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Sl. and Sociability 21: The term L7 for ‘a socially inept person, a square’ should be accompanied by the thumb and index finger of one hand (shaped like an L) joining the index finger and thumb of the other (shaped like a 7) to form a square. Sl. and Sociability 126: Beer is the beverage of choice, and it is variously called [...] brewdog, barley pop, icy pop, and cornflakes in a can. Sl. and Sociability 36: A-box, from attitude box, shows clipping from the first word in a compound it refers to someone who is throwing attitude, or who is ‘in a bad mood’. Sl. and Sociability 101: Audi 5000 and its shortened variants 5000 and A.D. come from the lyrics of rap music. Sl. and Sociability 37: Ace ‘the grade A’, Dog ‘the grade D’, and Zoo ‘the lowest grade possible, Z’ are straightforward expansions. Sl. and Sociability 50: Ada from Decatur for ‘point eight in craps’ is useful among dice gamblers. Sl. and Sociability 80: [These] are unlikely to have been originated by African American speakers – for example, [...] African golf for ‘the game of craps’. Sl. and Sociability 16: These slang items seem just as fresh and viable as 1992’s Air Hebrews for ‘sandals’. Sl. and Sociability 79: Adios, amigos ‘good-bye friends’ [inspires] osmosis amoebas. Sl. and Sociability 44: Granola triggers an association with other kinds of health foods, which in turn inspire alternate forms for indicating ‘someone who identifies with the styles and concerns of the 1960s’: granola-groid, crunchy granola, crunchy, grape nut, nut-n-berry, rice-and-beaner, earth biscuit, and earth muffin. Sl. and Sociability 69: In college slang an animal is an ‘athlete.’. Sl. and Sociability 121: Minority students who act white are identified with slang, for example, apples for ‘Native Americans’, bananas for ‘Asians’, and oreos for ‘African Americans’. Sl. and Sociability 101: I’m history, a parting phrase modeled on an underworld expression referring to death, has inspired the formation of I’m archives and I’m art. Sl. and Sociability 101: I’m history, a parting phrase modeled on an underworld expression referring to death, has inspired the formation of I’m archives and I’m art. Sl. and Sociability 100: Question forms such as these versions of how are you? signal that a response is in order: [...] what’s up?’s up?what’s up, G?what you know?where it’s at? and qué pasa? Sl. and Sociability 37: In a reverse process, an established acronym or letter name can be expanded. ABC store (from Alcoholic Beverage Control Store) becomes Aunt Betsy’s Cookie Store. Sl. and Sociability 36: Two kinds of shortening reduce words to letters. The dominant type in college slang is initialism, which names the individual letters: BFE (bum fucking Egypt) ‘in the middle of nowhere, far away’. Sl. and Sociability 93: There is plenty of talk of [...] women — babe-a-licious girls, babe-a-lonions, and just plain babes. Sl. and Sociability 93: There is plenty of talk of [...] women — babe-a-licious girls, babe-a-lonions, and just plain babes. Sl. and Sociability 101: Expressions of reassurance or support tend to be spatial: gotcha back [...] I’m there, we here. Sl. and Sociability 56: Many phrases formed around get are fixed expressions that show disbelief [...] or admiration (get back, get off, get up). Sl. and Sociability 80: Etymologically, only 6 of the 435 have definite or plausible origins in African languages: buckra ‘white man’. Sl. and Sociability 50: Most all groups that cultivate slang, even female college students, create or acquire derogatory words for ‘women’ picturing them as objects (bacon, box, hosebag, slampiece) or as animals (bitch, chick, dog, fox). Sl. and Sociability 42: Alliteration marks bad bongos ‘situation in which things do not go well’. Sl. and Sociability 41: Examples of rhyme from college slang are [...] fake and bake ‘get a tan in a tanning booth’. [Ibid.] 71: Fake bake ‘get a tan in a tanning salon’. Sl. and Sociability 44: Overindulgers in alcohol or drugs are pictured as the objects of various kinds of destructive processes: heat (baked, burnt out, toasted). Sl. and Sociability 41: Examples of rhyme from college slang are balls to the walls ‘a tense if not frantic time or situation that requires the ability to fight back’. Sl. and Sociability 121: Minority students who act white are identified with slang, for example, apples for ‘Native Americans’, bananas for ‘Asians’, and oreos for ‘African Americans’. Sl. and Sociability 79: Hasta manana ‘see you tomorrow’ inspires hasty bananas. Sl. and Sociability 70: Banana factory was a ‘hectic, horrible, or futile situation’, and duck soup was ‘something easy’.