-H-
- hang five
- verb; put five toes over the nose of a surfboard. “What a
hotdogger! He always hangs five.”
- hangin’
- adjective; huge, enormous, good. “Then I saw
a big hangin’
wave.”
- hang it on me again
- repeat, say over. “I didn’t hear
you. Hang it on me
again.”
- hang out
- noun; place where a number of teenagers
gather. “There were a
a mess of kids at that hang out.”
- hang ten
- verb; put ten toes over the nose of the
surfboard. “That guy is
always trying to hang ten.”
- hang-up
- noun; bother or nuisance. “Homework is a
hang-up.”
- hassle
- verb; to fight. “Look at those two guys
hassle.” (Throw blows)
- haulin’
- verb; driving fast, trying hard. “Look at
him go. He’s really
haulin’” (honkin’ on)
- hector
- interjection; an expression of disappointment
or disgust. “Oh
hector! I forgot my report.”
- hero
- noun; strong man, show off. “That hero tried to
lift 200 pounds.”
- hodad
- noun; a person who is against surfers,
anti-surfer. “Those hodads
wrecked that surfboard on purpose.”
- honkin’ around
- doing nothing important. I’m just
going to be honkin’
around tonight.”
- honkin’ on
- verb; driving fast, trying hard. “Look at
him run, he’s really
honkin’ on” (haulin)
- hood
- noun; juvenile delinquent. “Those hoods stole
our hubcaps.”
- hot dogger
- noun; surfer with a lot of style and
skill, show-off. “That kid
is a real hot dogger.”
-I-
- idiot-stick
- noun; a person who acts as if he were of
low intelligence.
“That idiot-stick really does some dumb things.” (Dip)
-J-
- J.D.
- noun; abbreviation for juvenile delinquent. “I
wish he didn’t act like
a J.D.” (Juvie, hood)
- juvey
- noun; Juvenile Hall. “Then they hauled me into
juvey.”
- juvie
- noun; juvenile delinquent. “Those juvies are
always stealing things”
(Hood, J.D.)
-K-
- kicks
- noun; pastime, activity done for pleasure.
“She gets her kicks by
going to the beach.”
- knock
- verb; criticize, insult. “He just sits around
and knocks people.”
(Chop)
- kook
- noun; non-conformist. “Look at the kook. He’s
wearing a heavy
sweater on this hot day.” (Weirdo)
-L-
- let’s hear some lingo.
- a command to start talking.
“It sounds like we’re
in a grave yard. Let’s hear some lingo.” (Get with the words)
- lingo
- noun; speech, language dialect. “French sure
is a strange lingo.”
- loaded
- adjective; 1. Rich. “That guy in the XKE is
really loaded.” 2.
Drunk, intoxicated. “After the party he sure was loaded.” (Crocked,
stoned, boozed)
- loot
- noun; money. “How much loot is the speeding
ticket going to cost
you? (Bread, dough)
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