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• saccharin
  
  ( adj ) Excellent, outstanding. That's so saccharin!
  1990s
• sack
  
  ( n ) Bed. When did you hit the sack last night?
  1950s
• sack
  
  ( v ) To fire. Jake got sacked for smoking in his office.
  1840s
• sack out
  
  ( v ) To sleep. Peeby sacked out over at Frieda's last night.
  1960s
• salty
  
  ( adj ) Disrespectful. Don't get all salty with me!
  1990s
• salty
  
  ( adj ) Risqu�, bawdy. He likes to sing salty songs.
  1860s
• sano
  
  ( n ) Very clean, pristine. Ron did a sano job on his '56 Chevy.
  1970s
• sap
  
  ( v ) To hit, to club. The police sapped all the strikers and chased them away.
  1920s
• sap
  
  ( v ) To study. Renfrow saps all night; no wonder he makes such good grades.
  1830s
• sap
  
  ( n ) A stupid person. Don't be a sap! If it looks too good to be true, it isn't.
  1920s
• sappy
  
  ( adj ) Gullible. He is so sappy I'm surprised he hasn't bought the Brooklyn Bridge.
  1940s
• sappy
  
  ( adj ) Overly sentimental. I hate those sappy movies where everyone gets married and lives happily ever after.
  1940s
• sashay
  
  ( v ) To go. Why don't you sashay over to the store and get some bottled water?
  1830s
• sauce
  
  ( n ) Liquor. I hear her dad is on the sauce.
  1960s
• sauce
  
  ( n ) Steroids. Look at those biceps; that guy's on the sauce.
  1980s
• sauced
  
  ( adj ) Drunk, intoxicated. Man we got sauced last night at that party.
  1940s
• savvy
  
  ( n ) Brains, intelligence Ask Jean-Phillippe; he has a lot of savvy when it comes to car engines.
  1930s
• sawbuck
  
  ( n ) 10-dollar bill. Give me a sawbuck til Friday, Lionel, I'm flat broke.
  1850s
• Say my name!
  
  ( int ) A threatening An interjection. Say my name, you moron!
  1990s
• Say what?
  
  ( int ) Are you serious. Malik got shot last night. Say what?!
  1950s
• Says you!
  
  ( int ) An interjection of disbelief. It's going to rain tomorrow? Says you!
  1920s
• scad
  
  ( n ) Heap, large amount. I heard LaVerne has scads of money.
  1860s
• scadoodle
  
  ( n ) Heap, large amount. See if you can't get some marbles from Enrico; he has scadoodles of them.
  1860s
• scag
  
  ( n ) An ugly female (offensive). He was seen last night in a sketchy part of town with a scag.
  1930s
• scalp
  
  ( v ) To sell for a much higher price than expected. He scalped all the tickets for the World Series that he had.
  1970s
• scam
  
  ( n ) A swindle, a con. Don't lose your money in some kind of scam.
  1960s
• scam
  
  ( v ) To swindle or cheat. Some con artist scammed him out of his tuition money.
  1960s
• scarf
  
  ( v ) Devour, eat quickly. Since he hadn't eaten in a week, he scarfed down everything on his plate.
  1970s
• scene
  
  ( n ) A scandal, uproar. She caused a scene at the restaurant when she was served cold coffee.
  1760s
• scene
  
  ( n ) Where it is happening. I have to make that scene: all the cool cats will be there.
  1960s
• scenester
  
  ( n ) Someone who is always where it is happening. He is such a scenester he never gets any studying done.
  1980s
• schmuck
  
  ( n ) A jerk. What a stupid schmuck.
  1890s
• school
  
  ( v ) To teach someone a lesson. Man, give me that ball, I'm going to school you!
  1590s
• scoop
  
  ( n ) An alert on a good news story. Rhoda Book always gets scoops on the honeymoon of the Hollywood stars.
  1870s
• scoot
  
  ( v ) To leave, go. Wow! Is it that late? I have to scoot.
  1750s
• scope
  
  ( v ) Look at, examine. Hey, scope the hunk and his friend over there.
  1980s
• scope out
  
  ( v ) Look at, examine. Hey, scope out that blond over there.
  1970s
• score
  
  ( v ) Get, buy or steal. Go score some drinks.
  1960s
• score
  
  ( v ) To have sex with. He said he scored with her but she says he never got to first base.
  1960s
• Score!
  
  ( int ) An interjection of celebration. You got an A? Score!.
  1980s
• scot free
  
  ( ap ) Without any penalty or damage at all. The rest of us had to pay a fine but Matilda got off scot free.
  1530s
• scram
  
  ( v ) To leave. You're getting on my nerves, so. scram!
  1920s
• scrap
  
  ( n ) A fight. He got into a scrap with a motorcycle gang and had his nose bitten off.
  1840s
• scrap
  
  ( v ) Cancel. We had to scrap plans to go to the beach when we saw the weather report.
  1900s
• scrap
  
  ( v ) To fight. He's a well-intended boy but he scraps with the neighborhood kids too much.
  1870s
• scratch
  
  ( n ) Money. I need a burger; does anyone have any scratch?
  1910s
• scratch off
  
  ( v ) Screech your tires pulling out. Nathan just left; I heard him scratching off.
  1950s
• scream
  
  ( v ) Go fast. He has a screaming rod, man.
  1960s
• screamer
  
  ( n ) A hot rod. His new wheels are a real screamer.
  1960s
• screw
  
  ( v ) To harm greatly. He got screwed by a used-car dealer.
  1900s
• screw
  
  ( v ) To have sex with. [Use your imagination].
  1930s
• screw around
  
  ( v ) To have love affairs. [Use your imagination].
  1970s
• screw around
  
  ( v ) Waste time. If you screw around all day at this work, you will have to come back again.
  1970s
• screw up
  
  ( v ) To make a mistake, error. He screwed up when he bought that car.
  1940s
• screwup
  
  ( n ) A mistake, error. His marriage turned out to be one great screwup.
  1950s
• scrill
  
  ( n ) Money. I'm short on scrill: could you help me til Friday?
  2000s
• scrilla
  
  ( n ) Money. Yo, man, what's up with that scrilla you owe me?
  2000s
• scrooch
  
  ( v ) To shrink or tighten up. Scrootch up, everyone, we have to fit one more person in the car.
  1880s
• scrooched
  
  ( adj ) Drunk, intoxicated. You came home totally scrooched last night; don't ever talk to me again.
  1920s
• scrub
  
  ( n ) A dirty looking object or person. Man, I'm not hanging with those scrubs.
  1990s
• scrub
  
  ( v ) Cancel. We decided to scrub the trip when we saw the weather report.
  1820s
• scrubby
  
  ( adj ) Dirty, grimy. She's so scrubby.
  1990s
• scum
  
  ( n ) A worthless, repulsive person. Policemen have to deal with the scum of the earth.
  1580s
• scumbag
  
  ( n ) A worthless, repulsive person. The scumbag took my sister out to dinner and made her pay for the meal.
  1970s
• scurvy
  
  ( adj ) Worthless, repulsive. That girl in the sloppy sweater sure is scurvy.
  1990s
• scuzz
  
  ( n ) A worthless, repulsive person. Don't hang around with scuzz like her; you will get in trouble.
  1960s
• scuzz-bag
  
  ( n ) A worthless, repulsive person. Velma is the worst scuzz-bag I've ever known.
  1980s
• scuzz-bucket
  
  ( n ) A worthless, repulsive person. I think Red is a scuzz-bucket who drives a scuzz-bucket.
  1980s
• scuzzball
  
  ( n ) A worthless, repulsive person. Todd is nothing but a scuzzball who will stab you in the back.
  1980s
• scuzzy
  
  ( adj ) Worthless, repulsive. He bought the car from some scuzzy guy who probably stole it.
  1960s
• section
  
  ( v ) To lowered a car by removing a section through the body. He sectioned his hotrod and, boy, is it cool now.
  1960s
• see the dinosaur
  
  ( v ) To completely misunderstand. If you don't explain it to her she's just going to see the dinosaur.
  1990s
• See you later, alligator
  
  ( int ) Good-bye. See you later, alligator. (After while, crocodile.).
  1950s
• seed
  
  ( n ) A child, offspring. She took her seed with her to class?
  1990s
• sell buicks
  
  ( v ) To vomit. Todd sold his buicks in the bathtub.
  1990s
• sell out
  
  ( v ) To betray someone. He wouldn't sell me out; he's my closest friend.
  1940s
• send packing
  
  ( vp ) To fire. He fingered the boss's secretary and they sent him packing.
  1820s
• senior moment
  
  ( np ) Something causing forgetfulness. She had a senior moment and put the remote control in her purse instead of her mobile phone.
  1990s
• set
  
  ( n ) A series of good waves in surfing. Man, did I catch a great set this morning.
  1970s
• sex-pot
  
  ( n ) A sexy or seductive woman. She thinks she is a sex pot when she wears those low-cut blouses.
  1950s
• shack
  
  ( v ) To sleep at someone else's house. I was toast so I shacked at Bob's last night.
  1980s
• shack up
  
  ( v ) To sleep with someone at a hotel or motel. Claudia shacked up with her husband's business partner.
  1920s
• shacker
  
  ( n ) Someone who frequently sleeps at someone else's house. Lizzy is such a shacker; I don't know why she has an apartment.
  1990s
• shades
  
  ( n ) Sunglasses. Did you buy some new shades?
  1970s
• shady
  
  ( adj ) Suspicious, not quite honest. He got in trouble hanging out with some shady characters in the pool hall.
  1860s
• shaft
  
  ( n ) A double-cross. I sent her out to buy a car but she gave me the shaft and skipped with the money.
  1950s
• shaft
  
  ( v ) To double-cross. I was shafted by best friend!
  1950s
• shag ass
  
  ( v ) To leave. This library sucks; let's shag ass.
  1950s
• shagadellic
  
  ( adj ) Excellent, outstanding. What a show! It was totally shagadellic!
  1990s
• shake the spot
  
  ( vp ) To take the center of attention. Casey really shook the spot at Tiffany's birthday party last night.
  1990s
• shammered
  
  ( adj ) Drunk, intoxicated. He went to the bar and got shammered last night.
  1990s
• shank
  
  ( n ) Crudely made knife. They caught him with a shank and gave him 5 more years in prison.
  1960s
• sharp
  
  ( n ) An expert. He was taken in by a couple of card sharps who drifted into town.
  1840s
• sharp
  
  ( adj ) Attractive or appealing. Who was the sharp guy I saw her out with last weekend?
  1950s
• sharp
  
  ( adj ) Excellent, outstanding. I've heard the new night club is really sharp.
  1940s
• sharp
  
  ( adj ) Smart, intelligent. He is very sharp with numbers.
  1690s
• shasta
  
  ( adj ) Unattractive (female). She's is so shasta no good-looking airhead is interested in her.
  1990s
• Sheba
  
  ( n ) A sexy or seductive woman. She is just the Sheba I've been waiting for.
  1920s
• sheik
  
  ( n ) A sexy man. Who is the sheik I saw her with last Friday?
  1920s
• sheisty
  
  ( adj ) Questionable, unacceptable. The fries they give you in the caf are hella sheisty.
  1990s
• shell
  
  ( and ) Crazy, insane. That waitress with the greasy purple hair and orange lipstick is definitely shell!
  1990s
• shife
  
  ( adj ) Excellent, outstanding. His new kicks are definitely shife.
  1990s
• shifty
  
  ( adj ) Deceitful, untrustworthy. The guy is too shifty for me; I don't like him.
  1830s
• shine
  
  ( v ) To deceive or gull. Don't try to shine me, man; I've been there.
  1960s
• shite
  
  ( v ) To make a mistake, error. He shites the ball and misses the shot.
  1990s
• shite
  
  ( adj ) Worthless, disgusting. It was a shite situation I just wanted to get out of.
  1990s
• shiv
  
  ( n ) A knife. If you are popular, why do you think you have to keep a shiv in your pocket all the time?
  1920s
• shiznit
  
  ( adj ) Excellent, outstanding. It was a shiznit party last night.
  2000s
• shiznit
  
  ( n ) Something excellent, outstanding. Ridnour is shiznit on the free-throw line.
  2000s
• shizzle
  
  ( n ) Something excellent, outstanding. Did you see Dudley play last night? He was the shizzle of the game.
  1990s
• shizzy
  
  ( n ) Something excellent, outstanding. Marlin thinks he is hella shizzy with his new wheels.
  1990s
• shlong
  
  ( n ) The male organ. [Use your imagination].
  1970s
• shoot down
  
  ( v ) To reject. Everyone shot down my idea.
  1950s
• shoot from the hip
  
  ( vp ) To talk without thinking. He always shoots from the hip and regrets it later.
  1960s
• shoot hoops
  
  ( vp ) Play basketball. Let's shoot some hoops during lunch break.
  1970s
• Shoot!
  
  ( int ) An interjection of disappointment (euphemism for s - - -). Shoot! I just ripped my pants.
  1930s
• short
  
  ( n ) A street car. He used to ride the shorts to work.
  1910s
• short
  
  ( n ) A car. He was trying to sell a hot short to a salesman on a car lot.
  1930s
• shorty
  
  ( n ) An attractive female. Look at that sexy shorty over there.
  1990s
• shorty
  
  ( n ) Girl friend. My shorty doesn't want to go to the dance this weekend.
  2000s
• shot
  
  ( n ) A try, turn, go. I'll give the puzzle another shot.
  1940s
• shot
  
  ( adj ) Tired, exhausted; worn out, broken down. I can't go anywhere tonight: me and my car are shot.
  1930s
• shotgun
  
  ( n ) A place of honor in the front seat of a car beside the driver. Why do you always get to ride shotgun? It's my turn!
  1950s
• shotgun wedding
  
  ( np ) A wedding forced by pregnancy. The marriage didn't last because it started out in a shotgun wedding.
  1930s
• shove
  
  ( v ) Keep (contemptuous rejection). You can take your job and shove it.
  1940s
• shuck
  
  ( v ) To cheat or deceive. Don't try to shuck me with your jive talk, man; I know what you're up to.
  1950s
• shucked
  
  ( adj ) Drunk, intoxicated. He came home shucked and his wife locked him out.
  1950s
• shuckster
  
  ( n ) A deceiver, liar, or cheat. I've learned my lesson: never buy a car from a shuckster.
  1950s
• shut-eye
  
  ( n ) Sleep. I've been working all day long; I have to get some shut-eye.
  1940s
• shysty
  
  ( adj ) Slick, sly, or devious. That was really shysty of you to jack his dictionary.
  1990s
• sicko
  
  ( n ) A pervert. This guy who cuts off puppy-dog tails is a sicko.
  1970s
• sicko
  
  ( adj ) Perverted. This guy who cuts off puppy-dog tails is sicko.
  1970s
• side
  
  ( n ) A vinyl record. He has a great collection of sides at home.
  1950s
• side-kick
  
  ( n ) Someone who always accompanies someone else. You never see Pedro without his side-kick, Manuel.
  1900s
• sig
  
  ( v ) To spend time talking. Stop sigging, it's time to hit the books.
  1990s
• simoleon
  
  ( n ) A dollar. I don't have a simoleon to my name.
  1890s
• simp
  
  ( n ) A stupid or foolish person. That simp doesn't know how to tie his shoes!
  1910s
• sing
  
  ( v ) To inform or tattle. If Malcolm sings to the cops, they'll get us all.
  1940s
• sinker
  
  ( n ) A doughnut. Hey, Joe! Give me a cup of joe and a couple of those week-old sinkers over there.
  1920s
• skank
  
  ( n ) An ugly female (offensive). Check out that nasty skank over there.
  1980s
• skanky
  
  ( adj ) Ugly, nasty. She is a little bit skanky but nothing you can't deal with.
  1970s
• skeevy
  
  ( adj ) Shady, unsavory, icky. This club looks a little skeevy to me; let's go somewhere else.
  1990s
• skeezer
  
  ( n ) An unattractive, promiscuous female (offensive). I don't see what you see in that skeezer.
  1990s
• sketch
  
  ( n ) A questionable person. Don't hang around with sketches like her; they will get you in trouble.
  1980s
• sketchy
  
  ( adj ) Questionable. Sketchy people hang out in the hood at night.
  1970s
• skiddoo
  
  ( v ) To leave. Come on, kiddo, time for us to skiddoo.
  1900s
• skidoo
  
  ( v ) To leave. Come on, kiddo, time for us to skidoo.
  1900s
• skin
  
  ( v ) To swindle or cheat. Derwin got skinned in the land development deal.
  1810s
• skinner
  
  ( n ) A policeman. The skinner took us to the police station.
  1990s
• skinny
  
  ( adj ) Greedy; selfish. Taking the last cookie was a hella skinny thing to do.
  1990s
• skinny
  
  ( n ) Information. Hey, what's the skinny on Murphy.
  1960s
• skip
  
  ( v ) To leave with someone in pursuit. She took the money and skipped town.
  1940s
• skip
  
  ( v ) To miss, to not attend. Let's skip chemistry today and go to the library.
  1930s
• skippy
  
  ( adj ) OK, alright. Is everything skippy here?
  1990s
• skirt
  
  ( n ) A girl or a woman. Hey, Rube, take a gander at the legs on that skirt over there.
  1950s
• skootchie
  
  ( n ) An ugly female (offensive). Her date is just a tired old skootchie.
  1990s
• slammer
  
  ( n ) Jail or prison. The police threw them both in the slammer.
  1950s
• slamming
  
  ( adj ) Excellent, outstanding. I saw her at the game in a totally slamming outfit!
  1980s
• slap-happy
  
  ( adj ) Crazy, insane. Roland has been slap-happy ever since he left the ring.
  1930s
• slave
  
  ( n ) A job, particularly a new job. Yo, home boy, I just got me a new slave.
  1990s
• slay
  
  ( phr ) Be very funny. What a story! You just slay me, Ferdie!
  1920s
• sleep around
  
  ( v ) To have love affairs. I hear Natalie sleeps around a lot.
  1920s
• sleep with
  
  ( v ) To have sex with. Morgan says that he has never slept with anybody.
  1000s
• slew
  
  ( n ) A large number, many. We saw a slew of crappies at the west end of the lake this weekend.
  1830s
• slick
  
  ( adj ) Excellent, outstanding. Isn't his Vette slick?
  1830s
• slug
  
  ( v ) To hit. Don't talk to me that way unless you want to be slugged in the chops.
  1940s
• slum
  
  ( v ) To go to a bad side of town. So what brings you to this side of town? Are you slumming?
  1920s
• slummy
  
  ( adj ) Like the slums. I am living straight slummy since the rents stopped sending me money.
  1990s
• slush fund
  
  ( np ) Money for questionable activities. Robin Banks has a slush fund for his private parties on the company yacht.
  1870s
• slut
  
  ( n ) A promiscuous female. She is a slut who makes it with all the guys.
  1400s
• smack
  
  ( n ) Heroine. He was so high on smack he didn't know what he was doing!
  1960s
• smack
  
  ( v ) To hit or slap. She smacked him in the chops when he insulted her.
  1830s
• smack
  
  ( v ) To kiss. And then she smacked him right on the lips.
  1570s
• smarts
  
  ( n ) Brains, intelligence. Roy is good-looking and has a lot of smarts.
  1970s
• smashed
  
  ( adj ) Drunk, intoxicated. Try not to get smashed at the beer party.
  1960s
• smoke
  
  ( n ) Cigarette. Do you have some smokes?
  1880s
• smoke
  
  ( v ) To kill. The mob didn't like him muscling in on their territory, so they smoked him.
  1920s
• smoke out
  
  ( v ) Force out, make come out. The cops smoked the shooter out of the house with tear gas.
  1940s
• smoke-eater
  
  ( n ) Fireman. My father is a smoke eater.
  1990s
• smokey
  
  ( n ) Highway patrolman. I would have been here sooner the but the smokies were out in force.
  1970s
• smooch
  
  ( v ) To hug and kiss. I guess they are going steady; I saw them smooching on the porch last night.
  1940s
• smoother
  
  ( n ) Someone who can persuade. Watch out for James; he's a smoother and always gets his way.
  1990s
• snafu
  
  ( n ) A mistake, error. Sending your gripe to everyone in the company was a major snafu.
  1950s
• snap
  
  ( n ) Something easy. Mowing our lawn in an hour is a snap.
  1870s
• snaps
  
  ( n ) Money. I'm low on snaps; can you loan me twenty?
  1990s
• snarf
  
  ( v ) Gulp, gobble, swallow whole Ted snarfed down the hamburger as though he hadn't eaten in a month.
  1950s
• snarky
  
  ( adj ) Irritable, short-tempered. Don't be so snarky; I only asked a question.
  1900s
• snazzy
  
  ( adj ) Smart, stylish, nice looking. Did you see that snazzy new car Sue Barew is driving around in?
  1930s
• snockered
  
  ( adj ) Drunk, intoxicated. Baldwin was so snockered, he couldn't find the bathroom.
  1950s
• snooker
  
  ( v ) To cheat or deceive. I don't know how I got snookered into referring the game.
  1950s
• snookums
  
  ( n ) Female term of endearment. Hello, snookums, how did your day go?
  1910s
• snoopy
  
  ( n ) A date. Yo, Christie and I are going to have a snoopy Friday night.
  1990s
• snoot
  
  ( n ) Nose. She popped him on the snoot.
  1930s
• snow
  
  ( v ) To make someone adore you. Olga has Percy snowed; he can't live without her.
  1950s
• snuff
  
  ( v ) To hit; to punch. He snuffed me when I turned around to walk away!
  1980s
• snuff
  
  ( v ) To kill. He ratted on the mob and they snuffed him.
  1960s
• So what?