1978 A. Maupin Tales of the City (1984) 40: I’ll be right back in two shakes of a lamb’s tail.at two shakes of a lamb’s tail, phr.
1978 A. Maupin Tales of the City (1984) 136: Mrs Madrigal had come to her table with a basket of Alice B. Toklas brownies.at Alice B. Toklas (brownie), n.
1978 A. Maupin Tales of the City (1984) 127: The last thing we need is one of those tight-assed dinosaurs stumbling in here ripped to the tits.at tight-arsed, adj.
1978 A. Maupin Tales of the City (1984) 102: I’m as queer as a three-dollar bill.at ...a three-dollar bill under queer as..., adj.
1978 A. Maupin Tales of the City (1984) 187: What the hell does she need with some half-assed lover who’s got the hots for tile bathrooms.at half-assed, adj.
1978 A. Maupin Tales of the City (1984) 124: We get up at some godawful hour of the morning.at God-awful, adj.
1978 A. Maupin Tales of the City (1984) 56: All the old mossbacks would [...] say how nice it was to know that there were still some decent, upstanding young men left.at moss-back, n.
1978 A. Maupin Tales of the City (1984) 89: His son-in-law put the badmouth on me, and the old man tossed me out on my can.at put the bad mouth on (v.) under badmouth, n.
1978 A. Maupin Tales of the City (1984) 31: I don’t get a big bang out of this, you know. It doesn’t thrill me.at get a bang (out of) (v.) under bang, n.1
1978 A. Maupin Tales of the City (1984) 35: Edgar, you old bastard, why aren’t you home pruning the rosebuds?at old bastard (n.) under bastard, n.
1978 A. Maupin Tales of the City (1984) 41: The acid, the music, the sex, the Avalon, the Family Dog, the Human Be-in.at be-in, n.
1978 A. Maupin Tales of the City (1984) 26: Garbage [...] is very revealing. It beats the shit out of tarot cards.at beat the shit out of, v.
1978 A. Maupin Tales of the City (1984) 32: A collage of Playgirl beefcake photos.at beefcake (n.) under beef, n.1
1978 A. Maupin Tales of the City (1984) 152: The Afro-aphrodisia of the Reverend Willy Sessums, bojangling the bejeezus out of Third World Socialism.at bejazus, n.
1978 A. Maupin Tales of the City (1984) 100: A lot of guys who come here are gay . . . or at least bi.at bi, adj.
1978 A. Maupin Tales of the City (1984) 108: This couple waltzed in and took a seat in the middle of a heavy biker contingent.at biker, n.
1978 A. Maupin Tales of the City (1984) 249: Did he flip her the bird again?at flip a/the bird (v.) under bird, n.2
1978 A. Maupin Tales of the City (1984) 193: We’ll just boogie on down to The Palms, sip Blue Moons in a window seat.at boogie, v.
1978 A. Maupin Tales of the City (1984) 124: We get up at some godawful hour of the morning to jog through the boonies.at boonies, n.
1978 A. Maupin Tales of the City (1984) 63: A girl like that was gettin’ down . . . boogying and boozing.at boozing, n.
1978 A. Maupin Tales of the City (1984) 65: I’m leaving. Don’t get your bowels in an uproar.at don’t get your bowels in an uproar under bowels, n.
1978 A. Maupin Tales of the City (1984) 182: Boy! [...] Brian showed me what the landlady grows in the garden.at boy!, excl.
1978 A. Maupin Tales of the City (1984) 13: I feel like a little heavy bumping. Wanna hit the disco?at bump, v.1
1978 A. Maupin Tales of the City (1984) 12: If you can’t deal, with your own sexuality, hon, you’re gonna get screwed but good in this town.at but good, phr.
1978 A. Maupin Tales of the City (1984) 29: Tell Beauchamp to hustle his butt up here on the double.at butt, n.1