back-flip reversal of position
politically (also “flip-flop)
backside covering protect from
repercussions (also CYA: cover your ass)
book (1)
to reserve a seat (theatre or airplane)
(2)
to depart in a hurry
(3)
to be written “in the book” by referee
(4)
to be arrested (in the log book at the police station)
bottom feeder getting food at the bottom of
the fish tank (or ocean)
getting
unsavory news items (fig.)
brouhaha noisy mess
bumper crop extra
generous harvest
bust(ed) (1) break/broken (colloq.)
(2)
arrested
(3)
bosom (feminine)
canned (1)
to be fired from a job
(2)
to be put in jail
(3)
taped or pre-recorded or memorized (speech or program)
chinwag intimate chat (Br.)
cojones testicles (Spanish)
cut no ice make
no difference (or impression)
cut to the chase get to the
main point or objective
damage
control emergency
plan to avoid disaster
try
to minimize a mistake\s results
dead in the
water not
moving, no longer viable
doozy spectacular
down the pike come/arrive or go
on/leave (literal)
in
the distance or future (figurative)
A few
shells short of a volley of
limited mental capacity (see others)
cards short of a deck
only one oar in the water
lights are on but noone is home
fat cat rich
person
factotum high
ranking official
forked tongue lying, untrustworthy (says one
thing, does another OR says different things to two people on the same
subject/question
foursquare honest
give a hand (1) to assist
(2)
to applaud
(give)head perform
fellatio
glitterati celebrities
goose grab
in a way to cause to jump or start moving
gazillion uncountably
large number (i.e. million, billion, trillion….)
hissy fits hysteric reactions
(cf. “tizzie”)
hoi polloi common
mob/people
hoosegow jail
hootch (1)
alcoholic beverage (especially illegal or homemade)
(2) primitive living quarters (from
“hut”)
in stir in
prison
a pop per
each instance
“John Hancock” signature
(from U.S. Declaration of Independence)
jumpstart (1)
start a car by pushing it while in gear (literal)
(2) to do the above by connecting an alternate
battery (jumper cables – used to
connect the batteries)
(3) to start anything quickly usually NOT by
the normal manner
jiggle epic film whose main point is
nude women or without bra
klavernous konfines play on the
KluKluxKlan usage of “k” (klavern is a
unit within that organization)
knick knack (nik nak) small inexpensive
miscellaneous items
make it to 1st base be initially
successful (maybe in a small or partial way)
mea culpa admission of fault (I am guilty: Latin)
Miranda
rights 5th
Amendment right against compelled self-incrimination
and
coerced confessions
monkeyshines foolishness
muckrakers Newsmen
“scraping the bottom” in search of unsavory items
navel fluff belly
button lint, i.e., worthless
lightweight item(s)
nip(ping)
at the heels continuously
attacking/annoying (as a dog at a person)
nudnik (from
Yiddish?) common person
on a roll on a winning streak
or string of good luck
pachydermatous elephant
sized
perp short
for perpetrator (one who did the act in question)
pre-verted intentional mis-spelling
of perverted. Matches common mispronunciation
pilfer steal
primordial
waters (biblical
reference to creation)
put (it) in your pipe and smoke it consider it as decided!
rad-lib Radical
– Liberal
raise(d) eyebrows make or be
suspicious
sans without
(French)
scofflaw one
who intentionally ignores the law
shoo-in almost a
sure thing to win (maybe with influence)
(from
the v. “shoo” to move or go away. e.g. a fly)
shill one who gives
favorable notice or opinion (for pay)
slap-around any similar ability to give
physical punishment
smoking gun strong
evidence
spin, spin
control effort
to adjust an erroneous public statement
spruced up dressed up or
cleaned/fixed up
stand tall
(for) support
Stepin Fetchit parody
name for negro servant stereotype
sugar daddies rich sponsors (usually old men
and young girls)
sweating bullets very
nervous
stiff upper lip unemotional
visage esp. in disaster (orig.Br.)
tack close to be near or in the same
direction as (sailing term.)
close
to the edge of legality or safety
trixie (slang)
prostitute (from “tricks”)
turn-off (n.) something
one dislikes
(v.) to create a negative attitude
towards
uppity taking liberties
above one’s class or station in life
wacko crazy
weasel(ing) to
hedge your statement OR to sneak around
some obstacle
well heeled rich
ziltch nada, nothing