-M-
- machine
- noun; an extremely fast and good-looking car.
“See that boss
machine!”
- make it
- verb; to leave. “When are you going to make
it?” (Split, beat it)
- make tracks
- verb; to leave. “When are you going to
make it?” (Split,
beat it)
- man
- interjection; an expression of feeling with no
real meaning. “Man,
that was a hard test.” (Boy, guy)
- meanest
- adjective; very fast. “John’s car is the
meanest car in town.”
- melvin
- noun; a person the speaker dislikes. One who
acts immature.
“What a melvin that guy is!” (Clod, clyde)
- mess
- noun; bunch, group, a lot of. “A mess of kids
hang out at Taco’s.”
- mint
- adjective; fine, excellent, great. “We have a
mint algebra teacher.”
(Boss, tuff, bitchen)
- moby
- adjective; exceptionally large. “His house was
really moby.”
-N-
- neat
- adjective; better than average, good, great.
“Isn’t that a neat car?”
(Boss, tuff, bitchen)
- nose
- noun; the front end of a surfboard. “He hung
ten on the nose.”
- nowhere
- adjective; not very good, not acceptable.
“That song is
nowhere.” (Out of it)
-O-
- old lady
- noun; mother. “My old lady burned the
pancakes.”
- old man
- noun. Father. “His old man won’t let him
drive the car.”
- out of it
- adjective; naive, not keeping up with the
times. “He’s so old he’s
out of it.” (Nowhere)
-P-
- pad
- noun; house or apartment. “His pad’s on the
second floor.”
- pipe down
- verb; be quiet. “Pipe down. You’re in the
library.”
- plastered
- adjective; drunk, intoxicated. “He only
drank a little bit but he
sure got plastered.” (Loaded, crocked, stoned.)
- punk
- noun; bothersome person, one the speaker
dislikes. “Don’t both
me, you punk!” (Clod, clyde, melvin)
- put (someone) on
- try to put something over on
someone. “I don’t
believe that story. You’re putting me on.”
-R-
- rail
- noun; a high-speed, streamlined dragster used to
race the quarter-
mile. “How fast is your rail in the quarter?”
- ratty
- adjective; 1. Unfair. “That was a ratty
assignment.” 2. In bad
condition. “Look at that ratty car. It looks like it was in a
wreck.” (Crummy, wiped out)
- razz
- verb; tease, make fun of in a good-natured way.
“The baseball fans
started to razz the umpire.” (Knock, chop)
- reject
- noun; a person the speaker dislikes, an
unattractive, clumsy person.
“That dumb kid sure is a reject.” (Cold, clyde, melvin)
- riot
- adjective; something spectacular. “Was it good?
It was a riot!”
(Gas, blast)
- rip-city
- adjective; exciting, fun. “That party was
rip-city.” (Swingin’,
rockin’ out)
- rockin’ out
- adjective; really good fun, spectacular.
“About midnight the
party was really rockin’ out.” (Swingin’, rip-city)
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