# Straight Dope Lexicon - Slang Reference Guide **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 25, 2001, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-lexicon-slang-reference-guide/83654 "2001-09-25T07:51:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![TwistofFate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@TwistofFate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwistofFate)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2001, 10:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-lexicon-slang-reference-guide/83654/21 "2001-09-27T10:30:32Z")
Hey Mr. DJ, I like you. you’re smart, your funny, you dont pull punches. me and you would have a great conversation face to face. We’d have a lot to talk about. How I talk in real life is very different to how I post on the boards. I could use a lot of different slang that I use each and every day, but the vast majority of the people reading it would have no idea as to what the hell I’m talking about. Would it be possible for you to tone down how you type? I know that it is a big part of your self expression, but it would greatly help you to get your point across if more people could actually understand what you say 😉 As to your OP, is this a thread of slang used by Dopers individually so that other dopers know what you are talking about if you use it in a post? If so, may I add Amadán? Its Irish for Idiot. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Big\_Cheese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8baadc/32.png) [@The\_Big\_Cheese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Big_Cheese)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2001, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-lexicon-slang-reference-guide/83654/22 "2001-09-27T11:03:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Silver Fire \* > \*\ ***TBC** and **Juliet** , haven’t you guys seen _Clueless_ ? > > “I’m outtie!” > > Although I can’t imagine that anyone saying that is “hip”. \*\* No, have’t seen it, or the tv show. I’m not hip??? Say it ain’t so. Well, time to get to work: **5-large** …Now, isn’t _that_ how a gangsta would say it??? ---
**Author:** ![Gartog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/22d042/32.png) [@Gartog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gartog)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2001, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-lexicon-slang-reference-guide/83654/23 "2001-09-27T11:04:35Z")
I tried to get Audi to fit I’m out but couldn’t _however_ I’m Audi can sound similar to ‘I’m outa here’ ---
**Author:** ![Damhna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@Damhna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Damhna)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2001, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-lexicon-slang-reference-guide/83654/24 "2001-09-27T11:19:00Z")
blithly ignoring the DJ wanted to pose a q. “5 large.” Fine I can handle that but what are the other demoninational slang terms.? My kid brother needs a monkey and I know he’s not asking me for a chimp. Whats a ton , a weight , etc. etc. Im only guessing at these terms but the next time im in a carpark shifting hot tv’s out of my hip camero this foo’ needs to be clued up on whats what and where it’s at wit the jive talk. God that’s a shameful and pathetic attempt at sounding patronisingly hip. Someone just post a list please. ---
**Author:** ![TwistofFate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@TwistofFate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwistofFate)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2001, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-lexicon-slang-reference-guide/83654/25 "2001-09-27T11:22:33Z")
[airplane] Excuse me sir, I speak jive… [/airplane] ---
**Author:** ![The\_Big\_Cheese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8baadc/32.png) [@The\_Big\_Cheese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Big_Cheese)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2001, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-lexicon-slang-reference-guide/83654/26 "2001-09-27T12:41:17Z")
**TwistOfFate** , Maybe you can start a thread like **Esprix** , “Ask the Jive Talkin’ Guy”(or is that lady?). I know I’m not qualified. If I hear someone talking about an outtie, I think they’re talking about heir belly button. 5 large ---
**Author:** ![Chez\_Guevara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/aeb1de/32.png) [@Chez\_Guevara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chez_Guevara)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2001, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-lexicon-slang-reference-guide/83654/27 "2001-09-27T12:58:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Damhna \* > \*\*My kid brother needs a monkey and I know he’s not asking me for a chimp. > > Whats a ton , a weight , etc. etc.\*\* I am unsure whether these questions are serious, given the tone of this thread, but here are some answers, anyway: A _score_ is £20 A _pony_ is £25 A _ton_ is £100 A _monkey_ is £500 A _grand_ is £1,000 A _weight_ varies as follows: _one pound_ of marijuana or hashish _one ounce_ of heroin\* These are terms used in the UK and they may vary in the US. ---
**Author:** ![owlstretchingtime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/958977/32.png) [@owlstretchingtime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/owlstretchingtime)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2001, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-lexicon-slang-reference-guide/83654/28 "2001-09-27T13:40:21Z")
Also: Jacks (jacks alive) £5 Cock (and hen) £10 Brian (moore = score) £20 Bullseye £25 Mcgarret (from hawaii 50) £50 Carpet £300 (god alone knows why) Archer £2000 (from jeffrey archers payment to the “brass” = prostitute) In my manor (sarf london)the preferred term for a bag of sand (grand) is “long” or “large” As in “What did your motor cost?” “Five long/large” And in terms of drug weights Coke (Gianluca Vialla or Boutros boutros ghali) comes in legs (of lamb = gramme) or henries (the 8th) and eight of an oz. British slang. Best in the world. Innit. ---
**Author:** ![Damhna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@Damhna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Damhna)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2001, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-lexicon-slang-reference-guide/83654/29 "2001-09-27T14:05:14Z")
Excellent! Thanks guys. now I know that I need to tell my brother what he can do with his monkey. I like that Henry the 8th bit. Never again will I embarrass myself by asking for quantaties of narcotics in the wrong fashion. “I say sir can you spare me 250mg of that thar stuff you have” While we’re not being taken to task for this particular hijak perhaps I can have some more enlightment. (Gianluca Vialla or Boutros boutros ghali) what the ? how the ? ---
**Author:** ![pldennison](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9fc29f/32.png) [@pldennison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pldennison)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2001, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-lexicon-slang-reference-guide/83654/30 "2001-09-27T14:07:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Syzygy \* > \*\*For some reason, I can’t see how these thing become popular. Why not just say, “See ya!” or “Goodbye!”? > \*\* “Smell ya later!” ---
**Author:** ![Formerly\_Bandersnatch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e36b37/32.png) [@Formerly\_Bandersnatch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Formerly_Bandersnatch)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2001, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-lexicon-slang-reference-guide/83654/31 "2001-09-27T14:16:40Z")
I think proper pronunciation of “Audi” is key, together with improper enunciation of “out”. Audi is properly pronounced “ow-dee”, not “ah-dee”. Out is, of course, “owt”. As “out” is slurred and elongated into outtie, it begins to sound like Audi. IMHO of course. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Gartog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/22d042/32.png) [@Gartog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gartog)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2001, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-lexicon-slang-reference-guide/83654/32 "2001-09-27T14:22:18Z")
hmmmmm outtie does not sound anything like out though . . . . . . I am obviously as unhip as as an . . . .well pretty unhip. ---
**Author:** ![mouthbreather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a698b9/32.png) [@mouthbreather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mouthbreather)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2001, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-lexicon-slang-reference-guide/83654/33 "2001-09-27T14:28:33Z")
Ain’t nobody receevin accounts like tha muthafuckin H-Dog. Tru-dat, Midstate Office Supply – Reprazant!!! ---
**Author:** ![owlstretchingtime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/958977/32.png) [@owlstretchingtime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/owlstretchingtime)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2001, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-lexicon-slang-reference-guide/83654/34 "2001-09-27T14:51:45Z")
perhaps I can have some more enlightment. (Gianluca Vialla or Boutros boutros ghali) what the ? how the ? You certainly can my good fellow. Both rhyme with charlie, the common UK name for Jazz talc. Personally I prefer “Fleetwood” as in Fleetwood Mac = Gak (another slang term) ---
**Author:** ![Formerly\_Bandersnatch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e36b37/32.png) [@Formerly\_Bandersnatch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Formerly_Bandersnatch)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2001, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-lexicon-slang-reference-guide/83654/35 "2001-09-27T14:55:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Gartog \* > \*\*hmmmmm outtie does not sound anything like out though . . . . . \*\* It does though because the T’s are softened into D’s. Therefore outtie becomes ouddie. ---
**Author:** ![TwistofFate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@TwistofFate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwistofFate)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2001, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-lexicon-slang-reference-guide/83654/36 "2001-09-27T15:52:40Z")
I think the “Fleetwood” reference is more towards Mick Fleetwood, Stevie Nicks et. al Legendary consumption of Bolivian marching powder, than just a rhyme with gak. ---
**Author:** ![owlstretchingtime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/958977/32.png) [@owlstretchingtime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/owlstretchingtime)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2001, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-lexicon-slang-reference-guide/83654/37 "2001-09-27T15:57:39Z")
Where I live its also referred to as shake n vac. But yes they were heroes in the war against drugs. How exactly did Stevie Nicks persuade the roadie to do that though? Betcha it wasn’t in his contract of employment! ---
**Author:** ![The\_Big\_Cheese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8baadc/32.png) [@The\_Big\_Cheese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Big_Cheese)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2001, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-lexicon-slang-reference-guide/83654/38 "2001-09-27T17:45:40Z")
Well over lunch I was trying to visualize a ‘Hip-hop head’ just oozing coolness and hippness, actually say the word ‘ouddie’. Sounds more like something my 7 year old neice would say. Not being hip, which is pretty evident, does a wannabe cool hipster Hip Hop head really say that slang term, or did **dalovindj** just find an old website. ---
**Author:** ![dalovindj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/65b543/32.png) [@dalovindj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalovindj)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2001, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-lexicon-slang-reference-guide/83654/39 "2001-09-27T19:51:06Z")
**The Big Cheese** : > [@](#): > > Not being hip, which is pretty evident, does a wannabe cool hipster Hip Hop head really say that slang term, or did dalovindj just find an old website. I learned it from a **Sublime** song, 1990 I think it was released. My mother was very big on propor pronunciation, so I had to learn most of my slang on the street or from songs. **Icefalcon** : You’re nailin’ it. Props. **TwistofFate** : > [@](#): > > As to your OP, is this a thread of slang used by Dopers individually so that other dopers know what you are talking about if you use it in a post? Yes. Most definately. Not just me. Slang can be a fun and interesting way to communicate, but it’s alot more fun when people get it. So you and everyone should post slang terms you wish to use here. > [@](#): > > If so, may I add Amadán? Its Irish for Idiot Definately: **Amadan** - Irish for idiot. **Juniper200** : > [@](#): > > Just as a pointer, if my following a conversation of yours is contingent upon my use of reference materials, you are not communicating well. I suggest the use of English in the future. I use plain old english all the time. But sometimes I like to give the words a little flavor. You really sweat that? Sometimes people ask me what I mean so I started this thread. Don’t get it? Ask (or look in this thread). Don’t want to get it? Then don’t ask. And if you don’t like it, when you see the title “dalovindj” next to a post, don’t read it. **kellibelli** : > [@](#): > > This is YOUR lexicon of slang, nobody else here talks like that, calling it the Straight Dope Lexicon would inply that it is a lexicon of slang that DOPERS use. Incorrect. It is intended to be a lexicon of slang used by dopers. I, a doper, post the slang I use. A couple others have added now too. I invite all who use words in ways other than found in dictionarys to elaborate up in THIS bitch. **Syzygy** > [@](#): > > For some reason, I can’t see how these thing become popular. Why not just say, “See ya!” or “Goodbye!”? Flare. Style. Fun. Apply which ever you like. They all fit. DaLovin’ Dj ---
**Author:** ![dalovindj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/65b543/32.png) [@dalovindj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalovindj)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2001, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-lexicon-slang-reference-guide/83654/40 "2001-09-27T20:04:53Z")
I didn’t do this, I got it from [here](http://www.howtospeakhip.com/hip_manual.htm). Here is the Hip Manual. Don’t say I never gave ya nothin’: [Tons o’stuff deleted. NOT hip to copy wholesale from someone else’s website and put it on this one, it’s rude and probably a copyright violation. Don’t do this again. Your humble TubaDiva, who was hip before it was hip to be hep] Got it yet? [Edited by TubaDiva on 09-27-2001 at 05:43 PM] [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-lexicon-slang-reference-guide/83654.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-lexicon-slang-reference-guide/83654.md?page=3)