verb

• to say. Notes: can only be used in the present, past, and future simple tenses and the past conditional tense.

  Present simple: "He's all, 'I don't know.'"

  Past simple: "She was all, 'I can't go.'"

  Future simple: "They're going to be all, 'You were right.'"

  Past conditional: "We would have been all, 'Why don't you go?'"

  by WalterGR, Sacramento, CA, USA, Oct 01 2001.

verb

• to say, in reported speech or conversation.

  I'm like, "I found a party!", and they were all like, "Awesome!"

  by Wim d., Coos Bay, OR, USA, Sep 03 1998.

verb

• to not do something out of fear; CHICKEN OUT.

  I knew Tony would bitch out.

  My man bitched out.

  by Pimp Master, MN, USA, Dec 09 1999.

• to back out of an agreement for any reason.

  He promised to go with me to the party but at the last minute he bitched out.

  by Lauren, New York, NY, USA, Nov 04 2004.

• to complain to; yell at.

  She got bitched out by her boss.

  by Anonymous, Aug 06 2007.

adjective

• bad.

  I went to see the football. It was a bollocks match.

  by Matthew R., Blackpool, United Kingdom, May 31 2004.

interjection

• exclamation to denote general sorrow, despair, or disappointment.

  Oh, bollocks!

  by Anonymous, Oct 01 2001.

noun

• testicles.

  I have itchy bollocks.

  by Andy, Maidenhead, Windsor and Maidenhead, UK, Aug 21 1997.

• lies.

  What a load of bollocks!

  by Michael Fraser, New York, NY, USA, Dec 03 1997.

• something broken or messed up.

  You made a right bollocks of that.

  by Steve, Oct 11 1999.

• exaggerated stories.

  As usual Malcolm came to the pub and talked non-stop bollocks all evening.

  by Matthew R., Blackpool, United Kingdom, May 31 2004.

verb

• to screw up.

  You've really bollocksed that up.

  by Steve, Oct 11 1999.

notes

• Origin: UK.

  by Michael Fraser, New York, NY, USA, Dec 03 1997.

noun

• nonsense; BULL-SHIT.

  He was spittin' booty-cheddar.

  by Cari P, Union, NJ, USA, Oct 06 2001.

verb

• to bring up subject uncomfortable to someone. See also burn-out.

  Why do you always burn me out?

  by Christine Kin, Diamond Bar, CA, USA, May 20 1998.

verb

• to yell at someone; BLOW UP.

  Man, she really busted me out!

  by Eva, Feb 15 1998.

verb

• to see.

  I caught a movie at the theatre in Springfield last night.

  by WalterGR, Sacramento, CA, USA, Oct 01 2001.

• to get, buy, attend, etc., when referring to meals. Origin: perhaps derived from hunting, as in catching an animal for food.

  I caught lunch at the deli down the street.

  Do you want to go catch a bite to eat?

  by WalterGR, Sacramento, CA, USA, Oct 01 2001.

• to hear, understand.

  Did you catch that?

  by WalterGR, Sacramento, CA, USA, Oct 01 2001.

noun

• nonsense, lies. While shit could be used to express this definition, crap is far more common. Also bull crap.

  What he said is crap. Don't believe a word of it.

  by Sarah Beep, Australia, Mar 30 1998.

notes

• the uses of "crap" are mostly a subset of the uses of "shit." See shit for those definitions.

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

• Another form of crock is "crocker."

  by Anonymous, Sep 23 2009.

noun

• a collection of lies. Origin: an abbreviation of crock of shit. Used synonymously.

  Did you hear what she said? What a crock!

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

• a taunt.

  Valley, Heath take friendly digs at each other ahead of game.
  
  -- article title, Newark Advocate, Anna Sudar, September 19, 2009

  by WalterGR, Sacramento, CA, USA, Sep 19 2009.

• to seek information, especially while questioning a person, by guessing.

  by WalterGR, Sacramento, CA, USA, Sep 21 2009.

verb

• to support an action.

  You want to go to a movie? I can dig it.

  by WalterGR, Sacramento, CA, USA, Oct 01 2001.

• to understand.

  I have the gun, therefore you do what I say. Dig?

  by WalterGR, Sacramento, CA, USA, Oct 01 2001.

• to like.

  I dig your new shirt.

  by WalterGR, Sacramento, CA, USA, Oct 01 2001.

• to enjoy.

  I ain't diggin' this party.

  by Ryan S, MD, USA, Aug 14 2002.

noun

• gossip, when speaking about a person or persons not present. "Gossip" (and "dish" in this sense) implies that the subject of the information isn't present.

  Give me all the dish on him!

  by Kevyn J., Manhattan, KS, USA, Jul 07 1998.

• gossip-worthy information. A person involved in the gossip may or may not be present.

  Girl, you gotta dish about your date last night!

  by Kevyn J., Manhattan, KS, USA, Jul 07 1998.

• an attractive female. (Possibly related to the phrase, "She looks good enough to eat.")

  That's one hot little dish!

  by Nathan P., Las Vegas, NV, USA, Feb 20 2000.

verb

• to gossip.

  The girls dished about his sexual habits.

  by Kevyn J., Manhattan, KS, USA, Jul 07 1998.

verb

• to say or give.

  He dished out some major complaints to his mother.

  by Anonymous, Oct 01 2001.

noun

• a person's story: what they would have you believe. Usually a lie or fabrication, but not always. See also run drag .

  Don't believe her drag.

  That guy's drag is to much to believe.

  by BuziDebBee, Santee, CA, USA, Dec 30 2002.

• women's clothing, when worn by men.

  I'm going out in drag tonight.

  by Morgan D., Seattle, WA, USA, Aug 30 2003.

• someone or something tiresome.

  That girl is such a drag.

  That family reunion was a real drag.

  by Adriana C., Guayaquil, Ecuador, Nov 21 2007.

• someone or something depressing.

  That movie is a real drag.

  by WalterGR, Sacramento, CA, USA, Aug 04 2009.

noun

• a metaphorical disease where one speaks at length about something one knows nothing about. In other words, running off at the mouth without a clue. Submitter John Voight knows the term existed in deep south (United States) during the 1940's and 1950's as his dad used it frequently. He notes that his dad may have picked it up in World War II.

  All that meaningless spew coming out of his mouth is just a bad case of epizootics of the blowhole.

  by John Voigt, Reston, VA, USA, Dec 05 2002.

noun

• the potential of facilitating one's meeting of other people.

  The steps outside the mall have great face time.

  by Anonymous, Ithaca, NY, USA, Nov 05 1997.

• a period of time during which one is talking with someone face-to-face (as opposed to over the phone, via e-mail, etc.)

  I had to go home to get some face time with the wife.

  by Anonymous, Ithaca, NY, USA, Nov 05 1997.

verb

• to have a pending criminal charge.

  Three border agents are facing time.

  by E W., El Granada, California, USA, Feb 04 2005.

verb

• to become angry at and yell (that is, to "bitch") at someone.

  I was sitting there in class, and Mrs. Ashe got the bitch on me because I didn't turn in my homework.

  by Daniel LeBlanc, Baton Rouge, LA, USA, Mar 04 1998.

verb

• to say. Note: used only in the present tense and past tense.

  And then he goes, 'He's already got one.'

  He went, 'He's already got one.'

  by WalterGR, Sacramento, CA, USA, Oct 01 2001.

• to be nice; COOL.

  Hey, them shoes go!

  by cinnamon, Oakland, CA, USA, Jul 16 2006.

verb

• to yell.

  Go holler at your mom and tell her that dinner is ready.

  by Anonymous, May 22 2008.

notes

• see also holla.

  by Anonymous, May 22 2008.

verb

• to be engaged completely (e.g. mentally, emotionally, etc.) in a situation, not just physically.

  We must insituate ourselves in the board meeting.

  by John Gardner, Atlanta, GA, USA, Nov 14 1997.