A

1. actor: show-off

2. agitate the Gravel: to leave (hot-rodders)

3. ain't that a bite?: that's too bad

4. ankle-biter: a child

5. anti-frantic: poised

6. apple butter: smooth talk or flattery

7. are you writing a book?: you're asking too many questions

B

8. baby: cute girl

9. back seat bingo: kissing while in a car

10. bad news: depressing person

11. bake biscuits; to make records

12. ballad: a love letter

13. bash: great party

14. bash ears: to talk

15. bent eight: a V-8 engine (hot-rodders)

16. Big Daddy: an older person

17. big tickle: really funny

18. binoculars: glasses

19. bit: an act

20. blanket: sandwich

21. blast: a good time

22. blow off: to defeat in a

race (hot-rodders)

23. bobbed: shortened

24. boss: great

25. bread: money

26. bug: "you bug me" - to bother

27. bull: a big and strong athlete

28. bundie: a boy in need of a haircut

29. burn rubber: to accelerate hard and fast (hot-rodders)

C

30. cast an eyeball: to look

31. cat: a hip person

32. chariot: car

33. chili: a good deal

34. chrome-plated: dressed up (hot-rodders, originally)

35. circled: married

36. clanked: rejected

37. classy chassis: great body

38. closet case: someone to be ashamed of

39. cloud 9: really happy

40. clutched: rejected

41. Clyde: term of address, usually for a normal person

42. come on snake, let's rattle!: may I have the next dance?

43. committed: engaged to be married

44. cook, cookin': doing it well

45. cool: indefinable quality that makes something or someone extraordinary

46. cool it: relax, settle down

47. cooties: imaginary infestations of the truly un-cool

48. cop a breeze: to leave

49. corral: a school yard

50. cranked: excited

51. crazy: "like crazy, man" Implies an especially good thing

52. cream: originally, to dent a car. Later, to badly damage (hot-rodders, originally)

53. cruisin' for a bruisin': looking for trouble

54. cube: a normal person

55. cut out: leave

56. cut the gas: be quiet!

D

57. Daddy-O: Term of address

58. D.D.T.: initials for "Drop Dead Twice". The response: What, and look like you?

59. deuce: a 1932 Ford (hot-rodders)

60. dibs: a claim - as in "got dibs" on that seat

61. dig: to understand; to approve

62. Dolly: cute girl

63. don't have a cow: don't get so excited

64. drag: (hot-rodders) a short car race; A bore

65. drowning: baffled

66. Duck Butt or D.A.: hairstyle of greasers where hair in back is combed to the middle, then with end of comb, makes a middle part.

67. due backs: a pack of cigarettes

E

68. earthbound: reliable

69. earth pads: shoes

70. epistle: a letter to someone

71. eyeball: look around

F

72. face: a clock

73. fade out: to disappear; someone who broke a promise

74. fake out: bad date

75. far out: ahead of the times

76. Fat City: a great thing or place; Happy; a good situation

77. fire up: start your engine (hot-rodders)

78. flat out: fast as you can

79. flat-top: men's hairstyle. A crewcut that is flat across the top

80. flick: a movie

81. flip: to get very excited

82. flip-top: a convertible car

83. floor it: push the accelerator to the floor (hotrodders)

84. flutter bum: a good-looking boy

85. fracture: to amuse

86. frail: broke, without money

87. fream: someone who doesn't fit in

88. frosted: angry

89. fuzzy duck: a girl with short hair

G

90. germ: a pest

91. get bent!: disparaging remark as in "drop dead"

92. get with it: understand

93. gig: work, job

94. give me a bell: call me on the telephone

95. give me five: let's shake hands

96. go ape: to explode or be really mad; to get very excited

97. go for pinks: a drag race where the stakes are the car's pink slip (hot-rodders)

98. goof: someone who makes mistakes; to make a mistake

99. goopy: messy

100. goose it: accelerate the car fully (hot-rodders)

101. greaser: a guy with tons of grease in his hair.

102. gringles: worries

103. grody: sloppy, messy or dirty

104. grundy: neither good nor bad

H

105. handle: your name

106. hang: as in "hang out" which means to

do very little; to loaf or idle

107. heart: a good teacher

108. heat: police

109. hep: with it, cool. Someone who knows the situation.

110. hey bean!: hello!

111. hip: someone who is cool, in the know;

very good; up to date and informed

112. hipster: same as above (hip)

113. hit the bottle: to bleach one's hair blonde

114. hopped up: a car modified for speed (hot-rodders)

115. horn: telephone

116. hottie: a very fast car (hot-rodders)

117. hound: the bus

118. hub cap: a boy who tries to be a big wheel but fails

I

119. I'll clue you: I'll tell you about it

120. ice it: tell someone to forget something

121. illuminations: good ideas, thoughts

122. in orbit: in the know

123. Ivy Leaguer: ants style. Also any person who attended an Ivy League college

J

124. Jacked Up: car with raised rear end. (hot-rodders)

125. jacketed: going steady

126. Jelly Roll: men's hair combed up and forward on both sides, brought together in

the middle of the forehead.

127. jets: smarts, brains

128. Joe Doe: a boy involved in a blind date

K

129. keeper: parent

130. kick: a fun or good thing; Also, a fad

131. kill: to really impress

132. knuckle sandwich: a fist in the face

133. kookie: nuts, in the nicest possible way

L

134. large charge: something that is exciting

135. later, also later, gator: goodbye. See ya later, alligator. Response: after while crocodile.

136. lay a patch: to accelerate so rapidly that you leave a patch of rubber on the road.

137. lay dead: wait a minute

138. lay on: to give

139. lid: a hat

140. lighter: a crew cut

141. lighting up the tilt sign: not telling the truth

142. like crazy; like wow: really good, better than cool

143. little monsters: younger siblings

144. low: depressed

145. lumpy: mediocre

M

146. machine: car (hot-rodders)

147. made in the shade: success guaranteed

148. Madison Avenue: sharp, cunning

149. make out: a kissing session

150. make the scene: to attend an event or activity

151. mark: one's signature

152. meanwhile, back at the ranch: from TV Westerns. Usually used to get a storyteller back on track.

153. Mickey Mouse: dumb

154. mirror warmer: a piece of pastel fabric (often cashmere) tied around the rear view mirror. A 50s version of the Medieval wearing your lady's colors.

155. moldy: a bad teacher

156. most: as in "the most" - high praise usually of the opposite sex

157. mush: homework

N

158. negative perspiration: easy

159. nerd: same as now. Bill Gates without the money.

160. nest: a hair-do

161. night shift: a slumber party

162. nod: drift off to sleep

163. nosebleed: as in "hey, nosebleed" - hey, stupid. Not a compliment!

164. no sweat: no problem

165. nowhere: opposite of cool.

166. Nowheresville: a boring, bad place to be.

167. nuggets: loose change

O

168. odd ball: someone a bit off the norm

169. off: to steal

170. off the line: start of a drag race (hot-rodders)

171. on pills: dieting

172. on the hook: in love

173. on the stick: pulled together. Bright, prepared...

P

174. pad: home; an apartment

175. pale one: a dull person

176. panic and a half: a very funny joke

177. paper shaker: cheerleader or Pom-Pom girl

178. party pooper: no fun at all; a killjoy

179. passion pit: drive-in movie theatre

180. peepers: glasses

181. pile up Z's: get some sleep

182. Pinky's out of jail: your slip is showing

183. play dead: to keep quiet

184. pooper: no fun at all

185. pop the Clutch: Release the clutch pedal quickly so as to get a fast start

186. pound: beat up

187. proof: identification showing that one is old enough to buy liquor

188. punch it: step on the gas (hot-rodders)

189. punk: a weak, useless person

190. put an egg in your shoe and beat it!: leave!

191. put down: to say bad things about someone

Q

192. queen: a popular girl

193. quote: to repeat oneself

R

194. radioactive: very popular

195. rag top: a convertible car

196. rap: to tattle on someone

197. rattle your cage: get upset

198. raunchy: messy or gross in some other way

199. razz my berries: excite or impress me

200. real gone: very much in love. Also a little unstable.

201. reds: the Communists; an angry state of mind

202. refuel: to eat

203. righto: okay

204. rock: a diamond

205. rocket: a car (hot-rodders)

206. rod: a car (hot-rodders)

207. round up time: the end of summer vacation

208. roust: under arrest

209. running lights: eyes

S

210. salty: angry

211. scooch: a friend

212. scorch: popular

213. scream: go fast

214. screamer: a hot rod

215. set of wheels: a car

216. sewer: someone who is incapable of keeping a secret

217. shoot low, they're riding Shetlands: be careful

218. shot down: failed

219. shuck, shuckster: a deceiver, liar or cheat

220. sides: vinyl records

221. sing: to tattle or inform on someone

222. skinny: broke, without money

223. slip me: give me

224. slodge: a friend

225. sluff: to cut classes

226. slurg: a milkshake

227. smog in the noggin: lost memory; forgot something

228. snowed: infatuated

229. Sophie: one's girlfriend

230. sounds: music

231. souped up: a car modified to go fast

232. spaz: someone who is uncoordinated. A klutz.

233. split: leave

234. square: a regular, normal person. A conformist.

235. stable the horses: park the car

236. stack up: to wreck a car (hot rodder)

237. storming machine: a car that will go fast

238. straight: reliable, honest

239. subterranean: a hipster.

T

240. tank: a large sedan (usually driven by parents)

241. that's close: something wrong or not true

242. the man: police

243. thin one: a dime

244. think Fast: usually said right before someone threw something at you

245. threads: clothes

246. tight: good friends

247. total: to completely destroy, most often in reference to a car

248. touch home: to make sense

249. tube steak: a hot dog

250. tune out: to go away

U

251. unborn: extremely naive

252. unreal: exceptional

V

253. vacant: uncertain

W

254. wail: go fast (as in a car); or to perform superbly

255. warden: a teacher

256. way out: innovative

257. weed: a cigarette

258. wet rag: someone who's just no fun; unpopular

259. what's buzzin, cuzzin: what's new?

260. what's your tale, nightingale: what's the story?

261. wheelie: lift the car's front wheels off the ground by rapid acceleration

262. wig chop: a haircut

263. word from the bird: the truth

Y

264. yoot: a youngster

265. you make the king's jive: your English is good

Z

266. zorros: the jitters