Essential american slang

Page 130

I I am so sure! exclam. I am right! (California.) 䉬 You are way rad! I am so sure! (I) love it! exclam. That is wonderful! 䉬 It’s wonderful, Ted. I love it! I smell you. sent. I understand you. 䉬 I smell you. No need to go on and on. ice palace n. a jewelry store. (From ice.) 䉬 What do they sell in that ice palace that you could afford to buy? ice queen n. a cold and haughty woman. 䉬 Britney is not exactly an ice queen, but she comes close. iced out mod. wearing lots of diamonds. 䉬 That dude is really iced out! icicles [“aIs sIkl z] n. pure cocaine in a crystallized form. (Drugs.) 䉬 Are icicles the same as crack? idea box n. the head; the brain. 䉬 You got a good solution up there in your idea box by any chance? If it ain’t broke, fix it till it is. and IIABFITII sent. & comp. abb. Don’t leave well enough alone.; Just keep tampering. (A play on If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.) 䉬 Does it work too well or something? You must say if it ain’t broke, fix it till it is.

115 Copyright © 2007 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Click here for terms of use.


Issuu converts static files into: digital portfolios, online yearbooks, online catalogs, digital photo albums and more. Sign up and create your flipbook.