American School Slang Expression: Vocabulary T [back]
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ta huh (int) |
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No; expression of disapproval. Ta huh! I'm not
trippin' over that dude. [Philander
Smith College, Little Rock, AR, 1998] |
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T. and A. (n) |
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Tits and ass. All
I want to see is T. and A. [Bluffton
College, Bluffton, OH, 1999] |
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tanked (adj) |
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Extremelly drunk. Damn, the guy was tanked last
night at the bar. [Sheridan Collage,
Oakville, Ontario, Canada, 1998; SUNY Fredonia,
Fredonia, NY] |
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tap (v) |
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To have sex. When ya gonna tap her? [University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX;
Peabody Conservatory, Baltimore,
MD] |
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tapped (adj) |
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Done; finished; nothing left. Is that party tapped?
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OH, 1998] |
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'tard (n) |
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A person (usually male) who is too ignorant to see blatant
sexual hints given by the opposite sex, which causes the individual
to never get any action and be a virgin for the rest of his/her existence.
You are such a 'tard; didn't you know he was hittin' on you?
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OH] |
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target (n) |
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Love/lust interest; focus of attention; the person you'd
like to have sex with or go out with or become involved with. Now
that Ethan's taken, who's your new target? I don't have a boyfriend
right now, but I do have a couple targets. [Yale University, New Haven, CT, 1999] |
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tax (v) |
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To have sex. Hey
baby, let's go tax. We're gonna tax! [University of Wisconsin-Spencer, Spencer, WI, 1999] |
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teabag {vulgar} (v) |
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1. To put one's mouth on another's tesicular region. She
was all goin' down on me and she started teabaggin'! [Messiah College, Grantham, PA, 1998; Penn State University,
Wilkes-Barre, PA, 1998] 2. To perform
oral sex on a male. Wanna teabag? [Bluffton College, Bluffton, OH, 1999] |
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Thank you, Captain (Grand Admiral, Emperor, Lieutenant) Obvious (int) |
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A retort to a ridiculously apparent statement. Thank
you, Captain Obvious, for noticing that there aren't any
parking spaces here. [University Southwestern
Louisiana, Lafayette, LA] |
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that's a terrible
thing (int) |
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Expression of disappointment; another way of saying that's
too bad. You didn't find your car keys....that's a terrible thing.
[Philander Smith College, Little
Rock, AR, 1998] |
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that's out (phr) |
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Unacceptable; to be discarded. Let's go get wasted.
No, that's out. [University of
Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 1998] |
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that's word (word being pronounced with a long uh at the end) (phr) |
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The final word in the context of what you are speaking.
That's word; I'm leaving. [Brevard
Community College, Cocoa, FL] |
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the b (n) |
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A frisbee. Hey, let's hit the quad and throw the
b. [James Madison University,
Harrisonburg, VA, 1998] |
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the dog's (phr) |
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Short for "The Dog's Bollocks"; something very
good. The new club's the dog's! [University
of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C. Canada] |
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the dope daddy
doctor shit (phr) |
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The best; highly excellent. You tried that caramel
Hagen Dasz yet? -Yeah, that's the dope daddy doctor shit! [University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC,
1998] |
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the goat shit (phr) |
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Variation on "The Dope Shit". Something that
homeys think is cool but that is actually simply the goat shit. Yeah,
that club is the goat shit. [University
of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C. Canada] |
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the grail (n) |
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The ultimate in anything. His new board is the grail!
[University of Akron, Akron,
OH] |
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the Heisman (n) |
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It refers to the position of the man on the Heisman trophy.
It means you tried to kiss or hook-up with someone and were denied.
I was hanging with the hottie from my chem class and when I went
in for the kill, he gave me the Heisman! I am so embarrassed.
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the man (n) |
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Anyone who is holding you down, usually an authority figure.
[University of Texas-Austin, Austin,
TX, 1998] |
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the Pacific difference (n) |
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An old marketing slogan for Pacific University, used in
the mid- 1980s. It is now used by students in a sarcastic way when anything
is wrong with the school. Ironically, the administration hasn't caught
on, and still tries to use it in the original sense - to much private
laughter from the student body. So the new meal plan is worse than
the old one? Boy, that's the Pacific difference. [Pacific
University, Forest Grove, OR, 1999] |
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The best, generally describing some sort of drug, alcoholic
beverage, or food item, but can be used to describe a situation as well.
Now that there's the shit! That was just the shit!
[Cal Poly Pomona, Pomona, CA, 1997] |
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the way forward (n) |
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The correct thing to do; an action appropriate to the
situation. Most often used in the negative/sarcastic sense. I threw
up on her dress.--clearly the way forward! She discovered that trying
to chat up her tutor on the juice was not the way forward. [London
School of Economics, London, UK, 1998] |
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thick (adj) |
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1. Having a nice body; attractive. Man, that girl is
thick; I mean look at those curves. [Norfolk
State University, Norfolk, VA, 1998;
North Carolina Central University,
Durham, NC, 1998] 2. Really dumb,
slow or stupid. She is so thick that she re-used his condom!
[University of Georgia, Athens, GA,
1998] |
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thirsty (adj) |
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Exhibiting extreme desperation. He was so thirsty,
he spent 6 hours on the internet looking for information. [Morris Brown College, Atlanta, GA] |
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throw me a bone (phr) |
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Help me out; give me a chance. Come on, girl. Throw
me a bone. [Wake Forest U.,
Winston-Salem, NC] |
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throw mud (v) |
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To defecate. have to go to the bathroom and throw some
mud. [University of South Florida,
Tampa, FL, 1998] |
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throw up the T (phr) |
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T stands for trick. A girl who uses guys like pieces
of meat and makes you think you have a chance with them, but in actuality,
you don't. You use the phrase whenever you see a girl that you
positively know is a trick. (The phrase is meant to be followed up by
a certain hand motion. This motion of using both hands to make a "T"
(a.k.a. timeout in sports game) signifies that a trick has been spotted.
This is very important! Also, the "T" is not a toy;
use it ONLY when it is necessary.) There's Gina. Throw up the
T. [Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green,
OH] |
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tick (adj) |
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Nice looking; wel-built.
She is tick. [University of
Luton, England, 1998] |
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tight (adj) |
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Very good; cool. Damn, that song is tight! [Cal |
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tightass (n) |
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Someone who is uptight; someone who is very particular;
someone who is meticulous in following rules. That prof is such a
tightass. [West Virginia University,
Morgantown, WV, 1999] |
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tip (v) |
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To leave; to go.
Let's tip. [Pace, White Plains, NY,
1998] |
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tit bit nipply (adj) |
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Very cold; so cold your nipples get hard. It's a tit
bit nipply today. [University of
Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 1998] |
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titanic |
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1. (adj) Huge, gigantic.; Man, Clinton sure looks
titanic now. [University of Michigan,
Ann Arbor, MI,1998] 2. (int) You¡¦re going down! You
didn't study? Titanic! [Southern
Oregon University, Ashland, OR] |
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tits (adj) |
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Very good; well liked. [Ohio State University, Columbus, OH; Cal Poly Pomona, Pomona,
CA, 1997] |
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T-jones (n) |
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Parents or mother. I'm going to grub at my t-jones'
house on Sunday. [St. Philips College,
San Antonio, TX, 1998; University of Houston,
Houston, TX] |
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toasted (adj) |
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Intoxicated. [Virginia
Union University, Richmond, VA; Cal
Poly Pomona, Pomona, CA, 1997] |
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tod (adj) |
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Someone or something stupid. E. g., That outfit is
so tod. [Salve Regina University,
Newport, RI, 1998] |
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togged to the bricks (adj) |
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Dressed very well. My swing partner last nite was togged
to the bricks. [Rutgers,
New Brunswick, NJ, 1998] |
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tool (n) |
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1. New toy or equipment you bought. Dude, show us your
tool. [Central Oregon Community
College, Bend, OR, 1998] 2.
A stupid person; a dork; a loser. I am not going to date that guy;
he is such a tool! [University
of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, 1998;
USMA, West Point,
NY, 1998;
University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX; Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne FL]
3. Slut, hoe, sleazy gal. [University
of California at Irvine, Irvine, CA] 4. A clueless or lazy person
or someone (usually a guy, but can be a woman as well) who hurts someone
else (in relationships) because they either are oblivious, insensitive
or don't know how to deal with the situation, etc. At Yale, we made
the distinction between a tool and an asshole by saying that an asshole
knows what he is doing and does it anyway (i.e. hurts someone); a tool
doesn't realize or doesn't know how to avoid hurting the other person.
You should never have even dated him...he is such a tool.
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CT, 1999] |
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toolbelt (toolbox,
toolshed) (n) |
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1. Geek, dork, dweeb. He is such a toolbelt;
I don't know what she sees in him. 2. Overly pompous, obnoxious,
self-centered. That prof is a toolbox. [College of Mount Saint Joseph, Cincinnati, OH] |
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top piece (T.P.) (n) |
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Fellatio. She gave that man top piece in the
back stair way of school during lunch. [Bowie
State University, Bowie, MD, 1998] |
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tore back (to'
back) (adj) |
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Looking bad usually after serious intoxication; a little
more severe than to' up or to' up from the floor up. You are
tore back today; where were you last night? [Pasadena
City College, Pasadena, CA] |
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tore up (to'
up) (adj) |
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Not in order; messed up. After partying all night I
was way tore up and so had to get a ride home. [Concordia University, Irvine, CA] |
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toss salad (v) |
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To lick someone's anus. I hear she tossed his
salad last night. [University of
Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 1999;
Morris Brown College, Atlanta, GA] |
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tostito (n) |
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A fine Black man. There's some fine tostitos
in there. [Temple University,
Philadelphia, PA] |
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total z (adj) |
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Short for: total zero; it means acomplete idiot. He's
a total z. [Dual Language School,
Balatonalmadi, Hungary] |
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totally narley baby (adj) |
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Very good; very cool. My science project for that neato
science fair was totally narley baby! [Cal Poly Pomona, Pomona, CA, 1998] |
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totty (n) |
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Attractive members of the opposite sex. Check
out the totty by the library. [Strathclyde
University, Glasgow, Scotland] |
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town/gown (n) |
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Descriptive term for locals-student relations. That guy
over there ain't doing much for town/gown. [Oxford, Cambridge, and Durham universities,
England, 1998] |
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townies (n) |
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Local high school students. Some townies threw
eggs on some cars last night. [Dordt
College, Sioux Center, IA, 1998] |
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T.P.T. (n) |
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Trailer park trash; a white poor person who lives in a
trailer. Forget it; they're just T.P.T. [Texas A & M University, College Station, TX,
1998] |
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track (n) |
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House. I'm going
to the track. [St. Philips College,
San Antonio, TX, 1998] |
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trailer (adj) |
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Acting/looking like a white poor person who lives in a
trailer. That girl is so trailer. [Texas
A & M University, College Station, TX, 1998] |
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t-rashed (adj) |
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Extremely intoxicated. You're t-rashed; let
me drive. [Western Michigan University,
Kalamazoo, MI] |
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tree (n) |
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Marijuana. Got some tree? [University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, 1999] |
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tribe (n) |
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A group of friends or buddies. I'm meetin' my tribe
in the quad after class. [Harold
Washington College, Chicago, IL] |
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trick (tric)
(n) |
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1. A female who plays relationship games; a female who
plays games with a guy's head. Don't even worry; that girl's a trick.
[Cleveland State University, Cleveland,
OH, 1999] 2. A person who is not
cool. She is such a loser--just a trick. [Sonoma State University, Sonoma, CA]
3. Usually a girl who sells her body for sex or a girl who performs
sexual pleasures. Don't ask her out; she's a trick.
[Washington University, St. Louis,
MO, 1999; Sonoma
State University, Sonoma, CA] |
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trick that (tric that) (phr) |
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Forget that. Tric that; I'm
leaving. [Sonoma State University,
Sonoma, CA] |
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trifling (trifilin',
try-full-in) |
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1. (adj) Of no importance;
not to be taken seriously; without status; lame. Who Frankie G.'s
got a beef with me? I ani't worried, he's just triflin' loser.
[Bunkerhill Community College, Boston,
MA, 1998;
John Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD] 2. (v) To be sneaky,
underhanded, deceitful or two-faced. (Mostly used to describe someone
who gossips or talks about people behind their back.) We used to
be tight but I found out she was triflin' and told everyone who
I been with. [University of Georgia,
Athens, GA, 1998] |
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trip |
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1. (n) Something
fun; something one does for amusement. It's his trip to go
bar hopping. [Silliman University:
Dumaguete City, Phillipines, 1998]
2. To go crazy. [Hope College,
Holland, MI; Rider University, Lawrenceville,
NY] |
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trippy (adj) |
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An unexplained
reaction from a person. She was totally trippy. [California State University, Hayward, Hayward,
CA] |
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truck (v) |
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To knock someone
over or run over someone. I trucked him in the hall. [Penn. State U., University Park, PA] |
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tru dat (int) |
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Yes, I agree.
I know what you mean. Tru dat; that exam was killer. [University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI] |
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true (adj) |
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Trustworthy; loyal;
faithful. Are you worried that he is going to narc on you? No, that
dude is true! [Wichita State
University, Wichita, KS, 1998] |
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tweaked (adj) |
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On crystal meth
or cocaine. [University of North Carolina--Chapel
Hill, Chapel Hill, 1998] |
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tweaker (n) |
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1. A tweaker is
someone who's been trippin' out lately. Don't ask her to study; she's
a tweaker. [Southern Oregon University,
Ashland, OR] 2. Someone who uses methamphetamines. That party was
full of tweakers. [Southern Oregon
University, Ashland, OR] |
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tweek (tweak)
(v) |
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To flip out or
trip balls. She tweeked when she found out we had to do a
research paper in that class. [Penn
State, State College, PA] |
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twisted (adj) |
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Very highly intoxicated.
That Hennessey had me twisted at tha club. [St. Philips College, San Antonio, TX, 1998] |
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2.5 (n) |
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A security guard
or university cop; essentially, police officer wanna-be's. Since they
aren't a complete authority (full cop or 5.0), they are only half of
a full cop - a 2.5. Man, |
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two point one two (phr) |
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I'll be right back;
I'll return right away. Going downstairs, two point one two.
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two sandwiches
short of a picnic (adj) |
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Crazy; not all there. He's got 3 personalities- definitely
two sandwiches short of a picnic. [ |
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222 (n) |
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Fellatio. You bitch give me a 222 now!!!!
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