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AlphaDictionary is constantly adding to its Historical Dictionary of American Slang. We now have over 2500 carefully selected, carefully researched words from English slang going back to 16th century England, slang brought to the America by our ancestors. Our Historical Dictionary of American Slang will tell you the meaning of a slang word, its grammatical category, give an example and the approximate decade in which it was introduced. You can search for a word, a meaning (look at all the ways we have said "leave" over the centuries), or a decade. Just type in the decade you are interested in (e.g. 1950) and the dictionary will tell you all the slang terms introduced during the 50s! You can also test your slang to see which decade it places you in with our Slinging Slang quiz.

Word	PoS	Definition	Example	Year
dust	v	To kill.	I could have you dusted (off) tomorrow, you rat.	1940
low	adj	Sad, depressed.	I just flunked chem and I'm feeling really low.	1740
coin	n	Money.	I need something to eat, dude; do you have any coin?	1400
mondo	adj	Huge, humongous.	Davy gave Santa a mondo list of toys he wants for Christmas.	1960
peeps	n	People, workers.	I'll have my peeps talk to your peeps and we'll close this deal.	2000
grease	v	To kill.	If that squeeler lets the cat out of the bag, I'll grease him!	1950
grease	v	To bribe.	I can grease a few palms in city hall to fix the parking ticket.	1520
stupe	n	A stupid or foolish person.	Don't tell that stupe anything; he'll spill the beans to anyone who asks.	1820
coals	n	Ashes from a cigar or cigaret.	Hey, man, don't flip your coals on the carpet!	1980
boat	n	A large luxurious car.	Hey, man, I saw you cruising around in that old boat of your dad's	1950
rush	n	A sudden pleasant surge of the senses.	I don't get much of a rush from shelling peas.	1970
can	n	Buttocks.	Frieda slipped on a banana peel and fell on her can.	1930
wing	v	To wound superficially.	The bank robber took a shot but only winged me.	1800
umph	n	Spirit, strength, power.	Couldn't you get a little more, I don't know, umph into this ad campaign?	1930
oomph	n	Spirit, strength, power.	You need to sing that song with a little more oomph to get it across.	1930
pony up	v	To pay up your share.	Dad finally ponied up $500 so I could get the guitar.	1820
cough up	v	To give up, stop holding back.	I know you have my glove; now, come on, cough it up.	1890
hock	n	(1) Being pawned. (2) Debt.	Hardy Spender went into hock to buy that new car of his.	1860
hock	v	To pawn.	Billy hocked his guitar to get his watch out of hock.	1900
flame	n	Girlfriend, boyfriend, lover	Phil Anders has dozens of old flames but has never been burned.	1640
clam up	v	To refuse to speak	When I asked Joe Bones where he got the money for the car, he clammed up.	1910
dust off	v	Reactivate.	Why not dust off your old tap dance routine for the show.	1950
frisk	v	Search someone.	Billy goes to a school where students are frisked at the front door.	1790
batty	adj	Crazy, insane.	If you think I'm going to get me to date your sister, you're batty.	1900
dotty	v	Crazy, insane.	Wearing a polka dot dress to a funeral is not surprising for someone as dotty as Maude Lynn Dresser.	1880
greaser	n	(Offensive) A dark haired, olive skinned man.	Who was that greaser I saw you with yesterday?	1840
sucky	adj	Bad, no good.	Bucky can't go to the beach this weekend. That's sucky!	1990
oyster	n	A jolly good fellow.	Horace set me up with a beautiful blind date. Quite an oyster, that Horace.	1880
breeze	n	Something very easy.	Cutting your own hair is a breeze!	1920
teflon	adj	Unassailable, uncriticizable.	Reagan was the teflon president that no one could criticize.	1980
G	n	A grand, $1000	Purvis left town owing me a "G."	1920
H	n	Horse, heroine.	I know where you can by "H" on the street corner.	1950