noun

• one's taste. That is, an activity that one finds appealing.

  Nah, man, smoking is not my bag.

  That movie last night was not my bag.

  by Mario C., Elizabeth, NJ, USA, Apr 26 1999.

• a (usually small, plastic) bag containing drugs or drug paraphernalia.

  What's in the bag, man?

  by Anonymous, Aug 10 2002.

• a displeasing woman; HAG.

  Laura next door is a real old bag.

  by Ash L., Burlingame, CA, USA, Jun 14 2003.

transitive verb

• to deceive.

  You've got to be baggin' me!

  by John S., Phoenix, AZ, USA, Jun 21 1997.

• to acquire

  I bagged the job I interviewed for!

  by Kevin H., Cedar Rapids, IA, USA, Nov 29 2001.

• to be caught doing something wrong, or arrested.

  John got bagged for stealing last night.

  by Toma D., Queens, NY, USA, Jan 18 2003.

• to discard.

  Person A: This CD player is broken.
  
  Person B: Well then, bag it.

  by Robert H., Kingston, PA, USA, Jun 13 2004.

• to make fun of.

  by Kelvin A., Aug 27 2004.

notes

• The "one's thing" meaning was re-popularized by the Austin Powers movies.

  by Gillian C., May 23 2003.

noun

• a female who is in a relationship only for illegal powdered drugs (e.g. cocaine,) which is often stored in a small bag.

  I can't believe he married that bag bitch.

  by gregg j., Tujunga, CA, USA, Feb 05 2000.

adjective

• obvious.

  That's so bait

  by Anonymous, Jun 25 2004.

noun

• one who tells on someone; A SNITCH; TATTLETALE.

  My little brother told my mom I smoke pot! He's such bait.

  by Caroline, Toronto, ON, Canada, Feb 26 2000.

verb

• to tell on someone; SNITCH.

  Why did you bait me out?

  by Shanelle, CA, USA, May 14 2002.

verb

• to deceive using underhanded methods; DUPE; HOODWINK.

  The card cheat bamboozled me out of my money!

  by Warren R., Hayward, WI, USA, Jan 26 1999.

verb

• to delay in getting to the point.

  Quit beating around the bush and tell me the bad news!

  by Ahmed, Cairo, Egypt, Jun 22 1998.

verb

• a command (usually given by objects) implying that one is about to be taken advantage of, be in a bad situation, or fail miserably.

  Damn, that calculus exam was like, "bend over!"

  by Mark E, BC, Canada, Mar 13 2002.

intransitive verb

• to be of poor quality, displeasing.

  That movie really bites.

  by Kaeori, Kansas City, MO, USA, Oct 22 1997.

noun

• an instance of someone "biting," as described in the verb form.

  That is such a bite!

  by Kristan, Portland, OR, USA, May 22 2002.

transitive verb

• to plagiarize, typically in reference to a hip-hop artist stealing another hip-hop artist's lyrics.

  I hear he bites rhymes.

  Man, you ain't nothing bit a biter.

  by Jayne M., Detroit, MI, USA, Dec 13 1999.

• to copy or imitate.

  I hate it when people bite my moves.

  She bit my style.

  by Derrick P., Edmonton, AB, Canada, Dec 16 2001.

noun

• one who "bites," that is, plagiarizes from someone or copies or imitates someone; COPYCAT.

  The little biter completely copied my hair!

  by Anonymous, Philadelphia, PA, USA, Dec 15 1998.

noun

• a fraud job.

  They did a major bog on their taxes this year.

  by Mike Morgan, Cincinnati, OH, USA, Jan 31 1998.

• a restroom.

  by Jane M., Camberley, Surrey, UK, Oct 19 2005.

verb

• to steal, monopolize, or hog.

  Don't Bogart my cookies!

  by Emily M., UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA, Jan 13 1998.

• to force.

  He Bogarted himself right in front of us.

  Don't try to Bogart me into doing anything.

  by Bill M., Toledo, OH, USA, Sep 07 2003.

origin

• The band Fraternity of Man has a song called "Don't Bogart Me," circa the late 1960s. Lyrics include: "Don't Bogart that joint, my friend, pass it over to me."

  by Dan Day, MA, USA, Mar 12 1998.

• Possibly from the movie The Roaring Twenties. In the movie, Jimmy Cagney offers Hymphry Bogart his cigarette to share Bogart smokes the entire thing.

  by Geoffrey W., Jul 14 2004.

noun

• a "cheat sheet." That is, a small, hidden piece of paper containing information used to cheat on a test.

  by Mike Morgan, Cincinnati, OH, USA, Jan 31 1998.

expression

• acronym of "bend over here it comes again." A warning that one is about to be in a bad situation or one is about to be taken advantage of. A comment on life's recurring unpleasantness. See take it in the ass.

  by James D., Oakville, ON, Canada, Aug 06 1998.

notes

• term is military slang, often used for expressing displeasure with the actions of incompetent superiors.

  by M. B., Milwaukee, WI, USA, Feb 04 1999.

verb

• to lie.

  That guy was dealin' funk.

  by R. Guess, Falls City, TX, USA, Aug 20 1997.

• to defecate.

  Man, I need to deal some funk.

  by Anonymous, Jul 10 2007.