bill
see Old Bill "The Bill" is the title of two decades of TV soap opera popular in
the UK, based in a fictional London borough.
Bizzies
Common Liverpool slang term for the police, it was invented as the police were
always too "busy" to help. Also that the police are seen as "busy-bodies" i.e.
that they ask too many questions.[citation needed]
Black and White
US, usually refers to a police car, but also extends to the police themselves.[citation
needed]
Black Rat
a slang turn for a traffic officer. Based on the idea that traffic officers will
happily prosecute other officers if caught breaking the law. Similarly to the
way a black rat will eat its own young.
Blue Heelers
This is a term used in Australia and is related to a breed of dog, the Australian
Cattle Dog. It reflects the personality and appearance (blue uniform) of a
police officer. Its use has been popularised by the Australian police drama
series Blue Heelers.[citation needed]
Blue Meanies
This is a 1960s hippie slang term for the police, it was used in the Beatles film
the Yellow Submarine, although many viewers may not have realized its
significance. First used during the Free Speech Movement about the Alameda
County Sheriff's Office.[citation needed]
Bluebottle
UK, a derogatory term for policeman that may have derived from Cockney
rhyming slang and from the action of police when responding to a serious
incident, as "swarming like Bluebottles", or blowflies. ('Bottle' is an
abbreviation of 'bottle and glass', which is rhyming slang for 'arse', as in the
phrase; 'lost your bottle', for having lost one's nerve). (See also Bottles).[citation
needed]
Blue steel
A slang term used by officers to describe a robotic police aid (usually a bomb
disarming or disposal robot), or a police-issue side arm.[citation needed]
Bobby, Bobbies
UK, a term used to refer to a constable (British bobby) or constables. The term
"Bobby on the beat" is often used in politics and the media, in reference to
community-based policing, including foot patrols by one local officer (bobby)
of a his own small area (beat). The term bobby is derived from the historic
home secretary, Robert Peel (Bobby being a nickname for Robert) the founder
of the Metropolitan Police,[3] and to the pay a police officer got in Peel's day; '1
bob a week'.[citation needed] In Britain, volunteer Special Constables are sometimes
referred to as Hobby Bobbies. The term is still widespread inside the police
when referring to uniformed Police Constables.
Boeuf
French for "beef". Refers to German epithet for a policeman or policewoman.
Derogatory. Origin: dull, stupid animal. See also "Bull".
Bófias (plural)
Derogatory term for police officers widely used in Portugal.
Bow Street Runners
The Bow Street Runners have been called London's first professional police
force. They were founded in 1749 by the author Henry Fielding and originally
numbered just eight.
Boys in blue
UK, in reference to the blue uniform.
Bull
An American term usually used to refer to railroad police but may also
indicate regular police officers. Also used in German ("Bulle") as a widespread
insult for the police officer, sometimes in conjunction with the German word
for pig "Bullenschwein".
Bully, Bullymen or Bullyman
Old aboriginal slang for the state police in Queensland Australia.
Buttons
US, used in a black neighborhood, referring to more-traditional police
uniforms with brass buttons.
Boton
Uruguay and Argentina. As in several other countries, police uniforms had big
badges and buttons.
Bronze
Australian reference
Byling
Old Swedish slang for patrolling officers. The word is of uncertain origins and
rarely used nowadays. Svenska Akademiens ordbok
C
Campo
(Pronounced Cam-poe) Is a term used to describe Police/Peace officers whose
jurisdiction is a university/college. It is a combination of the title Campus
Police. Campo can be used in admiration or as an insult depending on the
context. Most commonly used in North America.
Cana
Brazilian slang for policeman.
Cappello/Capèo
Used in north eastern Italy to refer to an officer in any of the various forces.
Cappello means 'hat' (capèo meaning the same in the dialects in that area) and
refers to the fact that officers wear distinctive headgear. It is used in a mildly
derogatory way.
Cinder Dick
An old term for railroad police detective, derived from the detective having to
walk on the railroad ballast rock, also known as "cinders".
City Kitty
local police, such as a city or township.
City Pigs
Used by the Zodiac Killer in regard to the police around the San Francisco Bay
Area.
Cherry Toppers, Cherry Tops, or Cherries
Often used in reference to police cars which in some nations bear red lights on
the top of the car. See Cherry top (slang).
Chickens
Name used for police agents in the Netherlands.
Chimps
UK slang term for Comunity police officers, Acronym for Completely Hopeless
In Most Policing Situations
La Chonta
Mexican and Central American term, translates roughly to "the jerk-offs"
Chota or La Chota
Often used by residents of South Texas cities, most commonly in Laredo,
Texas.
Collar
American and British slang for when an officer catches or apprehends a
suspect (collared/having your collar felt). Also used in bravado between
officers 'good collar' meaning good arrest or stop.
Constable
A policeman in the United Kingdom and many other Commonwealth countries
Cop or Copper
While commonly believed to be an acronym for Constable On Patrol, the term
refers to "one who captures or snatches". This word first appeared in the early
18th century, and can be matched with the word "cap", which has the same
meaning and whose etymology can be traced to the Latin word 'capere'. (The
word retains this meaning in other contexts: teenagers "cop a feel" on a date,
and they have also been known to "cop an attitude".) Variation: Copper. It is
also believed that the term Copper was the original, unshortened word,
popularly believed to represent the copper badges American officers used to
wear at the time of origin, but in fact probably used in Britain to mean
"someone who cops" long before this. It is also believed to come from the Latin
word 'Corpore' meaning body, i.e. a body of men.
Copcycles
A slang term for police officers on bicycles.
County Brownie
A slang term for a county officer because of their brown uniforms and cars.
County Mountie
Term for the county sheriff and deputies.
Cozzers
A term used in Great Britain in order to describe or talk about police officers.
Crackers
A slang term for the police in Florida especially in south Florida
Crimefighter
Term for a policeman on a particular crime fighting spree.
Crusher
Of unknown origin but may have come from the nickname used for the Royal
Navy Regulating Branch.
Cuntstubble
Over emphasising of the Police rank "Constable".
Cheese Van
Out dated South African slang for Police Vehicles, based on the vehicles being
bright yellow.
D
D (plural "D's")
(Australia) - presumably short for "detective".[citation needed]
Demon (plural Demons)
(New Zealand) - A term to describe police "detectives".
Dibble or The Dibble
Arises from the police officer in the Hanna-Barbera animated programme Top
Cat. Most commonly used in Manchester.
Dicks
Slang for detectives. Apparently originally coined in Canada and brought
south by rumrunners during Prohibition. The fictional comic strip character
Dick Tracy was given the first name of "Dick" in token of its being a slang
expression for "detective."
Do-do nutters or The Do-dos
Arises from the stereotype of police officers eating donuts.
Dogs
used in many European languages as an insulting term for police similar to pig
in English
DRC or The DRC
Dirty Rotten Cop(per).
Ducks and Geese
Cockney rhyming slang for police.
Doughnut Patrol
Derived from the video game "Godfather 2".
Doughnut Shop
Because the stereotypical cop will be seen eating doughnuts.
E
Ecilop
Australia for police reversed as seen through rear vision mirror.
Evel Knievel
Used by Australian truck drivers to describe police motorcyclists; from famed
stunt rider Evel Knievel. Motorcycle cop as described by Jerry Reid in the
movie Smokey & The Bandit.
F
Fakabát
Wooden coat Hungarian slang. After the wooden guard posts placed on street
corners.
Farbror Blå
Uncle Blue Swedish slang, blue due to their appearance (color of their
uniform). The nickname originates from the children's book "Aunt Green,
Aunt Brown and Aunt Lavender", by Elsa Beskow, where "Uncle Blue" is one
of the characters.
Feds
Usually used in the United States to refer to higher federal law enforcement
agencies, especially the F.B.I.
Federali
see Feds
Feebs
Often used derogatorily in the United States by municipal and state officers to
refer the F.B.I. when they feel a possible jurisdictional confrontation.
Filth
Because police are called filth. A widespread term used in several countries, is
often considered to be popular in Greater London.
(Name of city)'s Finest
Used in either admiration, or slightly derisive irony, in the United States. In
New York City, the term has been adapted to other civil servants, such as
"New York's Bravest" (the Fire Department), "New York's Strongest" (the
Department of Sanitation), and "New York's Boldest" (the Department of
Correction).
First Bunch of Idiots
Referring to the F.B.I., the federal law enforcement arm of the United States.
[citation needed]
Five-0
used to indicate a police officer, Probably a reference to the TV show Hawaii
Five-o
Flatfoot
A term that refers to the large amount of walking that a police officer would
do, thus causing flat feet.
Flat Top
A term for a police car without lights on top.
Flic
French slang for a policeman. Commonly used in the form les flics (sometimes,
ungrammatically, les flic).
Fruko
Turkish slang term for the police. Usage of this term reached its peak in the
60's and 70's among the university youth, especially those with a left-wing
tendency or those otherwise inclined to partake in political demonstrations.
The term is believed to derive from the pop brand Fruko, as the officers of
Toplum Polisi (Community Police - a special police unit formed in 1965 to deal
with public demonstrations and other politically influenced incidents -) riding
on their vans in groups of 6 or more wearing their oval hard hats resembled
pop bottles juxtaposed in a bottle container. (Plural: Frukolar)
Folks or Tha Folks
Southern Louisiana, rarely used.[citation needed]
Fuzz
This North American term first appeared in the 1920s[4] and gained popularity
in the 1930s.[citation needed] This slang term may be in reference to the sound of the
field radios that police commonly use.[citation needed] It surfaced in Britain in the
1960s. The term was used in the title Hot Fuzz, a 2007 police-comedy film.
Fuzzy Muff
Similar to the Fuzz, popularized by the comedian Sacha Baron Cohen in the
Ali G show.
G
G-Man
US, slang, for Federal Bureau of Investigation, or "government men." Now
used to refer to all law enforcement.
The Gaver or Gavvers
Alternatively Cockney rhyming slang for the police—unknown origin—
London, or a Romani language word for the police. (Rom words are used in
British English and Cockney.)[5]
Grass
Cockney (English) for a police informant: Grasshopper = Copper.[6] An
alternative suggestion is "Narc in the Park"
Ghoptay
(Nepali language) As front hard part of the police peak cap is faced down,
[clarification needed]
people would say Oi Ghoptay aayo, luka luka, meaning "hey cop is
coming, hide it hide it" or simply Oi Ghoptay! Ghoptay! ("Hey cop! cop!"). The
term is popular with teenagers and middle aged people but not with older
people.
The Good Guys
US? A reference that the police act against criminality.
Gravel Road Cops or Grid Road Cops
Canada, Royal Canadian Mounted Police "GRC" is abbreviation for
"Gendarmerie Royale du Canada" French name for RCMP, who often work
in rural settings with un-metalled roads.
The Germans
UK. Particularly Northern England.
Grouper Trooper
US, slang, an officer of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation
Commission.
The Guards
Irish Police, from Garda Síochána; (Garda Síochána na hÉireann - Irish for
"Guard(ians) of the Peace of Ireland").
Gumshoe
US, derogatory, slang for detectives.
Gumball Machine
US, slang for a police car.
H
Harness Bull
American; a uniformed police officer. (Example: ...a large harness bull arrived
in his archaic blue uniform with gun and star. (Philip K Dick, from Do Androids
Dream of Electric Sheep?, 1968)
The Heat
American; putting the heat on someone. (Example: in the line What a field day
for the heat (Stephen Stills, "For What It's Worth" from Buffalo Springfield,
1967), Stills is referring to the police.)
Heavy or Heavies
Cockney rhyming slang for the Flying Squad, from the Heavy Mob, (see also
Sweeney).
Hi-Po
American abbreviated slang referring to the Highway Patrol.
Hobby-Bobby
Used in England to refer to Special Constables, who work for the police, wear
similar uniforms, and have full police powers. The nickname implies such
people are working as police officers as a hobby or pastime.
The Hook
American: Refers to the hook used in cartoons to snatch someone from a stage.
Horseman
A Canadian term referring to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Variation:
Mounties.
Hot Dogs
a Chinese term referring to stationary traffic cops and guards who are
standing in the sun all day.
I
Irish Mafia
Slang for New York Police Department, traditionally staffed largely by Irish-
Americans.
J
Bacon sandwich, or Jam sandwich [or Jam Sambo]
UK, police traffic car, from the now largely obsolete historical colour-scheme -
an overall white vehicle, with a longitudinal red, or red and yellow, stripe on
each side. "Sambo" is a slang for sandwich. (Though this colour-scheme is
dated. Most services have moved, or are in the process of moving, to a
checkered Battenburg markings.)
Jacks
A common term used for police in the UK and Australia, derived from "John
Darme" a joking Anglicization of "gendarme" (French for police officer) and
then - per common usage - John becomes Jack (or, in this case, the plural
"Jacks").
Jake
A common term used and created in New York City, New York.
John Q. Law or Johnny Law
Used across the United States. Sometimes shortened to John or Johnny.
Johnny Hopper
Cockney rhyming slang for copper (q.v.)
Jundanares, Jundos
Caló (gyspy) for Spanish Guardia Civil
K
Kesta
Finnish, derogatory. From the German "Gestapo".
Keuf
French, slang, of uncertain origin (one meaning is given as being "flic" in
reverse)
Khaki Kutta
India, derogatory, of police constables. Translates as Brown, or Khaki, Dog,
from the colour of their uniform, which resembles the colour of feral dogs.
Often used for crooked officers.
Kiberer
(sometimes Kiwerer) Austrian, esp. Viennese derogatory slang for police
officers, or police in general ("Kiberei"). Most likely of yiddish origin, either
"kewjus" (security) or "kiben" (to rant).
Krawężnik
Polish, from "curb", designating an officer patrolling the neighbourhood on
foot.
Kyttä
Finnish, derogatory, of police officers. Translates as someone snooping, staring
or ogling.
L
Labdick
Edinburgh, UK slang for policeman. Contraction of "Lothian And Borders"
(regional police force) + dick.
Law or The Law
Probably an abbreviation of the phrase "The long arm of the law" (suggesting
that no matter how far they run, all criminals are eventually caught and
prosecuted successfully).
Laws
A term originated in Houston, Texas.
La Madama
Italian slang for police.
Lazies
Term used for police, but more often used for off-duty police officers.
LEO
International, acronym for "Law Enforcement Officer". A generalized term
for police officers.
Lump
A Greek slang. Refers to a police car, because of their roof beacons (Greek
Police cars don't have light bars).
Legawye (pl)
Russian Легавые sg Легавый. Literally "hounting dog".
Lids
A British term used in the police force to refer to uniformed officers, owing to
their distinctive helmets.
Little Bears
Term used for local police of a city or town.
M
Madero
Spain, slang, derogatory for police officers (plural: los maderos, la madera)
Maison poulaga
French, slang, derogatory, of police officers and police stations. Means roughly
"henhouse".
Mama (Maman in the south)
Indian. Derogatory. Hindi (Malayalam in south) word which means uncle.
Sarcastic reference to a policeman.
Manaek
Israel, mostly for the Military Policemen.
Mata
Singapore. Malay word for eye.
The Man
English language, hippy slang, popular during the 1960s and 1970s during the
anti-establishment and anti-authoritarian movements. Implies that police are a
tool of the powerful "man" that is trying to keep others down.
Meat Wagon
UK. a police van
Member
Canada. Internal slang, used in the Royal Canadian Mounted Police to refer to
fellow Mounties, in place of the usual "officer" or "constable" (or equivalent)
in other police forces.
Ment
Russian (мент, pl menty менты). Origines of the word are the older Romanian
border mounted guard part of uniform - the short windcoat named "ment".
Milico
Uruguay and Argentina. Coming from "militar", the Spanish word for
military. Once police in those countries was a military institution, not a civil
one.
Millicent
Nadsat slang for Policemen, derived from the Russian "Militsiya" (Used in A
Clockwork Orange).
Mil'ton
(ru мильтон) rarely using in contemporary for militia men in Russia
Messing
Norwegian slang, the Norwegian word for "brass".
Monos
Spain, slang, derogatory, collective term in reference to the police officers'
uniform
Mounties
Canada, coloquial, Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
The Mustached Pagoda
Canada, slang, originally coined in Halifax, Nova Scotia. A surrealist term
summoning from such noted philosophers as AJ Ayer and Josiah Royce,
intended as a confusing and somewhat ambiguous insult.
Mizzder Berllizeban Badger. ("Mr Policeman Badger")
UK, literary. The constable in the Rupert Bear stories by Mary Tourtel.
Mr. Plod, P.C. Plod or Plodder
UK, slang, literary, (also used in Australia) from the Noddy books by Enid
Blyton, in which Mr. Plod was the village policeman.[7] "Plod" has also
commonly been used by the British police themselves, as has its (generally
disparaging) female equivalent "plonk".
Muppet
acronym of Most Useless Police Person Ever Trained
Musora
in Russia plural unusing in other situations to "musor" (ru мусор) litterally
translated as "garbage". Origines - in obsolete abbreviation ru МУС (MUS)
fully Московский уголовный сыск (Moskowskii ugolownyi sysk, Moskow
criminal investigatings)
N
Narc
US, abbreviated form of "Narcotics Agent"; not to be confused with Copper's
Nark a term used in Great Britain for an informant.
Nab Jones
Southern United States term for traffic police.
Nickers, Nicknicks
UK, uncommon British terms, being a pun on "knickers" (female underwear).
As the term is spoken not written the silent "k" in knickers is not obvious.
Derives from officers "nicking" a suspect, i.e. arresting them, and taking them
to "the nick" i.e. the police station.
Night Jack
English police slang for a detective working night shift. Jack referring to the
detective.
Nine
Used mainly in south Florida to describe officers. Called nine because they are
said to come in packs, such as nine at a time
O
O-Po-Po
A term used in Ontario, Canada to describe the Ontario Provincial Police.
Old Bill
A term in use in London among other areas, inspiring the television series The
Bill. The origin of this nickname is obscure; according to the Metropolitan
Police themselves, there are at least 13 different explanations.[8]
One Time
A term, mostly used on the U.S. West Coast, that has been given numerous
explanations, including: the idea that if one is arrested, it only takes "one time"
to be put away (convicted); and that looking at police officers "one time" is
enough to garner their attention and invite harassment.
Other People
Used in J.J. Connolly's Layer Cake to refer to the police.
P
Paco
A derogatory Chilean term for Carabineros, the national police force of Chile.
In Costa Rica, a familiar term for police, loosely derogatory. The term comes
from the nickname 'Paco' given to Francisco Calderón, a Security Minister in
the 1940s.[9]
Pandu
Indian constabulary (and not officers) were recruited mostly from village
areas. Derived from popular Marathi movie 'Pandu Hawaldar' where the
protagonist is a constable named as Pandu.
Panser
Danish slang for a police officer. Widely used as a negative reference to the
police in Denmark. Literally translated to the English word "panzer"
Paskalakki
Finnish, derogatory. Literally means "hat (full) of shit".
Pasma
Spain, slang, derogatory term for police
Pedal Bacon
UK, Police on Bicycles.
Peeler, Peelers
UK, slang, archaic, from Robert Peel (see 'Bobby'); it has largely disappeared
in Britain, is sometimes used in Northern Ireland.
Canada, coloquial, refers to Peel Regional Police Service in Ontario, Canada.

Considered derogatory as "peeler" is slang for a striptease dancer.
Penelope's
US. A slang word for the police term coined by the San Francisco Bay Area
rap artist E-40.
Pig
This derogatory term was widespread during the 19th century, disappeared for
a while, but reappeared during the 20th and 21st century. It became especially
popular during the 1960s and 1970s in the underground hippie and anti-
establishment culture. Now prevalent in many English-speaking countries.[10] It
has also been used in anti-authoritarian punk and gangsta rap circles. Oz
magazine showed a picture of a pig dressed as a policeman on a front cover.[11]
Plain Brown Wrapper
Most commonly used by truck drivers over the CB radio, in reference to
unmarked vehicles and plainclothes police officers, usually of local or state
jurisdictions.
Pigtail
A slang term used when a police officer stops you or picks you up. "I picked up
a pigtail"
Plastics
Colloquial term used by Australian state police to refer to the Australian
Federal Police.
Plod
An allusion to Mr Plod the Policeman in Enid Blyton's Noddy stories for
children, to plod meaning to walk doggedly and slowly with heavy steps.[12] Also
known as "PC Plod".
The Poison
Obscure term for police.
Po-key
Slang term for police officer.
Police Officer
a policeman or policewoman, Euphemism used widely for any such person
regardless of whether the individual holds any office.
Polis
With a long 'o' and a short 'i', pronunciation used in Scotland. (coincidentally,
this is the Bahasa Melayu spelling of 'police')
Politzai
(ru pl полицаи sg полицай) - in Russia after renaming Militia to Police (ru
Полиция Politzia) in March 2011. Origines - collaborationists regular troops
on territories occupied by Nazi what Sowiet people called "полицаи" (Politzai,
by German word "Polizei").
Po-po or Po
A term used commonly by North American youth and rap artists.
Porky or Porker
From the Porky Pig cartoon and variation on "pig", usually specific to small
town officers embodying the doughnut stereotype, "porker" variant may relate
to "copper".
Poulet
French, translates as "chicken", derogatory. As in, Q: What do you get when
the police station catches fire? A: "poulet rôti" (roast chicken).
Prahare
Nepalese for police
Psy
Polish for "dogs", singular - "pies", squad cars or police vans are often called
"suki", which means "bitches", singular - "suka", because there are dogs
inside.
Puerco
Mexican, derogatory, slang. Spanish for pig.
Purk
Norwegian, derogatory, Norwegian for "sow".
La Pula
Italian and Italian-American slang. Shortened form of polizia.
PC
Abbreviation of the rank "Police Constable". Also used by the Ontario
Provincial Police to abbreviate "Provincial Constable".
Constable is used in the UK, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, India, Singapore, Hong
Kong, South Africa, Kenya, Zimbabwe, & most other ex-British Empire countries.
PW
Police Woman. Sometimes considered derogatory or merely impolite. See also
WPC
Q
Queen's Cowboys
Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
Queen's Men
R
Rashers
British slang derived from pigs.
Ratazanas (plural)
Used in Portuguese language for police officers, meaning rats.
RC's
Short for RCMP (Royal Canadian Mounted Police).
Rez Cop
Derogatory term to describe a Police/Peace Officer employed on or for an
Indian Reservation/First Nations or Tribal Police. It erroneously implies they
have less value and/or authorities than "off rez" police. To self describe as a
"rez cop" would be to vulgarly separate oneself from other police services
Rollers
An American term believed to have originated in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Also a connection for when police car lights are turned on because they roll in
circles.
Raddies
UK
Rozzers
UK
S
Sbirro
Italian slang for policeman.
Scuffers
An old Liverpudlian term, which came to prominence in the 1960s Merseyside-
set BBC television series Z-Cars.
Schmitt
Used in France, origin unknown (possibly based on German).
Scum
Used across Britain, as an insult to say that the police are lower than the
criminals.
Shades
Used in Ireland, from plainclothes Gardaí detectives from the 1970s who were
recognisable as they often wore sunglasses. Common in Limerick.
Skowtu
Used in the Netherlands, origin from Suriname, which used to be part of the
Netherlands.
Slaktarbussen
Swedish slang for police van, usually referred to riot police vans. Literally
"Butchers van" .
Smokey
A term from the CB Radio fad of the 1970s. See "Bear", above. Smokey Bears
are usually those that belong to a Highway Patrol or State Police agency in the
United States.
Smurfs
Used in Greece and Poland. Because the blue colour of police uniforms is like
the old National Benzole advertising characters, the Smurfs.
Snippers
An African-American term used mostly in North America.
Snut
A slang used in Norway and Sweden, coming from "snute" which is "nose on a
dog" describing that the police "sniffs"
Soggies
Australian term for officers of the Special Operations Group.
Squealers
A reference to the noise a pig makes. In the UK, squealer, or grass, is used to
denote someone who informs on their criminal confederates.
Staff
Usually measuring around 20 inches in length a 'staff' was a wooden stick,
commonly known as a truncheon, widely issued to police officers up until the
early 1990s. Staffs were carried by all police officers and were placed in a
special pocket of the trousers. Truncheons usually were made from strong
wood and were stained and polished. A shorter staff was issued to female police
officers so that it could be carried in their handbag.
Eventually superseded by the introduction of side-handle batons, Asps
(collapsible coiled-spring batons), and pepper or CS spray-cans.
State boy
A US state trooper. Usually used in the midwest.
Staties
Refers to State Troopers, used throughout New England
Suits
Members of the Metropolitan Police CID as referred to by their uniformed
colleagues.
Super Troopers
Became a common name in Vermont for police in that state after the release of
the movie Super Troopers.
Sün
Hedgehog Hungarian slang, during the 2009 protest against the Hungarian
Government, policemen used a formation called hedgehog (sün in Hungarian).
This comical situation became a widespread meme in the country and
eventually policemen were given the name "sün".
Sweeney
Cockney rhyming slang for the Metropolitan Police's Flying Squad, from
Sweeney Todd, inspiring the television series The Sweeney, (see also Heavy).
Swine
Comes from pig (see above).
T
The Thin Blue Line
Used to describe the role of the police in being the barrier between civilized
society and chaos, inspiring a UK TV sitcom and 2 documentaries of the same
name. This led to policemen involved in entrapping gays being ironically
described as "The Thin Blue Jeans".
Thulla
Northern-Indian Hindi term for a cop with a baton
Tinned Pig
derogatory term in some areas of southern England to refer to police in police
cars.
Tira
Mexican slang for police car or policeman
Tira
Brazilian slang for policeman
Tit-Heads or Tits
Rarely used derogative British term for uniformed police officers originating
in the shape of traditional UK police custodian helmet worn by patrolling
(male) officers which are or were a similar shape to a large female breast - as in
the phrase (to a policeman) "take the tit off your head" meaning "relax" or
"imagine you are not on duty".
Tombo
Largely used in Perú, and in some parts of Colombia to call police officers.
Etymological origin its based in a inversion of the Spanish word for button. In
the early twentieth century the uniforms of the Peruvian police officers had
very big buttons. The word is "botón" in Spanish. The thiefs inverted the word
"Ton-bo". You could see that the inversion is "Tonbo", with an "n", and not
"tombo" with "m", but in Spanish an "n" cannot precede a "b".
Troll
A term coined in South Florida (Palm Beach County). Made famous by the
song "Troll Down".
Txacurra
Dog in Basque referring to police officers, similar to the use of 'dog' in English.
Twig Pig
Forest Ranger/Woods Cop
Twinrova
Rarely used in reference to police cars bearing red and blue lights on top of the
car (only in Victoria, Australia and Los Angeles, California).[citation needed]
Tyre Biters
A term typically used for country police officers because of their habit of being
involved with frequent car chases.
Them, The Useless, The twits requiring contact with a judge prior.
" T and T" also known as "Tuesdays and Thursday" law enforcers usually are more
likely to make arrest on these days, because these days are either in the beginning of
the week and toward the end.
U
Uniform
A term used originally used by non-uniformed officers (detectives) for officers
in uniform.
Untouchables
A term often used in Scotland for a mobile squad of uniformed Police, term
originates from the 1960s US TV series.
Utzer
German, slang, used e.g. in Upper Franconia, literally means "teaser"
Unipo
Short for University Police, used as a derogatory term towards campus police
in some areas of the US
V
Vultures
as the way vultures pull meat between each other.
W
Wallopers
Australian, from "wallop", meaning to hit or beat.
Whoop-Whoop
US, slang, from the Southern States & New York City, in reference to a patrol
car's siren.
Woodentops
UK, derogatory, used by plain-clothes officers in reference to the uniformed
branch. Possibly a reference to the 1950s children's TV series The Woodentops,
declining use.
Woolly-backs
UK, derogatory, used by plain-clothes officers in reference to the uniformed
branch.
Wasps
UK, derogatory, from the recent adoption of Safety Yellow jackets by various
Constabularies for uniformed officers in various roles, &, as with Bluebottles,
from the 'swarming' of officers at an incident.
X
Y
Yippes
Z
Zsaru, zsernyák, zsandár
Hungarian slang. From the French gendarmerie.
Zebra
US. Reference to the black and white color of police vehicles.
Zetas
Spain. Reference to the Citroën ZX, in common use by Police patrol units in
Spain in the 1980's and 1990's
Appendix:Glossary of U.S. Navy slang
The following are some examples of slang of the United States Navy, sometimes also
referred to as "NAVSpeak":
Table of Contents: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
0-9
 0'dark hundred: Pronounced "oh dark". Referring to some point really early
in the morning. This term is typically used in mockery of Hollywood actors
who pronounce military time with an "oh" rather than a "zero"--for example
"oh-nine-hundred" as opposed to the correct military time: zero-nine-hundred
(usually shortened to "zero-nine").
 0'dark thirty: one half hour after 0'dark hundred.
 1MC: One of many communication circuits aboard a ship, this is probably the
most widely recognized. When used, it is heard on every external speaker by
everyone aboard the ship.
 1st Division: Division found in most aviation and afloat commands that is
responsible for the material condition and cleanliness of the ship. On ships
equipped with small boats the "1st" owns these boats and the sailors who
maintain and run them. On small boats the "1st" is in charge of Boatswain
mates and deck seaman. On larger ships the "1st" may be in charge of air
crewmen. Work for 1st division varies among ships depending on size. Small
ships only have one division while larger ships like carriers can have up to 5 or
more.
 2JV: Engineering sound-powered circuit.
 2MC: Engineering loudspeaker circuit.
 21MC: Ships command intercom circuit, mainly used between the bridge,
combat, and flight decks.
 2-10-2: Slang referring to a female aboard with a much higher percentage of
males when out at sea or deployed who is not very attractive (a 2 on the scale of
attractiveness) BUT when on the ship with relatively few females around, they
are paid much more attention then they normally would. "she was a 2 before
going to sea, a 10 out at sea, and back to a 2 when she returned"
 2-6-10: A term used to motivate someone that is not pulling their weight, as in:
"It's gonna take 2 surgeons 6 hours to remove 10 inches of my boot from your
ass."
 4MC: Emergency communications circuit that overrides sound powered phone
communications to alert controlling stations to a casualty.
 5MC: Similar to the 1MC, except that it is only heard on the flight deck of an
air-capable ship.
 90 Day Wonder: OCS graduate (as opposed to the four years for Naval
Academy or ROTC). Also 90 Day Miracle
 96er: Five nights and four days off of work due to special liberty or holiday.
Also known as an urban legend. Very rarely occurs due to duty.
 180° Amnesia: Occurs when the sailor has been deployed and selective memory
is desired to deal with questions asked by significant others.
 4 Acres of Sovereign U.S. Soil: Description of any aircraft carrier.
A
 Abu Dhabi (adj.):(More Common: Hadji) Refers to any product labeled in
Arabic aboard a ship, particularly soda cans. "We've been home from cruise
for 8 months and we still have Abu Dhabi Cokes in the vending machines!"
 Acey-Deucey Club: Recreational facility serving alcohol for first and second
class petty officers. Or a reference to any Enlisted Club that caters mostly to
First and Second Class Petty Officers, but still allows all enlisted personnel.
 Admin: Pre-arranged meeting point in-port for carrier pilots.
 Admin Warfare Specialist: Joking, sometimes derisive term for Yeomen,
Personnelmen or other Navy administrative ratings. Used especially in cases
when said sailor does not have a warfare pin.
 ADSEP: ADministrative SEParation - basically getting fired from the navy for
misconduct.
 A-Farts: slang for American Forces Radio & Television Service. A-Farts is
received via satellite all over the world and offers a variety of shows. Some of
the most entertaining offerings are the propaganda commercials it frequently
airs since regular advertising is not permitted.
 A-Gang: The Auxiliaries Division of the Engineering Department. Members
known as "A-Gangers." AKA "Fresh Air Snipe"
 Ahead Flank Liberty: Fictitious speed after a mission or patrol is completed
with high marks and ship is headed into very nice foreign ports that cater to
visiting US Forces.
 Air Boss: Air Officer. His assistant is the "Mini Boss".
 Air Force Gloves: A term describing when a sailor has his hands in his pockets
 Air Force Salute: An "I don't know" shrug of the shoulders. Also called an
Ensign Salute or Airman salute.
 Airedale: A sailor who works on or around aircraft.
 Airstart: Any attempt to restart an aircraft's engine(s) after in-flight failure.
Also a blowjob.
 Airwing: Aviation detachment on board the ship.
 A.J. Squared Away: a term used to describe a sailor who is always "squared
away," meaning always having a perfect shave, perfectly ironed uniform, spit-
shined shoes, haircut with less than 1mm of hair, spotless uniform, etc. Anyone
who has been designated with this nickname is most likely a lifer who has no
life outside the navy. Compare to dirtbag below. The more derogatory "A.J.
Squared the fuck Away" is often used by those that can't attain high standards.
 All Ahead Bendix: Beyond maximum possible ship's speed, indicated by engine
order telegraph maker "Bendix" label; the position past 'Flank'
 Aluminum Cloud: slang for the F-14 Tomcat
 Already Broke: USS Arliegh Burke
 Anchors and Spurs: Famous dance club at NAVSTA San Diego where many-a
lonely Navy wife has broken the seventh commandment. Many sailors find this
amusing until it happens to them.
 Angles and Dangles: (Submarine Service) Placing the boat in crazy angles and
positions soon after leaving port, to see whether anything breaks loose. Similar
consequence noises while on patrol are not desired.
 "Another Fine Navy Day!": an expression voiced (in a very cheery manner) on
occasions when, in fact, it's not that much of a Fine Navy Day at all.
 Anymouse: Slang for anonymous. Safety system where sailors can drop an
anonymous recommendation into a locked box.
 AOL: Absent Over Leave; Navyspeak for AWOL. See UA, the Sailors
preferred usage.
 AOM: All Officers Meeting, held for a variety of reasons like training, port
calls, mess issues, etc...
 Armpit of the Med: Naples, Italy. Slang term used to describe Naples, Italy due
to its unique smell, and the overall cleanliness of the city.
 ASH Receiver - aka, an "ash tray" also used as a joke to newbie sailors to send
them out all over base to locate an ASH Receiver, done typically to those in I
level AIMD Avionics.
 ASMO: ASsignment Memorandum Orders. Mostly issued in boot camp to set
a recruit back in training due to poor performance.
 "Assholes and elbows": A deck hand on his hands and knees holystoning a
wooden deck. As in "All I want to see is assholes and elbows." as spoken by a
boatswains mate.
 "Asshole of the Navy": Slang for Norfolk, Virginia, home of the fabled "DOGS
AND SAILORS KEEP OFF THE GRASS!" sign. The Urban Legends
Reference Pages says that the sign is an urban legend [1], but cold shoulders
from civilians persist in Navy towns. See also "NoFuck, Vagina", below.
 AWOL: Absent Without Official Leave
 Aye: Yes (I understand)
 Aye, aye: Yes (I heard the order, I understand the order, and I intend to obey
the order). "I understand and I will comply."
B
 B1RD: Bravo One Romeo Delta, AKA "bird".
 Baby Birdfarm: An Iwo Jima-Class helicopter carrier.
 Baboon Ass: Nickname for corned beef, based on color and flavor.
 Back Alley: Card game of trump played by 2 to 4 players (mostly "snipes").
Players are first dealt 1 card each then 2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13, 13-12-11-
10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1. Players bid on the number of tricks to be taken, trump is
determined by draw. Score is kept by awarding 3 points for bids made and
taken and 1 point for each additional trick. A player unable to make their bid
goes set 3 X the bid. Game can be played by partners.
 Bag: Flight suit. Also, to issue demerits at the naval academy.
 Bag of Dicks: An unwanted or extremely tedious task, usually one that is given
one hour before shift change and will require at least 3 hours to complete. Also
called getting "bagged".
 Bag Nasty: A pre-packaged bag lunch usually consisting of a cold cut
sandwich, piece of fruit, and juice box or can of soda. Served at galleys in lieu
of regular chow for sailors on the go.
 Bagger: Sailor who is chronically late for watch relief. Also known as a shit
bag.
 Ball Button: A term used for the fourth button down on the new Service
Uniforms, because it has a tendency to come undone.
 Balls Thirty: A term used to indicate the time of the 0030 security sweep on
some bases
 Balls to Two: A short watch stood from 0000-0200. Not generally seen outside
of Boot Camp.
 Balls to Four: A four hour watch technically spanning from 0000-0400 though
in practice begins at 2345 and ends at 0345. Most commonly seen on a "Dogged
Watch" schedule.
 Balls To The Wall: Expression originally referred to the balls on top of aircraft
throttles. If one needed full throttle, the balls were, quite literally, pushed
forward to the firewall - hence 'balls to the wall'.
 Bandit: aircraft positively identified as hostile
 Barney Clark: Slider topped with a fried egg. Also called a "One-Eyed Jack."
 Barricade: Also called the barrier, this is a huge nylon net strung across the
landing area of a carrier to arrest the landing of an aircraft with damaged gear
or a damaged tailhook.
 Batphone: A dedicated outside telephone line (not for personal use) typically
for shore power or security purposes.
 Battle Group (BG): A group of warships and supply ships centered around a
large deck aircraft carrier and its airwing. Usually consists of one cruiser, one
supply ship, and one or two destroyers, frigates, and submarines. Has been
sanitized and emasculated lately and is now referred to as the Carrier Strike
Group (CSG).
 Battle Racks: When mission-exhausted Aviators are allowed to sleep through
General Quarters.
 Battlewagon: Battleship
 BCG's: Birth Control Glasses. Standard Navy-issue corrective eyewear. So
named because they are so thick and hideous that you are guaranteed never to
have sex while you are wearing them. Term has become obsolete due to more
normal looking frame choices offered nowadays (outside of recruit training, at
least). (Also known as CGL's - Can't Get Laids)
 Beer Day: On many navy ships, even in the present day, all hands are given 2
beers if they are underway without a port call for a given period of time -
generally 45 days. Both beers are opened when they are given to the
crewmember to prevent them from being hoarded.
 B.D.N.W.W.:Broke Dick No Worky-worky. See Broke Dick.
 Bells: Naval way of announcing the time of day aboad ship, usually over the
1MC. One bell corresponds to 30 minutes past the hour. Bells will only be rung
as a single strike, or a closely spaced double strike, with a maximum of eight
bells (4 sets of 2). Bells repeat themselves every 4 hours. For example 2 sets of 2
bells, followed by a single bell could be 0230, 0630, 1030, 1430, 1830, or 2230.
 Benny: A treat or reward, derived from "Benefit".
o Benny Suggs: The Navy's Beneficial Suggestions program, a method
where DON employees, and Navy and Marine personnel can make
suggestions to improve various programs and operations.
 Bent Shitcan: Someone below Naval standards.
 Big Chicken Dinner: slang for a Bad Conduct Discharge, a punishment
awarded to a sailor who has committed a serious infraction of the Uniform
Code of Military Justice.
 Big E: Nickname for the USS Enterprise (CV-6), which won 24 battle stars
during World War II, also known as the most decorated ship in the U.S. Navy.
(Actually, the most decorated ship is the USS Parche (SSN-683), receiving a
total of nine Presidential Unit Citations, ten Navy Unit Citations, and thirteen
Navy Expeditionary Medal awards during its thirty years of service.)
 Big Stick: Nickname for the USS Iowa (BB-61), crew's nickname for USS
Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71).
 Bilge Juice: Non-sanctioned alcoholic beverage created while on long
deployments by mixing yeast, water and sugar.
 Bilge Rat: Someone who works in the engineering spaces.
 Bilge Troll: Engine room lower level watchstander; junior enlisted nuke
machinist mate on sub.
 Bilge Turd: Derogatory term for "Boiler Technician", typically from
Machinist Mates who attend the identical A school
 BINGO: Minimum fuel needed to return to base (RTB).
 Binnacle List: The daily list of ship's crew who are sick in quarters (see below).
So called because in the old days of sailing, this list was posted on the binnacle,
the casing that housed the ship's compass.
 Birdfarm: Aircraft carrier.
 Bitchbox: Intercom or amplified circuit used to communicate between spaces
of a ship.
 Bitching Betty: The computer generated female voice heard in an aviator's
earpiece when something is not as it should be. Usually caused by unsafe flight
conditions or an enemy threat.
 Black and Decker Pecker Wrecker: Derogatory term for any female who has
braces.
 Black Hole, The: Reference to the Navy's main base at Norfolk, Virginia, so
called because "it's where sailor's careers go to die."
 Black Pants: An enlisted sailor below the rank of E-7 (Chief Petty Officer) So
named because of the black and khaki working uniform. See also BLUE
SHIRT
 Black Shoe: Term used to describe shipboard or 'surface' officers and senior
enlisted members, due to the black footwear worn while in uniform. See also
BROWN SHOE
 Blowing a Shitter: (Submarine Service) Inadvertently "flushing" a toilet (see
"Shitter," below) while San Tanks are being vented overboard.
 Blue Falcon: Slang term for "Buddy Fucker", also, "Noble Order of the Blue
Falcon" for those who are true masters of Blue Falconry.
 Bluejacket: An enlisted sailor below the rank of E-7 (Chief Petty Officer).
o Bluejacket's Manual: The handbook of seamanship issued to recruits.
 Blue Roper: Also called a blue rope. A sailor that is in training to be a Recruit
Division Commander, so called because of the blue rope they wear on the right
sleeve.
 Blue Shirt: same as bluejacket, referring to the blue utility shirt worn by those
personnel.
 Bluenose: An individual who has crossed the Arctic Circle.
 Blue on Blue: Fratricide or friendly fire. Named for the color associated with
friendly forces during "workups" and exercises. The fictional enemy country is
almost always Orange. In port the definition of blue on blue is much more
enjoyable, as it refers to girl-on-girl stripper scenes, porn scenes, etc...
 Blue Tile: An area of the carrier on the starboard main passageway, O-3 level,
where the Battle Group (now called Carrier Strike Group) admiral and his
staff live and work. As the name implies, the deck is indeed blue there. Passing
through, especially by junior enlisted sailors, is highly discouraged. During
wartime, armed guards may be posted on both sides of the blue tile. Pictures of
bare-assed drunken aviators standing on the blue tile during port calls are
highly prized keepsakes.
 Blue Water: Deep water far from land. Only larger, self-sufficient ships can
operate on these waters. Also called the "high seas." See "Brown Water."
 BMOS: Big Man On Ship. Often refers to the ships Captain. Closest Civilian
equalivant would be BMOC (Big Man On Campus).
 BMW: Big Maine Woman - Used to describe the large women in the
Brunswick/Bath Maine area who like to pick up sailors in local bars.
 Boat: Water craft small enough to be carried on a ship, unless a submarine,
which is ALWAYS called a boat. A ship may be called a boat but ONLY by
members of its crew, and only those who have actually completed a
deployment.
 Boat Goat: A female sailor onboard a ship. This term is typically used during
the later parts of a long underway or deployment.
 Boats: a sailor in the Boatswain's Mate rating, or the ship's Bosun, usually a
CWO.
 B.O.C.O.D: "Beat Off Cut Off Date" The date before returning home from a
deployment to stop masturbating in order to save it up for your wife or
girlfriend.
 Bogey: unknown aircraft which could be friendly, hostile, or neutral
 B.O.H.I.C.A.: (Bend Over, Here It Comes Again). Often used when situations,
as can be normal, repeat themselves.
 Bolter: Failed attempt at an arrested landing on a carrier by a fixed-wing
aircraft. Usually caused by a poor approach or a hook bounce on the deck, this
embarrassing event leads to a go-around and another attempt to "board."
 Bonnie Dick: The USS BONHOMME RICHARD (LHD 6)
 Boomer: Ballistic Missile Submarine (SSBN)
 Boondoggle: Any unorganized, inefficient evolution. Similar to a "goatrope."
 Boopdiddley: All-purpose, virtually meaningless expression, used as an
exclamation i.e. "Boopdiddley!" or " Aw, Boop!" (1974)
 Boot Camp: Term used to refer to the eight week basic training course held at
Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes, Illinois.
 Booter: A term used, usually derisively, when referring to any Sailor who has
very little time in or a lot less time than the speaker
 Boot Topping: Black paint used to paint the water line on ships.
 B.O.S.N.I.A.: Big Ol' Standard Navy-Issue Ass (from the apparent widening of
the hips due in part to the cut of the working uniforms)
 Bosun's Punch - New sailors on ship are sometimes assigned to find this
mythical tool in the office of one of the ship's Bosuns (Boatswain). The sailor is
then typically punched very hard in the shoulder by the Bosun in question.
 Bounce Pattern: When several aircraft are practicing touch and go landings at
the same airfield.
 Box of Rocks: Derogatory term for more than one sailor that has performed
their work in an unsatisfactory manner.
 Brain Fart: a condition when, under stress, one cannot recall or perform
something that would normally be easy or second nature.
 Branch: lowest organizational level in most naval commands. Below
department and division.
 Bravo Zulu: Originally "BZ" was a signal meaning "Well Done". It is
sometimes co-opted by seniors praising subordinates in one form or another.
 Bremerloes: Female of husky build. Term originated at Bremerton,
Washington base where they are rather common.
 Bremerton: It's how much a Bremerloe weighs.
 Brig: Jail.
 Brig Chaser: A Sailor escorting a prisoner to the brig.
 Broke-dick: Technical term describing malfunctioning or inoperable
equipment. Example: "The fuckin' aux drain pump is fuckin' broke-dick."
 Brown bagger: Married sailor who brings his lunch from home in a paper bag.
 Brown Nose: Sailor trying a "little too hard" to make rate by sucking up to
superiors. Can also refer to those who wear khakis (Chiefs, Officers) since it is
assumed that most have "brown-nosed" to obtain their present position.
Mythical rate "Chief Brownnose" or "Brownose First Class." Also known as a
"Butt Shark."
 Brown Shoe: Term used to describe aviation community officers and senior
enlisted members, due to the dark brown footwear worn in uniform.
 Brown Water: Shallow water close to land. Also called the littorals. Smaller
ships can operate in these waters.
 The Bubble
o (1) When someone is on the very edge of passing or failing at something,
or when they are undecided, they are said to be on the bubble. Similar
to riding the fence.
o (2) Submarine Service: The indication of the ship's angle fore and aft.
The Diving Officer of the Watch (DOOW - pronounced "Dive")
controls the angle on the ship by various means. If the angle becomes
too large he will be ordered to "Mind your bubble." In rough weather
near the surface, maintaining the angle on the ship can be very difficult.
When the Dive can no longer control the angle on the ship by the means
at his disposal, he is said to have "Lost the Bubble."
o (3) The area on an aircraft carrier where the Catapult Launch Officer
sits... Referred to as the bubble because it sticks up from the flight deck
only inches and has angled windows.
 Bubblegummer: A newbie or young sailor just out of boot camp or school.
 Bubblehead: A Sailor in the Submarine service.
 Buddy Fucker: As implied, someone who fucks over their shipmates. Not to be
trusted with any information or watch swap.
 Bug Juice: Kool-Aid-like beverage in dispensers on the messdeck. Side-by-side
- Orange or Red. Before the turn of the century bug juice was also used as a
replacement for cleaning agents to clean decks with. Still used for removing
corrosion from brass fittings.
 Bug Juice Sunrise: Orange with a splash of Red.
 Building 36: USS BRYCE CANYON (AD-36) Home ported at Pearl Harbor
Hawaii. Rarely left port (so they could collect sea pay) and when she did had to
be towed back in.
 Building 39: 1990's-era Naval Station Norfolk slang for the USS EMORY S.
LAND (AS-39), which during that time period, rarely left port.
 Building 38: USS PUGET SOUND (AD-38). Same reasons as above, in the 70's
and 80's.
 Bulkhead: Wall.
o Bulkhead remover: an 'in-joke' shared by veteran sailors and often
delegated as a task to new sailors, as in, "Go get me a can of bulkhead
remover."
 Bull, aka "Bull Ensign": the senior most Ensign onboard a surface ship. In
charge of various wardroom duties, often including mentoring the junior most
Ensign (see "George") and setting up the wardroom's movie night. Originated
during World War II from Admiral "Bull" Halsey's need to designate one
officer to oversee wardroom functions.
 Bull Nuke: (Submarine Service) The senior most enlisted nuclear sailor,
usually the Engineering Department Senior Enlisted Advisor.
 Bullet Sponge: U.S. Marine.
 Bully Big Dick: USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) Corruption of "Bully Big
Stick", shipboard news program.
 Bumfuck,Egypt: A bad duty station.
 Bun: A sexually active female sailor.
 Burn: To smoke (burn) a cigarette.
 Burn a copy: Make a xerox copy of a document or sheet of paper.
 Burn a Flick: to watch a movie underway.
 Burnbag: (1) A poor performing Cryptologic Technician or a "CT" Shitbag.
(2) The red and white striped paper bags used to hold classified material meant
for destruction.
 Burn Run: An organized evolution to dispose of the material stored in burn
bags.
 Busted: Reduced in rank, as a result of Captain's Mast.
 Buster: Proceed at max possible speed.
 "Bust Me on The Surface" (Submarine Service): An expression voiced when a
subordinate strongly disagrees with a superior's order (who may be under
heavy situational pressure), and the subordinate takes actions he knows to be
the correct procedure, counter to the order. "Bust Me On The Surface" refers
to disciplinary action that could result, which would take place in the fresh air
of safety that would not be reached if the original order was carried out.
Rarely invoked, and the subordinate better be goddamned right. More often
used as slang in less life-threatening situations.
 Butt Kit: Ash tray. Aboard ship it is a can with a hole in the lid, usually hung
from the bulkhead near watch stations.
 Butter Bar: Slang for an Ensign, or new officer fresh from OCS/Naval
Academy or ROTC. The single gold bar on the khaki uniform of an Ensign,
being the 'butter bar.'
C
 Carl Prison: Endearing term for "America's Favorite Carrier," USS Carl
Vinson, CVN70.
 CASREP: CASualty REPort. Inoperative, casualty reported; OOC (out of
commission). Often jocularly applied to broken minor items not requiring any
report, or to personnel on the binnacle list or killed.
 CAVU: Ceiling and Visibility Unlimited - perfect flying weather.
 CF: (pronounced Charlie Foxtrot) Cluster fuck,
 C-GU11: Seagull. Pronounced "See-Gee-Yuu-Eleven." Similar to "bulkhead
remover," an inexpensive way to derive enjoyment from inexperienced
personnel on watch. "Forward lookout, keep an eye out for signs of C-GU11s
in the area, over." Also sometimes spelled C-6U11, Z-6UL1 or various 1337-
like combinations.
 CAG: Title used when addressing the airwing commander. It is a holdover
from the days when airwings were called air groups, and stands for
Commander Air Group. Can also refer to the airwing itself, as in CAG-14. See
"airwing."
 Cake Eater: A Sailor who reenlists. This is derived from the fact that upon
reenlistment, most commands present you with a cake at your ceremony.
 Canoe Club: The U.S. Navy
 Canoe U: United States Naval Academy
 w:Captain's Mast: Navy term for non-judicial punishment under Article 15 of
the Uniform Code of Military Justice. Depending on the rank or position
involved, the name of the procedure may change, i.e. Admiral's Mast, OIC's
Mast.
 Cannon balls: Baked, candied apples served to midshipmen at the Naval
Academy on special occasions. Twelve are served per table. If one person at the
table is willing to eat all 12 apples and succeeds, then he is given the honor of
"carry on" (lack of harassment by upper classmen) for the remainder of the
semester.
 Carrier Strike Group (CSG): See "Battle Group"
 Carry on: An officers reply to a junior person's call to "attention on deck",
meaning all present rise and come to attention as a sign of respect. "Carry on"
allows personnel to continue whatever they were doing. Also see "cannon ball"
above.
 Cell Block 70: moniker for the never ending berthings onboard USS Carl
Vinson (CVN-70) and the overall resemblence to a prison.
 Channel Fever: Said if a sailor is anxious when approaching port to get leave.
Sometimes cured by the "Channel Fever Shot", a slap or kick to the backside.
 Chaps - Slang for Chaplain.
 Check Valve – Used to describe a person, it refers to one who does for himself,
but not others. None of the goodies get past him. Similar to a real check valve
which only allows fluid to go one way.
 CHENG: Chief Engineer
 Chicken Switches: Switches in the overhead above the Dive Officer's station
that release 4500 lb air into the main ballast tank, initiating the Emergency
Main Ballast Tank blow (EMBT blow) causing the tanks to fill with air and the
submarine to rise to the surface in a real hurry. Sometimes, engineering drills
may cause the sub to go near test depth (depth the submarine has been tested
to) if there is a delay in recovering the reactor (or many other reasons). So if
the Dive Officer blows the tanks (actually, whoever has the Con will issue the
order) they were afraid of sinking. Hence, Chicken Switches.
 Chief: Title given to enlisted personnel who have achieved the rank of E-7 and
who have completed their transitional training and indoc.
Chilly Willy: USS Curtis Wilbur DDG-54

 Chit: Name given to the document a sailor fills out to make various types of
special request (i.e. emergency leave, move off base to civilian housing, etc.)
o My Wife Chit: A special request that uses the wife as the
excuse/justification for needing to be absent.
 Chit Chipper: Paper Shredder. So named because you can't do anything with a
chit, especially one that is "lost in routing"
 CHT Tank/Shit Tank/Chit Tank: Collection, Holding and Transfer system,
which collects all ship's shower and toilet runoff/sewage until such time as it
can be pumped or dumped.
 Chop: Supply Officer. Taken from the Supply Corps' porkchop-shaped
insignia. (Submarine)
 Chow: Food.
o Chow Boss: Food Service Officer.
o Chow down: Eat.
o Chow Hall: Dining room.
 Chowdale: Airwing personnel that spend all their time in line for chow,
holding up those that actually have things to do.
 Chub Club: Sailors assigned mandatory physical training due to being
overweight.
 Chuckie V: USS Carl Vinson moniker
 Chuck Wagon: Yet another USS Carl Vinson moniker
 CINCHOUSE: Commander-in-Chief of the House. Used to refer to a sailor's
spouse. Also COMHOUSE, COMHOME, CINCHOME, etc.
 Cinderella Liberty: Liberty that expires at a particular time (e.g., midnight).
 CIWS: Close In Weapon System. (Christ It Won't Shoot) (Captain I Was Sure)
See R2D2 below.
 Civie cut: Civilian haircut worn by males who live around military towns to
distinguish themselves from military personnel. Usually just an inch or two
longer than military allows, but enough to let the females know who's who.
 Cleaning Stations: Hour-long field day evolution where everyone drops what
they're doing and cleans their spaces. See "XO's Happy Hour"
 Clobbered: When the landing pattern or the comms frequency at a field or
ship is filled to capacity and you can't get an aircraft or a word in.
 Cluster Fuck: Refers to when a group performs some task in a severely
disorganized manner, usually with poor results. May also be used to describe
any person or thing that is in a state of general disarray. "That kid is a walking
cluster fuck." Can be indicated using the NATO phonetic Charlie Foxtrot for
CF.
 CO: Commanding Officer. The head of a ship, or shore command, usually no
lower in rank than a Commander, the Commanding Officer is in charge of
most of the everyday things that happen on board ship, from corporal
punishment (Captain's Mast), to common everyday maintenance, and upkeep
of the ship, or shore command. The Commanding Officer usually wears a
special pin on his pocket designating him Command Afloat, or Command
Ashore.
 COB: (Submarine Service) The senior chief aboard: Chief of the Boat
 COD: Carrier Onboard Delivery - the mighty C-2 Greyhound, which ferries
people and supplies to and from the carrier on a regular basis.
 Coffin Locker: A personal storage area located underneath a sailor's rack (see
below).
 Cold Shot or Cold Cat: A catapult launch from a carrier in which insufficient
speed is attained to generate lift. Often fatal for the aircrew if they do not eject
in time.
 Color Company: Term presented to the recruit company in boot camp that
maintains the highest score through the entire eight week evolution, they are
awarded the term of Color Company, and given three days special liberty
unmonitored. Color Company is also given the honor of being the first
company to Pass in Review, only if there is not a Hall of Fame Company that
graduates Boot Camp at the same time.
 COMMO: Communications Officer. Officer in Charge of the Communications
Division. Usually, the most junior officer aboard ship.
 Commodore: Back in the day, this was the designation given to a one-star
admiral (presently called Rear Admiral Lower Half for some reason).
Presently, it is the unofficial title of the captain (O-6) in charge of a squadron
of ships or submarines or a wing of the same type of aircraft.
 COMNAVSNACPAC(or LANT), A sailor who stores a lot of junk food in their
rack. PAC refers to the Pacific Fleet and LANT to the Atlantic.
 Comp Time: Compensation Time, time/days off during week for shore-based
sailors who had weekend assignments, above and beyond mere watch-standing.
 Coner: Pronounced "Cone-er"(Submarine Service) A submarine crewman
who is not part of the engineering department (see Nuke below), especially
Torpedomen, because they are stationed in the forward cone of the Sub, and
pretty much prohibited from wandering into the rear engineering spaces. Also
known as "Forward Pukes" (as opposed to "Fuckin' Nukes") or M.U.F.F.s
(My Up Forward Friends).
 Corpsman Candy: Sore-throat lozenges handed out at sick bay in lieu of any
substantive treatment. Sometimes accompanied by two aspirin.
 Cover: hat
 Countersunk Sailor: female sailor.
 CPO: Chief Petty Officer. Often refers to all chiefs, E-7 through E-9.
 CPO Spread: (Submarine Service) The worlds most useless and uncomfortable
rack sheet. Once thought to be solely for the elite khaki club, it is in fact a very
cleverly disguised spy tool for a chief or officer to see if you have been sleeping
due to the large stitches that are etched into it. See "Rack Burn".
 Cracker Jacks: Slang for the dress blue uniforms worn by sailors below the
rank of E-7
 Crack House: Designated smoking area aboard ship that is not a weatherdeck
space. Quickly fills with a haze of smoke. Also called "Crack shack".
 Crank: Mess deck worker, typically a new transferee to a submarine assigned
to mess deck duties while qualifying for a regular watch.
 Crash & Smash: Permanently assigned flight deck firefighting personnel. Also,
a game played by aviation personnel involving several long tables and a great
deal of beer, wherein the aviators attempt to replicate with their bodies the
arrested landings their aircraft make.
 Crazy Ivan: (Submarine Service), demonstrated in the movie The Hunt for Red
October. Russian submarines would quickly turn 180 degrees while underway
to see whether any American submarines were following. Collisions
occasionally resulted during the Cold War.
 Creamed foreskins: creamed chipped beef. (see also "SOS" Shit on a Shingle)
 Crow: Slang term for the eagle adorning the Petty Officer rank insignia.
 C.R.U.D.: Apocryphally, "Chalk River Unidentified Deposits", corrosion
products found in reactor coolant.
 Cruise: Ship deployment from its home port usually lasting between 5 and 8
months.
 Cruise Boo: A Sailor's underway spouse/girlfriend/boyfriend. Usually, either
one or both of the sailors is currently in a relationship/marriage with a person
not stationed on the ship.
 Cruise sock: A sock that is sacrificed early in a deployment and used to clean
up after masturbating. It is usually kept under the mattress and can stand up
on its own by the end of cruise.
 Cryppy/Cryppy Critter: Cryptographer, also seen on a highway near the
Cryptography School in San Angelo, Texas without vowels, as CRYPPY
CRTTR.
 CSO: Combat Systems Officer, officer responsible for ship's combat system
(gun, missile, radar, command control & communications systems)
maintenance.
 Cum Dumpster: Ultra, shameless sycophant. Kiss ass to ultimate, pathetic
extreme or military base whore.
 Cunt: Currently Unqualified Navel trainee. Also Civilian Under Naval
Training.
 CVN 7 on 2: Play on words for CVN72, and for escapades that may have taken
place by her crew.
 CWO: Chief Warrant Officer (W2 - W5) - a highly qualified senior enlisted (E-
7/E-8) person who has earned a commission through a competitive process and
continues to work in their technical field. By definition, a technical specialist.
Can also mean Communications Watch Officer.
D
 Dammit: Proper way to read an exclamation point quietly. "You are a
shitbag!" becomes "You are a shitbag, dammit."
 Dain Bramaged: Uss Bainbridge.
 Danger Nut: A "fun" game in which one or more sailors place a washer or nut
around a rod or similar metal device and then hold it to a steam vent. The
washer or nut spins wildly due to the high pressure of the steam. Once it
reaches a high enough speed, the rod is turned so that the steam blows the
object completely off the rod and (hopefully) at another sailor, who then has to
dodge the "danger nut."
 D.B.F.: (Diesel Boats Forever) unauthorized pin showing a non-nuclear
submarine
 Dear John Letter: A letter (or nowadays, e-mail) that a sailor receives in which
his significant other breaks up with/leaves him while he is underway.
 Deck: Floor.
 Deck Ape: Non-designated enlisted person serving on the deck force, often as
result of washing out of "A" school or being stripped of another rating.
 Deep Six: Obsolete term for throwing something overboard; refers to the
"deep six", the lowest fathom (six feet) before the ocean floor. Has been mostly
replaced by Float Checking (see below).
 Delta Sierra: Originally "DS" was a signal meaning "Dumb Shit". It refers to
a stupid mistake, or a poor performance. It is considered the opposite of
"Bravo Zulu".
 Department: Highest organizational level in most naval commands. Common
departments are combat systems (combination of some operations/weapons
department divisions) supply, admin, deck, engineering, operations, and
maintenance. Broken up into divisions.
 Dependopotamus: Term used for overweight dependents of Sailors.
 Dickbag: Used in place of "Douche bag", but also can be used in place of "dirt
bag"
 Dick Skinners: hands i.e. "get your dick skinners off my white hat", also
known as Peterclamps, Meathooks, and Dick Beaters.
 Dicking the dog: putting "half-assed" effort into a task (refers to improperly
securing the "dogs" on a watertight hatch when passing through. Such a lax
procedure could spell doom for a sinking ship if hatches were not absolutely
watertight). Also said as "poking the poodle". Not to be confused with
"screwing the pooch" which refers to royally messing up a task.
 Dicksmith: Yet another derogatory term for hospital corpsmen.
 Diggit: A term used (typically by the disgruntled Nukes) to refer to the "A.J.
Squared Away" sailors in the division/department. Usually accompanied by
the McDonald's tune followed by "I'm Diggin' it" instead of "I'm lovin' it."
o A tool unauthorized in Reactor spaces that is universally carried by
those who work in such spaces.
 Dilbert: Fictional and clueless cartoon character used in WWII era training
material to demonstrate what NOT to do in naval aviation. Dilbert often paid
dearly for his ignorance, lack of attention to detail, or carelessness.
 Dilbert Dunker: Device used in water survival training ("swims") to teach
aviators how to get out of the cockpit of a fixed-wing aircraft that has crashed
or ditched at sea. Much easier than the dreaded "helo dunker."
 DI-LDO: (Duty Instructor Limited Duty Officer) Term students use for a
loathed LDO instructor.
 D.I.L.L.I.G.A.F: (Do I Look Like I Give A Fuck?), A term indicating supreme
indifference; "Gaffer". Can also have a second F added to the end, when used
in this context it means "Do I Look Like I Give A Flying Fuck?"
 Dimed/Diming out/Dropping dimes: Comes from the phrase 'nickel and
dimed', or to get 'screwed over'. To throw someone 'under the bus', or to oust
someone out as being the person who did something wrong or made a bad call.
Usually done to avoid getting in trouble at the expense of someone else, even if
you were a part of the party involved. Example: "Why did you do this? You
know that is unauthorized." - Chief Coffeedrinker "AM3 Schmuckatelli said
to, Chief." - AMAN Nobody.
 Dining-in/Dining-out: Social functions, usually for officers and chiefs, where
dinner dress is worn and certain "rules of the mess" are followed. Generally
presided over by the Executive Officer (XO) and run by a Chief of Junior
Officer (JO) called "Mr. Vice," these events can become quite rowdy and
raucous. The difference between the two is that significant others may attend
dining-outs. Dining-ins are for the servicemembers only.
 Dinq: Delinquent In Qualifications.
 Dipper: An anti-submarine helo with a variable depth dipping SONAR. See
"Dome."
 Dirtbag: a term often used by an annoying lifer who has no life outside the
navy to insult a sailor for having a few wrinkles in his uniform, having missed
a spot while shaving, having a small spot on his uniform, having hair barely
touching his ears, etc. compare to "A.J. squared away" above.
 Dirty-dick: To rub genitalia on someone’s cup or soda can as an act of
retribution or to be funny.
 Dirty-shirt wardroom: (Aircraft Carrier): Forward wardroom immediately
below the flight deck for pilots wearing (sweaty) flight gear and working ship's
officers. As opposed to formal ship's wardroom.
 DISBO: Disbursing officer on ship.
 Ditch: To intentionally crash land an aircraft as "gently" as possible - usually
into the water. This is generally done when fuel is almost all used up with no
hope of making it to a safe landing area, or when a slowly developing but
potentially fatal emergency is going on.
 The Ditch: The Panama Canal.
 Ditty-bop: A Radioman, from the sound of Morse code. Also "ditty chaser".
 Division: Middle organizational level in most naval commands, below
department and above branch. Usually headed by a junior officer (JO).
Common divisions are powerplants, airframes, 1st Lieutenant, etc... Divisions
are sometimes divided into branches or work centers.
 DIVO: Division Officer
 Ditty bag: Any mesh bag, but so named because usually used to contain soiled
laundry.
 Dixie Cup: The canvas white hat Sailors wear with their dress uniforms.
 Dock jumpers: The unfortunates who would have to leap ashore to tie up when
no "line handlers" are available.
 Dog: (1) a soft-serve ice cream machine, named from the appearance of the
chocolate flavor in relation to a product of man's best friend; also referred to
as "auto dog". (2) a pivoting latch, usually one of several, for locking down a
water-tight hatch.
 Dog watches: the 1600-2000 evening watch is customarily split into two two-
hour "dog" watches, so that the watch sections rotate rather than being stuck
with the same schedule every day. Also permit everyone to get evening chow at
a reasonable hour (although First Dog watchstanders usually find the better
chow is all gone).
 Dolphins: (Submarine Service) Submarine Qualification Device, called
dolphins because of the dolphin fish used in the design.
 Dome: A SONAR transmitter/receiver. It may be fixed, as in those mounted on
the bow of a ship below the waterline, or mobile like those "dipped" by anti-
submarine helos.
 Donkey-Dick: Term used for many nozzle shaped fire fighting implements
 Douche Kit: Container (usually zipper closed) for toilet articles such as shaving
cream, deodorant, after shave lotion, etc.
 Double Digit Midget: A short timer. Someone who is less than 100 days from
retirement, EAOS or being discharged to civilian life.
 Down: Not working, out of commission, broken, "broke-dick." In aviation,
non-flyable, usually for maintenance reasons. When applied to an aviator, it
means not allowed to fly. This can be for a variety of reasons: medical,
personal, disciplinary, etc... In flight training, a down is a failed flight.
 DRB (Disciplinary Review Board): Step in the NJP process in which the
accused attempts to prove his innocence by being screamed at for 2 hours.
 Drift Count: Monitoring the movement of the ship while at anchor.
 Drifty: Sailor lacking the ability to stay focused while attempting to perform a
given task. (Petty Officer to Sailor, "is there something the matter with you?
You are acting drifty today!")
o Drifter: Sailor who at all times lacks the ability to stay focused. Also
called drift-pack, or in the very extreme case
"COMNAVDRIFTLANT/PAC", a parody of
COMNAVSURFLANT/PAC.
 Drop a Chit: The act of filling out a request chit.
 Drop your cocks and grab your socks: A saying that the petty officer of the
watch yells in the sleeping quarters when it's time for everyone to get up. Often
done in boot camp.
 Ducks: (Submarine Service) The time 2222. Refers to the resemblance of the
numbers in a digital display resembling a line of ducks. At times, ducks will be
marked by the ship control team (Diving officer of the watch, Helmsman,
Planesman, and Chief of the Watch) "Stand by to mark ducks.....Mark. Quack
Quack Quack Quack."
 Durka: Anything related to the Middle East, often derogatory.
 Dynamited Chicken: Chicken a la King or Chicken Cacciatore.
E
 Eagle Shits: Slang for military payday (e.g., "The eagle shits today.").
 EAOS: End of Active Obligated Service
 EAWS: Enlisted Air Warfare Specialist; often pronounced "A-wis".
 EB Green: Green duct tape acquired from Electric Boat in Groton, CT; can be
used to fix almost anything, temporarily...
 EB Red: The extreme, nuclear grade version of EB Green.
 Ed's Motel: Navy filmmakers' acronym for Editorials, Motion Picture and
Television Department.
 Emerald Shellback. Crossed the Equator at the Greenwich Meridian.
 Emergency Blow: When a sub rapidly blows all of the ballast out of its tanks,
resulting in a rapid ascent and an impressive display as the sub breaks the
surface.
 EMO: Electronic Materiel Officer, line officer or electronics CWO or LDO
responsible for maintenance of the unit's radar, radio, and command and
control equipment.
 ESWS: Enlisted Surface Warfare Specialist. Often pronounced "E-swas".
 Eternal Patrol: The last and still on-going patrol of a submarine lost at sea.
The subs and the sailors are on eternal patrol.
 Evil Planet Notorg: Groton CT. Notorg is Groton spelled backwards.
 EWO: Electronic Warfare Officer
F
 FAG: Fighter Attack Guy - an F/A-18 Hornet/Super Hornet pilot or naval
flight officer ("NFO").
 Fan Room (see X-Ray fitting): A "closed" space which is often utilized for
general mischief away from watchful eyes.
 F.A.W.C.U. (pronounced Fuck you) (Submarine Service): Focused After
Watch Clean Up: usually between 1 to 2 hours of "Field Day" after every
watch rotation.
 Fart sack: Canvas mattress cover. (In cold conditions sailors would sleep inside
them for extra warmth.)
 Fart Suit: Dry suit worn by aviators when flying over cold water. So called
because of the rubber seals at the neck and wrists which keep water out in the
event of water entry. These seals also keep all flatulence inside the suit, where
it remains hot and mixes with ball sweat, pitstink, and various other foulness.
This foul air is released by removing the suit, or more amusingly by pulling one
of the wrist seals open while squatting and pointing at an unsuspecting
individual, thus forcing all the stench in his direction.
 Fashion Show: A series of individual personnel inspections conducted in each
uniform the sailor owns. Usually this form of Extra Military Instruction is
reserved for the most severe dirtbags who are either consistently failing
uniform inspection or look like crap on a daily basis.
 FEP: Fitness Enhancement Program. Mandatory physical training regimen
designed to return sailors to within physical readiness standards. Also refers to
sailors who are enrolled in the program... Fat Enlisted People / Forced Exercise
Program. See "Chub Club".
 FFG: Forever Fucking Gone. Acronym used for Guided Missile Frigates who
spent more time underway than in port.
 Field Day: All hands clean-up. Usually lasts on a good day about 3-4 hours. (30
min of cleaning and 2-4 hours of fucking off.)
 Field Survey: To discard a worn-out item ("in the field," often off the end of
the pier) instead of sumbitting for formal "survey" to determine redistribution
or disposal. Sometimes items handed down to a needier local unit.
 F.I.I.G.M.O.: (Fuck It, I Got My Orders); refusal of a long or tough
assignment near the end of a duty rotation. Also seen as a name badge at this
time, so officers/petty officers will forget your real name.
 FIG: An FFG is called a FIG.
 Fighting gear: eating utensils.
 Fighting I: Nickname for the USS Intrepid (CV-11), now a museum ship in
New York Harbor.
 Five and Dimes: A watch rotation where the sailor or watch team stand five
hours of watch, then have ten hours off (to clean, perform maintenance, train,
get qualified, conduct drills, take care of divisional business or their collateral
duty, eat, shower, and occasionally sleep). This follows from a three-section
watch rotation, and results in the sailor standing watch at a different time
every day and night, repeating every three days.
 Fish: (Submarine Service) See Dolphins, above. Also "torpedo".
 Fit Boss: Officer designated by the Commanding Officer to be responsible for
the command Physical Readiness Program. Can be a collateral duty for a
commissioned officer or more frequently, a civilian contractor's primary duty.
 Flag Deck: command level on large ships for Admirals (flag rank, because they
are entitled to show a flag with appropriate number of stars on a car, ship, etc.
if they are present)
 Flattop: Aircraft carrier. Also the haircut worn by truly motivated sailors.
 Flavor Extractor: standard equipment in all Navy galleys.
 Fleet Up: When a second in command takes his senior's place upon that
senior's transfer, retirement, or other re-assignment.
 Flight Deck Buzzard: chicken (food).
 Flight Line: The area on a ship or station where aircraft are made ready for
flight. Also used as a prank on gullible new sailors, as in "Go get me 100 feet of
flight line from the crash shack."
 Float Check (also Flotation Testing): Throwing something overboard.
 Floating Bellhop: Derisive Army term for sailor.
 Flying Bravo: Menstruating; from the signal flag.
 Flux capacitor: new members of a CVN's MMR will be sent to retrieve the
"flux capacitor" from the OOW in the reactor control room. flux capacitor ran
the car in back to the future....
 Foc's'le Follies: A gathering of all the aviators in the airwing in the carrier's
foc's'le (forecastle). The CAG, ship's CO, and battle group admiral are also
usually invited and present. The "official" reason for this event is to hand out
awards to the top aviators. The most enjoyable parts are the "roll calls" from
each squadron, and the skits that two or three of the squadrons perform. If the
roll call or the skit fails to amuse the rest of the airwing, the offending
squadron is booed and belittled mercilessly. Follies are held about every 6 to 8
weeks while on deployment.
 FNG: Fuckin' New Guy - self-explanatory
 FOAD: Acronym, Fuck Off And Die, traditional response to MARF see below.
 FOD: Foreign Object Damage. Caused by Foreign Object Debris, such as nuts,
bolts, or anything that could be sucked into a jet engine, damaging it. At
aviation commands, FOD can also describe a worthless individual, i.e. "If
Airman Smith isn't in this shop in 5 minutes, write that piece of FOD up."
 FOD Walk Down: A periodic, organized search on an aircraft carrier flight
deck or hangar deck looking for debris that a jet engine might ingest.
 Four (4) by Eight (8) Watch: The worst watch section to be in because your
first watch is 0400 to 0800, then you work your duty station until 1600,
followed by your second watch 1600 to 2000, every day.
 Fourballs: Midnight, entered as 0000 when writing logs; The "Fourballs
watch" is midnight to 0600 when underway on a submarine, using a 3 person x
6 hour shift, 18 hour rotation "day" for each watchstation. Most engineering
daily chores are performed on the 0000 watch, you'll be relieved at 0530 for
chow, followed by drills at 0700, chow at 1200, followed by drill review at 1300,
collateral duties at 1500, chow at 1700, followed by your 1800 watch; a very
long "day" underwater, 24+ hours. The Sub equivalent to the Four by Eight
watch mentioned above. Fortunately, you'll only get it every 4th calendar day
when underwater.
 FPU (Field Pleasure Unit): Female Marine in the field, used for various
pleasure.
 Freeboard: On a ship or boat, this is the vertical distance between the
waterline and the "gunwale" (see below).
 F.R.E.D.: Fucked Up Ridiculous Educational Device. Used by those going
through Radioman "A" School, referred to the computer that graded teletype
capabilities, so-called, because it used to grade based on keystrokes, rather
than words per minute.
 Fried Calamari: Often used to describe a sailor that has been electrocuted.
Derived from a sailor's nickname: Squid.
 Fried Horsecock: Fried baloney
 FTN: Fuck the Navy (common epithet used when complaining about naval
policies or regulations). Often scrawled on the walls of toilet stalls by sailors
who have been assigned to clean it for a reason. Also can refer to "Free The
Nukes," referring to sailors in the nuclear power field. Also refers to a
mythical rate or ship type an "FTN Striker" says he/she is trying to get in (i.e.
Fleet Tug-Nuclear, Fire Technician-Nuclear). Also stands for "Fun Time
Navy" around higher chain of command to save face in front of said chain of
command, yet "secretly" means "Fuck the Navy". In nuclear commands, can
sometimes be seen as KEY when over-nuked the last letters of the same three
words are used.
o FTN Striker: Sailor whose stated goal/desire is to get discharged
 F.U.B.A.R.: Fouled up beyond all repair, Fucked up beyond all recognition.
(Foobar)
 F.U.B.I.J.A.R.: Fuck You Buddy, I'm Just A Reservist
 Fuhgowee's: Code word for ditching work and going home at lunch time, so as
not to be suspected by PO1, Chiefs, etc (used in Newport News Drydock).
Sailor 1: Where are you having for chow? Sailor 2: Fuhgowee burger
sandwiches.
 Fulmer: A sailor that desperately tries to win various games (ping pong, pool,
etc.), but does not have the skills to compete successfully.
 FUNGUS: Fuck You, New Guy, You Suck.
 F.U.P.A.: Fat Upper Pussy Area, pronounced foopa. A pejorative term
referring to an overweight female sailor and the bulge that protrudes from ill
fitting pants. In the case of obese male sailors, it means "Fat Upper Penis
Area"
 Fuck the mission, clean the position: Break out the swabs.
 Fuck You, strong message follows: Seen on a numerical list of epithet
substitutions (the unauthorized "Falcon Code," derived from the "Charlie
Echo" code), especially transmitted over radio, which has to stay clean
 Fun Boss: Morale, Welfare and Recreation Officer
 F.U.R.: Fucked Up Recruit. Refers to a boot camp recruit that constantly
makes mistakes, mostly used by his fellow recruits, and never used as an
endearment.
G
 Gaff Off: When a junior person ignores or purposely fails to show proper
respect to a senior person. Examples may include blowing off an assigned task,
not saluting, or using improper forms of address.
 Gator-Freighter: Ship used in amphibious warfare, or generally the
transportation of Marines and their equipment. Especially, a carrier-like vessel
(amphibious assault ship) whose primary purpose is to put ass in the grass.
 Gator Navy: The part of the Navy that works supporting Marines. Includes all
people in aviation and amphibious operations. Used to differentiate between
the Submarine, Aircraft Carrier and other fine Navy groups.
 Galley: Crews' mess, or dining area. Place where food is prepared for
consumption.
 GCE: Gross Conceptual Error, an instructor's comment on student work
wherein the student has clearly misunderstood a concept.
 Gear adrift: Loose or unsecured gear or equipment. Also a less-than-flattering
assessment of a sailor "Seaman Jones is gear adrift!"
 Geedunk: Candy, or a place that sells candy in a short form of Gedunk bar.
Also "ice cream". From the Harold Teen comic strip.
 General Quarters: (GQ) Every sailor has an assigned duty station to be
manned during an emergency. On submarines called "Battlestations."
 George: The juniormost officer onboard a surface ship. Also spelled "JORG",
meaning Junior Officer Requiring Guidance or "JORGE," meaning Junior
Officer Requiring General Education.
 Gerbil Alley: Jebel Ali, United Arab Emirates. The only guaranteed port visit
during any deployment.
 Gerbil Gym: Exercise space on board ship with treadmills, stationary bikes,
and elliptical trainers - all pieces of equipment on which you perform motions
that should move you to another place, but you remain in the same position
like a gerbil on its wheel.
 Ghetto: Open-bay barracks, usually reserved for single sailors who are in
transit or otherwise temporarily assigned there.
 Gigged: Refers to a form of point deduction in Boot Camp, for an
unsatisfactory inspection, either personal, uniform, or bunk and locker
inspections, deduction is usually one, to five points per infraction, depending
on the severity.
 Gig line: The visual line formed by uniform zipper, belt buckle, and buttoned
shirt seam. Also used as another in-joke to send new sailors on a wild goose
chase. See bulkhead remover.
 Girl Scout: Sailor with inordinate amount of decorative patches on spotless
poopysuit. Usually also wears cologne although thousands of miles from closest
port/females.
 GITMO: Guantanamo Bay Naval Station on Cuba.
 Goat locker: Lounge or galley for the exclusive use of Chiefs.
 Goatrope or goatfuck: Any situation that is "FUBAR."
 God Junior-Grade: Derisive term for superior.
 Gold Crow: A 12 year PO1 with good behavior. In all actuality, a PO1 who is
probably too inept to become a Chief in any reasonable amount of time.
 Golden Dragon: A sailor who has crossed the Prime Meridian or the
International Date Line into the Eastern Hemisphere.
 Golden rivet: Folklore that every ship is built containing a single,
commemorative "golden rivet"
 Golden Screwjob: Used when a sailor has 12 years or more of honorable
service, and, for reasons unknown, does not have his Gold rank device. A
Golden Screwjob is never spoken of when the sailor in question is within
hearing range.
 The Goo: Instrument Meteorological Conditions (IMC). When an aviator flies
an aircraft into the clouds, can no longer see the earth or the horizon, and is
dependent on instruments for navigation, he is said to be "in the goo." This is
usually done intentionally when flying with an Instrument Flight Rules (IFR)
flight plan, but can lead to high "pucker factor" when it is done accidentally.
 Good Humor Man: Reference to the Summer White uniform. This is an all-
white short sleeve uniform that makes the wearer look suspiciously like the ice
cream man.
 Gouge: The inside scoop, the skinny, the low-down. Only the information you
need to know in a given situation, with nothing else to waste your time. Some
black shoes say "Live by the gouge, die by the gouge." Aviators correctly say
"Live by the gouge, EXCEL by the gouge."
 Grape: (Submarine Service) Easy as pie, man. Examples: "This is fuckin'
grape duty" or "That was a fuckin' grape sig, you cocksuckin' asshole piece of
shit." Latter example can be translated as "Bravo Zulu, shipmate!!" (See
Bravo Zulu, above). (Also see "sig" below).
o Grape: (Aviation Service) A sailor in an aviation fuels rating. So named
because of the purple flight deck jersey.
 Great Mistakes: common epithet used when complaining about RTC/NTC
Great Lakes Illinois. Named due to the fact that the Navy closed its two
training centers in San Diego, CA and Orlando, FL, much warmer climates
during the winter than Great Lakes.
 Green Scrubby: Mildly abrasive scouring pad. Also called a "Greeny Weeny".
It's green, of course.
 Grog: Initially, this referred to the watered down rum ration given daily to
sailors in the Royal Navy. Presently in the USN, it refers to the alcoholic brew
offered at social events like "dining-ins" and "dining-outs." Depending on the
wardroom and in particular on the person preparing the grog, it may be
pleasant and delicious or one of the most foul and disgusting beverages ever
conceived.
 Grok: (Nuke Field Geek) To understand completely. From Robert A.Heinlein's
(USNA '29) "Stranger In A Strange Land."
 Gronk: (Submarine Service) when a bolt or nut has been or is in process of
being tightened so much that the operator of the wrench or ratchet sees stars
when applying. "Who the fuck gronked this nut on so tight?" See "Star tight"
 Grotopotamus: The rather large ladies that graze around the Groton, CT area.
Similar to a Bremerloe.
 Grottweiler: see Grotopotamus.
 Ground-Pounder: Navy term for Marines, specifically infantry. Generally
pejorative.
 G.U.A.M.: "Giving Up and Masturbating"--common sailor's complaint about
being stationed on the remote island of Guam.
o G.U.A.M.: "Gooks Under American Management"--racist sailors'
acronym for the island of Guam.
o G.U.A.M.: Give Us American Money
 Gundeck: to juryrig something; falsifying or misrepresenting records and
reports. Gundecking any reports constitutes as a falsifying an official
document, and can be punishable by Captain's Mast, even a Court-Martial,
should the person gundecking be caught, which they almost always are.
 Gun Boss: Weapons Department head.
 Guns: a sailor in the Gunner's Mate rating.
 Gunwale: (pronounced "gunnel") The top of the hull portion of a ship that
runs down the port and starboard sides.
 Gyrene: derogatory Navy term for a U.S. Marine. Also called "Jarheads"
H
 HAC: (pronounced "hack") Helicopter Aircraft Commander - the pilot in
command of a helo.
 Hack: Unofficial punishment where an officer is confined to his stateroom,
usually during a port call. During this time, the officer is not allowed to leave
the ship (all officers must have permission from the Commanding Officer, or
his appointed delegate before disembarking the ship at any port call, including
their homeport).
 Hall of Fame Company: A recruit company during boot camp that maintains
perfect marks through the entire eight week evolution, harder to get than
Color Company, the company that rates Hall of Fame Status is given three
days special liberty, as well as the week prior to shipping out to the fleet as
downtime. They are also given the privledge of wearing their winter blue, or
summer white uniforms, or, as an alternate, their dress uniforms, for the week
before shipping out to the fleet. Hall of Fame Companies are also given
precedence above Color Company, and are given the honor to be the first
recruit company to Pass in Review.
 Haji: Racial epithet for a Middle Eastern individual, or anything Middle
Eastern. For instance, pull-tab sodas are referred to as "Haji Sodas" due to
their ubiquitous presence in the Fifth Fleet AOR.
 Halfway-Night: (Submarine Service) Party night on pre-determined 1/2 length
of boat's patrol. Tenderloin and lobster, frozen, but good.
 Happy Hour: Not what you think. 1hr of cleaning the ship every day.
 Haole: Pronounced "How-Lee" Hawaiian term for non-native. A dangerous
thing for a sailor to be around Pearl Harbor as some of the natives see them as
easy targets for crime, especially when local law-enforcement doesn't seem to
care.
 Hatch: Not a door, but an opening in a horizontal deck. A door is an opening in
a vertical bulkhead.
 Heads and Beds: An inspection performed daily at sea by the XO or a
designated replacement, usually the MAA.
 HCO: Helo Control Officer, talks to each pilot as he makes his approach to a
small boy (See LSO)
 Head: Bathroom (The term comes from the days of sail, because wind would
blow from the rear of the ship foreward the bathroom would be located at the
front "Head" of the ship to carry the foul smell of excrement away from the
crew).
 Helmet Fire: When a pilot becomes so task saturated in the cockpit that he
loses the big picture and situational awareness (SA). Often leads to mistakes
that can produce lethal results.
 Helo (pron. hee-low): term applied to all naval helicopters (from the standard
message abbreviation HELO). Calling a naval helicopter anything other than a
helo, and especially a "chopper," is grounds for a serious beat-down.
 Helo Dunker: Dreaded training device that all naval aircrew and pilots must
endure every few years when they complete water survival training, or
"swims." Designed to simulate crashing a helo at sea, it is basically a huge
metal drum with seats and windows that is lowered into a pool and then
flipped upside down with the "passengers" strapped into it. There are
generally four runs that must be successfully completed. Two of these are
blindfolded. It is not fun.
 Here today, GUAM tomorrow: received orders from one island to another
island, as in ADAK to GUAM.
 Hinge: slang for an O-4, or Lieutenant Commander (LCDR). So called because
of the lobotomy that is supposedly mandated as soon as a naval officer is
promoted to this rank, in which half of his brain is removed. A hinge is then
inserted that allows for reattachment of the removed gray matter later. The
hinge also limits the LCDR's head movement to the fore-aft axis. This is clearly
demonstrated as the O-4 is constantly nodding in the affirmative and saying
"Yes sir, yes sir..." when in the presence of the CO.
 H.M.F.I.C. : Head Mother Fucker In Charge. Refering to the senior ranking
person for an assigned duty or task.
 Hockey pucks: Swedish meatballs (also, trail markers, porcupines, road
apples).
 Hollywood Shower: to take a long shower that wastes water (See Navy
Shower).
 Holy stone: The stone or the act of using one. A pumice stone for cleaning a
wooden deck. The name derives from the sailor stating that "anything that
would cause a seasoned sailor to bend his knees, and curse the name of his maker
must surely be holy."
 Hooligan Navy: WWII Navy pejorative for the Coast Guard, from its
flexibility in enlisting men discharged from other services to rapidly expand for
Prohibition. (Term endures within CG.)
 Hoover: slang for the S-3B Viking, mostly due to its unique engine noises
 Horse Cock: Large log of baloney or overcooked kielbasa usually put out for
lunch or mid rats. Horse Cock sandwich is one of the least favorite boxed
lunches served to helo crews when visiting other ships.
 Hot Dog: A sexually active male sailor.
 Hot Racking or Hot Bunking: Submariners share racks. When one goes off,
the other takes his place. (Three men share two racks). In the aviation
community, 'hot racking' refers to an individual who has not taken a shower
before retiring to his bunk, usually after working a 12-hour shift on the flight
deck.
 HR Puff and Stuff: A nickname given to sailors who regularly appear for duty
in a disheveled manner with their uniform in disarray. It is a combination of a
rank (Hospital Recruit, the most junior Hospital Corpsman rank) and a name
that connotates the obesity and stresses placed on the uniform of just such an
overweight and careless sailor. Also used as an admonishment to junior
corpsmen and dental techs in order to motivate them to perform regular
uniform maintenance.
 HT Punch: A mythical tool newbies are asked to fetch from the engineering
spaces. They usually return with a sore arm, courtesy of a Hull Technician who
is in on the joke.
 Hummer: slang for the E-2C Hawkeye, mostly for the sound of its props
I
 I Believe Button - a fictitious button to be pressed when complex technical
details are not immediately understood, but there is not time to go into
laborious explanation. "Just press the I believe button for now and we'll talk
about it later."
 Ice Cream Social: Ice cream that is typically served at 2100 on the mess decks
on Sundays when underway.
 IFBM: Instant Fucking Boatswains Mate. "A" school washout assigned to deck
force.
 ID10T: Idiot, pronounced "Eye-Dee-Ten-Tango." Similar to "bulkhead
remover," an inexpensive way to derive enjoyment from inexperienced
personnel. "Recruit, go get me an ID10T form, and step on it!"
 Ikeatraz: Derogatory term used to describe the U.S.S. Dwight D. Eisenhower
(CVN-69).
 Irish Pennant: Loose thread on uniform.
 Iron Bottom Sound: A term used to this day to describe the waters between
Guadalcanal, Savo Island, and Florida Island in the Solomon Island chain,
because of the large number of ships sunk in that area during World War II. It
is considered by the Navy as sacred waters, and, every year during the
commeration of the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, a ship in the area will put out
to sea, and drop a wreath in the area to honor the dead.
 INT WTF: Letters Pronounced Individually. INTerrogative What The Fuck.
See WTFO. Usually used in a text/teletype medium where WTFO is over voice
communications.
 IYAOYAS: Unofficial acronym commonly found on the uniforms of airedales
who specialize in ordnance handling. Read as "If you ain't ordnance, you ain't
shit" Pronounced "eye-OH-yahs" and yelled out during ceremonies or also
know as "If you're ordnance, your asvab sucked."
J
 Jack-o'-the-Dust: a ship cook in charge of keeping track of the ship's food
stores. Originally referred to the night baker who would often be seen by
waking crew members covered in flour from his nightly duties.
 Jack Off Curtain: The small privacy curtain hanging on the outside of a rack.
Usually the only small bit of privacy found on a ship.
 JAFO: "Just Another Fucking Observer," given to new recruits who are fresh
in the fleet and have not cleared any training.
 Jarhead: U. S. Marine.
 JARTGO: Just Another Reason To Get Out. "A grain of sand on the beach of
reasons to get out of the Navy."
 JEEP- Junior Enlisted Expendable Personnel- Submarines- Slang for Casualty
Assistance Team members - "Send in the JEEPs".
 The Jellystone: USS Yellowstone.
 JO: Junior Officer
 JO-JO: Pronounced "joe-joe." Derragoratory term for a JO.
 Jody: The generic name for the guy who is making time with your girl while
you are underway.
 Joe: or Cup of Joe Refers toa cup of coffee! Josephus Daniels (18 May 1862-15
January 1948) Secretary of the Navy Under President Woodrow Wilson
Among his reforms of the Navy, abolished the officers wine mess, Which from
that time on, the strongest drink aboard Navy ships could only be coffee and
over the years, a cup of coffee became known as "a cup of Joe" and Later
reduced to just "Joe".
 Joe Navy: Another term for a lifer with no life outside the Navy.
 Johnny Cash's: Winter Working Blue uniform due to the fact that they are all
black, called navy blue, and Johnny Cash was the man in black.
 John Wayne: Derogatory reference to a sailor that takes too many chances, or
attempts to constantly play the hero.
 John Sore Pennis - nickname given to the aircraft carrier USS John C Stennis
after making a port call in Australia and closing down all of the local brothels.
 JOPA: Junior Officer Protection Association. An ad-hoc organization of young
division officers onboard some surface ships and in most aviation squadrons,
assembled to provide a means of guidance and escape from overly-demanding
Department Heads. When JOPA is unified it can control some wardroom
social functions, but little else.
 JORG: Junior Officer Requiring Guidance (see "George")
 Junior Chief: Pejorative term to describe junior enlisted person who is kissing
ass for a promotion or on a power trip, or both.
 Junk on the Bunks: A type of inspection wherein a Marine places all of his/her
issued clothing and 782 gear on a bunk (bed) so that an inspector can verify
they have a full complement of uniform items (a full seabag).
K
 Khakis: Term used to describe senior enlisted members (E-7 and above) or
officers, due to the khaki-colored working uniform typically worn by them.
 Kahki Clad Bastards: See Kahkis.
 Khaki Sacker: See Brown bagger
 Killer Tomato: A large reddish-orange inflated ball used in gunnery practice at
sea.
 Kiss the Camel: To fall between ship and pier onto the camel, a floating log
chained to the pilings as a fender. Such a mishap is frequently fatal.
 Klingon Death Watch: (Submarine Service) The 6 hour watch following 12
hours of continuous drills.
 Knee-deep navy: Epithet (usually friendly) for the Coast Guard or coastal
patrol vessels . Also knee-deep sailor, or just knee-deep(s).
 Knee-knockers: A passageway opening through a bulkhead. The lower lip of
the opening sits at shin height.
 Knuckle Box: A medium sized, usually red, rectangular metal box widely used
in the navy to move supplies to/from the ship. These boxes seem to have been
designed by some sadist for maximum difficulty when carrying them aboard
ship. They have small, useless metal handles on the side, and are perfectly sized
so that you have to turn them at an angle to get through a knee knocker
without grazing your knuckles.
 Knuckle Buster: A pneumatic tool for removing perfectly good paint from
steel.
 Knuckle Dragger: A member of the engineering department or a mechanic on
a nuclear powered vessel. Can also be used to describe a Boatswain's Mate on a
surface vessel.
L
 Ladderwell: Stairs. (This is a holdover from when all climbing was done by
ladders.)
 LBFM: Little Brown Fuck Machine. Derogatory term for a foreign prostitute
or B-girl, usually Asian.
 LBFMPBR: Little Brown Fuck Machine Powered By Rice. See above.
 LBGB: Little bitty gook boat - the small indigenous fishing boats occasionally
run over by the craft of the Tonkin Gulf Yacht Club.
 LDO: Limited Duty Officer - generally a senior and highly qualified enlisted
person (E6 - E8) who has earned a commission through a competitive process
and continues to work in their field. By definition a technical manager.
 LDO Security Blanket - Good conduct ribbon. Even though an LDO can
choose to wear only his/her top three ribbons, they never do; because they
always have at least three higher than Good Conduct and they need to have
that one on display lest they be mistaken for a real junior officer. LDOs need
their Good Conduct ribbons every bit as much as Linus needs his security
blanket.
 Leading Airman/Seaman/Fireman: "Honorary" title for an individual who
cannot seem to make PO3 within the firt six years of his enlistment.
 Leave: Vacation time
 LHO: Large Heavy Object. Useless piece of machinery.
 Liberty: Free time away from work or the ship, usually after working hours or
in port. Differs from leave (see above) in that you must stay close to your home
station and it is generally much shorter.
 Liberty Boat: Boat assigned to transfer sailors to and from their ship when in a
port that requires the ship to drop anchor instead of pulling pierside. Trips to
the beach are generally low key. Trips back to the ship in the wee hours of the
night are usually very entertaining.
 Liberty Hound: A sailor who loves liberty more than anything else
 Liberty Risk: A sailor who loves liberty a little too much. So much so that he
puts himself in danger by drinking too much, getting into fights, or pissing off
the locals. May be effectively restricted to the ship at the next liberty by being
assigned an insane amount of tasks to be completed before he can go to shore.
Something like strip and wax ALL decks.
 Lieu-fucking-tenant: illustrates Navy practice of including a swear word
INSIDE another word
 Lifer: a name given to both officers and enlisted men who love the Navy and
make it clear they want to be in for 20 or more years lifers will try to convince
others to re-enlist. Also lifers say things like "there is nothing a Sailor needs
that is not in his sea-bag" this usually is a comment implying a Sailor does not
need to see his spouse or children.
 "Lifer" acronym associated with people coasting through their Navy career,
stands for "Lazy, Incompetent, F***, Expecting Retirement", or "Lowly
Indignant Fuck Evading Reality".
 Lifer Dog: (See "Lifer," above) "Call me an asshole, call me a cocksucker, call
me a son-of-a-bitch; just don't call me a Lifer Dog."
 Lifer Locker: Lounge used by E-6's onboard ship.
 Lifer Stripe: The stripes located just above the cuff of the right sleeve on the
service dress uniform that indicates four years of service per stripe.
 Living the Dream: A sarcastic term used when someone is asked how they are,
they reply with this which sounds upbeat and a positive term, and they are
actually miserable. "How are you doing today PO Jones" "Living the dream
Captain"
 LMN: Lima Mike November. Lick My Nuts.
 Lobster: An early designation of a female sailor; this was chosen due to most of
the meat of the fish is in the tail, applicable to women's body curves.
 Loop: An officer, usually a LT or LCDR, who is an admiral's aide. So called
because of the gold braided loop that they wear around their arm.
 LOST: Line Of Sight Tasking - when a senior officer, usually the XO, tasks the
first poor bastard JO who walks across his path with some time-consuming,
inane project that he knows absolutely nothing about.
 Love Boat: (see also Tuna Boat) Term referring to a Subtender comprised
primarily of female sailors. Also, a nickname for CVN-69.
 LSO: Landing Safety Officer or Landing Signals Officer. On a carrier, this
officer stands just to the port side of the landing area and talks to each pilot as
he makes his approach for an arrested landing. On a "small boy," the LSO sits
under a bubble on the flight deck and talks to helo pilots as they attempt to
land in the Rapid Securing Device, or "trap." Both types of LSO are referred
to as "Paddles."
 LST: Tank landing ship, or "Large Slow Target," a now removed type of
amphibious warfare ship.
 L.T.D.B: "Living the Dream Baby." Often used sarcastically in reference to
Naval lifestyle.
 Lucky Bag: Collected unclaimed personal items, or such things confiscated as
gear adrift, which were auctioned to the crew on paydays.
 Lucky Charms: Nickname for Tripler Army Medical Center, which due to its
coral pink color and location in the Moanalua hills of Honolulu, is used as a
navigational aid for ships sailing into Pearl Harbor.
M
 MAA- Master-at-Arms. A rate in the Navy similar in duties to a police officer.
 Mail Buoy: A fictitious bouy that mail for a ship is left on. Usually new Sailors
are given a mail buoy watch for the entertainment of the more seasoned
Sailors.
 Magic Smoke: Substance that makes naval electronics work. Equipment
failure is usually caused by letting the smoke out.
 Manatee: A dependent wife, usually in Pensacola or Jacksonville that is
Manatee fat even though her husband has maintained the same basic size
during their marriage. Related to the Whidbey Whale
 Mando Commando: Sailor assigned mandatory physical training (Mando PT)
for being overweight or failing the Physical Readiness Test.
 MARF: acronym used by a superior to a roving watchstander means Make
Another Round, Fucker. Also the acronym for one of the reactor training
platforms based in NY (also phrased as My Ass is Royally Fucked.)(FOAD is
what most nuke students wish the platform would do.)
 MARINE: acronym for Marines Always Ride in Navy Equipment...or Muscles
are Required Intelligence Not Essential... or My Ass Really Is Navy
Equipment..or My Ass Rides In Navy Equipment...or Muscles are Required
Intelligence Not Expected.
 M.A.S.H.: Make A Sailor Hurt. Once used in boot camp to describe any
physical training on the time of the Company Commander, and usually
resulted in the recruit hitting the rack with several aches and pains he would
not normally have.
 Mast: Preceded by Captain's or Admiral's, but these are generally not spoken.
A form of non-judicial punishment in which a sailor finds himself standing tall
in front of the old man when he really screws the pooch. Green felt is usually
abundant.
 Mast Crank: Fictitious crank usually impersonated by a Bull Gear crank from
engineering, which is to be collected by a junior enlisted to crank down the
mast while passing under a short bridge. But it amazingly disappears 30
seconds before it is needed, sending junior enlisted into a panic that the mast
will hit the bridge under which the ship is about to pass.
 Mat Man: Electronics Maintenance Man
 Maverick Can: The perfect place to sleep in a weapons magazine.
 Meat Gazer: Unlucky individual designated to make sure the urine in a "Whiz
Quiz" actually comes from the urinator's body. This is accomplished by
spending all day meat gazing, or looking at dicks while guys are pissing. Also a
man who stares at or is perceived to stare at another man's genitals in a
communal shower.
 Meat Identifier: A side dish during chow that helps in identifying usually
nondescriptive looking main dishes. i.e. Applesauce: indicative of pork chops,
Horseradish: Prime Rib Beef...etc.
 Meatball: Fresnel Lens Optical Landing System, a visual landing aid used by
naval aviators landing on a carrier.
 Mess Crank or Mess Bitch: A sailor who works on the mess deck, not rated as
a cook.
 Mess Decks: Chow Hall or Eating Establishment on board ship.
 Mess Deck Intelligence: Rumors (mostly false) that spread throughout the ship
like wildfire. Often concern radical changes to the ships schedule. See "Rumor
Control" or "Scuttlebutt".
 Midnight Ops: The best time to get something done when there are not as
many witnesses around.
 Midnight Requisition: To "borrow" (with varying degress of consent) a needed
item from another unit. Often condoned when essential to get underway.
 MidShitHead: Enlisted common term for a Naval Academy or ROTC
Midshipman on their summer cruise on a ship or a command, gaining real
Navy experience between academic class years.
 Mid-Rats: Short for midnight rations. Leftover lunch and dinner plus PB and
J.
 Mid-Watch: Watch from 0000-0400 (2345-0345), usually results in no sleep
before or after this watch.
 Mighty Mo: Nickname for the USS Missouri (BB-63), now a museum ship at
Pearl Harbor.
 Missile Sponge: Usually a frigate or destroyer with limited air defense
capability stationed on the outer ring of a battlegroup, as they are the ships
most likely to be hit in a convoy.
 Mobile Chernobyl: USS Enterprise (CVN-65), due to it being the first nuclear-
powered aircraft carrier. See "Quarter Mile Island" below.
 Motrin: A magical pill dispensed by hospital corpsmen capable, in their minds,
of curing every ailment known to man including severed limbs and sucking
chest wounds. Also called Vitamin M and Grunt Candy, the latter especially
when dispensed to Marines.
 Mouse House (Submarine Service): Ballistic Missile Submarine slang
description of areas usually occupied by Missile Technicians. Also used to
describe MCC (Missile Control Center).
 Mung (Submarine Service): Any dark green/brown plant residue with snot-like
consistency found in/on scuppers. (mostly in engineering spaces).
 Mustang: An Officer who came from the Enlisted ranks.
 Mystery Shitter: an intoxicated sailor who returns from the beach and is
unable to safely reach the head, defecates in random locations prior to
climbing into his or her rack to sleep it off.
N
 NAMI Whammy: Slang for the incredibly in-depth two-day flight physical
given to all prospective aviators at the Naval Aeromedical Institute at NAS
Pensacola. Called the Whammy b/c many aspiring naval flight careers are
ended before they even begin due to some unknown ailment.
 Nasty City: Slang for National City, California, just outside the gate of Naval
Station San Diego. Its cheap dive bars were a noted hangout of "West-Pac
Widows." Also answers to the name "National Shitty."
 NAVCIVLANT/NAVCIVPAC: described as where a soon to be departing
sailor from active duty's next station will be.
 NFG: Non-Functioning Gear - Used typically on Tags placed on electronics
indicating malfunction description. Also called No F'n Good.
 NFO: Naval Flight Officer - flies alongside the pilot as weapons officer. Also
referred to as a "talking kneeboard".
 NAVY: acronym used by disgruntled sailors for "Never Again Volunteer
Yourself","Need Any Vaseline Yet".
 Naval Infantry: Derogatory term for the U.S. Marines.
 Navy Shower: not a form of punishment. While underway, fresh water must be
manufactured. A common-sense way of saving it is to wet down while taking a
shower and then TURN OFF THE WATER. Lather up and wash. Finally,
TURN ON THE WATER to rinse off. Continual disregard WILL attract a
punishment shower with scrub brushes.
 Night-Ops: The throwing of trash or other uneeded items overboard at night to
avoid the longer process of properly getting rid of it.
 NMOP: (common on Boommer Subs) No More Patrols Ever. Some times worn
on T-Shirts by sailors who are on the last patrol and getting out or going to
shore duty. (see EAOS above and Short timer below.)
 NQP: "Non-Qual-Puke": A non-qualified crewman who is not yet able to stand
watch. Also applies in the Submarine Service to a crewman who is not yet
qualified in submarines.
 No Balls-Term used to suggest that a person does not have the testicular
fortitude to perform the action that he claims he can/will do. Often spoken to
female sailors out of sheer habit.
 NO Boat: The USS New Orleans LPH-11.
 No-Fuck, Vagina: Pejorative term for Norfolk, Virginia; often refers to the city
itself instead of the base. For the base, see "Black Hole", above.
 No Load: A useless sailor. One who does not pull his share of the load. Named
for the maintenance catapult shots where only the shuttle is moved down the
track with no aircraft attached. Also possibly named to represent a generator
that is providing no power to the system and therefore not taking on its share
of the load.
o Onboard Submarines, often used as part of the overall phrase "Air
Breathing No Load" meaning a useless sailor or rider who is using up
resources and providing nothing in return.
 Non-skid: A rough epoxy coating used for grip on weather decks.
o Nonskid Wax: A fictitious substance used for waxing non-skid decks.
Usually something junior Sailors are sent looking for.
 Non-Qual: (Submarine Service) A sailor who has not yet earned his Submarine
Warfare Qualification (Dolphins).
 Noodle-winger: Helicopter pilot.
 Noted: Usually passed down from an officer to a blue shirt, when the blue shirt
tells the officer of something that will have little or no positive effect on the
officer, but may have a great effect on the blue shirt. "Sir, if we do this thing
now I can go home as soon as it's done." Officer: "Noted". Can also be said to
an officer, but beware of over-usage.
 No-Shitter: A sea story which is mostly (never completely) fictional, and
unverifiable as well. Examples: "Hey, this is no shit, but I once blah blah
blah..." or "Hey this is a no-shitter, I got a buddy who once blah blah blah..."
 NUB: New Useless Body, Non-Usable Body or Nuclear Unqualified Body.
Term referred to newly reported sailors with no qualifications or experience.
Usually tasked with dirty and nasty jobs often referred to as "Shit Work".
 Nuclear Waste: A pejorative term for sailors who exit the Nuclear Power
training program without successful completion.
 Nuke: (alternate spelling "Nuc") (Submarine Service and CVNs) Engineering
Department crewmember responsible for turning main shaft via atom-
splitting. Also refers to ordnance type that is neither confirmed nor denied,
which may or may not be handled by a different Department (See
"Weaponettes," below). Also describes nerds (generally anyone who is/was a
candidate for Naval Nuclear Power Training Command).
 Nuke it out (or simply "nuke it"): To overthink an easy task. Alternately, often
used by nukes to suggest someone ought to put forth at least a little thought
before giving up on a problem. 2. The act of solving a problem by applying
numbers and units and various known and assumed quantities to calculate an
approximate answer.
 Nuke Striker: Perjorative term used by nukes to describe a coner that asks
endless questions about the operations of the nuclear power plant. Strikers are
sailors that enlist without a guaranteed rate (job), with the intention of floating
around until they find a department where they fit in. However, you can't
strike for Nuclear Field.
 Nut to butt: Standing in line, close quarters, body to body, each man's chest
pressed to the back of the man ahead, or "nut to butt".
O
 OBNOB: Only Black Nuke Onboard. Self-explanatory. Usually only found on
submarines due to a significantly smaller number of nukes stationed onboard a
submarine vis-à-vis a carrier.
 Occifer: Pronounced "ossifur", it is a derogatory reference towards officers in
general, particularly junior officers.
 Officer's Candy: Urinal cakes.
 Officer's Country: Area of the ship where the Officer's berthing area, and
Wardroom are located, Enlisted men are not allowed into Officer's Country
without permission, with certain rating exceptions.
 O-Gang: The wardroom. Officers are O-Gangers. See also A-Gang.
 O I (wish I was asleep): Derogatory remark made by any non-OS rate
whenever a OS complains about how bad they have it, while underway,
because OS's are almost always "Port & Starboard" when underway. OS's
constitute "OI Division".
 Old Man: The Commanding Officer on Admiral in command, referred as such
regardless of gender. Term is usually used when CO has gained respect of
subordinates. RADM Grace Hopper is one such example of a female "old
man".
 Old Salt: Naval veteran. See "Salty", below.
 On my six: Naval aviation expression referring to having someone or thing at
my back, on my tail, directely behind me, relative to the hours of a clock; 12-
dead ahead, 3-starboard or to the right, 6 aft or behind and 9-port or to the
left.
 O-N-O-F-F actuator (or switch): The on/off button or switch on any device,
usually used in the context of a subordinate not grasping how to power a device
up or down.
 One-eyed Jack - See "Barney Clark" A tasty treat served at midrats consisting
of a slider topped with a fried egg.
 Operation GOLDENFLOW: A command-wide urinalysis test.
 OPS: OPerationS Officer. Head of the Operations Department on board a
ship, or shore command. The Operations Officer is usually third in command
behind the Captain, and Executive Officer.
 OS trainer: derogatory term for a large popsicle. Apparently, Operations
Specialists are expected to "brown-nose" with officers more than other ratings.
 Oscar: the buoyant dummy used during man-overboard drills. Named for the
Oscar flag that is flown during a man overboard evolution. Being "Nominated
for an Oscar" can refer to a sailor being thrown overboard.
 Ouija Board/Wee-Gee Board: Flat board with small airplanes, bolts, etc. that
can be moved around to indicate aircraft position and status on an aircraft
carrier
 Overhead: Ceiling.
P
 P-way: Short for passageway or a hall.
 Package Check: (Submarine Service) A common form of greeting where one
man shakes another man's ... crotch. This is done not only to test the 'mettle' of
the one receiving the greeting but also as a sign of comraderie. However, ever
since hazing became increasingly unpopular over the last few years this
greeting has occurred less often. Much more common in the submarine service
due to the impossiblity of discharge while underway.
 Paddles: code word for the LSO (see above)
 Paper Assholes: Gummed Reinforcements (office supplies)AKA Paper
Ensigns.
 P.A.P.E.R.C.L.I.P.: People Against People Ever Reenlisting Civilian Life Is
Preferable. Term used to show dissatisfaction with enlistment or unity amongst
a brotherhood of bitter and disaffected sailors, specifically submariners. Often
symbolized by the wearing of a paperclip on the uniform in varying levels of
prominence to indicate the sailors level of disgruntlement. May also be burned
into the skin. C.L.I.P. also used as Civilian Life Incentive Program.
 Pass in Review: Term used to describe the ceremony of graduation from boot
camp, into Navy life. Pass in Review ceremonies are always held on a Friday,
meaning that there is a Pass in Review held every week, except during federal
holidays i.e. Christmas, New Year's Day, Easter, etc.
 Patrol Sock: Sock used as a receptical for beating off during patrol. Usally
thrown in the outboards of submarines and fished out by (N.U.B's). Can be
identified by the color yellow or brown and are also usually stiff.
 P.B.: short for Pacific Beach, California, suburb of San Diego
 P.C.O.D.: "Pussy Cut Off Day", Slang for the last day of a long deployment
that sailors could get laid and still obtain Venereal Disease cures from the
Hospital Corpsman, and have it be effective in time to return to a wife or
girlfriend waiting at home.
 PD-8: Fictitious valve requested to be found by junior sailor in order for an
engineering qualification to be signed off. Valves are named with the initials of
the system they belong to, ie Seawater valve 1 is SW-1. PD-8 is actually a
chemical additive used in the evaporator to aid distillation of fresh water. As
opposed to other in-joke shipboard goose chases, this one can go one for weeks
while the nub spends his freetime poking around the distillation plant.
 Pecker-Checker: Derisive term for Hospital Corpsman
 Penis Machinist: Another derisive term for Hospital Corpsman
 Permanent Help: Slang for a PH (Photographer's Mate) in a fighter squadron.
 PFM: "Pure Fucking Magic", term applied to when things work, but you don't
know how, but they work. Often used as "The PFM circuit" for electronics in
non-serviceable equipment whose inner workings are not required to be
known.
 Phrog: CH-46 Sea Knight helo. Also referred to as the "Whistling Shitcan of
Death."
 Piece: rifle, as used in manual-of-arms (rifle drill)
 Pier 20: Degrogatory term used to describe the U.S.S. Mt. Whitney(LCC-20),
as it rarely goes to sea.
 Pier-Queer: Air Force term for Sailor (as opposed to the Navy term for Air
Force personnel which is simply "queer".)
 Pigs in a Bucket, Fuck it: Colorful rhyming term used when a sailor wants to
forget what they have heard, seen, or done.
 Pillows of Death: Ravioli
 Pisser: a urinal (not a toilet).
 Pit: A sailor's rack or bunk. Usually used among those who aren't particularly
pleased with shipboard life.
 Pineapple Fleet: The Pacific Fleet, usually refers to the Seventh Fleet (in the
western Pacific) and specifically to ships stationed in Pearl Harbor. Somewhat
confusing term, as Pearl Harbor is considered part of the Third Fleet's area,
and not the Seventh.
 Ping: To emit a pulse of sound energy from a SONAR transmitter.
 Ping Jockey: Term used to describe Sonar Techs
 POD (Plan of the Day): An official document issued by a command that states
all activities going on that day, from 0000 to 2359. Also contains the Uniform of
the Day. Also called the Possibilities of the Day or Plan of Deception due to the
plan can change without notice.
 POG (Person other than a Grunt): A term often used by Marine Infantry
(Grunts) to refer to anyone who is not them. Specifically anyone in an Admin
Field.
 Pogey Bait: candy, sweets, ice cream, etc., so called because such items are used
as "bribes" for POGs
 Polish a Turd: Make the most of a bad situation e.g. Karlene Golding wearing
make-up.
 Pollywog: An individual who has not crossed the Equator, who must go
through rituals, that sometimes cross the line to be hazing, to become a
shellback. This practice can be traced back hundreds of years and is conducted
in many countries Navies across the globe. See crossing the line.
 Poopsick: Anything undesirable, specifically feeling seasick
 Poopysuit: Blue overalls worn when deployed out to sea.
 The Pond: The Deep Blue Sea. Where deep-water sailors ply their craft, "The
Pond" may be Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, or Other. Used in slang expressions
such as "Talk to me when you've got some Time On The Pond."
 PQS: Personnel Qualification Standards, a card carrying various qualifications
for a warfare badge or similar. Must be signed off by a superior or expert.
 Port: Left side of the boat or ship (when facing the bow). Left side of an
aircraft when facing the nose from inside. Place of arrival for ships.
 Port and Starboard: A rotation of two duty sections or watch teams, one
designated port, and the other starboard. Generally not considered to be a
good situation.
o Port and Report: A watch stood without relief. One designated Port,
and the other... wait, there is no other... only Port once again, hence the
term re-Port.
 Portable Air Sample (Submarine Service): A snipe hunt gag inflicted on
"newbies." Normally, portable air samples are regularly collected by a hand-
held device operated by a highly qualified crewmember. In this snipe hunt gag,
however, a plastic garbage bag is inflated like a balloon and sealed, sometimes
with "official" forms taped to the exterior; the newbie is then dispatched to
take this important atmospheric sample to the Executive Officer (NEVER the
Skipper). Depending on that particular XO's sense of humor, the newbie could
possibly come back with interesting counter-orders.
 Powder Monkey: Term referring to a sailor sent back and forth for an item,
usually tasked to retrive something from below-decks; Derives from young
boys who served on wooden ships that retrieved powder for broadside firing.
 PRT: Physical Readiness Test. A sailor is required to perform a certain
number of situps, pushups, and a 1.5-mile run in a given time (which varies
based on age and gender).
 PT: Physical Training. A required exercise regimen.
 The Pubic Mound: USS Puget Sound.
 Pucker Factor: Tension caused by high stress during a difficult or dangerous
evolution. So named because your sphincter tends to tighten up or "pucker"
involuntarily during such times. Example: Pucker factor was high when he
landed that Turkey single engine with complete AC power failure at night.
 Puddle Pirate: A derogatory term for members of the US Coast Guard.
 Pump and Dump: Term in Boot Camp normally used by RDC's allowing
Recruits time to use the Head. This was normally either 5 or 10 minutes in
duration. Never long enough.
 Pushbutton: term applied to a 6 year enlistee with advanced schooling. The
Enlistee is immediately granted E-3 rank upon completion of basic training,
and E-4 rank upon completion of "A" school. Frequently the Enlistee also has
an opportunity to extend to 8 years, and immediately gain E-5 rank within 2-3
years total service, like "pushing a magic button to gain rank".
 Pussy pills: seasickness pills.
Q
 Q: Unaccompanied military personnel housing. Someone in the Quartermaster
rating.
 Quadball: four numeral zero's in a row. Example: 100007 would be read aloud
as "one quadball seven". Also refers to sailors who have yet to attend any
schools that assign NEC (Navy Enlisted Classification) codes upon graduation.
The untrained sailors have a quad ball NEC of 0000.
 Quarterdeck: Ceremonial area of the ship used while in port for either
boarding, or disembarking the ship, usually found at the main deck level,
midship.
 Quarter Mile Island: CVN65, USS Enterprise, and all eight of her reactors.
 Quarters: A gathering of all the people in the organization. Quarters can be for
the entire command, or just the department, division, or branch. Quarters is
used to present awards, pass information, and make every sailor squeeze into
their ill-fitting, rarely-worn uniforms at least once a year.
 Queer: nickname for the EA-6B Prowler. Also Air Force Personnel.
R
 R2D2: Dome shaped phalanx weapons system. Named for the (look alike)droid
of Star Wars fame.
 Rack: Bed.
 Rack Burns: Reddish marks seen on the face of a sailor who has just emerged
from sleeping in his/her rack. Scorned upon if he/she was not supposed to be
there.
 Rack Hound: (Derogatory but usually with a hint of envy) Sailor that spends
more than his/her fair share of time in the "Rack". Usually spoken when
seeing somebody with Rack Burns; "You are such a Rack Hound!".
 Radioactive Rudolph: Reindeer meat brought onboard in Scandanavian Ports,
especially soon after the Chernobyl meltdown. Now, just Rudolph.
 Radioing the logs: (Submarine Service, surface ships sometimes use the term
"Blazing the logs," or simply gundecking) Recording engineering log data via
mental telepathy (see "Xoxing Logs" below).
 Rain Locker: Shower
 Raisin: Recruit or junior sailor, predominantly heard at Naval Training
Commands. This is used in boot camp to refer to those boots who have received
their dungaree uniforms so recently that they haven't been ironed, just washed,
they are therefore wrinkled, like a rasin. Usually used by seasoned boots to
refer to sailors with one or more weeks less time in service. Fleet equivalent is
"Nub," "Newbie," or "Hey Shitbird."
 Ramp Strike: When an aircraft gets drastically low while attempting to land
on a carrier and strikes the "round down," or stern of the ship, with
devastating results.
 Rate Grabber: enlisted member with the goal of (and succeeding in) making
rate (promotion)quickly.
 Rating: Refers to an Enlisted man's job description, i.e. Radioman,
Electronic's Technician, etc., usually denoted as part of the rank insignia,
found in the center of the rank device on the summer, and winter uniforms
only.
 RATT Shop "Place for flight deck personnel to cool off in the AC and take a
nap while they get there "RATT" fixed.
 'Rats: Short for "mid-rats"
 Ready Room: large space aboard a carrier that is the focal point for each of the
squadrons in the airwing. Each squadron has one on the O-3 level, and each
pilot has his own seat. Used for a variety of reasons such as training, "AOM's,"
"Roll-ems," etc...
 Red-Roper: Slang for a Recruit Division Commander (RDC), in reference to
the red rope worn around the left shoulder. Used to be called "Company
Commander."
 Red-Tag (v): For some reason, what Calibration AT's (with no nuclear
training) can do to a piece of nuclear reactor machinery which (should) put
part of the plant down.
o To deenergize a piece of electrical equipment or to cease usage of any
tool or machine.
o (n): The tag you find on the floor in front of a 450V panel (with no
writing on it) that you are supposed to work on and around for the next
12 hours.
 Reefer: Refrigeration ship carrying frozen foods.
 Render honors to port: A custom in the Navy to honor a ship passing on the
port side with a salute, it is also used when entering Pearl Harbor, and passing
by the Arizona Memorial, on all naval ships, an announcement is made
"Prepare to render honors to port,(ships name)" a signal is then given to stand
at attention, then, to salute, then, to drop the salute, and finally, to "carry on."
 Rent-A-Crow: Term for a sailor advanced to E-4 because they graduated top
of their "A" school class. The Navy 'rents' them for an extra year in return for
being promoted.
 Rick or Ricky: A "recruit" or Sailor-to-be still in boot camp.
o Ricky Boxing: A boot camp term for sailors masturbating.
o Ricky Fishing: A boot camp term for female sailors masturbating.
o Ricky Forklift: A boot camp term for a dust pan.
o Ricky Girlfriend: Your right hand.
o Ricky Crud: One-night sickness in bootcamp after receiving Smallpox
vaccination. More correctly the constant cold that one has from
spending 8 weeks confined with 80 people from all walks of life.
o Ricky Dive: Fast, effective method of cleaning in boot camp, consisting
of wearing smurf suits inside-out and sliding, or being dragged, on the
floor to pick up dust.
o Ricky Heaven: A number of restaurants and entertainment venues
found in a single building at boot camp, so called because only
graduates of boot camp may go there.
o Ricky Iron: Using your right hand to press your uniforms flat.
o Ricky Lawnmower: Nailclippers, used to trim stray threads from
uniforms. See "Irish Pennant".
o Ricky Ninja: A boot camp Urban legend that involves several Rickies
dressing up in all black and stealing around in the middle of the night,
tying Recruit Division Commanders to their racks and causing all sorts
of mischief. Also being woken at 0'dark thirty to PT. The lights are not
allowed to be turned on until 0500 so you PT in the dark.
o Ricky Sweep: Using a bare hand to gather dustbunnies and other dirt
from a deck.
o Ricky Rocket: A boot camp "energy drink" made from an assorted mix
of sodas, sports drinks, coffee, sugar and artificial sweetners used to
help keep the recruit awake. Also known as "Go-Go Juice". Or half a
glass of coffee, half chocolate milk and a shit ton of suger.
 Rider: most often associated with the submarine service; an individual aboard
a submarine not a member of the crew who is assigned to the sub for a period
of time to perform a specific mission; usually intelligence related.
 Ring Knocker: A graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy. Used pejoratively if the
officer in question is overly proud of this fact.
 River Rat: Crew member of a brown water boat or patrol craft.
 Road Mark: Also refered to as a "Street Mark," a form of point deduction
during Boot Camp, when a sailor is either out of step during marching, failure
to salute an officer, or an RDC, or any other form of noticable infraction, the
infraction usually results in a deduction of five points form the company's
overall score.
 R.O.A.D. Program: Retired On Active Duty, refers to someone who is
approaching retirement so they don't care about getting any real work
accomplished.
 Roast Beast: Roast Beef, or any meat served aboard the ship that even the
cooks who prepared it don't know what it is.
 Rock: Term used to describe a sailor that acts as though he hasn't learned
anything.
 Roger That: A term of understanding and acceptance when given an order or
other information. Can be used with varying inflection and tone without
consequence to signify enthusiasm or disgruntledness without stepping outside
the bounds of professionalism.
 Roll-em's: Movie night, usually shown in the ready room or the wardroom
 Rollers: Hot dogs.
 Rope and Choke: Highly advanced and ultra accurate way the Navy
determines the body mass index of people who are deemed too heavy for their
height. Consists of an overweight fitness "guru" measuring your waist and
neck.
 Ropeyarn: Original-Taking an afternoon off, usually a Wednesday, to take
care of personal matters, such as repairing your uniforms. Today- taking an
afternoon off to take care of 'personal matters'.
 Rot-Cee: Slang for ROTC, Reserve Officer Training Corp.
 Rot-Cee Nazi: Derogatory slang term for an ROTC member that has let his
power go to his head. Primarily used when ROTC members board a ship for
training, and begin to start pushing around enlisted sailors. An ROTC member
does not yet hold a military rank, and are often quickly brought in line when
they step out on an enlisted sailor with time in service.
 Rotor Head: Sailor who flies or maintains rotary-winged aircraft (helicopters).
 Rubber Hooeys: condoms
 Rumor Control: The often wildly inaccurate rumors that concern fictitious
changes to the ship's schedule. Usually takes the form of "Hey, did you hear
<insert ship name here> had a fire in their main machinery room and can't get
underway so our cruise got extended by a month?" See also "Mess Deck
Intelligence".
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 Saltpeter: Chemical supposedly added to "bug juice" aboard ship to stifle
libido.
 Salt and Peppers: Refers to the old style working white uniform, where the
sailor wore a white shirt, and black pants. Today, Salt and Peppers are worn
by cooks that work in a ships wardroom.
 Salty: Old and experienced (or simply old and sea-worn, as in "my salty hat").
Can also refer to the traditionally profanity-laced language patterns of sailors.
 Sandbox, The: The pier liberty facilities at Jebel Ali. Sandbox Liberty means
travel outside the port of Jebel Ali is not authorized. All you get is a "beer on
the pier". See "Gerbil Alley".
 Sand Crab: Civil servant working for the Navy. As in "side stepping beach
creature"
 Screaming Alpha: A sailor who is on fire and is running around screaming.
Alpha fires leave ash. Bravo fires burn flammable liquids. Charlies are
electrical fires, and Deltas burn exotic materials, often metals like magnesium.
Derived from the A, B, C, and D-classes used for fire extinguishers (even
civilian ones).
 Scrambled Eggs: Gold embroidered decoration on a Commander's/Captain's
cover. Admirals have Double Eggs. The similar silver clouds and lightning
bolts addition to an Air Force Major's hat is called Farts and Darts.
 Screw: Propeller
 Screwing the Pooch: Term used when a sailor makes a huge mistake e.g. "You
really screwed the pooch this time'.
 Scullery: Washroom for eating implements such as knives, forks, trays, and
cups.
 Scupper (Surface Navy): Opening in a bulwark which allows water to drain
overboard. (Submarine Service): A funnel like device used to collect rogue
liquids usually from overflowing tanks in engineering spaces, free openings to
the outside being frowned on in submarine design.
 Scupper Trout: Sewage solids or turds being washed overboard, or floating
turds in the ocean which have been pumped overboard.
 Scuttlebutt: Drinking fountain or rumor (originated from the rumors that
would be spread on board ship while gathered about the water barrel).
 SCWS: Seabee Combat Warfare Specialist (ESCWS for enlisted sailors)
 Sea and Anchor Detail: Every sailor has an assigned duty station to be manned
when the ship is either pulling into or out of port. On submarines it's called the
Maneuvering Watch. (Coast Guard: Special Sea Detail.)
 Seabag: A large green canvas bag issued to the sailor during boot camp as part
of his uniform issue, the nearest civilian equalivent would be a suit case or
several pieces of luggage, the seabag is constructed to hold close to 150 lbs.
 Seabag locker: A room, usually on board ship, where extra uniforms, or item
materials are placed until needed.
 Sea chest: n. A trunk or storage container used for a sailors personal property.
 Seachest: Ballast intake/discharge portals below the waterline of a ship.
 Sea Daddy: Senior, more experienced sailor who unofficially takes a new
member of the crew under his wing and mentors him. Senior Enlisted Advisor
a CPO in charge of your career.
 Sea Lawyer: An argumentative, cantankerous or know-it-all sailor. A sea
lawyer is adept at using technicalities, half truths, and administrative crap to
get out of doing work or anything else he doesn't want to do, and/or to justify
his laziness.
 Sea Otter: Seaopdetter; a member of a Sea Operational Detachment
(SEAOPDET).
 Sea Pussy: a yeoman or personnelman - akin to a secretary - does clerical
work. See "titless wave".
 Sea Stories: Often exaggerated or embellished tales from previous deployments
or commands told by seniors to juniors. Sea Stories almost always involve
alcohol. Good sea stories should involve creative embellishment, in as much as
you should tell it better than the guy you heard it from, with yourself (or an
un-named "buddy") as the new star. Add some contemporary details and those
youngsters are mesmerized, as they should be.
 Seaman Schmuckatelli: Generic name for a sailor, used in a similar manner as
"Joe Blow" or "John Q. Public". Example: "You're working on an electrical
system without tagging it out, when along comes Seaman Schmuckatelli, who
energizes the circuit and ZAP, you're fried calamari."
 Seaman Timmy: Generic name for a sailor who has fouled up in some ghastly
way, but who's identity is not known (or self-admitted). Typically a group is
questioned about the foul up and the questioner is left to blame it on Seaman
Timmy.
 Sea Warrior: used by naval personel whom have never set foot on a ship,
usually in response to being called shipmate.
 Secure: In general, to prepare something for stormy travel -- to secure a
window is to shut it. However, it's often used as a stronger form of "cut it out,"
as in "talking is secured" or "I'm going to secure your mouth if you don't shut
the hell up" or "your fruity ways are secured, Fireman Radomski."
 Senile Chief: Slang for Senior Chief
 SERP: Senior Enlisted Rest Period. The Chief is going to his rack for an hour
or so after chow.
 Shark shit: A sailor who has fallen overboard and is lost forever.
 Shark bait: A package of bright green dye, attached to a life vest. Used to
attract the attention of a rescue helicopter in the event of a man overboard by
the victim in the water.
 Shellback: An individual who has crossed the Equator.
 Sherwood Forest: (Submarine Service) missile area, on a boomer
 Shinbuster: Same as knee-knocker.
 Ship over: re-enlisting
 Shipmate: Any fellow Sailor. Also, used as a derogatory term against all junior
enlisted personnel i.e. E-5 and below. An Officer, Chief or First Class will use
this to show they think so little of you, they haven't bothered to take the time
out of their day to learn your name. Used in the Junior Enlisted Community to
parody this.
 Shipwreck: Any fellow sailor. Used as a derogatory term.
 Shit in a Seabag: Stuffed green peppers.
 Shit bag (also Shitweed, shitstick, shithead, shit stain, or shitbrick): Any fellow
Sailor. Used as a derogatory term and a term of endearment.
 Shitbag (2): A derogatory term for a sailor who has been awarded punishment
at mast, or any less-than-par sailor. Also known as "Shitbird" or "Shitrat".
 Shitbird: Used as a deragatory term for SHIP YARD workers when in port.
 Shitbomb: Extremely unpopular topic brought up at the end of a (usually long
and boring) meeting that requires a lot of work from everyone present. The
worst ones are "drive-by shitbombs," where someone pokes their head in,
"throws the shitbomb," and leaves.
 Shit Can: Either the name for a trash can, or the act of throwing something
into the trash. As in "Shit can that chit, your not getting any liberty."
 Shit Locker: An ass, or rear-end. Often used to describe attractive females as
in "Nice shit locker."
 Shit-on-a-shingle: Creamed chipped beef on toast.
 Shit Storm: Severely unpleasant aftermath. As in, "They just found a dead rat
in the deep fat fryer and now the cooks have a shit storm on their hands."
 Shitter: a toilet (not a urinal). Also a referance to the restroom or locker room
in general.
 Shitty Kitty: Derogatory nickname for the U.S.S. Kitty Hawk (CV-63).
 Short Seabag or Without a Full Seabag: Reporting aboard without a full
uniform; deficient in aptitude or intelligence.
 Short Timer: A sailor with less than 90 days until discharge or transfer and an
attitude to match.
o Short Timer's Chain: A chain that hangs from the belt of a "short
timer" for all to see, with one link representing a day, (signifying too
short to care) and usually starts with 30 links. Any more than 30 links
will give an attitude to their superiors. Verbal equivalent is "__ days
and a wake-up".
 Shower Tech: Sonar Technician (Submariner)
 Shutterbug: A Photographer's Mate (PH).
 Sick in Quarters (SIQ): When a sailor is too ill or incapacitated to perform his
duties, he is thus required to report to his rack (quarters), where he will
remain until healthy again. For personnel aboard ship, this means to remain in
bed, while onshore this may simply mean to stay home for the day. Only
qualified medical personnel can recommend SIQ, and only the command can
authorize it.
 Sierra Hotel: Phonetic letters for SH, which stands for "Shit Hot." Refers to
anything impressive or greatly exceeding what is required.
 Sig: (Navy Nukes) A signature on a qualification card. There are many, many
"qual cards" in the Sub Service, especially if you're a Nuke. (see "Nuke"
above).
 Sig: NAS Sigonella, Sicily
 Sims: Simulators
 Single up: During the act of getting underway, an order to "Single up all
lines," is given. This refers to the fact that the lines that are used to keep the
ship moored to the pier are often doubled up, and require removal of first one
coil of line, then, another, before the ship can move away from the pier.
 Skate: Sailor who avoids work in general while not being detected; for example
the ability to "skate" out of work undetected while being assigned to a 14 man
working party.
o Skate Golden: the ability to "skate" out of work while being assigned to
a 7 man working party undetected.
o Skater: Sailor who gets away with doing no work.
o Skateboard: A clipboard full of random papers carried as a skating
prop, to provide a visual "excuse" for wandering around the ship.
 Skeds-O: Schedules Officer
 Skidmark: The shit stains that you get in your underwear (see Skivvies) that
are the result of wiping with cheap government toilet paper
 Skimmer, Skimmer Puke: Surface sailor
 Skipper: Term used in reference to the Commanding officer of any Ship, Unit,
Platoon, or Detachment regardless of rank. Generally only applied to someone
who has earned the speaker's respect.
 Skittles: Sailors who work on the flight deck of a carrier. So named due to the
different colored jerseys they wear. For the same reason, they are sometimes
referred to as "Wiggles".
 Skivvies: underwear.
 Skivvy waver: Signalman (because of signal flags)
 Skylarking: Messing around or not doing assigned work. Skating. Derives
from the physical activities done by sailors to dislodge an aground sailing ship
from the bottom. 'All hands lay aft (forward) for dancing and skylarking.'
 Skosh: Perilously close to minimum acceptable levels. Example: The F-5
usually lands skosh on fuel.
 Slick Sleeve: A sailor in the E-1 paygrade who does not have a rating, and who
has not yet graduated from Apprentice training. Therefore, his left sleeve is
"slick", or has no rate or rating insignia at all.
 Sliders: Mess deck/chow hall hamburgers/cheeseburgers, so named for their
high grease content and purported ability to 'slide' through the alimentary
canal.
 SMAG: Engineering Laboratory Technician (ELT). Stands for either "Simple
Minded Ass Grabbers" or "Sometimes Mechanic, Always Gay". To ELTs, it's
"Superior Mechanic, Almost God".
 Small Boy: Term referring to smaller class ships, such as destroyers and
frigates.
 Smokin' and Cokin': (pronounced Smokin', and Cokein') Derogatory
nickname used to describe an unauthorized break, where a sailor takes a
smoke break, and grabs a soda out of a vending machine. Also termed as
Smokin' and Jokin'.
 Smoke Pit: Designated smoking area. This is almost always used when ashore.
 Smoking Lamp: is out or lit in specified spaces or throughout the ship; 1MC
announcement specifying where smoking is permitted or prohibited during
certain hours or operations.
 Smoking Sponson: designated smoking area aboard aircraft carriers, usually
right below the flight deck on the exterior of the ship's hull. A great place to
catch up on scuttlebutt and unwind after a long day.
 Smooth Crotch: A surface sailor
 Smurf: A recruit who is in his first few days of boot camp who hasn't been
issued uniforms yet, and thus wears a "Smurf Suit" (see below).
 Smurf Suit: Set of blue sweatpants and sweatshirt issued on arrival at boot
camp; worn for the first several days and thereafter used mostly for PT.
 S.N.A.F.U. Situation Normal All Fucked Up
 Snake Eaters: Special Forces personnel such as Navy SEAL's, Green Berets,
etc...
 Snipes: Sailors assigned to the Engineering rates, i.e. Machinists Mates,
Boilermen, Enginemen, Pipefitters, Damage Controlman, Hull Technicians,
Electricians.
 Snivel: To request time off or to not be scheduled, usually for personal reasons.
Most schedule writers will have a "snivel log" for such requests, which may or
may not be granted based on the needs of the unit and the sniveler's standing
with the schedules officer (Skeds-O).
 SPLIB: Special Liberty, Comp-Time.
 S.N.O.B.: Shortest Nuke on Board. Term used to refer to the lucky nuke who
gets out of the Navy next. This term usually only applies to nukes who have not
re-enlisted (i.e. "first-termers"). In rare cases, the S.N.O.B. voluntarily
relinquishes his/her title to a "second-termer" that gets out of the Navy earlier
who exhibits extreme disgruntlement and is generally accepted by the "first-
termers" as one of their own. This person would be given the title of
"Honorary S.N.O.B."
 Snot Locker: The storage area for snot - a person's nose.
 Socked-in: When the ceiling and visibility at an airfield or over an air-capable
ship are below minimums for takeoff and landing.
 S.O.S.: Same as Shit-on-a-shingle.
 Sonar Girls: Derogatory term used for the Sonar Technicians on a Submarine.
They have the relatively least physical rate (sitting, watching a screen), no
grease or machinery to deal with, and yet usually shower before and after each
watch.
 Sougee: To scour; sougee powder = generic term for scouring powder, although
in yachting refers to a chemical cleaner.
 Sorry Sarah: USS Saratoga.
 Soup Sandwich: any situation or individual that is FUBAR. Sometimes
referred to by specific ingredients, e.g. Split-pea on Rye.
 Sparky: Electricians.
 Split Tails: Female sailors. Used more often in the early days of surface ship
integration.
 Spook: Usually a IS, CT or some kind of intelligence type.
 Spudlocker: Area below the ramp of an aircraft carrier. Landing in the
spudlocker results in a broken aircraft and is often fatal. Also used for a potato
(spud) storage room.
 Spunk: Cool Whip or anything like it.
 Squat to Pee: A technician on a nuclear powered vessil or (Submarine Service)
a derrogatory term for a submarine crewman that is not doing his fair share of
the work.
 Squid: A surface warfare sailor, as opposed to one of the other warfare
communities. Increasingly becoming used to represent ALL sailors, however.
 Squidette: The feminine version of Squid.
 Stacking: The act of crapping on top of some one elses crap when the toilets are
secured.
 Star tight: see "Gronk"
 Starboard: Right side of the boat or ship (when facing the bow). Right side of
an aircraft when facing the nose.
 Steel Beach Picnic: Celebration on the weather decks of a ship. Usually
involving near beer and barbecue.
 Stepping out: When a junior sailor often gets into a shouting match with a
more senior enlisted man: i.e. a Seaman/Airman/Fireman, getting out of line
with a Chief Petty Officer. Usually results in one of two things, either NJP, or a
fist fight.
 Stepping in the shit: Refers to a sailor that has made a mistake so large, that it
comes to the attention of the Commanding Officer, who instantly begins
chewing him out on the spot, Usually remarked on before the Commanding
Officer appears, e.g. "Oh, man, did you just step in the shit".
 Striker: Sailor receiving on-the-job training for a designated field (or rate)
 Sticks: The levers in the Maneuvering Room of a diesel submarine that are
used to change the settings for the main propuslion motors.
 Stroked Chit: Refers to a form of point deduction during boot camp, a stroked
chit is a loss of five points to the company per grading period (one week) until
Pass in Review.
 Sucking Rubber: (Submarine Service) Extended periods wearing Emergency
Air Breathing devices (EABs), A full-face air mask similar to that worn by
firefighters, except fed from ship's emergency air system rather than a bottle
on your back. Also refers to wearing a gas mask such as the MCU-2P for
protection against chemical, biological or radiological attack.
 Sucking Sarah: Derogatory term used to describe the U.S.S. Saratoga (CV-60),
also called "The Sucking 60 from Dixie."
 SUPPO: Supply Officer on ship.
 Surge: A ship deployment from its home port usually lasting 3 to 6 months.
Usually occurs outside of the normal cruise cycle due to operational
commitments.
 Swab: Mop.
 Swims: Aviation water survival training. This 2-day class must be completed
every few years by pilots and aircrew. Consists of classroom and pool
instruction and culminates with the dreaded "Dilbert Dunker" and "Helo
Dunker."
 Swinging Dick: Spoken by Marines, and sailors to refer to healthy shipmates
while on manuvers, e.g. "I want every swinging dick on station, right this
second".
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 TAD or TDY: Temporary Additional Duty or Temporary Duty
 Tape Zebra: Maddening condition aboard ship, especially aircraft carriers,
where passageways are "taped off" so that they may be waxed, dried, and
buffed in the middle of the night. It seems that the passageways are purposely
chosen to maximize delay and frustration when a pilot has to do an oh-dark-
thirty preflight or some other duty. Junior enlisted sailors take special delight
in denying officers access to these passageways, and relish in their disgruntled
detours. Likewise, junior officers thoroughly enjoy when a man overboard or
general quarters is called in the middle of the night, and they rush to get to the
head of the line so as to crash through tape zebra and trample through the wet
wax.
 T.A.R.F.U.: Things Are Really Fucked Up.
 Target (Submarine Service): Term to describe any ship or boat on the surface.
 TDU (Submarine Service): Trash Disposal Unit. Sophisticated AN-DEEP-6
weapons system.
 The Boat: Airdale term for the ship their airwing is attached to. "We're going
to The Boat for a few weeks."
 Tin can: Destroyer.
 Tin Chicken: US Merchant Marine Officer Insignia on a US Naval Officers
uniform, often worn above the SWO pin. The beak of the eagle can be used as
an emergency bottle opener.
 Titless wave: Clerical personnel as; yeoman, storekeeper, personnelman, desk
jockey, pencil pusher, typest, etc. See "sea pussy".
 Tits Machine: Old-school term for a kick-ass aircraft, usually a fighter, that
consisted of little more than an airframe, minimal avionics, and a huge engine
or two. The F-8 Crusader was universally accepted as a tits machine. The F-14
Tomcat was also widely accepted. Today's modern electronic video game
fighters like the F/A-18 will never be in the same ballpark.
 Tits Up: Broke-dick, inoperable (from some piece of equipment being "flat on
its back"). Sometimes referred to as "Tango Uniform"
 TLD (Nuclear): Thermo Luminescent Dosimeter. More Affectionately "Tiny
Little Dick". Navy belt adornment. Worn by nukes to measure radiation
received in a period of time. Often a good source of humor for when the
topsiders ask what they are for.
 Tonkin Gulf Yacht Club: Those elements of the Pacific Fleet which operated in
the referenced waters 1965-1975.
 Topsider: (Carrier) Anyone who is not a nuke.
 Torpedo Sponge: Similar to "Missile Sponge", this refers to the smaller ships
in a convoy, whose duty it is to protect the carrier, to the point of taking the
torpedo hit for the carrier if needed.
 Transistor Theory: Naval explanation for how electrons travel backwards and
holes actually carry electrical current. Just press the I believe button.
o Often refered to by civilian instructors when explaing to baffled sailors
the haphazard components that seem to work by sheer magic such as
transistors, zener diodes, joint effect field effect transistors, shockley
diodes, metal oxide field effect transitors, etc.
 Trap: A fixed-wing arrested landing on an aircraft carrier. In the helo world,
the Rapid Securing Device (RSD) on the deck of a "small boy."
 Trice Up: Make your rack. (rack = bed) The old racks had a trice or hook to
hook it to the bulkhead or wall. Hence the term "All hands heave out and trice
up." Or jump out of your rack and make it. (Originally referred to hammocks,
in days of yore before berthing spaces.). More correctly, the "trice" was the
bottom (third) rack, being built to fold up against the bulkhead/stanchion (see
above), so when the command "Trice-up" was given, the rack would be folded
up, allowing compartment cleaners to sweep and swab under that bottom rack.
 Trice'd Up: Happens when your asshole shipmates open your rack with you
sleeping in it after they discovered you forgot to secure it shut before you got in
it, thus trapping you in a space more cramped then usual. Only works on a
middle and bottom rack, as a top rack usual has no ceiling.
 Tronchaser: Those in the AT (primarily I Level) rate who work on Navy
avionics.
 Tube steak: hot dogs (also, called "dangling sirloin").
 Turd Chasers: Nickname for individuals assigned to the Hull Maintenance
Technician (HT) rating because their shipboard duties include plumbing.
 Turkey: slang for the F-14 Tomcat
 Turn-to: Get to work.
 Tweek and Peak: To fine tune something (uniform, rack, hair, etc); usually for
inspection preperation.
 Tweeker (Submarine Service): Electronics rating; any engineering rating not
gronking a wrench. (See "gronk" above, see "wrench" OED)
o (Aviation): An AT who spends most of his time complaing about how
cold it is in the AIMD tunnel to those that work in open air spaces in or
around the desert.
o Rates such as ET and AT who "tweek" electronic components to make
them work again (rarely).
 Tweener (Submarine Service): Affectionate term for Missile Technicians on
Ballistic Missile Submarines. Usually called out during the "Coner" and
"Nuke" throwbacks, since the Missile Compartment is "between" the
Forward(Coner) and Engineering(Nuke) spaces.
 Twidget: Sailor in the Electronics or Electrical fields of job specialties.
 Twig: Medical Service Corps officer. So named for the slanting stem attached
to their device.
 Two-block: To have all the work one can handle. Derived from when the
blocks on a block and tackle are together and can not lift any higher. "My guys
are two-blocked."
 Two-Digit Midget: Sailor with 99 or less days until his/her "End of Active
Obligated Service", or EAOS.
 Tubes: (Submarine Service) Nickname for the senior torpedoman (now MM-
Weapons) onboard. This individual is in charge of the torpedoes and the
torpedo tubes, hence the name.
 Tuna Boat: A submarine tender, or other non-combat ship that is comprised
nearly completely by female sailors. Example: "We're going to have great
liberty this port! A tuna boat just pulled in."
 Turn 'n Burn: Casual for "Hurry up! Let's get going!" From bomber missions
over enemy territory, after dropping bombs on target, the aircraft will turn
towards home, and ignite afterburners (" 'burners") to increase airspeed to
enable the aircraft to get out of hostile territory as quickly as possible.
U
 UA: Unauthorized absence; the Navy's term for AWOL
 Uncle Sam's Canoe Club: The US Coast Guard.
 Uncle Sam's Confused Group (USCG): the US Coast Guard - an organization
that is the 5th armed service, yet falls under the Dept of Homeland Security).
 Uncle Sam's Misguided Children (USMC): Term used to describe either a
platoon, regiment, or division of Marines.
 Underway Sock: A rolled up sock used for masturbation.
 UNODIR: UNless Otherwise DIRected; enables TRUST-based management by
exception (MBE)
 UNREP: UNderway REPlenishment - Taking supplies from the supply ship by
maneuvering alongside and passing lines between the two vessels. Differs from
"VERTREP."
 UNSAT: Unsatisfactory. Term used for when something falls below standards.
 USS Backyard: Term for the sailor's home of record, to which he or she
happily returns upon discharge.
 USS Forestfire: Derogatory term used to describe the USS Forrestal (CV-59)
due to the number of fires that have broken out on board ship.
 USS Jesusfish: The USS CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI
 USS LASTSHIP: Term for sailor's trying to tell a story, or give an example of
how business was handled at their last command
 USS Lake Cham Pain Derogatory term used to describe the USS Lake
Champlain
 USS Neverdock: Ship that seems to stay out at sea for unusually long periods
of time. For sailors, this is usually their own ship.
 USS Neversail: Mock-up ship found in boot camp, also called USS Recruit. Can
also refer to real ships that seldom leave port, such as Sub-tenders.
 USS Loungechair: where you go when you retire.
 USS Nottagain (DD 214): Used by sailors separating from the Navy when
asked which command they are going to. Also can be used by former sailors
when visiting old friends and asked by new personnel which ship they are on.
"DD 214" is the form that must be filled out for a military member to get
discharged. DD was also the type designation for pre-missile destroyers.
 USS Slurpeefish: The USS SAN FRANCISCO. So called because of the ship's
hull number SSN 711.
 USS Ustafish (Submarine Service): The boat a sailor was on previously, from
the time when attack boats were named after fish. Pronounced "Used to Fish."
Used as, "We don't want to hear about your Ustafish stories."
V
 Vampire Liberty: Getting day off, for donating a pint of blood.
 VERTREP: VERTical REPlenishment - taking supplies from the supply ship
via helo pick up and drop off. Back in the day this was most often
accomplished by the mighty CH-46 Sea Knight (see "Phrog"), although any
aircraft with a cargo hook installed can do it. Differs from UNREP (see above).
 Very well: Senior to subordinate acknowledgement.
 Vitamin M: Similar to Corpsman Candy above, but in this context relating to
Motrin, which is occasionally used to combat the various
aches/pains/headaches associated with military service.
 Vulcan Death Watch - 12 hours of drills separated by 3 rotations of watches.
You are up oncoming as drill team, on watch then offgoing as casualty
response team. Potentially followed by another 6 hour watch. Basically a
massive bonejob
 Vultures Row: Place where people can watch flight operations without being in
the way, typically the O-7 to O-9 level on an aircraft carrier's island.
W
 Walking, Talking Road Mark: Used during boot camp to refer to a recruit that
is a complete loss at military bearing, appearence, and formalities, a recruit
that causes his company to constantly lose points at inspections, drills, etc.
These recruits usually end up getting ASMO'ed to a company that is earlier in
training.
 Warm Blood: An individual who has not crossed the Arctic Circle or Antartic
Circle, who must go through rituals, that sometimes cross the line to be hazing,
to become a Blue Nose or Red Nose, respectively. See crossing the line,
shellback, and pollywog.
 Warrant: A warrant officer. In the navy warrants are generally older and
more experienced in a particular area of expertise than a commissioned line
officer, much like an "LDO." Warrants are competitively selected from the
senior (E7 - E9) enlisted ranks. By definition are techical specialists.
 Watch: A period of duty, usually of four-hours duration, six-hours on
submarines. The day at sea has long been divided into watches, which are
called: midwatch (0000 to 0400); morning or rev (reveille) watch (0400 to
0800); forenoon watch (0800 to 1200); afternoon watch (1200 to 1600); dog
watches (1600-1800 and 1800-2000); and the first watch (2000 to 2400).
 WAVES acronym for Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Services.
 Wayspouse: Sailors spouses waiting on the pier that are so overweight the
could be used as navigation waypoints.
 WEFT: Typically it stands for "Wings, Exhaust (or Engine, for prop aircraft),
Fuselage, Tail" and is a method by which ship's lookout stations can visually
identify aircraft within the vicinity. However, since training for this tends to be
spotty at best, identification of aircraft is often incorrect, leading to the second
definition: "Wrong Every Fucking Time".
 Welded to the Pier: A Ship being in an extended period of refit at a shipyard or
naval base, which prevents it from making ready for sea for several months or
longer. Can also refer to a ship that rarely goes to sea.
 Wet Suit Camel Toe: A disturbing sight caused by a (usually older and) fatter
rescue swimmer attempting to squeeze into his wet suit for SAR duty. Often
seen entering and exiting helos that are providing SAR services.
 Wet Willie: Joke played on a sleeping sailor by licking a finger, and sticking it
into the unsuspecting sleeping sailor's ear to mimic the feel of a penis being
inserted into the ear, usually met with several groans by onlookers.
 WESTPAC: While this usually refers to the western Pacific area of operations,
it can also refer to a type of deployment in which a unit heads to multiple
locations throughout said area. Often used in, "Damn, we just did a six-month
WESTPAC, barely got home for a week, and now we're heading out again?"
 Wheels: A Quartermaster (QM).
 Wheel Book: Green covered pocket-sized government issue notebook carried
by most Petty Officers and Chiefs.
 Whidbey Whale: A dependent wife that is Orca fat even though her husband
has maintained the same basic size during their marriage
 Whistling Shit Can of Death: CH-46 Seaknight Helicopter, described as such
because of the whistling sound the engines make, and because the CH-46 has
been prone to failures, and has killed its share of air crews.
 White Rats: Tampons that appear after a sewage leak in the female head.
 Whiz Quiz: "Piss Test," Urinalysis.
 Widow/Widower: Describes wives (and now husbands) with spouses on
deployment. Single, for all intents and purposes, until the day their spouse
returns from deployment. Prefaced by the type or theater of service the
deployed spouse is in, e.g. "WESTPAC widow" or "Boomer Widow".
 Wings: Naval Aviator or Naval Flight Officer breast insignia. Also the Enlisted
Aviation Warfare Specialist breast insignia.
 Wing-nut: See airdale.
 Wire Biter: An electrician.
 Wizzard: Topsider insult for a nuc. Refers to nucs' insistance to dress like
Morpheus from the Matrix and propensity for playing Magic (The Gathering)
and World of Warcraft endlessly.
 Wolf Ticket: Highly suspect information. Can refer to malicious "scuttlebutt,"
exaggerated "no-shitters," or blatently phony sea stories.
 Workups: 1- to 6-week periods preceding a deployment during which the ship
and/or its airwing practice and prepare. Widely known workups involving the
carrier and the airwing are TSTA, COMPTUEX, and RIMPAC. Airwing only
workups include trips to NAS Fallon and NAS Key West.
 WTF: "What the Fuck" (pronounced "Whiskey Tango Foxtrot" using the
phonetic alphabet): colorful way of asking what just happened, ie, "What the
Fuck?"
 Wardroom: Officer's mess, or dining room. Also used to collectively refer to all
the officers at a command.
 Weaponette: (pl: Weaponettes) (Submarine Service) Pejorative term for the
members of a submarine's Weapons Department, used by members of the
Navigation/Operations Department or Engineering Department, usually when
they want their stolen tools back.
 Wog: short for "pollywog", as in "wog ceremony".
 Word Shitter: Another name for those embossing label makers. They "shit"
words out when you squeeze the handle.
 Working Party: When there is loading of supplies, the Quarter Deck will call
for a "working party" to be manned by each division of the ship, the number
depending on the task.
 Would you like a kick to help you get airborne?: seen on a numerical list of
epithet substitutions, especially transmitted over radio, which has to stay clean
X
 XO: EXecutive Officer. Second-in-Command of a ship, or shore command,
second in authority to only the Commanding Officer.
 XOI: "Executive Officer's Inquiry" A step in the non-judicial punishment
process in which the wayward sailor appears before the executive officer (XO).
After hearing the details of the case, the XO may recommend dismissal or refer
it to the Commanding Officer (CO) for "Mast."
 XO's Happy Hour: Daily hour-long mandatory cleaning evolution. Usually
introduced by XO on the 1MC.
 X-Ray Fitting (see fanroom): Sex room for those lucky enough to find a
partner at sea.
o In the olden days, before hazing, where you would take a subordinate to
"make" him comply. Usually involved several punches to the face.
 Xoxing Logs: (Submarine Service) (Derived from the word "Xerox,"
pronounced "zoxing") Entering engineering log data suspiciously similar to the
previous hour's log data.
Y
 Yardbirds: Civilian shipyard workers.
 YGFBKM: Acronym for "You've Got to Fucking Be Kidding Me!"
Z
 Zoomie: Aviator. Usually applied to USAF pilots.
 zoomies (Nuclear Navy): Refers to the radiation present in a compartment
containing or in proximity of nuclear weapons or a naval nuclear reactor.
Example: "I wouldn't go back there unless you want to get some "zoomies"!".
Also can refer to amount of radiation picked up on personnel's personal
dosimetry (radiation measuring devices worn by weapons or nuclear trained
personnel). Common use is "how many "zoomies" did you get today?".
 ZUG: Negative. Unoffical procedure signal (obsolete). Retired RMs may often
use ZUG in place of no, or negative.
Glossary
The following list of terms are considered important in the field of corrections, forensic
psychology and the criminal justice system.
Abolitionism
Criminological approach, movement, or theory that criticizes and seeks to reduce the use of
punitive responses to crime. While the ideal type of abolitionism would seem by definition to
be concerned with the abolition of incarceration, abolitionists argue that sanctions must
only be avoided as much as possible. Abolitionism emphasizes the inclusion of the offender
in conflict resolution processes, such as restorative justice and victim-offender mediation,
instead of the exclusion of the offender in resolution processes, such as confinement or
incapacitation. Abolitionists argue that punishment is only symbolic of justice, and does not
represent adequate social processes that do contribute to justice. In contrast to the top-down
form of justice, such as those decisions handed down by the court, abolitionism focuses on
the bottom-up processes of justice, such as resolutions constructed directly between those
involved in the criminal act, such as the victim, offender, and community. Abolitionism
criticizes the language of crime, as well, arguing that because penal intervention stigmatizes,
classifies, and labels individuals according the offences they have committed,
By viewing crimes as problematic events, one can provide the opportunity for a solution; In
contrast, by viewing crimes as crimes, one can provide little opportunity for a solution
except for that already stated as "solving" crime, punishment. At a more basic level, one
can correct the behaviour (offence) but one cannot, in a democratic society committed to
civil-rights, correct the person (offender). With the term "criminal," therefore, comes the
inexorable ideology of traditional crime-prevention strategies.
Ace
Another word for "dollar"
"Babydoll"
Texas Syndicate slang for a Mexican Mafia member
Back door parole
To die in prison.
"Bang"
A fight to the death, or shoot to kill.
"Base head"
Refers to a cocaine addict
"B.G."
"Baby gangster," or someone who has never shot another person.
"Blob"
Crips slang term for Blood members.
"Boned out"
Chickened out.
Boosters
Booster sessions are encouraged by case managers and treatment providers to be taken by
inmates at particular risk to reoffend after release. They are part of a broad risk
management strategy that includes the Stages of Change and Relapse Prevention. They are
a component of the regular "aftercare" many recently released offenders, especially
mentally-disordered offenders, should receive in order to reduce the likelihood of
recidivism.
"Booty Bandits"
Incarcerated sexual predators who prey on weaker inmates, called "punks."
"Breakdown"
Shotgun.
"Bucket"
Another term for the "county jail."
"Bug"
Correctional staff member, such as a psychiatrist, who is deemed untrustworthy or

unreliable. Inmates are cautious of "bugs" and will seldom ever mention other inmates to
them.
"Bug Juice"
Term referring to depressant drugs, deleriants, or intoxicants.
"Building Tenders"
Inmates that were selected by guards to assist correctional staff. Tenders were meant to
maintian order among the inmate population (often through the use of force), as well as
serve as intelligence gatherers. Such people were also called "inmate guards." Up until
1983, building tenders outnumbered and successfully monitored the Texas Syndicate in
Texas prisons. However, in 1980, Chief Federal District Judge William Wayne Justice ruled
that such a system was unconstitutional, set after the prison lawsuit of Ruiz v. Estelle.
Having relied on the system unconditionally for so long, Texas prisons were plunged into a
crisis, and two and a half years after the building tender system was abolished, Texas
Syndicate membership rose from 56 to 1,400.
"Bumpin' titties"
Fighting.
"Busted a cap"
Shot at another person.

"Buster"
Fraudulent gang member
Cadillac
Inmate dorm bed or single bunk.
"Cantones"
Gang term for prisons
"Carnal"
Term meaning "Brother," especially for Raza Unida
Catch cold
To get killed.
"Chaps"
Term used by the Sorenos prison gang to refer to their rivals, the Nortenos or La Nuestra
Familia.
"Charco"
Texas Syndicate term for Corpus Christi, Texas.
"Chingasos"
Hispanic gang term for Fighting. Spanish for "Hard hits."
"Chiva"
Prison or gang term for Heroin.
"Chota"
Police officers, or prison guards
"Chuco"
Texas Syndicate term for El Paso.

"Click up"
Gang term referring to getting along well with a homeboy, not looking for trouble.
Clifford Olson
Canadian serial killer and sexual molester who lived in Burnaby, British Columbia (a
suburb of Vancouver) during the time of his murders. Olson was notorious for taking
advantage of the RCMP (which patrols the greater Vancouver area and outlying districts),
by negotiating a deal whereby he would receive $10,000 for each body he identified to
homicide detectives. The money went to his wife and family, as convicted felons are not
allowed to keep it serving their sentence.
Control Units
Control Units are sections of a maximum or supermaximum security facility, and most fully
characterize the notion of incapacitative deterrence for the most dangerous and criminally-
minded offenders in the prison syste. Control Units operate on a panoptical design; cells are
arranged around a central security booth that lies on the ground floor. The booth's vantage
point allows the constant observation of all cells at the same time through the use of security
cameras and sound systems. Sometimes the security booths have computerized access to
detailed case-reports of every prisoner in the unit. Prisoners are confined to their cells for
23 hours a day, and are allowed 1 hour of exercise in a tightly guarded and controlled
exercise yard. For a more detailed account of Control Unit, see the section on supermax
prisons.
"Crank"
Crank is one of the many street words for methamphetamine. "Cranking up," however, is a
term sometimes used in prison to refer to the administration of a substance by hypodermic
needle. The hypodermic needle itself is sometimes called a "spike."
"Croaker"
A doctor or physician, someone who diagnoses illness.
Criminogenic Need
An empirically-derived, changeable risk factor present in an offender upon assessment that

is used for purposes of risk assessment, prison classification, prison reclassification,
treatment, and release. Criminogenic needs are also known as "dynamic needs," and
include two types: stable dynamic needs, such as long-standing attitudes conducive to
violence, chronic alcoholism, or a sexual preference to small male children, and acute
dynamic needs, such as stress, recent divorce, hostility, or acute symptoms of drug-abuse.
Criminological Psychology
Custody Rating Scale
Canadian risk scale used by Correctional Services of Canada for purposes of intake
assessment and classification to custody and security level. The Custody Rating Scale
consists of a variety of empirically-derived risk factors, subdivided into three categories,
institutional adjustment, public safety, and escape risk.
"Daddies"
Dancing on the blacktop
Getting stabbed.
"Deuce"
Prison slang for "two dollars." Also the name of a mainly-youth Aboriginal prison gang
operating in the Canadian Prairies.
Developmental Criminology
"Diddler"
Another term for child molester or pedophile.
Differential Association
"Dissociation"
Prison slang for "solitary confinement."
"Doing the Dutch"
Prison term for committing suicide.
Eastern Penitentiary Pennsylvania
Commonly known as "Cherry Hill," Pennsylvania's Eastern Penitentiary was founded in

1829 and was 141 years old when it closed in 1970. As the founding model of the
Pennsylvania prison system, Cherry Hill confined inmates to a separate cell, where he or she
ate, slept, worked, and repented alone. Religious penance was taught, and the virtues of
thinking and acting righteously, forbidding evil thoughts, and praying frequently in their
cells. In 1842, Charles Dickens observed prisoners in solitary confinement at Eastern
Penitentiary, reflecting upon the inhuman character of the inmates and the paranoia of
being constantly under surveillance, in his anti-American novel, Martin Chuzzlewit. (Grass
S, 2000. " Narrating the cell: Dickens on the American prisons." Journal of English and
Germanic Philology, v.99, no.1)
"Fence"
Prison slang that refers to someone who buys and sells stolen goods
Grandma's
Gang headquarters.
"Green Light"
Prison gang term for a contract killing, or "hit."
"Hacks"
Prison guards.
"Half a Yard"
Prison slang for "fifty dollars."
"Hooking Up"
Prison term for developing a protective, sexual relationship with another inmate, providing
some resistance to the threat of being victimized by continuing rapes with more inmates.
These may appear as consenting homosexual relationships to staff, but the "inmate code"
often prevents prisoners from telling the truth, or "crying wolf" about their "protectors."
"Horseman"
Prison slang for a Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) Officer
Incentive Levels
"Jockers"
"Jointman"
Prison slang for an inmate in prison who behaves like a guard
"Jug-up"
Prison slang for "meal-time."
"Killing your number"
Prison slang for serving one's time or getting out on parole.
"Kite"
Prison slang for a contraband letter.
Lifeboat
A pardon or commutation of sentence.
"Limbo Room"
Prison slang for an area of the prison that is reserved for or encouraging of corporal
punishment
"Lugger"
Prison slang referring to an inmate who smuggles in and possesses contraband and illicit
substances.
Pass System
The Pass System is a Canadian program similar to a temporary absence, where inmates are
allowed to leave prison, with a correctional staff escort, for humanitarian, health,
rehabilitative, or medical reasons. Frequent leaves are granted for family visits, education
and employment opportunities, and recreational activities such as sports events. For those
serving life in prison for committing murder, they must first be granted permission by
Canada's National Parole Board. After an inmate has served six months of his sentence, he
or she is eligible to leave on a temporary absence without a correctional escort. The
program has a 99% success rate, although the few breaches that have occurred have proven
disastrous, including murderer Daniel Gingras's "birthday" pass that allowed him to escape
and kill two people.
Phallometric Assessment (Penile Phallometry)
Medical technique used to measure sexual deviant arousal. Consists of applying an elastic
band around the subject's penis, and measuring the variation in tumescence, or girth, of the
band before and after a series of sexually-deviant and non-sexually deviant stimuli. Stimuli
include videos, pictures, or audio recordings of situations depicting varying degrees of
deviant content, such as rape scenes, naked children, or violence against females during
sexual intercourse.
"Prison Wolf"
Prison slang for someone sexually-oriented to females on the outside, but becomes sexually-
oriented to males on the inside.
Psychopath
Someone suffering from psychopathy. Psychopathy is a classifiable personality disorder

endemic to forensic psychology, and is not included in medical practice's mental disorder
manual, the DSM-IV. Psychopathy was originally coined by psychologist Harvey Cleckley,
in his book the Mask of Sanity. Cleckley described someone who was sane on the outside, but
particularly brutal, insensitive, impulsive, manipulative, and socially deviant on the inside.
Psychopaths are pathological liars, and strive to manipulate others for personal gain. They
do not feel the standard levels of remorse following antisocial hurtful acts.
Approximately 25% of the federal inmate population (in Canada) is psychopathic, and
approximately 90% of those psychopaths can be diagnosed with Antisocial Personality
Disorder (APD). However, psychopathy differs from APD in that APD mainly involves the
more impulsive, behavioural features of the disorder, while psychopathy involves both the
behavioural and the cognitive and interpersonal features of the disorder.
The standard mechanism of classifying or measuring psychopathy in individuals today is

Canadian researcher Robert Hare's "Psychopathy Checklist Revised" (PCL-R), a dynamic
and static risk assessment instrument that is validated across many different cultures,
countries, and somewhat between both genders, and consistently predictive of prison
misconduct, general recidivism, and violent recidivism. It is also predictive of sexual
recidivism, especially when a diagnosis of psychopathy is combined with a positive diagnosis
of sexual deviant preference.
"Punks"
Inmates subject to rape, usually white, younger, and more submissive than most inmates.
Red eye
Hard stare.
"Ride with"
Perform favors for a fellow convict, including sexual, in exchange for protection or
commissary goods.
Self-report
A recently-admitted inmate who is allowed to show up at reception on his or her own.
"Set-tripping"
To switch from one gang to another
"Shank"
Prison slang for "knife." The actual act of knifing someone is known as a "shiving."
Sharks
At Corcoran State Prison in California, Correctional Officers who administer mass beatings
to newly admitted convicts. At the California Institution for Men at Chino, this group of
guards called itself SPONGE, for "Society for the Prevention of Niggers Getting
Everything."
"Soda"
Cocaine
Son of Sam Law
The Son of Sam Law was passed in 1979, following the New York killing spree of .44
caliber-killer David Berkowitz. Because Berkowitz had in been a potential position of
profiting from his crimes, the law was passed, diverting funds earned by convicted felons to
the victims and the state.
"Slinging rock"
Selling crack cocaine.
"Space City"
Texas Syndicate term for Houston.
"Special Handling Cases"
Special Handling cases are inmates that require special care, usually psychiatric or medical
in nature, and that demonstrate to correctional staff that they are dealing with someone who
requires additional supervision. Such individuals may be suffering from suicidal thoughts or
may have recently experienced severe trauma or a psychotic reaction.
Statutes 17-20-114.5
1995 statutes that deny those prisoners who sue the state many inmate privileges if the
action is found to be insubstantial or malicious. Penalties include denying television, radio
and entertainment access as well as limiting snacks and cigarettes.
"Street Newspapers"
Gang term for graffiti, a communication device for gang members.
Survival Rates
Statistical term referring to the proportion of ex-convicts who desist from committing a new
crime following release from custody.
"Sweet Kid"
Prison slang referring to an inmate who allies with an older, more experienced inmate,
possibly for protection or knowledge.
"Taking a nap"
Short jail sentence, usually for gang members.
"Tecato"
Term for Heroin addict
"Tits-up"
Prison slang for an inmate who has died.
"Topped"
Prison slang for "committed suicide." Also known as "dumped" or "knocked off." Someone
who has committed suicide is said to have "topped off."
"Veterano"
Veteran gang member.
Wolfpacks
Wolfpacks are recent parolees that have been recruited by prison gang members sometime
during their incarceration. Once released, they carry out the orders from their imprisoned
commanders, who usually instruct them on generating revenue or carrying out contract
killings. They are trained in prison by higher-ranking gang members, in vocabulary,
symbols, hand-signals, proper dress, as well as how to profit from criminal enterprise.

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ENGLISH SLANGS!

TOWER BRIGDE , LONDON- UNITED KINGDOM

BRUXTON- LONDON´S SUBURB

Aqui está uma lista com algumas gírias traduzidas:

I have a lot more but I'm a little lazy.

ENGLISH SLANS PART 1 (ALL IN ENGLISH)

gaff ... ... house or flat

A different slang word every time this page is opened - © www.world-

airhead: stupid person.

ace: excellent, great.

Adam and Eve - Rhyming Slang for 'believe'

aggro - short for aggravation or violence

amber fluid : beer

anorak - geek, nerd.

apples and pears - Rhyming Slang for 'stairs'.

armpit: dirty, unappealing place.

arse / ass [slightly offensive] (1): backside.

arse / ass (2): an unworthy person.

arse about/arsing about - to fool around

arse-about-face: something that is in a mess or crooked

awesome: great and impressive.

backhander (1): a payment given, normally in a secretive fashion.

backhander (2): hit someone.

ball (1): a fun time.

ball [slightly offensive] (2): a testicle.

ballistic - to go mad with rage

bang [slightly offensive](1): to make love

bang (2): a powerful effect.

banged up - to be put in prison.

bangers - another name for sausages.

barbie : barbecue, grill.

barf (1): vomit.

barmy - a foolish person, mad.

barney - row, violent argument.

beast [offensive] - an ugly woman.

bent (1): a 'gay man'

bent (2): 'stolen'.

biker: a motorcycle rider.

bimbo - a young woman considered sexually attractive but of limited

bitch [offensive] (1): a very unpleasant woman.

bitch [offensive] (2): complain.

bitchy [slightly offensive]: moody.

bitzer : mongrel dog (bits of this and bits of that!).

bladdered - very drunk

blotto - 'very drunk'

blue (1) - XXX; dirty, hot, steamy, pornographic

blue (2): domestic fight or row.

bluey - pornographic film

boat race - Rhyming Slang for 'face'.

bonkers; go bonkers: crazy.

bovver - trouble, usually fighting.

boozer (1): a pub

boozer (2): someone who likes alcohol.

Brahms and Liszt - Rhyming Slang for 'pissed' (drunk).

brass monkeys - cold weather

brew (1): tea or coffee.

brew (2): beer.

brill - short for 'brilliant'.