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[US] A. Maupin More Tales of the City (1984) 139: ‘You miss me, Bluegrass?’ ‘The Pope Catholic?’.
at does a bear shit in the woods? Is the pope (a) Catholic?, phr.
[US] A. Maupin More Tales of the City (1984) 188: Don’t you think I know when people are jacking me around?
at jack around, v.
[US] A. Maupin More Tales of the City (1984) 145: He’s a fucked-up junkie, man. Don’t know his ass from a hole in the ground.
at not know one’s arse/ass from a hole in the ground (v.) under arse, n.
[US] A. Maupin More Tales of the City (1984) 230: I walked [...] Ain’t that the cat’s ass?
at cat’s ass, n.1
[US] A. Maupin More Tales of the City (1984) 132: You wanna start carrying barf bags?
at barfbag (n.) under barf, n.
[US] A. Maupin More Tales of the City (1984) 215: Was she bent out of shape?
at bent out of shape (adj.) under bent, adj.
[US] A. Maupin More Tales of the City (1984) 146: What’s up, Blondie?
at blondie, n.
[US] A. Maupin More Tales of the City (1984) 7: I will not call anyone nellie or butch, unless that is his name.
at butch, n.1
[US] A. Maupin More Tales of the City (1984) 36: An A-Gay who turned campy [...] would find himself banished.
at campy, adj.
[US] A. Maupin More Tales of the City (1984) 97: ‘You weren’t at dinner.’ He patted his stomach. ‘Chubbette.’.
at chubette (n.) under chub, n.1
[US] A. Maupin More Tales of the City (1984) 85: He wore cut-offs to die.
at to die (for), phr.
[US] A. Maupin More Tales of the City (1984) 36: Charles Hillary Lord needed more dish [...] ‘DeDe’s been doing it with an Ornamental?’.
at dish, n.2
[US] A. Maupin More Tales of the City (1984) 205: The landlady’s hair was up in curlers. ‘Trying a new do?’ asked Mary Ann.
at do, n.
[US] A. Maupin More Tales of the City (1984) 56: You couldn’t give a flying fuck about those babies.
at flying fuck, n.
[US] A. Maupin More Tales of the City (1984) 9: Almost anything beats the fuck out of Cleveland.
at fuck, the, phr.
[US] A. Maupin More Tales of the City (1984) 85: Knee socks with Lands End come-fuck-me boots.
at fuck-me boots (n.) under fuck-me, adj.
[US] A. Maupin More Tales of the City (1984) 7: I will sign my real name at The Glory Holes.
at glory hole, n.1
[US] A. Maupin More Tales of the City (1984) 203: It’s just plain goofball [...] Why would a cathedral make anybody have amnesia.
at goofball, adj.
[US] A. Maupin More Tales of the City (1984) 79: Was last night a gyp?
at gyp, n.1
[US] A. Maupin More Tales of the City (1984) 88: I’m not a lesbo.
at lesbo, n.
[US] A. Maupin More Tales of the City (1984) 37: Oh, Mary! You’re not having another Chinoiserie period, are you, darling?
at Mary!, excl.
[US] A. Maupin More Tales of the City (1984) 130: Jon shook his head incredulously. ‘That is . . . a mind-fucker.’.
at mindfucker, n.
[US] A. Maupin More Tales of the City (1984) 145: If you plan to keep pushing paper, you might as well forget about the other agencies.
at paper pusher (n.) under paper, n.
[US] A. Maupin More Tales of the City (1984) 93: We will not piddle away the rest of our days.
at piddle away (v.) under piddle, v.
[US] A. Maupin More Tales of the City (1984) 56: I got some Purple Haze right now.
at purple haze (n.) under purple, adj.
[US] A. Maupin More Tales of the City (1984) 63: Save the schmaltz for Thunder Thighs.
at schmaltz, n.
[US] A. Maupin More Tales of the City (1984) 111: I did temporary shitwork – clerical work.
at shitwork (n.) under shit, n.
[US] A. Maupin More Tales of the City (1984) 57: This wasn’t some sort of sicko fantasy trip.
at sicko, adj.
[US] A. Maupin More Tales of the City (1984) 10: ‘Yeah,’ said Michael ruefully. ‘Size queens.’.
at size queen (n.) under size, n.3
[US] A. Maupin More Tales of the City (1984) 29: I’ve learned how snoopy you get when you’re loaded.
at snoopy, adj.
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