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[US] A. Young Snakes (1971) 107: Let’s get out heads bad and get down with these mucky-mucks.
at muck-a-muck, n.
[US] A. Young Snakes (1971) 105: The only way I know to master this shit is to haul ass and study.
at haul ass, v.
[US] A. Young Snakes (1971) 56: They was gon crush his ass with that big-ass ball.
at big-ass, adj.
[US] A. Young Snakes (1971) 36: He pick up one of these plastic ukeleles [...] and play some funkybutt blues make you cry.
at funky-ass, adj.
[US] A. Young Snakes (1971) 51: You ain’t got no business comin on to me with that bad attitude of yours.
at attitude, n.
[US] A. Young Snakes (1971) 149: He’s even been dating a colored girl—and boy, is she ever a babe.
at babe, n.
[US] A. Young Snakes (1971) 55: ‘Would you say the dude was stoned?’ Champ asked Shakes. ‘Stoned back!’.
at back, adv.
[US] A. Young Snakes (1971) 50: You talk about some baaaaad reefer!
at bad, adj.
[US] A. Young Snakes (1971) 107: Let’s get our heads bad and get down with these mucky-mucks.
at bad, adj.
[US] A. Young Snakes (1971) 107: Cat looked bad, man. I mean bad-bad, he was so messed up he could hardly walk.
at bad, adv.
[US] A. Young Snakes (1971) 74: I’ll be! You mean that band you all got? Well, I’ll just be!
at I’ll be!, excl.
[US] A. Young Snakes (1971) 21: Nigger, I’ll whip the dudu outta you!
at beat the shit out of, v.
[US] A. Young Snakes (1971) 33: I be’s groovin behind what’s swishin round up in my dome, dig it?
at get behind (v.) under behind, prep.
[US] A. Young Snakes (1971) 44: ‘Ain’t no big thing,’ Champ said, winking at me in mock contempt.
at no big deal, phr.
[US] A. Young Snakes (1971) 76: I’d be laid down to sleep nights [...] fast by my pillow, listening to the Big Four (a notorious quartet of brutal policemen who prowled the steets and alleys in sedans looking and asking for nothing but trouble) beating the shit out of someone.
at big four (n.) under big, adj.
[US] A. Young Snakes (1971) 86: [of Detroit] Why should I go over there and live like a dog when I can gig anytime I like it here in Big D?
at Big D, n.
[US] A. Young Snakes (1971) 75: A sweet taste of Bird.
at Bird, n.
[US] A. Young Snakes (1971) 56: I was blasted after my first toke.
at blasted, adj.2
[US] A. Young Snakes (1971) 146: The P.A. was blatting out something about Pennsylvania.
at blat, v.
[US] A. Young Snakes (1971) 63: jezzy: Did I get him told? claude: You blessed him out quite righteously!
at bless someone out (v.) under bless, v.1
[US] A. Young Snakes (1971) 37: Don’t be layin no bogue needles on my choice jams, man! [Ibid.] 106: He sure gets to play on some bogue, bad-soundin boxes, poor cat.
at bogue, adj.1
[US] A. Young Snakes (1971) 33: I [...] smoked me some boo.
at boo, n.4
[US] A. Young Snakes (1971) 35: Them some crazy niggers, damn! [...] They dont even be making sense to one another much less to other boots and some of these simple-ass grays.
at boot, n.2
[US] A. Young Snakes (1971) 138: It’s bout time for Jessy and them to be gettin they old late boodies back over here.
at booty, n.2
[US] A. Young Snakes (1971) 28: I’ll smack the chicken hockey outta you.
at chicken hockey (n.) under chicken, n.
[US] A. Young Snakes (1971) 37: Don’t be layin no bogue needles on my choice jams, man!
at choice, adj.
[US] A. Young Snakes in Major (1994).
at chump squeeze (n.) under chump, n.
[US] A. Young Snakes (1971) 125: I’mo have that durn phone number changed.
at darn, adj.
[US] A. Young Snakes (1971) 42: ‘Dig up,’ Champ said finally. ‘Tell you, here’s how I feel about you guys’ music.
at dig, v.3
[US] A. Young Snakes (1971) 79: She couldnt dig what I was into and went for all this old hippy-dippy shit.
at hippy-dippy, adj.
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