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[US] Eble Campus Sl. Oct. 1: animal — an athlete, especially one interested only in sports.
at animal, n.1
[US] Eble Campus Sl. Oct. 1: banana – a person who acts foolish or idiotic.
at banana, n.
[US] Eble Campus Sl. Oct. 1: bubblegum – light, unimportant, frivolous, unimaginative.
at bubblegum, adj.
[US] Eble Campus Sl. Oct. 1: burn for – to set all one’s energies towards one specific goal: He’ll begin to burn for exam after Thanksgiving.
at burn, v.
[US] Eble Campus Sl. Oct. 2: cool one – a beer.
at cool one (n.) under cool, adj.
[US] Eble Campus Sl. Oct. 2: crack up – something very funny or unusual.
at crack-up, n.2
[US] Eble Campus Sl. Oct. 2: do – general, all-purpose action verb: Let’s do a few beers.
at do, v.1
[US] Eble Campus Sl. Oct. 2: eat up – temporarily physically unattractive [...] Carol looked eat up and felt worse.
at eat up, adj.
[US] Eble Campus Sl. Oct. 2: 5$ balloon – $5 worth of heroin.
at five-cent bag (n.) under five, adj.
[US] Eble Campus Sl. Oct. 2: flat out Adj. – complete; Mary’s a flat-out failure.
at flat out, adj.1
[US] Eble Campus Sl. Oct. 2: freak out [...] I think Murray was freaked out when he saw me all dressed up.
at freak out, v.
[US] Eble Campus Sl. Oct. 1: brain is fried – showing incoherent behavior thought to be typical of someone with brain damage.
at fry, v.
[US] Eble Campus Sl. Oct. 6: take the gas – to fail in an important situation.
at take the gas (v.) under gas, n.1
[US] Eble Campus Sl. Oct. 3: how’s it happening? – a greeting equivalent to Hi, how are you?
at how’s it going?, phr.
[US] Eble Campus Sl. Oct. 3: greaser – derogatory term for the Archie Bunker [i.e. white US working class] stereotype.
at greaser, n.1
[US] Eble Campus Sl. Oct. 3: gunner – one who really works for grades in school.
at gunner, n.4
[US] Eble Campus Sl. Oct. 3: hassle – to cope with something troublesome.
at hassle with (v.) under hassle, v.1
[US] Eble Campus Sl. Oct. 3: hooch – marijuana.
at hooch, n.1
[US] Eble Campus Sl. Oct. 3: hummer – a beer or a drink.
at hummer, n.7
[US] Eble Campus Sl. Oct. 4: libber – one who believes in women’s liberation.
at libber, n.2
[US] Eble Campus Sl. Oct. 4: load – a pest.
at load, n.
[US] Eble Campus Sl. Oct. 4: nerd [...] a person who is out of it, a loser, a jerk.
at nerd, n.
[US] Eble Campus Sl. Oct. 4: Newk—beginner, novice.
at newk, n.
[US] Eble Campus Sl. Oct. 4: nob – nerd.
at nob, n.1
[US] Eble Campus Sl. Oct. 6: turnon [...] to become interested or excited by something.
at turn on, v.
[US] Eble Campus Sl. Oct. 6: weird out – to have a bizarre effect: That scene really weirded me out.
at weird out, v.
[US] Eble Campus Sl. Oct. 5: psyched out – in a high emotional state.
at psyched (up), adj.
[US] Eble Campus Sl. Oct. 5: rack – five red depressants of seconal.
at rack, n.2
[US] Eble Campus Sl. Oct. 5: slick – physically attractive, cool (usually said by a female about a male).
at slick, adj.
[US] Eble Campus Sl. Oct. 5: slide – easy; They tell me Health Ed 41 is a slide (course).
at slide, n.
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