Fall 2001
Edited by Wayne Glowka
Collected by Allison Alford, Vanessa Alman, Michelle Bilbrey, Nikki Chambers, Liz Coody, Amy Odom, Kayse Roland, Betsy Roth, David Weigle, Jamie West, Kelli Williams, Diana Young
The terms below were collected in the fall of 2001 by Georgia College & State University students in ENGL 4116 The Structure of Present-Day English.
We would appreciate hearing from readers about the terms
collected here. To get in touch with us, send an e-mail to <wglowka@mail.gcsu.edu>.
armpit n [Aussie Slang and Phrase Dictionary 'Slum, bad area'; RHHDAS 1968] n Vilest location in a given area 2001 Aug male at store in Peach County GA Tumorsville is the armpit of Byron.
bagos n, pl [fr. Winnebago 'large recreational motor home'] Breasts 2001 Aug GCSU male She’s got some big, floppy bagos.
baller n [CPSP 1997] 1: Rich person attractive to many members of the opposite sex 1999 May 25 LiL Troy "I Wanna Be a Baller" I wanna be a baller, shot caller.
beat guts n Copulate 2001 Sept 23-year-old male Atlanta GA Stop calling me! I’m beating guts.
Benzy n Mercedes-Benz 2001 Aug 30 rap artist Nelly If you wanna go and get high with me and smoke a L in the back of a Benzy.
betty n Woman 2001 Aug male at Rockabilly's Macon GA I need to find me a few betties to go home with before it gets to late.
bizzomb adj [www.geocities.com/online_slang_dictionary/slang/b.html] Very good, excellent, the best 2001 Sept 9th grade male Coffee Co GA Your car is the bizzomb!
blimp interj [RHHDAS other defs.] Approval of a put down 2001 Aug Middle GA middle school student Blimp! [after someone put down another kid]
bling blingin' adj [Da Bomb Cal Poly Pomona 1998] Wearing a lot of jewelry 2001 Sept 3 Teenage girl Warner Robins GA. That guy is bling blingin'.
blow adj Ridiculously easy 2001 Aug 12th-grade female Houston Co GA Everyone knows that is a blow class.
blow chunks v phr [Online Slang Dictionary http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu 'To vomit' 1997] Vomit 2001 Sept male Sylvester Middle School student I'm going to blow chunks.
blow up v [RHHDAS 1993] Become successful quickly 2001 Sept 3 Total Request Live MTV This next band’s album blew up.
blue hair n Elderly woman 2001 Sept 31-year-old man Byron GA I’ll bet that’s a blue hair in front of us driving so slow! Those blue hairs from Florida need to stay there. Bet it’s a damn blue hair.
bone [Dalzell Slang of Sin 1998] n Money (usu. pl.) 2001 male college senior Applebee’s Perry GA Those customers dropped me some phat bones. v Sleep with 2001 male college senior Applebee’s Perry GA I boned her last night.
bone up v [RHHDAS bone 4.a. 1887] Study, learn 2001 Jan 12 Save the Last Dance Your girl needs to bone up. I’ll bone up on it.
boot it v phr [Da Bomb Cal Poly Pomona 1997] Leave 2001 Sept 21 Lizzy McGuire http://www.lizzycentral.orghq.com/ Let’s boot it!
bounce v [Online Slang Dictionary http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu 'To leave or depart'] Leave 2001 Sept male Sylvester Middle School student I'm going to bounce.
boo n [RHHDAS other defs.] Boyfriend or girlfriend 2001 Aug 23 adult female Warner Robins GA Hey boo! Where we goin’ tonight?
boojie adj Bourgeois, offensively middle-class, elitist 2001 Sept DJ 97.9FM Macon GA This station is not boojie. Black female Middle GA She starting acting all boojie now that she has that job.
booyah interj Told you so! 2001 8th grade male Tabor Middle School Warner Robins GA We don’t have any homework. Yes we do. Booyah!
bounce out of v [www.geocities.com/online_slang_dictionary/slang/b.html] Leave or depart 2001 Sept 10th grade male Coffee Co GA I’m going to bounce out of Coach Mac’s class.
boy n Friend 2001 Sept Pulaski County 20-yr-old female That’s my boy. He’s hangin’ out with his boys.
bra n Friend or man 2001 Sep 28 7th-grade male Houston Co GA Hey, bra! Sept 9th grade male Coffee Co GA Sup, bra?
break off v phr Tell 2001 Sept 9th grade Coffee Co GA female Let me break you off a little something!
brewsky n Beer 2001 Sept male Warner Robins adult Hand me a brewsky.
burn v [RHHDAS 1963] Hurt 2001 Jan 12 Save the Last Dance Why you got to burn her like that?
bust [one’s] cornbread v phr Insult 2001 Aug 11-year-old male Peach County GA She busted your cornbread.
cereal adj Serious 2001 Sep 24 7th-grade male Houston Co GA Are you cereal? Sept 9th-grade female Coffee Co GA Play Are you cereal?
chase the egg v phr Have sexual intercourse 2001 Sep 24 The King of Queens Come on, baby, let me chase the egg.
chillin' v [Bloomsbury Dictionary of Contemporary Slang] Relaxing 2001 Sept 11th-grade male Bleckley Co GA What’s up? Just chillin'!
clackalacking pres part Happening, going on 2001 Sept 10th grade male Coffee Co GA Play What’s clackalacking tonight after the football game?
crib n [American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language http://www.bartleby.com/61/51/co745500.html 'House'] House, apartment, residence 2001 Aug male Bleckley County High School student Meet me at the crib. Aug 9th-grade female Coffee Co GA Play Come over to my crib tonight after the game tonight.
crunk adj [Da Bomb Cal Poly Pomona 1998] Wild, excited 2001 Oct 4 Warner Robins GA cheerleaders Get crunk, get crunk!
dawg n [Da Bomb Cal Poly Pomona 1998] Friend 2001 Aug male Bleckley County High School student He's my dawg. Oct 4 male teenager Warner Robins GA You dawg.
dip v [Bloomsbury Dictionary of Contemporary Slang ‘a vogue term from black street slang of the 1990s‘] Depart, leave 2001 Sept 9th-grade female Coffee Co GA I gotta dip! C-Ya!
dirk n Jerk 2001 Sept 21 Lizzy McGuire http://www.lizzycentral.orghq.com/ Dirk!
Dirty South n Southern U.S. 2001 Sept male Bleckley County My friend is moving to the Dirty South next year.
dog n [www.geocities.com/online/_slang_dictionary/slang/d.html ‘An unattractive person or a friend, usually used with a greeting, What’s up dog?’] Friend or pal 2001 Aug 9th-grade male Coffee Co GA What’s going on, dog?
doobie snack n [after Scooby Snack] Marijuana cigarette 2001 Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back You guys need to turn those frowns upside down, and I got just the thing, and they are called doobie snacks.
dope adj [Online Slang Dictionary http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu 'Very good, excellent; cool' 1997] Cool 2001 Sept male Sylvester Middle School student That music is dope.
down with adj [www.geocities.com/online_slang_dictionary/slang/d.html] In agreement with 2001 Aug 9th-grade male Coffee Co GA Are you down with it, or what?
dubs n [fr. w, short for wheels] Wheels 2001 Sept Coffee Co GA male That car is on dubs.
dude interj [RHHDAS other defs.] Yes, of course 2001 Dude, Where’s My Car? Do you wanna go to the store? Dude!
dweebette n [MW10 dweeb 1983] Unattractive, insignificant, or inept female 2000 Sept 21 Model Behavior You little dweebette.
edge v Move in 1999 Aug Passport to Paris You are edging on my squeeze.
fasure, baby catch phr For sure, baby 2001 Aug 9th-grade male Coffee Co GA She’s fire! Fasure, baby!
fiending pres part Needing, desiring 2001 Aug GC&SU male Man, I am fiending for a cigarette.
fluff v [RHHDAS other defs.] Emit flatulence 2001 Aug 25 adult female Gordon GA Women don’t do that; they fluff.
fly adj [www.geocities.com/online_slang_dictionary/slang/f.html] Very good, excellent, cool, hip 2001 Sept 9th-grade male Coffee Co GA Yo man! That girl is fly!
foo-foos n, pl [RHHDAS other defs.] Frilly flip flops 2001 Aug 29 adult male Warner Robins GA Aubrey’s gonna tear up your foo-foos.
freak-nasty n Person with a bad reputation 2001 male high school senior Applebee’s Perry GA I wouldn’t date that freak-nasty!
froyo n Frozen yogurt 1999 Aug Passport to Paris Y’all wanna get some froyo at the mall?
gads interj Oh no! 2001 Aug GC&SU female [in conversation about two people hurt badly in an accident] Gads!
game adj Skill, especially in sports 2001 Sept football player Coffee Co GA Coach Mac got game!
ghetto dope adj Bad or cool 2001 Aug GC&SU female That car you drive is ghetto dope!
got hooks n Have connections 2001 Sept musician 93.7 FM Warner Robins GA You’ve got more hooks than Madonna has looks.
go south v phr Turn bad 2001 Aug 31-year-old male Byron GA This conversation is going south fast! Boy this just went south.
green apple nasties n [www.geocities.com/online_slang_dictionary/slang/g.html ‘term is derived from the tendency for green apples to cause diarrhea‘] Diarrhea 1997 Sept www.geocities.com/online_slang_dictionary/slang/g.html I’ve been up eating s’mores and drinking hot chocolate all night, and now I’ve got the green apple nasties.
hack n Someone not good at a particular task 2001 male golfer Warner Robins GA This guy is a hack. If he gets in front of us, it will take all day.
haitin’ pres part Showing disrespect 2001 Sept Bibb County 6th-grade female Don’t be haitin’ on my pillow.
harsh v Anger, infuriate 2001 Oct 26-year-old female Byron GA You are really harshing me with all this homework! You’re harshing me, baby. You are harsh, man.
hogwash adj Lie, untruth 2001 Sept adult male Peach County GA That’s a bunch of hogwash.
hose v Fail to meet someone at an appointed time 2001 Feb male golfer Warner Robins GA We were supposed to tee off at nine, but he hosed me.
hoochie-fied adj [RHHDAS 1992 hoochie] Trashy, whore-like 2001 6th grade female Tabor Middle School Warner Robins GA That outfit is so hoochie-fied.
hottie adj [Online Slang Dictionary http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu 'An attractive person' 1998] Attractive Person 2001 Aug female Bleckley County High School student Brad Pitt is a hottie.
house n [Bloomsbury Dictionary of Contemporary Slang ‘a type of disco music typically played in amateur or improptu club sessions in the late 1980s‘] Style of dance music 2001 Sept 10th-grade male Coffee Co GA That DJ is playing some fly house jams.
ice n [Random House 1910] Jewelry 2001 Aug 30 Teenager Warner Robins Georgia. Look at the ice around my neck.
in there prep [RHHDAS 1997 'admirable, doing well'] Doing well 2001 Aug adult male Middle GA You got that job, so you in there like that? GC&SU male You went out with her? I didn’t know you were in there like that.
itty bitty adj Small, little 1997 Allan Jackson song It’s alright to be itty bitty 2001 Sept adult female Houston County GA He looks so ittty bitty out there [on the baseball field].
jack up adj Hit 2001 Sept 31-year-old man describing fight Byron GA He didn’t like what he had to say, so he jacked him up. He jacked him up good.
juice n [RHHDAS 1698-1706] Energy 2001 6th grade male Tabor Middle School Warner Robins GA I need some juice after last night.
juvy n [RHHDAS 1965] Juvenile Detention Center 2001 Jan 12 Save the Last Dance You just got out of juvy. He ain’t here cause he went to juvy.
kicks n Footwear, sneakers 2001 Sept 9th-grade male Coffee Co GA Play Those are some tight kicks.
kill v Cook well 2001 Sept 30 20-year-old male Warner Robins GA. I killed those pork-chops.
kool-aid n 1: Personal business 2001 Sept 27 8th-grade female Macon GA You need to get up out of my kool-aid. 2: Girlfriend 2001 Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back Get off my kool-aid.
L n [RHHDAS 1993] Marijuana cigarette 2001 Aug 30 rap artist Nelly If you wanna go and get high with me and smoke a L in the back of a Benzy.
lewinskying pres past Having an extramarital affair 2001 Sept male The Jerry Springer Show It was straight up lewinskying, straight up Monica Lewinskying.
mall troll v Look for boys (at the mall) 1999 Aug Passport to Paris Let’s go mall trolling after school.
office n Toilet [RHHDAS 1727] 2001 Aug 22 Adult male Warner Robins GA I’m going to my office.
off the chain prep phr The best, supreme 2001 Aug football player Coffee Co GA CHS football is off the chain.
off the hook prep phr [CPSP 1997] Great, awesome 2001 Sept 8 MTV Music Awards That album is off the hook.
on the wrong bus prep phr Confused, failing to understand 2001 Aug 21-year-old female GC & SU student I feel like I’m on the wrong bus in math.
parental unit n Parents 2000 Sept 21 Model Behavior Chow, parental units!
peeps n, pl [Bloomsbury Dictionary of Contemporary Slang 'occurs in American slang, in which it may refer to one’s fellow gang members or friends and family' 1997] People 2001 Aug 9th-grade male Coffee Co GA Let me introduce you to some of my peeps. Aug 21 Shaggy "Angel" Closer than my peeps, you are to me, baby.
phat adj [BDCS 1997; Da Bomb Cal Poly Pomona 1998] Beautiful, plentiful, attractive 2001 Aug 27 Woody in the Morning Show 95.5 FM Atlanta GA We’re giving away phat cash. Oct 5 Warner Robins GA middle school female He’s so phat.
pill adj Character 2001 Sept 30 9th-grade female Houston Co GA He’s a pill.
pimp adj [Online Slang Dictionary http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu 'Very good, excellent; cool'] Cool 2001 Aug male Bleckley County High School student That's a pimp shirt.
pimp line n Telephone that rings repeatedly (like that of a pimp with lots of customers) 2001 Sept Bleckley Co GA male Man you must be running a pimp line!
player n [Online Slang Dictionary http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu 'A male who dates more than one female at a time, usually just for sex or other perks'] One who uses others for their own benefit 2001 Aug female Bleckley County High School student Don't mess with him; he's a player.
po-dunk adj [MW10 Podunk 'village in Mass. or locality in Conn.' (1846) 'a small, unimportant, and isolated town'] Trashy, dumpy 2001 8th-grade female Tabor Middle School Warner Robins GA She lives in the most po-dunk house I’ve ever seen.
popo n [Online Slang Dictionary http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu 'Police Officer' 1997] Police 2001 Aug female Bleckley County High School student The popos pulled us over for speeding. Sep 3 adult male Warner Robins GA Slow down, there’s a po-po. Sept Bleckley Co GA female Be careful ‘cause there’s the po-po!
pot head adj Someone acting stupid 2001 Sept 13-year-old male Warner Robins GA You don’t know what your doing pot head. You pot head, give me that. If you weren’t such a pot head, you’d know what was going on.
props n [BDCS 1997 fr. ‘proper’] Respects, compliments, thanks 2001 The Spy Who Shagged Me I had to pop a cop in Oaktown because he was not giving me my props. Sept 8 M.T.V Music Awards I would like to give props to my record producer.
rape v Eat very fast 2001 Sept 30 20-year-old male Warner Robins GA You raped that thing.
ride the cotton pony v phr [The Slang of Sin 1998] Menstruate 2001 Aug GC&SU male She’s in a mood because she’s riding the cotton pony.
ride the short bus v phr Be mentally retarded 2001 Aug 16 7th-grade male Houston Co GA You must ride the short bus.
roll n Tablet of ecstasy 2001 Aug male at Rockabilly's Macon GA I've asked everybody for some rolls, but I cant find any.
school v Make a fool of, teach a lesson (in humiliation) 2001 Sept Bleckley Co GA male Man you got schooled on the court.
scramble the CD v Stop talking; shut up 2001 Jan 12 Save the Last Dance You can scramble that CD 'cause I don’t want to hear it.
scrub n [CPSP 1998] Dirty-looking object or person 1999 Feb 23 T.L.C. "Scrubs" I don’t want no scrubs, a scrub is a guy who can’t get no love from me.
shade adj Attitude 2001 Aug 23 Ricki Lake The girl walked in with all kinds of shade.
shady adj Wrong, bad 2001 Aug 6th grade male Bleckley Co GA I can’t believe you took his book. That was shady!
shat naw interject Shit, no 2001 Oct 5 6th-grade girl Warner Robins GA Do you have your homework done? Shat, naw.
shorty n [CPSP 1998] 1: Child 2001 female high school senior Applebee’s Perry GA He don’t how to take care of his shorty. 2: Female 2001 Aug 21 Shaggy "Angel" Shorty, you’re my angel, you’re my darlin’ angel. Aug 30 adult male Warner Robins GA What’s up, shorty?
shot caller n One who calls the shots, the boss 1999 May 25 Lil Troy "I Wanna Be a Baller" I wanna be a baller, shot caller.
simmer down v phr Calm down 2001 Sept GC&SU male You better tell him to simmer down before I get mad.
slammin’ adj [Eble ‘excellent, worthy of approval’ 1990] Excellent, worthy of approval 2001 Sept Save the Last Dance That’s a slammin’ dress.
sled n [ c.f. sledge New Webster's Dictionary] Old automobile 2001 May Car salesman at Bill Butler Chrysler Macon GA He wants to trade in that sled for a new one.
sling v Sell, distribute drugs 2001 May GC&SU male If you're looking for anything, that man is slinging everything.
skinny n [Bloomsbury Dictionary of Contemporary Slang ‘vogue term among adolescents in the 1980s, said to have originated in the armed forces in the 1940s and might be jocularly based on "the naked truth"’] News, information, gossip 2001 Sept GC&SU females What’s the skinny for today?
spin v Work as a DJ 2001 Jan 12 Save the Last Dance He spins at the club.
slide out v [Eble 1960s] Leave 2001 Jan 12 Save the Last Dance I’m slidin’ out.
smooth adj [College Slang Around the World http://www.intranet.csupomona.edu/~jasanders/slang/CSRP921r2z.html 1997] Cool, relaxed 2001 Aug Mello Yello bottle cap Stay smooth.
snooze and cruise adj Lax in requirements and therefore boring 1999 Aug Passport to Paris That class is so snooze and cruise.
son n Buddy, friend 2001 Sept 8 24-year-old male Houston County GA Can’t be doing that, son.
sow n Slob; untidy, ill-mannered person 2001 Aug adult female at dinner table in Houston County GA Slow down, sow. Sept 10-year- old male Peach County GA Look at your shirt, sow.
specks n Glasses 2001 Aug 23 adult male Milledgeville GA Mom, grab my specks!
squat n [OED2 1934 US slang] Nothing at all 2001 Aug 24 GC&SU student She didn’t do squat. Sept adult male Peach County GA That car ain’t worth squat.
sumpin pro Something 2001 Sep 24 7th-grade male Houston County GA Sumpin’ ain’t right here!
sweet adj Awesome, really cool 2001 Aug 9th-grade male Coffee Co GA That was a sweet ride he was driving.
swo adj [Da Bomb Cal Poly Pomona 1997] Buff, having a muscular body 2001 Aug 30 Young female Warner Robins GA. That guy is swo.
tag n [Bloomsbury Dictionary of Contemporary Slang ‘adopted by teenage graffiti artist in the 1970s in the USA‘] Graffiti, a vandalizing artist’s personal signature or motif 2001 Sept 10th-grade male Coffee Co GA Somebody put a fly tag on the carwash.
tickling the ivories v phr [American Heritage Dictionary of Slang] Play the piano 2001 Sep 18 DJ 107.9 FM Macon GA That was Don Henley tickling the ivories.
tight adj [Online Slang Dictionary http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu 'Very good, excellent; cool' 1997; Bloomsbury Dictionary of Contemporary Slang; NTC’s Dictionary of American Slang] Awesome, neat , cool 2001 Aug male Bleckley County High School student The graphics on that game are tight. Aug 25 11-year-old male Peach County GA That’s tight, man. Aug 30 10-year-old boy Bibb County GA Your hat is tight. Fall 10th-grade male Coffee Co GA Those are some tight kicks.
trashed adj Intoxicated 2001 Sept 23-year-old man (describing his bachelor party) Atlanta GA I’m going to get trashed tonight! . . . That man was so trashed he didn’t know what was going on. . . . My head hurts from getting trashed last night.
trick n Woman who is a tease 2001 male college senior Applebee’s Perry GA She ain’t nothin’ but a trick.
trippin’ v Be upset about something 2001 Jan 12 Save the Last Dance Why you trippin’ on him? Why you trippin’?
wack adj [Bloomsbury Dictionary of Contemporary Slang 'a vogue term in use in the black hiphop and subcultures in the early 1980s, probably derived from "whacky"'] Beaten down, old, not fashionable, worthless (see also whacked) 2001 Sept 9th grade female Coffee Co GA That new girl’s ride is wack.
whacked adj Messed up, broken (see also wack) 2001 Sept 12-year-old male Peach County GA That game is whacked.
wannabe adj Someone wanting to be something, an imposter 2001 Aug Bibb County GA male Look at the way he walks. He is just a wannabe gangster.
whip n Very nice automobile 2001 Aug Houston County GA male That is a tight looking whip, but it doesn't look as good as mine.
whoopty tah interj Big deal; so what 2001 Aug teenage female Houston County GA Whoopty tah!
winker n Penis 2001 Sept 2-year old boy Byron GA I cleaned my winker, Mama!
yank v Eat 2001 Aug 1st-grade boy Byron GA I just yanked my hamburger up! Did you see him yank that steak?
yay-yo n Cocaine 1983 Scarface
yikes interj [AHD4] Expression of mild fear or surprise 2001 Aug Bleckley Co GA male Look out for that car! Yikes!
you go, girl catch phrase [Da Bomb Cal Poly Pomona 1999] Great job 2001 Sept 22 5th-grade girls cheering at a soccer game Perry GA. You go, girl.
your six n [Da Bomb Cal Poly Pomona 1999] Your behind, back 2001 Sept 27 middle school female at football game Warner Robins GA Watch your six.
Z n Ounce of heroine 2001 July Macon GA male I’m about to go score a Z.
zig-zags n [after a brand name of rolling papers] Cigarettes 2001 Fall male Oconee Package Dublin GA Give me a pack of zig-zags.