head up
n.— «“Ain’t going to be no head up!” Rodrick Kelly, 18, said a Blood yelled. “Head up” is street lingo for a fist fight or brawl. “Then shots fired—boom, boom—twice.”» —“Attorney says man fired shots in self-defense” by Colleen Jenkins St. Petersburg Times (Fla.) Aug. 15, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
“What has a head like a cat, feet like a cat, a tail like a cat, but isn’t a cat?” Answer: a kitten! A 1948 children’s joke book has lots of these to share with kids. Plus: an easy explanation for the difference between...
When someone is perseverating or worrying too much, some Spanish speakers will suggest they stop obsessing with the phrase no te comas el coco. Literally, it means “don’t eat the coconut,” the word cocoin Spanish being slang for...