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• G
  
  ( n ) A grand, $1000. Purvis left town owing me a "G."
  1920s
• g-man
  
  ( n ) FBI investigator. G-men broke up his still and sent him up the river for 5 years.
  1940s
• gag me
  
  ( vp ) How disgusting! Look! His crack is showing above his pants--gag me with a spoon!
  1980s
• galoot
  
  ( n ) A strong, soft-hearted man. The big galoot brought me flowers after chasing away that wolf Hans from next door.
  1860s
• gam
  
  ( n ) A woman's leg. She has a great figure and even greater gams.
  1920s
• game
  
  ( n ) A story told by men to attract women. You should hear his game; he really knows how to come on to a girl.
  1980s
• game
  
  ( n ) Something attractive, charm, je-ne-sais-quoi. That girl has game.
  1990s
• gander
  
  ( n ) A look. Take a gander at that beefcake over there.
  1910s
• gank
  
  ( v ) To steal. Dude, you ganked my lighter.
  1980s
• garbage
  
  ( n ) Nonsense. Everything you are saying is pure garbage!
  1950s
• garden path, the
  
  ( np ) Misleading direction, deception. I'm afraid Grady has led you down the garden path, baby. You'll never get your money back.
  1920s
• gas
  
  ( n ) A great time, something hilarious. The party last night was a real gas! ).
  1940s
• gas
  
  ( n ) A joke. They played some kind of gas on her and made her mad.
  1910s
• gas
  
  ( n ) Empty, boastful talk. Don't listen to Tommy; he's full of gas.
  1840s
• gasbag
  
  ( n ) A pompous person. That old gasbag never stops tallking.
  1840s
• gasser
  
  ( n ) A great time, something hilarious. The new comedy on TV is a real gasser.
  1930s
• gat
  
  ( n ) A gun (from Gatling gun). Paul, is that a gat under your coat?
  1940s
• gay
  
  ( n ) A homosexual. Gays are at last getting equal treatment in society.
  1950s
• gay
  
  ( adj ) Homosexual. There is nothing wrong with being gay.
  1950s
• gear
  
  ( n ) Clothes. The new gear I got is all that.
  1980s
• geck
  
  ( n ) An eccentric individual. Wayne's in another world; he's a total geck.
  1510s
• gee
  
  ( n ) Something attractive, charm, je-ne-sais-quoi. She had a lot of gee going for her.
  1990s
• Gee whiz!
  
  ( int ) An interjection of surprise (euphemism for 'Jesus'). Gee whiz! I didn't know George was that rich!
  1880s
• Gee!
  
  ( int ) An interjection of surprise (euphemism for 'Jesus'). Gee! I didn't know George was that rich!
  1890s
• geedis
  
  ( n ) Everything required to be an expert at something. I studied all weekend and, man, I've got the geedis for that test.
  1990s
• geek
  
  ( n ) A studious, unsociable person. He is a geek so he keeps pretty much to himself.
  1950s
• geek
  
  ( n ) Computer expert or devotee. Our company has the best geeks in the business.
  1970s
• geek
  
  ( v ) To become or cause to become panicky. I was geeked when he asked me to come over and meet his family!
  1990s
• geeze
  
  ( v ) Act like an old person (offensive). My grandparents just sit around the house and geeze.
  1990s
• geezer
  
  ( n ) An old person (offensive). Those old geezers up there are driving too slowly.
  1940s
• geezer rock
  
  ( np ) Music of the 1950s. Dad's listening to his geezer rock again.
  1980s
• geri
  
  ( n ) An old person (offensive). Those geris drive too slow.
  1990s
• get a load of
  
  ( vp ) Look at. Get a load of Frankie's new car!
  1940s
• get a wiggle on
  
  ( vp ) Speed up. We're going to be late for the ballet--get a wiggle on!
  1920s
• Get bent!
  
  ( int ) Absolutely not! Play chicken with you? Are you kidding? Get bent, man!
  1990s
• get down
  
  ( vp ) To be engaged in an enjoyable activity. Man we are getting down with a couple freaks after class today.
  1960s
• get first base
  
  ( vp ) Have initial success trying to seduce someone. He couldn't get to first base with her, let alone score.
  1930s
• get hooked up with
  
  ( vp ) To meet. He got hooked up with Cindy at a party I threw.
  1970s
• get into
  
  ( v ) Became seriously interested in. I got into gardening in high school.
  1960s
• get it
  
  ( vp ) To come to understand, catch on. I told her the joke twice but she just didn't get it.
  1950s
• get it on
  
  ( vp ) To do something. You want to go for pizza? Let's get it on!
  1970s
• get lost
  
  ( int ) To leave, go away. Stop bothering me! Get lost!
  1940s
• get off slim-slow
  
  ( vp ) To lose weight. I know she doesn't think she is cute; she needs to get off slim-slow.
  1990s
• get off your back
  
  ( vp ) To stop annoying, bothering. Get off my back, man; I'm tired of listening to you.
  1950s
• get on your nerves
  
  ( n ) To annoy, bother. Go play in another room; you are getting on my nerves.
  1910s
• get ones jig on
  
  ( vp ) To dance. I went to Mona's party last night and got my jig on with her.
  1990s
• Get out of here!
  
  ( phr ) You're kidding me; I don't believe you. You won $500 at the track? Get out of here!
  1950s
• Get real!
  
  ( vp ) Think again, that is ridiculous. You think it will be cold in Florida? Get real!
  1970s
• get schooled
  
  ( vp ) To learn a hard lesson. If you play him one-on-one, you're going to get schooled!
  1980s
• get under your skin
  
  ( vp ) To annoy, bother, annoy. These Friday quizzes are getting under my skin.
  1940s
• get with it
  
  ( vp ) Hurry up. If you don't get with it, we will never finish this work.
  1960s
• get with it
  
  ( vp ) To come to understand, become aware of what is what. If Sofia doesn't get with it, she will never be popular.
  1980s
• get with the program
  
  ( vp ) To do what is right, conform. You had better get with the program, Sonny, or you're off the team.
  1980s
• ghetto
  
  ( adv ) Very. The party last night was ghetto fabulous.
  1990s
• ghetto bird
  
  ( np ) A police helicopter. Get off the street! Here comes a ghetto bird.
  1990s
• ghetto blaster
  
  ( np ) A large portable music box. Man, he's got the loudest ghetto blaster in the 'hood.
  1980s
• ghetto buster
  
  ( np ) A large portable music box. Hey, man, turn down that ghetto buster.
  1990s
• ghetto sled
  
  ( np ) An old, beat-up car. Check out the guy in that lime green ghetto sled!
  1980s
• ghost
  
  ( adj ) Gone, disappeared. As soon as Guido got his money, he was ghost.
  2000s
• giddy
  
  ( n ) A good time, a lot of fun. It was a party where everybody got their giddies.
  1990s
• gig
  
  ( n ) A job, especially in music. I have a gig on Saturday night from 7:00 to 10:00.
  1960s
• giggle-water
  
  ( np ) Liquor or other alcoholic beverage. He poured me a glass of some kind of giggle water and that's the last thing I remember.
  1920s
• gigolo
  
  ( n ) A kept man who lives off women. His mother has a gigolo that she spends a lot of time with.
  1920s
• gimcrack
  
  ( n ) A geegaw, knick-knack Her house was filled with cheap gimcracks.
  1630s
• gimmick
  
  ( n ) A fun thing to do. Let's go see if we can find a gimmick for the evening.
  1990s
• gin mill
  
  ( np ) A bar. She dragged me down to some gin mill where her sister sang and hoofed.
  1920s
• ginchy
  
  ( adj ) Sexy. She is the ginchiest girl I've ever seen.
  1930s
• give it to
  
  ( vp ) To do something (unpleasant) to someone. If you don't behave, I'm going to give it to you.
  1940s
• give me five
  
  ( vp ) Shake hands. You passed the test? Give me five!
  1950s
• give me some skin
  
  ( vp ) Shake hands. You got your driver's license? Give me some skin!
  1970s
• give the finger
  
  ( vp ) Stick up the middle finger. I told him his mother wears combat boots and he gave me the finger.
  1950s
• glad rags
  
  ( np ) Dressy clothes. Hey, Daisy, put on some glad rags and I'll take you to a ritzy night club.
  1920s
• glasspack
  
  ( n ) A muffler packed with fiberglass improve performance and/or increase noise. He just added dual glasspacks to his rod and doesn't it sound wicked!
  1950s
• glitch
  
  ( n ) A fault or defect. This computer program has a glitch.
  1960s
• glitterati
  
  ( n ) Rich, famous people who love bright lights and cameras. All the glitterati turned out for the Academy Awards.
  1940s
• glitzy
  
  ( adj ) Luxurious, posh. This is a pretty glitzy hotel to be staying in.
  1960s
• gnarly
  
  ( adj ) (Surfing) Big or difficult. He wiped out on a gnarly wave.
  1980s
• gnarly
  
  ( adj ) Excellent, outstanding. She does a really gnarly job at computer programming.
  1980s
• go
  
  ( adj ) A turn, a try. Let me have a go at solving the problem.
  1820s
• go
  
  ( v ) To say. I go, wasn't that great? And he goes, naw, I've done it all before.
  1830s
• go ape
  
  ( vp ) To lose control of yourself, go crazy. He went ape when his friends dropped a frog down his collar.
  1950s
• go ballistic
  
  ( vp ) To lose control of yourself, go crazy. Freida went ballistic when I gave her the ring.
  1960s
• go bananas
  
  ( vp ) To lose control of yourself, go crazy. I am going to go bananas if I don't have a vacation soon.
  1930s
• go belly up
  
  ( vp ) To fail or go bankrupt. The company went belly up under his management.
  1940s
• go down
  
  ( vp ) To happen, take place. What is going down?
  1960s
• go postal
  
  ( vp ) To lose control of yourself, go crazy. My old lady went postal when she found out about my new lady.
  1980s
• go steady
  
  ( vp ) To date only one person. They went steady for a year, then broke up.
  1930s
• go Titanic
  
  ( vp ) To fail, lose. We were planning on catching a flick, but that went titanic.
  1990s
• gob
  
  ( n ) A wad, a lump, large amount. I here Jack Uzzi has gobs of money.
  1540s
• gobbledygook
  
  ( n ) Nonsense. That old gasbag talks nothing but gobbledy gook.
  1940s
• gobsmack
  
  ( v ) To astound. Claire Voyant gobsmacked us when she predicted the outcome of the election.
  1980s
• god squad
  
  ( np ) A fanatical religious group. Don't go inside; the god squad is there.
  1980s
• gold digger
  
  ( n ) A female after a man's money. She doesn't love him; she is just a gold-digger after his money.
  1920s
• gold-digger
  
  ( n ) A woman trying to marry a wealthy man. Do you really love me or are you just another gold-digger after my money?
  1920s
• goldang
  
  ( int ) An interjection of emphasis (euphemism for G. D.). I'll be goldang if he didn't wreck his new car!
  1880s
• goldarn
  
  ( int ) An interjection of emphasis (euphemism for G. D.). Now just wait a goldarn minute!
  1830s
• goldbrick
  
  ( n ) Someone who does not do his or her share of the work. That goldbrick sits in his office all day and doesn't do a lick of work.
  1910s
• golden
  
  ( adj ) Excellent, outstanding. He had a golden opportunity to invest in the company but turned it down.
  1400s
• golden arches
  
  ( np ) A Macdonald's restaurant. Let's get a burger at the golden arches.
  1960s
• Golly!
  
  ( int ) An interjection of emphasis (euphemism for 'God'). Golly, that was a good breakfast.
  1770s
• goncha
  
  ( adj ) Grouchy. Why are you acting so goncha today?
  1990s
• gone
  
  ( adj ) Knowledgeable about the current scene. He's a real gone cat.
  1940s
• gone
  
  ( adj ) Totally carried away with. I think Martha's complete gone over him.
  1950s
• goober
  
  ( n ) A peanut. He sat there all night eating boiled goobers.
  1830s
• goober
  
  ( n ) An unsophisticated person, a country bumpkin. Look at that goober in those velvet pants.
  1980s
• goody-goody
  
  ( adj ) Sanctimonious. Sheryl never attended church because she disliked the goody-goody sermonizing.
  1870s
• goody-goody (two shoes)
  
  ( n ) A prude. Charity Ball is such a goody-goody she would never do that.
  1870s
• goof
  
  ( n ) A mistake, error. Making a pass at the boss's wife was a major goof.
  1950s
• goof
  
  ( v ) Loaf, waste time. They used to goof on their way home from work.
  1930s
• goof
  
  ( n ) Someone stupid or foolish. I am really a goof at times.
  1910s
• goof
  
  ( v ) To make a mistake, error. If I called you 'Clarissa', I just goofed.
  1940s
• goof off
  
  ( v ) Loaf, waste time. I am really a goof at times.
  1950s
• goof-off
  
  ( n ) A loiterer, someone who wastes time. This company can no longer afford good-offs.
  1940s
• goofy
  
  ( adj ) Crazy, insane. He gone goofy over Alice.
  1920s
• goon
  
  ( n ) A stupid thug or bodyguard. The mob boss was accompanied by a couple of his goons.
  1930s
• goon
  
  ( v ) To fall or trip. I gooned on the library steps and broke my heel.
  1980s
• goop
  
  ( n ) A stupid person. He is such a goop he eats his peas with his fingers.
  1900s
• goop
  
  ( n ) A sloppy, viscous, soft substance. The ice cream had melted into a bowl of goop.
  1990s
• goopy
  
  ( adj ) Sloppy, viscous, soft. The ice cream had begun to melt and had become all goopy.
  1990s
• goopy
  
  ( adj ) Stupid or foolish. Don't be so goopy; go along with the others.
  1900s
• goose
  
  ( n ) A poke between the buttocks. Somebody gave the rat fink a goose in the hall and he jumped so high he fell.
  1950s
• goose
  
  ( v ) To poke someone between the buttocks. She goosed Freddy in class and he jumped halfway across the room.
  1950s
• goose
  
  ( v ) To speed up, accelerate. Hey, they're catching up. Goose it!
  1950s
• gorilla
  
  ( n ) A stupid thug or bodyguard. The mob boss came in with one of his gorillas on either side.
  1940s
• gosh
  
  ( int ) An exclamation of surprise. Gosh, I didn't know that.
  1750s
• got the dragon
  
  ( vp ) To have bad breath. Wait until I brush my teeth; I woke up with the dragon.
  1990s
• gouge
  
  ( v ) To cheat by overcharging. He was gouging his customers on a regular basis until they caught on.
  1870s
• gourd
  
  ( n ) Head. Use your gourd to figure out what is happening.
  1840s
• grain
  
  ( n ) Money. Hey Mom, hook me up with some grain.
  1990s
• grand
  
  ( n ) A thousand dollars. His salary is twenty grand a month.
  1920s
• gravy
  
  ( n ) Easy money. This job is pure gravy.
  1940s
• gravy train
  
  ( np ) A source of easy money. Boy, I wish I were a computer geek and could ride that gravy train.
  1920s
• grease
  
  ( v ) To bribe. Apparently, someone greased the guard and got the combination to the safe.
  1970s
• grease
  
  ( v ) To kill. If that squeeler lets the cat out of the bag, I'll grease him!
  1950s
• grease
  
  ( n ) Bribery, a bribe. Stubborn super? Nothing a little grease won't fix.
  1970s
• grease (someone's palm)
  
  ( v ) To bribe. I can grease a few palms in city hall to fix the parking ticket.
  1520s
• grease-ball
  
  ( n ) (Offensive) A dark haired, olive skinned man. Melodie! Why do you go out with that grease-ball?
  1980s
• grease-monkey
  
  ( n ) (Offensive) An automobile mechanic. Do you want be a grease-monkey all your life
  1920s
• greaser
  
  ( n ) A guy that uses too much oil on his hair. Tony is greaser that everyone loves.
  1960s
• greaser
  
  ( n ) (Offensive) A dark-haired, olive-skinned person. Who was that greaser I saw you with yesterday?
  1840s
• great gun
  
  ( np ) Important person. Several of the city's great guns were at the party.
  1810s
• green
  
  ( adj ) New, inexperienced. He is just a green rookie.
  1540s
• green
  
  ( adj ) Ecologically responsible. Management thinks our company is green because we use paper cups in the office.
  2000s
• greenback
  
  ( n ) A dollar. He opened his wallet and I saw a thick bundle of greenbacks in it.
  1940s
• grift
  
  ( v ) To run a con. I don't have any cash so we'll have to grift tonight.
  1910s
• grifter
  
  ( n ) A con artist. John is such a grifter he runs cons on his mother.
  1910s
• grill
  
  ( n ) Face. Check out her new grill.
  1990s
• grill
  
  ( v ) Show your teeth. Don't look so sad, girl, show me some grill.
  1980s
• grill
  
  ( v ) To interrogate intensely. The police picked him up and grilled him for an hour.
  1940s
• grind
  
  ( n ) A studious, unsociable person. Flynn isn't coming; that grind has to do his homework.
  1890s
• grind
  
  ( n ) A boring, repetitive routine. I need a break from the daily grind.
  1850s
• grip
  
  ( n ) A lot of money. Wow! That new game costs a grip and a half!
  2000s
• grip
  
  ( n ) Money. I can't go to the beach this weekend; I don't have the grip.
  1990s
• grody
  
  ( adj ) Dirty, grimy. Don't put those jeans on; they're all grody from fixing the drain pipe.
  1970s
• grogan
  
  ( n ) Defecation. Where's the can? I have a grogan coming on.
  1990s
• groove
  
  ( n ) Something excellent, outstanding. The music those cats play is all groove.
  1970s
• groove
  
  ( n ) A situation in which you feel comfortable, competent. I just can do this, man; I'm not in my groove.
  1930s
• groovy
  
  ( adj ) Very cool. You got a new car? Groovy!
  1960s
• gross
  
  ( adj ) Disgusting. Oh, gross! You aren't going to eat that fish with the head on it, are you?
  1970s
• gross-out
  
  ( v ) To disgust. The party was a gross-out.
  1970s
• groupy
  
  ( n ) Someone who follows a famous person or group. Estelle was a groupy following 'Mogen David and the Grapes of Wrath' for 5 years.
  1960s
• groupy
  
  ( n ) Someone who follows a famous person or group. I don't care about music; I just want to be in a band famous enough to attract groupies.
  1960s
• grouser
  
  ( n ) A complainer, a whiner. Doolittle is a constant grouser that everybody hates.
  1900s
• grub
  
  ( n ) Food. Where is the best place to get some grub around here?
  1650s
• grub
  
  ( v ) To hug and kiss. They were grubbing in his car when her parents came home.
  1980s
• grub
  
  ( n ) A studious, unsociable person. Well, it is the grubs who end up running the world.
  1840s
• grubby
  
  ( adj ) Dirty, grimy. Those clothes are too grubby to wear to the party.
  1840s
• grungy
  
  ( adj ) Dirty, grimy. That is a really grungy jacket.
  1960s
• guff
  
  ( n ) Bluster, threats. Do what you want to do; don't take any guff from Frankie.
  1880s
• gumshoe
  
  ( n ) A private investigator. Sally hired a low-life gumshoe to tail her husband.
  1940s
• gumshoe
  
  ( n ) Detective. Some gumshoe has been tailing me all afternoon.
  1860s
• gun
  
  ( v ) To accelerate something suddenly. When Pedro saw Maria down the road, he gunned his old jalopy.
  1930s
• gunsel
  
  ( n ) A stupid thug or bodyguard who carries a gun. You never see Robin Banks without a couple of gunsels with him.
  1940s
• gussy
  
  ( v ) To dress up. Well, look at Maud Lynn Dresser! Isn't she all gussied up?
  1910s
• gut
  
  ( adj ) Easy, simple. She only takes gut courses.
  1980s
• guts
  
  ( n ) Courage. It takes a lot of guts to give the boss your true opinion.
  1930s
• guy
  
  ( n ) A fellow. That guy's been in a lot of trouble, (bloke).
  1920s
• gyalist
  
  ( n ) A woman-chaser. I'm not a womanizer I'm just a gyalist.
  1990s
• gyp
  
  ( v ) To swindle or cheat. He gypped me out of five dollars.
  1880s