Slang

**Bold** — City Slang

*Italic* — Country Slang

Underlined — Fantasy Slang

## General Use

### A

*A lick and a promise* — to do haphazardly. "He just gave it a lick and a promise."

*Above* *Snakes* — To be above ground – meaning still alive.

*Acknowledge* *the* *Corn* — admit the truth, to confess a lie, or acknowledge an obvious personal shortcoming.

**Activated Ichor** — Blood of old gods that can temporarily grant magical power.
*Adam’s Ale —* Water*.*

*Airing the Lungs* — Cussing, swearing.

### B

*Bazoo* — Mouth. “Shut your big bazoo."

**Berries** —The best. Synonym to Bee's Knees.

**Bee's Knees** — The best. Synonym to Berries.

*Bee in Your Bonnet* — An idea.

**Bent Cars** — Stolen cars.

*Best bib and tucker* — Best clothes, fancy or expensive clothes.

*Big* *bug* — The boss, an important person.

**Big Cheese, Big Shot** - The boss: Someone of importance and influence. Also an important saxophonist.

**Bile** — A drug. ??

**Bloodflood** — The immediate physical effects of injecting Activated Ichor, or more seriously, the explosive effect of the human body during overdose.

**Bloodflooder** — An individual who chronically uses Activated Ichor.

**Bluenoses** — Refers to an individual who is a prude or a killjoy.

**Boiler** — A car.

*Bone Orchard* — A cemetery.

**Bop** — To kill.

### C

**Canary** — A female singer.

**Carry a Torch** — Suffering from an unrequited love.

**Cash** — A kiss, a smooch.

*Cayuse* — Cowboy’s steed.

**Cheese it** — Put things away, hide.

**Chief's Berry** — Fantasy LSD/peyote.

*Choke* *Strap* — A necktie.

*Clean his/your plow* — Get or give a thorough whipping.

*Clipped his horns* — Took him down a notch or two; referring to a fight or a braggart.

**Clip joint** — A nightclub where the prices are high and the patrons are fleeced.

**Clipped** — Shot.

**Close your head** — Shut up.

*Coffee* *boiler* — Shirker, lazy person. (Would rather sit around the coffee pot than help).

**Conja** — A false mage, or a mage that uses magic with ill intent (portmanteau of conman and conjurer).

**Cop** — Detective, even a private one.

**Copped, to be** — Grabbed by the cops.

**Copper** — Policeman.

**Crab** — Figure something out.

**Crate** — Car.

**Croak** — To kill.

**Croaker** — Doctor.

**Crush** — An infatuation.

**Crushed** **out** — Escaped (from jail).

*Curly* *wolf* — A real tough guy, dangerous man.

### D

**Dame** — A woman.

**Dance** — To be hanged.

**Dangle** — Leave, get lost.

**Daylight, as in "fill him with daylight"** — Put a hole in, by shooting or stabbing

**Devil's Weed** — A green plant that can be smoked to get high.

**Dewdropper** — A young guy who is unemployed and spends his days sleeping away.

**Dick** — Detective (usually qualified with "private" if not a policeman).

**Dish** — Pretty woman.

**Dive** — A low-down, cheap sort of place.

**Dizzy with a dame, To be** — To be deeply in love with a woman.

**Do the dance** — To be hanged.

**Dope** **fiend** — Drug addict.

**Dope** **peddler** — Drug dealer.

**Drop** **a** **dime** — Make a phone call, sometimes meaning to the police to inform on someone.

**Droppers** — Hired killers.

**Drum** — Speakeasy.

**Dry**-**gulch** —Knock out, hit on head after ambushing.

**Dummerer** — Someone who pretends to be deaf and/or dumb to appear a more deserving beggar.

### F

*Fandango* — A big party with a lot of dancing.

**Fella** — A man.

*Flannel* *mouth* — overly smooth or fancy talker, especially politicians or salesmen.

**Flaming** **Youth** — Male counterpart to a flapper.

**Flapper** — A stylish, brash young woman with short skirts and shorter hair.

**Flat** **Tire** — A dull-witted or disappointing date.

**Flogger** — Overcoat.

*Fly at it* — A cook says this when the food is ready.

**Foozle** — A fuckup, "that was a foozle/I foozled that one." Or, a conservative/out-of-date individual (usually an old man).

### G

**Gal** — A woman.

**Gasper** — Cigarette.

*Get a wiggle on* — Hurry.

*Go to blazes* — Go to hell.

**Grab (a little) air** — Put your hands up.

### H

**Have** **the** **Bees** — To be rich.

*Hazing* *a* *tenderfoot* — Giving a city man a hard time.

**Head** **doctors** — Psychiatrists.

**Hotsy-Totsy** — Perfect, pleasing.

### I

**Ice** — Diamonds.

**Iron One's Shoelaces** — A way to excuse oneself to the restroom.

### K

**Keen** — Attractive or appealing.

**Kick** **off** — Die.

**King's Snow** — PCP/Bath salts.

**Kiss** — To punch.

**Kisser** — Mouth.

**Kitten** — A woman.

**Knock** **off** — Kill.

**Know Your/My Onions** — To know what's going on, staying up-to-date with the latest news.

### L

**Lead** — Bullets, "filled full of lead."

**Lead** **poisoning** — To be shot.

*Lickspittle* — An insult, a very low person, dishonest, no good.

*Light a shuck* — to get the hell out of here, "lets light a shuck."

**Line** — Insincere flattery.

**Looker** — A pretty woman.

### M

**Mill** — Typewriter.

**Moll** — Girlfriend.

**Mugs** — Men (especially refers to dumb ones).

### O

**Op** — Detective.

**Orphan** **paper** — Bad checks.

**Out on the roof** — To drink a lot, to be drunk.

### P

**Packing** **Heat** — Carrying a gun

**Pal** — A man.

**Palooka** —Man, probably not very smart.

**Phonus Balonus —** A way to say, "That's nonsense!"

**Piece** — Gun.

*Pull in your horns* — Back off, quit looking for trouble.

### R

**Redhot** — Some sort of criminal.

*Roostered* — Drunk.

**Rub —** A dance party for young kids, in high school or college.

### S

**Salts** — Fantasy coke.

**Sap** — A dumb guy.

**Sinker** — A doughnut.

**Sockdolager** — An event/action of great importance.

**Sorcerer's Flesh** — Blood/Flesh of a person who was born with magical powers or who was one of the Grasped.

**Shamus** — (Private) detective.

**Sharper** — A swindler or sneaky person.

**Sheba** — A woman with sex appeal.

**Sheik** — A man with sex appeal.

**Sing** — Make a confession

**Sister** — A woman.

*Skin* *yourselves* — Remove your guns.

**Skirt** — A woman.

**Sleuth** — Detective.

**Smoked** — Drunk.

**Snooper** — Detective.

**Squeeze** — A female companion or girlfriend.

**Stuck** **On** — Having a crush on.

### T

*That Don't Wash* — That doesn't make any sense.

**That's the crop** — That's all of it.

*That Shines!* — That's really great!

**Tomato** — A pretty woman.

**Tooting the wrong ringer** — Asking the wrong person.

**Twist** — A Woman.

### W

*Will die standing up* — Brave.

**Wise** **head** — A smart person.

**Wrong** **number** — Not a good fellow.

### Y

*Yarn the Hours Away* — Sit around and tell stories.

*You can Slide, Mister* — You can go to hell.

### Z

**Zoodled** — To be very, very drunk.

**Zotzed** — Killed.

## Slurs (Don't Use)

**Caster** — Refers to magic users, often used as an insult by witch-hunter Colonists or Moravians.

**Church Bell** — An overly-chatty woman.

**Daisy** — To be not masculine, feminine.

**Firstie** — Rude term referring to Primero people.