This week’s Slang This! contestant tries to guess the meaning of the terms beano (no, not the anti-gas treatment) and macing (no, not the stinging defensive spray). This is part of a complete episode.
pull an avenue address over v. phr.— «“Pulling an avenue address over” is the topographical parlance for denying that your building’s real entrance is on, say, East Seventy-sixth Street.» —“On The Avenue” by Ben...
pull leather v. phr.— «But Molinas was assassinated in Los Angeles in 1975, three months after I had lunch with him at the Playboy Club. As they say in Texas, Molinas “pulled leather on the mob” in Vegas by refusing to pay his...
carbage n.— «Top Gear is here to ridicule the clueless by bringing you the best chavved-up motors and tasteless tat. Welcome, then, to Carbage. There are a few hundred dodgy modified cars to sift through, but we need more. If you spot any...
cho-mo n.— «“Dude’s a fuckin’ cho-mo,” said the other. “Or he’s a reverse cho-mo, what the hell, it’s almost worse than a child molester. Look at him!”» —“Windy gray” by Steve...