1980 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.
1980 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.
1980 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.
1980 A. Maupin More Tales of the City (1984) 230: I walked [...] Ain’t that the cat’s ass?at cat’s ass, n.1
1980 A. Maupin More Tales of the City (1984) 132: You wanna start carrying barf bags?at barfbag (n.) under barf, n.
1980 A. Maupin More Tales of the City (1984) 215: Was she bent out of shape?at bent out of shape (adj.) under bent, adj.
1980 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
1980 A. Maupin More Tales of the City (1984) 36: An A-Gay who turned campy [...] would find himself banished.at campy, adj.
1980 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
1980 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
1980 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.
1980 A. Maupin More Tales of the City (1984) 56: You couldn’t give a flying fuck about those babies.at flying fuck, n.
1980 A. Maupin More Tales of the City (1984) 9: Almost anything beats the fuck out of Cleveland.at fuck, the, phr.
1980 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.
1980 A. Maupin More Tales of the City (1984) 7: I will sign my real name at The Glory Holes.at glory hole, n.1
1980 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.
1980 A. Maupin More Tales of the City (1984) 37: Oh, Mary! You’re not having another Chinoiserie period, are you, darling?at Mary!, excl.
1980 A. Maupin More Tales of the City (1984) 130: Jon shook his head incredulously. ‘That is . . . a mind-fucker.’.at mindfucker, n.
1980 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.
1980 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.
1980 A. Maupin More Tales of the City (1984) 56: I got some Purple Haze right now.at purple haze (n.) under purple, adj.
1980 A. Maupin More Tales of the City (1984) 63: Save the schmaltz for Thunder Thighs.at schmaltz, n.
1980 A. Maupin More Tales of the City (1984) 111: I did temporary shitwork – clerical work.at shitwork (n.) under shit, n.
1980 A. Maupin More Tales of the City (1984) 57: This wasn’t some sort of sicko fantasy trip.at sicko, adj.
1980 A. Maupin More Tales of the City (1984) 10: ‘Yeah,’ said Michael ruefully. ‘Size queens.’.at size queen (n.) under size, n.3
1980 A. Maupin More Tales of the City (1984) 29: I’ve learned how snoopy you get when you’re loaded.at snoopy, adj.