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[US] G. Sculatti Catalog of Cool 🌐 beard (noun): Cover or disguise, in the form of an object or person. Dean and Ehrlichman were Tricky Dick’s beards at Watergate.
at beard, n.
[US] G. Sculatti Catalog of Cool 75: Los Angeles [...] a no-nonsense, non-snob appraisal of the Big Orange.
at Big Orange, n.
[US] G. Sculatti Catalog of Cool 🌐 (The) Big Deuce [...] World War II.
at big deuce (n.) under big, adj.
[US] (con. 1978) G. Sculatti Catalog of Cool 🌐 puppethead (noun): Square person, esp. one who lets others pull his or her taste strings. [...] Synonyms [...] cementhead, chowder-head.
at cement-head (n.) under cement, n.
[US] G. Sculatti Catalog of Cool 🌐 cheese (adj.): Top of the line in its class. The 1958 Eldorado is unquestionably ‘the cheese Caddy.’.
at cheese, adj.
[US] G. Sculatti Catalog of Cool 🌐 Sue City (descriptive phrase): Involved in a court action or otherwise engaged in legal matters.
at sue city, n.
[US] G. Sculatti Catalog of Cool 🌐 (to) cop and blow (verb): To make a purchase and split the scene. ‘Let’s make it to McDonalds, cop and blow.’.
at cop and blow (v.) under cop, v.
[US] G. Sculatti Catalog of Cool 🌐 Doll City (adj): Physically attractive in a standard-issue way. ‘Those Hemingway chicks with the Brezhnev brows are Doll City. I’ll freeze.’.
at doll city (n.) under doll, n.1
[US] G. Sculatti Catalog of Cool 🌐 (to) sit down (verb): To make an impression, to suggest lasting impact. According to Klaflan (1982), a good idea or great music ‘will definitely sit down, kids.’.
at sit down, v.
[US] G. Sculatti Catalog of Cool 🌐 drug (adj.): (From the past tense of drag). Worn out, tired. ‘I’m too drug to climb those twenty flights just now,’ said Eddie.
at drug, adj.
[US] G. Sculatti Catalog of Cool 🌐 lean green (noun): Loot, dough, scratch. Money.
at lean green, n.
[US] G. Sculatti Catalog of Cool 🌐 puppethead (noun): Square person, esp. one who lets others pull his or her taste strings. (A typical puppethead remark: ‘Wow, I just paid forty bucks for tickets to see Devo. I’ve never heard them, but they’re supposed to be rilly neat.’).
at puppet-head, n.
[US] G. Sculatti Catalog of Cool 🌐 Motel Hell (adj.): Characteristic of a bad place to stay, as in a souring love affair or dead-end job. ‘Man, I’m quitting; the gig is Motel Hell.’.
at motel hell, n.
[US] G. Sculatti Catalog of Cool 116: Worn cuffless at ‘high-water’ levels, exposing [...] sock [...] between shoe top and pant bottom.
at highwater, adj.
[US] G. Sculatti Catalog of Cool 🌐 hung (adj.): Needy. ‘He’s really hung for bread.’.
at hung for under hung, adj.
[US] G. Sculatti Catalog of Cool 🌐 jacked up (adj.): Upset, anxious, held in suspension while the sundial ticks. ‘I got jacked up over my rent. I’m hung for the dough and can’t make it.’.
at jacked (up), adj.
[US] G. Sculatti Catalog of Cool 🌐 (to) kiss (verb): To skip, pass, shine on. ‘She told me she’d rather just go to the mountains and kiss the city altogether this weekend.’.
at kiss, v.
[US] G. Sculatti Catalog of Cool 🌐 (to) Kojak (verb): To find a usually unavailable parking space. ‘I can’t believe it: a spot right in front of the hotel. I Kojaked!’.
at kojak, v.
[US] G. Sculatti Catalog of Cool 🌐 (to) Kreskin (verb): To intuit or foresee. ‘I Kreskined that you’d call before noon.’.
at kreskin, v.
[US] G. Sculatti Catalog of Cool 🌐 (to) swing like sixty (verb): To perform at peak, to freak freely or wail radically. ‘That girl’s the cleanest when it comes to threads. The dress she wore last night swung like sixty.’.
at swing like sixty (v.) under like sixty, adv.
[US] G. Sculatti Catalog of Cool 🌐 luggage (noun): Bags under the eyes.
at luggage, n.
[US] G. Sculatti Catalog of Cool 🌐 (to) make the legal move (verb): Get married. Einstein, says Lord Buckley, found his woman, ‘made the legal move, rang the bells and out of this union were born two swingin’ Marsheads.’.
at make the legal move (v.) under make, v.
[US] G. Sculatti Catalog of Cool 🌐 queeb (noun): A small hassle or unavoidable screw-up, often mechanical. ‘Sorry I’m late. I had a minor queeb with the starter on my car.’.
at queeb, n.
[US] G. Sculatti Catalog of Cool 🌐 (to) swing (verb): To achieve the highest state of well-being. To soar free and clear. Bobby Rydell attended a ‘Swingin’ School.’.
at swing, v.
[US] G. Sculatti Catalog of Cool 🌐 Swiss (adj.): Neutral. Having no opinion or preference. [...] ‘I don’t care where we go tonight. Dinner? Flicks? I’m totally Swiss.’.
at Swiss, adj.
[US] G. Sculatti Catalog of Cool 🌐 (to) take the scenic route (verb): To perform a task with an eye toward enjoyment rather than efficiency.
at take the scenic route (v.) under take, v.
[US] G. Sculatti Catalog of Cool 🌐 in Wig City (descriptive phrase): Caught in the township of the flipped, just outside sanity and peopled by mad daddies and moms.
at wig city (adj.) under wig, n.2
[US] G. Sculatti Catalog of Cool 🌐 wrapping (noun): Threads, vines, esp. women’s.
at wrapping, n.
[US] G. Sculatti Catalog of Cool 🌐 to pile up the z’s (verb): To sleep.
at z, n.1
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