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Lingo for the story I am planning on starting and finishing. All fingers crossed.



A
1. actor: show-off
2. agitate the Gravel: to leave (hot-rodders)
3. ain’t that a bite?: that’s too bad
4. ankle-biter: a child
5. anti-frantic: poised
6. apple butter: smooth talk or flattery
7. are you writing a book?: you're asking too many questions
B
8. baby: cute girl
9. back seat bingo: kissing while in a car
10. bad news: depressing person
11. bake biscuits; to make records
12. ballad: a love letter
13. bash: great party
14. bash ears: to talk
15. bent eight: a V-8 engine (hot-rodders)
16. Big Daddy: an older person
17. big tickle: really funny
18. binoculars: glasses
19. bit: an act
20. blanket: sandwich
21. blast: a good time
22. blow off: to defeat in a race (hot-rodders)
23. bobbed: shortened
24. boss: great
25. bread: money
26. bug: "you bug me" - to bother
27. bull: a big and strong athlete
28. bundie: a boy in need of a haircut
29. burn rubber: to accelerate hard and fast (hot-rodders)
C
30. cast an eyeball: to look
31. cat: a hip person
32. chariot: car
33. chili: a good deal
34. chrome-plated: dressed up (hot-rodders, originally)
35. circled: married
36. clanked: rejected
37. classy chassis: great body
38. closet case: someone to be ashamed of
39. cloud 9: really happy
40. clutched: rejected
41. Clyde: term of address, usually for a normal person
42. come on snake, let’s rattle!: may I have the next dance?
43. committed: engaged to be married
44. cook, cookin': doing it well
45. cool: indefinable quality that makes something or someone extraordinary
46. cool it: relax, settle down
47. cooties: imaginary infestations of the truly un-cool
48. cop a breeze: to leave
49. corral: a school yard
50. cranked: excited
51. crazy: "like crazy, man" Implies an especially good thing
52. cream: originally, to dent a car. Later, to badly damage (hot-rodders, originally)
53. cruisin' for a bruisin': looking for trouble
54. cube: a normal person
55. cut out: leave
56. cut the gas: be quiet!
D
57. Daddy-O: Term of address
58. D.D.T.: initials for “Drop Dead Twice”. The response: What, and look like you?
59. deuce: a 1932 Ford (hot-rodders)
60. dibs: a claim - as in "got dibs" on that seat
61. dig: to understand; to approve
62. Dolly: cute girl
63. don't have a cow: don't get so excited
64. drag: (hot-rodders) a short car race; A bore
65. drowning: baffled
66. Duck Butt or D.A.: hairstyle of greasers where hair in back is combed to the middle, then with end of comb, makes a middle part.
67. due backs: a pack of cigarettes
E
68. earthbound: reliable
69. earth pads: shoes
70. epistle: a letter to someone
71. eyeball: look around
F
72. face: a clock
73. fade out: to disappear; someone who broke a promise
74. fake out: bad date
75. far out: ahead of the times
76. Fat City: a great thing or place; Happy; a good situation
77. fire up: start your engine (hot-rodders)
78. flat out: fast as you can
79. flat-top: men's hairstyle. A crewcut that is flat across the top
80. flick: a movie
81. flip: to get very excited
82. flip-top: a convertible car
83. floor it: push the accelerator to the floor (hot-rodders)
84. flutter bum: a good-looking boy
85. fracture: to amuse
86. frail: broke, without money
87. fream: someone who doesn't fit in
88. frosted: angry
89. fuzzy duck: a girl with short hair
G
90. germ: a pest
91. get bent!: disparaging remark as in "drop dead"
92. get with it: understand
93. gig: work, job
94. give me a bell: call me on the telephone
95. give me five: let’s shake hands
96. go ape: to explode or be really mad; to get very excited
97. go for pinks: a drag race where the stakes are the car's pink slip (hot-rodders)
98. goof: someone who makes mistakes; to make a mistake
99. goopy: messy
100. goose it: accelerate the car fully (hot-rodders)
101. greaser: a guy with tons of grease in his hair.
102. gringles: worries
103. grody: sloppy, messy or dirty
104. grundy: neither good nor bad
H
105. handle: your name
106. hang: as in "hang out" which means to do very little; to loaf or idle
107. heart: a good teacher
108. heat: police
109. hep: with it, cool. Someone who knows the situation.
110. hey bean!: hello!
111. hip: someone who is cool, in the know; very good; up to date and informed
112. hipster: same as above (hip)
113. hit the bottle: to bleach one’s hair blonde
114. hopped up: a car modified for speed (hot-rodders)
115. horn: telephone
116. hottie: a very fast car (hot-rodders)
117. hound: the bus
118. hub cap: a boy who tries to be a big wheel but fails
I
119. I’ll clue you: I’ll tell you about it
120. ice it: tell someone to forget something
121. illuminations: good ideas, thoughts
122. in orbit: in the know
123. Ivy Leaguer: ants style. Also any person who attended an Ivy League college
J
124. Jacked Up: car with raised rear end. (hot-rodders)
125. jacketed: going steady
126. Jelly Roll: men's hair combed up and forward on both sides, brought together in the middle of the forehead.
127. jets: smarts, brains
128. Joe Doe: a boy involved in a blind date
K
129. keeper: parent
130. kick: a fun or good thing; Also, a fad
131. kill: to really impress
132. knuckle sandwich: a fist in the face
133. kookie: nuts, in the nicest possible way
L
134. large charge: something that is exciting
135. later, also later, gator: goodbye. See ya later, alligator. Response: after while crocodile.
136. lay a patch: to accelerate so rapidly that you leave a patch of rubber on the road.
137. lay dead: wait a minute
138. lay on: to give
139. lid: a hat
140. lighter: a crew cut
141. lighting up the tilt sign: not telling the truth
142. like crazy; like wow: really good, better than cool
143. little monsters: younger siblings
144. low: depressed
145. lumpy: mediocre
M
146. machine: car (hot-rodders)
147. made in the shade: success guaranteed
148. Madison Avenue: sharp, cunning
149. make out: a kissing session
150. make the scene: to attend an event or activity
151. mark: one’s signature
152. meanwhile, back at the ranch: from TV Westerns. Usually used to get a storyteller back on track.
153. Mickey Mouse: dumb
154. mirror warmer: a piece of pastel fabric (often cashmere) tied around the rear view mirror. A 50s version of the Medieval wearing your lady's colors.
155. moldy: a bad teacher
156. most: as in "the most" - high praise usually of the opposite sex
157. mush: homework
N
158. negative perspiration: easy
159. nerd: same as now. Bill Gates without the money.
160. nest: a hair-do
161. night shift: a slumber party
162. nod: drift off to sleep
163. nosebleed: as in “hey, nosebleed” - hey, stupid. Not a compliment!
164. no sweat: no problem
165. nowhere: opposite of cool.
166. Nowheresville: a boring, bad place to be.
167. nuggets: loose change
O
168. odd ball: someone a bit off the norm
169. off: to steal
170. off the line: start of a drag race (hot-rodders)
171. on pills: dieting
172. on the hook: in love
173. on the stick: pulled together. Bright, prepared...
P
174. pad: home; an apartment
175. pale one: a dull person
176. panic and a half: a very funny joke
177. paper shaker: cheerleader or Pom-Pom girl
178. party pooper: no fun at all; a killjoy
179. passion pit: drive-in movie theatre
180. peepers: glasses
181. pile up Z's: get some sleep
182. Pinky’s out of jail: your slip is showing
183. play dead: to keep quiet
184. pooper: no fun at all
185. pop the Clutch: Release the clutch pedal quickly so as to get a fast start
186. pound: beat up
187. proof: identification showing that one is old enough to buy liquor
188. punch it: step on the gas (hot-rodders)
189. punk: a weak, useless person
190. put an egg in your shoe and beat it!: leave!
191. put down: to say bad things about someone
Q
192. queen: a popular girl
193. quote: to repeat oneself
R
194. radioactive: very popular
195. rag top: a convertible car
196. rap: to tattle on someone
197. rattle your cage: get upset
198. raunchy: messy or gross in some other way
199. razz my berries: excite or impress me
200. real gone: very much in love. Also a little unstable.
201. reds: the Communists; an angry state of mind
202. refuel: to eat
203. righto: okay
204. rock: a diamond
205. rocket: a car (hot-rodders)
206. rod: a car (hot-rodders)
207. round up time: the end of summer vacation
208. roust: under arrest
209. running lights: eyes
S
210. salty: angry
211. scooch: a friend
212. scorch: popular
213. scream: go fast
214. screamer: a hot rod
215. set of wheels: a car
216. sewer: someone who is incapable of keeping a secret
217. shoot low, they're riding Shetlands: be careful
218. shot down: failed
219. shuck, shuckster: a deceiver, liar or cheat
220. sides: vinyl records
221. sing: to tattle or inform on someone
222. skinny: broke, without money
223. slip me: give me
224. slodge: a friend
225. sluff: to cut classes
226. slurg: a milkshake
227. smog in the noggin: lost memory; forgot
something
228. snowed: infatuated
229. Sophie: one’s girlfriend
230. sounds: music
231. souped up: a car modified to go fast
232. spaz: someone who is uncoordinated. A klutz.
233. split: leave
234. square: a regular, normal person. A conformist.
235. stable the horses: park the car
236. stack up: to wreck a car (hot rodder)
237. storming machine: a car that will go fast
238. straight: reliable, honest
239. subterranean: a hipster.
T
240. tank: a large sedan (usually driven by parents)
241. that's close: something wrong or not true
242. the man: police
243. thin one: a dime
244. think Fast: usually said right before someone threw something at you
245. threads: clothes
246. tight: good friends
247. total: to completely destroy, most often in reference to a car
248. touch home: to make sense
249. tube steak: a hot dog
250. tune out: to go away
U
251. unborn: extremely naive
252. unreal: exceptional
V
253. vacant: uncertain
W
254. wail: go fast (as in a car); or to perform superbly
255. warden: a teacher
256. way out: innovative
257. weed: a cigarette
258. wet rag: someone who's just no fun; unpopular
259. what's buzzin, cuzzin: what's new?
260. what's your tale, nightingale: what's the story?
261. wheelie: lift the car's front wheels off the ground by rapid acceleration
262. wig chop: a haircut
263. word from the bird: the truth
Y
264. yoot: a youngster
265. you make the king’s jive: your English is good
Z
266. zorros: the jitters

 

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