adjective

• very good, excellent; COOL, AWESOME. Antiquated term.

  He has such a boss car.

  That party was pretty boss.

  This hamburger is boss.

  by Patrick K., Costa Mesa, CA, USA, Aug 27 1998.

noun

• a method of addressing a person whose name one doesn't know (especially a stranger,) similar to man and dude.

  Hey boss, you got change for a $20?

  by grayson, Harrisburg, PA, USA, Apr 17 2002.

noun

• a female.

  Look at that fine cat across the street.

  by Jose Arellano, Lubbock, TX, USA, Sep 22 1997.

• a person.

  He's a strange cat.

  by Anonymous, Jun 11 1998.

• a friend, comrade.

  All my cats are headed to the party.

  by Anonymous, Jun 11 1998.

• the Caterpillar company.

  by Sal J., Monterey, CA, USA, Jul 19 2006.

noun

• a person, usually male.

  He's a funny old chap!

  by Anonymous, Oct 01 2001.

verb

• to be inadequate or displeasing.

  That test chapped.

  by Fitz, CA, USA, Nov 09 1997.

notes

• See dog.

  by David Capalungan, Yakima, WA, USA, Sep 14 1997.

noun

• a friend. Also dawg.

  What's up, dog?

  He's my dog.

  by David Capalungan, Yakima, WA, USA, Sep 14 1997.

• a method of addressing a person, similar to man and dude. Also spelled dawg.

  Hey dog, could you hand me a napkin?

  by Daylene, Los Angeles, CA, USA, Jun 09 1998.

• telephone. From Cockney rhyming slang "dog and bone." Current in London's financial services industry.

  Let's get Goldman Sachs on the dog.

  by Joshua R., Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, UK, Oct 27 1999.

• an unattractive person.

  They're such a dog!

  by Anonymous, Oct 01 2001.

• a hotdog.

  by WalterGR, Sep 02 2009.

• something of poor quality or a poor performer.

  by WalterGR, Sep 02 2009.

verb

• to relentless follow.

  Detective Davis dogged the kidnappers until he found their hideout.

  by John v., Washington, DC, USA, Feb 05 1999.

• to constantly follow, like an overly loyal pet.

  by John v., Washington, DC, USA, Feb 05 1999.

• to criticize or annoy. Also dog on.

  Quit dogging me.

  Quit dogging on me.

  by Anonymous, Oct 01 2001.

noun

• someone who enjoys listening to and spreading gossip.

  by Erica Mills, Knoxville, TN, USA, Jun 12 1997.

noun

• an elderly person. Acronym of "fucking old person."

  That FOP is driving too slow.

  by Jeff Pardee, Rochester, NY, USA, Dec 30 2002.

adjective

• a funky person.

  That dude is a funky monkey.

  by Bob, Mar 12 1998.

noun

• a fool. Origin: British.

  You silly git!

  by S. Cube, Australia, Oct 11 1997.

noun

• a five pound note. Origin: Cokney rhyming slang - Jack's alive.

  by D. Fisher, London, Greater London, UK, Jun 01 1997.

• nothing, very little.

  You don't know jack!

  by Sue Clark, St Louis, MO, USA, Oct 27 1997.

• a sweet, sensitive, adorable guy. Origin: Jack Dawson, the main male character in the movie Titanic.

  He's a real Jack.

  by Anonymous, Feb 19 1998.

• a cigarette.

  Hey, could I get a jack?

  by Aubrey Harrington, MD, USA, May 19 1998.

• a police officer.

  The jacks pulled me over for no reason.

  by Jason W., Melbourne, VIC, Australia, Jul 30 1998.

• shortened form of jack-ass or a jack-off - a general insult.

  He's a dumb jack!

  by Lindsay F., OH, USA, Nov 09 1998.

verb

• to stab.

  He got jacked.

  by Karl Bartolome, Toronto, ON, Canada, Jun 06 1997.

• to punch.

  He got jacked in the face.

  by Karl Bartolome, Toronto, ON, Canada, Jun 06 1997.

• to steal.

  I bet they jacked that watch.

  My car got jacked.

  by Karl Bartolome, Toronto, ON, Canada, Jun 06 1997.

noun

• a young person. Note: often used as an derogatory term for someone of lesser age or social status.

  Get out of here, kid!

  by Jose Arellano, Lubbock, TX, USA, Sep 22 1997.

• a friend; HOMIE.

  Yo kid, what's going on?

  by Oluseyi O., Minneapolis, MN, USA, Dec 17 1997.

• anyone, of any age.

  Are you kids ready to go?

  by Kalie, British Columbia, Canada, Feb 16 1998.

noun

• an elderly person.

  The old fart was driving too slow.

  by Danielle Norman, Moorestown, NJ, USA, Nov 23 2002.

noun

• a sweet or nice person.

  Thanks, you're a peach!

  by Patty Dole, Michigan, USA, Dec 02 2001.

noun

• people.

  How many peeps will be at the party?

  by Anonymous, Oct 01 2001.

adjective

• unexpected and surprising.

  All of the sudden this guy jumped out from behind the bushes, it was so random!

  by Leah A., Ohio University, USA, Feb 15 1999.

• unexpectedly great.

  The party was totally random.

  by Dale, Feb 27 2005.

noun

• any person whom the speaker doesn't know well.

  I have a random for a lab assistant.

  by Mountain Man, Central, AL, USA, May 06 1998.

• a person who appears in a social context, but who no one knows. Used, for example, to refer to people that a friend has brought home from a social event, such as a party or club night.

  She brought this total random back to her room last night.

  Speaker: Who was that guy you were talking to at the bar?
  
  Response: No idea. It was just some random that sat down next to me.

  by Leah A., Ohio University, USA, Feb 15 1999.

• a person who attends some social activity (e.g. party) but doesn't know the people hosting the activity, and wasn't invited.

  The party wasn't so bad - only a few randoms showed up.

  by Anonymous, Jul 19 2007.

noun

• alternate spelling of shorty.

  What's up, shawty?

  by Lester D., Stone Mountain, GA, USA, Dec 30 1999.

noun

• friend; DUDE.

  by Bean Town Kitco, Boston, MA, USA, Aug 18 1997.

transitive verb

• to boss around.

  Demone told me to pick up his clothes. He thought I was gonna let him son me.

  by Eevon R., Buffalo, NY, USA, Apr 13 2005.

noun

• a young person.

  Why, I was using those slang words when you were nothing but a whipper-snapper!

  by Anonymous, Jan 04 2003.