Green’s Dictionary of Slang

test v.

In compounds

testie boy (n.) [a play on the Australian icecream manufacturer ‘Frosty Boy’, also depicted as the firm’s mascot]

(N.Z. prison) a drug tester.

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[NZ]D. Looser Boobslang [U. Canterbury D.Phil. thesis] 188/1: testie boy n. a prison officer who obtains inmates’ urine samples for testing for evidence of drug use.

In phrases

don’t test me

(US campus) phr. calling on a speaker to drop a given topic.

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[US]C. Eble (ed.) UNC-CH Campus Sl. Spring 2014 Fall 2: DON’T GO THERE — end the topic: X: ‘I saw your ex at a party with another girl’ Y: ‘Don’t go there’ Also DON’T TEST ME.