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[US] N.Y. Post 3 Feb. 15: If he’s in the mood, we say he’s in the groove, or feeling his stuff.
at feel one’s stuff (v.) under stuff, n.
[US] N.Y. Post 3 Nov. 3: [headline] Go Fly A Kite.
at go fly a kite! (excl.) under kite, n.
[US] N.Y. Post 19 Feb. 40: Not ‘cow colleges,’ but famous institutions [W&F].
at cow college (n.) under cow, n.1
[US] N.Y. Post 28 Dec. n.p.: The three, all 17, were arrested Christmas for tearing up the premises of the Alps Bar and Grill.
at tear up, v.
[US] N.Y. Post 31 Dec. 3: [The] benefit party at $100 a ticket [...] promises to be a real fine donkey roast [W&F].
at donkey roast (n.) under donkey, n.
[US] in N.Y. Post 24 Aug. 30: Words like [...] ‘dime-dropper’ don’t show up on middle class-oriented intelligence tests [HDAS].
at dime dropper (n.) under dime, n.
[US] in N.Y. Post 1 July 30: And Bob would tell them what a high it gave him to see this gook step on a mine he’d put out the night before [HDAS].
at high, n.
[US] N.Y. Post 10 July n.p.: Sure I’ve been to Nam (Vietnam), and I’d rip off (attack) a hog (policeman) in a minute [HDAS].
at hog, n.
[US] N.Y. Post 3 Jan. 5: Normally the drug produces hallucinations, but these microdots create fear, terror and suicidal tendencies.
at microdot, n.
[US] N.Y. Post 20 Dec. 39: Only people with a lot of mutton in them beat up midgets [HDAS].
at mutton, n.
[US] N.Y. Post 24 Apr. 33: We spotted the ‘lame’ (prison word for victim) and decided to take him off....Almost all my ‘lames’ were white men — that’s where all the money was [HDAS].
at lame, n.
[US] N.Y. Post 29 Nov. 40: It’s a soft-core film that reduced the S-M sex [...] to a series of anguished facial close-ups.
at S and M, adj.
[US] N.Y. Post 22 July 3: There have been [...] five ‘cut-ups’ – knife battles between black and Hispanic inmates [HDAS].
at cut-up, n.2
[US] N.Y. Post 29 Nov. 14: That breakthrough film which uses hard-core sex as a dramatic expression of meaningful human relationships has yet to be made.
at hardcore, adj.
[US] N.Y. Post 8 July 15: ‘Charley Blow’. [...] has been branded a health risk in a report this week by the National Institute on Drug Abuse [HDAS].
at charlie blow, n.
[US] N.Y. Post 19 Mar. 3: This is gravy street for them [HDAS].
at gravy street (n.) under gravy, n.
[US] N.Y. Post 6 July 17: Another Italian exec is ‘capped.’ [HDAS].
at cap, v.7
[US] N.Y. Post 26 Dec. 3: MacLeod – ‘Lots of women think chrome domes are irresistible. We all think Gavin is’ [HDAS].
at chrome dome (n.) under chrome, n.
[US] N.Y. Post 19 Oct. 7: When Lisa Lyon, 26, met muscleman-actor Arnold Schwarzenegger two years ago [...] she began to pump iron.
at pump iron (v.) under iron, n.
[US] N.Y. Post 23 Jan. 24: Too many people say ‘yuk’ to liver because they have never tasted it cooked well.
at yuck!, excl.
[US] N.Y. Post 13 Mar. 6: Past [...] spots had her looking oomphy in skimpy garb.
at oomphy (adj.) under oomph, n.
[US] N.Y. Post 11 Aug. 37: Guys like to put the hammer on him [HDAS].
at put the hammer on (v.) under hammer, n.1
[US] N.Y. Post 8 Aug. 21: A powerful new form of cocaine – which produces the effects of ‘freebasing’ without its fiery risks – was discovered last night during a police raid on a Bronx narcotics den. ‘This stuff is safer to handle, but just as deadly in its addictive qualities,’ Bronx Narcotics Unit Lt. John Creegan said of the new cocaine product called ‘crack.’ ‘It can be smoked in a pipe and gives the same effect as freebasing without going through the old process of purifying it with ether and alcohol where you run the risk of setting yourself on fire.’.
at crack, n.7
[US] N.Y. Post 8 Aug. 21: A powerful new form of cocaine – which produces the effects of ‘freebasing’ without its fiery risks – was discovered last night during a police raid on a Bronx narcotics den.
at freebasing, n.
[US] ‘On the Newsstand’ N.Y. Post 21 June n.p.: There’s nothing surprising about Hayek occupying Latina’s cover—every issue is devoted to the Latin community. But, then again, there’s nothing surprising in any part of their July issue. They’re going after the ‘luppies,’ but apparently these ladies don’t want to read anything risque.
at luppie, n.
[US] N.Y. Post 7 June 10/5: Celebrity culture has overtaken Britain’s rhyming slang [...] can you guess what Brad Pitt means to a Cockney?
at Brad (Pitt), n.
[US] N.Y. Post 19 Feb. n.p.: More than four decades of knowing [Richard Harris] — it’s a shock to find out he is suffering from Irish Alzheimer’s disease, where you forget everything except your grudges.
at Irish alzheimer’s (n.) under Irish, adj.
[US] N.Y. Post 7 June 10/5: Celebrity culture has overtaken Britain’s rhyming slang [...] Steve McQueen’s is ‘jeans.’.
at Steve McQueens, n.
[US] N.Y. Post 7 June 10/5: Celebrity culture has overtaken Britain’s rhyming slang [...] Winona Ryder is ‘cider.’.
at Winona Ryder, n.
[US] N.Y. Post 7 June 10/1: ‘Sex and the City’ star Chris Noth sidled up to Winona Ryder and proceeded to swap spit with the ‘Girl, Interrupted’ star for ‘at least 25 minutes,’ a spy said.
at swap spit(s) (v.) under swap, v.
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