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  • H
    ( n ) Horse, heroine. I know where you can by "H" on the street corner.
    1950s
  • hack
    ( v ) To disgust, make angry. If you mess with my girl, you'll just hack me, Mack.
    1990s
  • hack
    ( v ) To make fun of. Why are you always hacking on me?
    1980s
  • hail-Mary
    ( n ) (Football) A desperation play, such as an extremely long pass. It all came down to a hail-Mary pass in the final 5 seconds of the game.
    1970s
  • hairy
    ( adj ) Dangerous, threatening. That was a hairy plane trip. I am glad the storm is over.
    1960s
  • hairy
    ( adj ) Crude, clumsy. Franklin made a hairy gesture and skiddooed.
    1920s
  • hairy
    ( adj ) Old, out-dated. I'm tired of listening to his hairy jokes that went out in the 20s.
    1940s
  • hammer
    ( n ) Accelerator. Put the hammer to the floor or we will be late for the wedding.
    1960s
  • hammer
    ( v ) To drink heavily. Put the hammer to the floor or we will be late for the wedding.
    1970s
  • hammered
    ( adj ) Drunk, intoxicated. I was totally hammered at that party last night.
    1970s
  • handcuff
    ( n ) An engagement ring. I love the woman but she'll never get the handcuff on me.
    1920s
  • hang
    ( v ) To spend time with. I'm going down to the pizza parlor and hang with the gang.
    1980s
  • hang
    ( n ) Knack, understanding. Hang! I just can't get the hang of tying my shoes.
    1840s
  • hang five
    ( vp ) To put five toes over the nose of a surfboard. What a hotdogger! He always hangs five when people are watching.
    1960s
  • hang in
    ( v ) To persist, not give up. Sue can make it if she just hangs in for a few more days.
    1960s
  • hang it on
    ( vp ) Say, tell. I didn't hear you. Hang it on me again.
    1960s
  • hang loose
    ( vp ) To relax, take it easy. Hang loose when you go to the police station; don't go off the deep end.
    1960s
  • hang out
    ( v ) To relax, take it easy. Joey likes to hang out with the guys down at the pool hall.
    1960s
  • hang ten
    ( vp ) To put ten toes over the nose of the surfboard. That guy is always trying to hang ten on the low waves.
    1960s
  • hang tough
    ( vp ) Stick with, keep going, don't give up. We need to hang tough on our decision.
    1970s
  • hang up
    ( vp ) To quit. I have decided to hang up my teaching job.
    1940s
  • Hang!
    ( int ) Interjection of frustration or emphasis. Hang! I can eat six hotdogs in in 10 minutes.
    1940s
  • hang-out
    ( n ) A gathering place. The soda shop was our old hang-out.
    1890s
  • hang-up
    ( n ) A problem to deal with. I like people with no hang-ups.
    1960s
  • hanger-on
    ( n ) Someone who follows a famous person or group. Lionel arrived late to the party with a host of hangers-on in tow.
    1550s
  • hanger-on
    ( n ) Someone who accompanies a famous person. Lord Amersey and five or six of his hangers-on arrived late.
    1540s
  • hanging
    ( adj ) Excellent, outstanding. That is a hanging new sweater Brenda bought her sister.
    1900s
  • happening
    ( n ) An event. There's going to be a happening at Mr. Natural's house tonight.
    1960s
  • hard
    ( adj ) Excellent, outstanding. Those new kicks are so hard.
    1990s
  • hard-boiled
    ( adj ) Tough and cold. Harry's a hard-boiled cop who doesn't take anything from anybody.
    1920s
  • hardcore
    ( adj ) Authentic, genuine. He is a hardcore Trekky--never missed an episode.
    1960s
  • hardcore
    ( adj ) Harsh, extreme. What you just said to me was totally hardcore.
    1970s
  • hardware
    ( n ) A gun. The police were surprised by all the hardware the gang members had.
    1950s
  • hare-brain
    ( n ) A stupid or foolish person. Who was the hare-brain who put chewing gum on my seat?
    1550s
  • hare-brained
    ( adj ) Stupid or foolish. Whose hare-brained idea was it to spike granny's lemonade?
    1560s
  • harpy
    ( n ) (Offensive) A nasty, ill-tempered woman. My mother-in-law is a harpy who is always complaining about everything.
    1580s
  • has-been
    ( n ) Someone who is jaded or no longer effective in what he does. He once was a great actor but now he is just another washed-out has-been.
    1600s
  • has-been
    ( n ) Someone whose career has ended. Wiley Slider is a has-been who'll never play baseball again.
    1780s
  • hassle
    ( v ) To annoy, bother. Don't hassle me now; I'm busy.
    1960s
  • hassle
    ( v ) To fight. Look at those two guys arguing; they look like they are about to hassle.
    1980s
  • haul ass
    ( vp ) Fly, move very fast. When he passed my house he was hauling ass.
    1950s
  • have a cow
    ( vp ) Throw a fit. I thought mama would have a cow when she saw the damage to the car.
    1950s
  • have a hissy
    ( vp ) Throw a fit. Mama had a hissy when she saw me in the tank top and miniskirt.
    1950s
  • have a shaft
    ( vp ) To find someone attractive. I have a shaft for that new girl.
    1990s
  • have arms
    ( vp ) To have a party. We got arms tonight!
    1990s
  • have it all together
    ( vp ) In good mental or psychological condition. Recently, I don't seem to have it all together.
    1960s
  • have legs
    ( vp ) Be workable. Your idea doesn't have legs; it won't fly.
    1950s
  • hawkshaw
    ( n ) Detective. Mildred hired some two-bit hawkshaw to follow me around and make sure I'm not seeing someone else.
    1900s
  • hayburner
    ( n ) A gas-guzzling car. He has a cool set of wheels but his dad drives a hayburner.
    1920s
  • hayburner
    ( n ) A horse that never wins a race. Don't talk to me; I just lost a week's salary on a hayburner at the track.
    1920s
  • hayseed
    ( n ) A clumsy, unsophisticated person from the country. That hayseed thinks a fox is some kind of forest animal.
    1850s
  • head
    ( n ) A person. Yo, there were some mad heads over at the six joint.
    1990s
  • head
    ( n ) Bathroom, toilet. Hold the game, boys, I have to go to the head.
    1950s
  • head honcho
    ( np ) The person in charge, the boss. Who is the head honcho of this company?
    1970s
  • heap
    ( n ) An old, beat-up car. That old heap of his couldn't make it to the beach.
    1950s
  • heat
    ( n ) A gun. Watch out for John, he's strapped with heat.
    1920s
  • heat
    ( n ) The police. Keep a look out for the heat.
    1970s
  • heater
    ( n ) A gun. The mobster had a lump in his coat that suggested a heater.
    1920s
  • heave
    ( v ) To vomit. Nadine heaved her whole dinner under the table.
    1600s
  • heave-ho
    ( n ) An ejection, throwing out physically. Frothingschloss became so rambunctious in the bar that they gave him the old heave-ho.
    1940s
  • heavy
    ( adj ) Carrying a gun. If you are heavy, you can't come in.
    1990s
  • heavy
    ( adj ) Serious, profound. I'm really not into heavy rap sessions.
    1960s
  • heazy
    ( pp ) The current location. I don't see Marvin but he is in the heazy.
    2000s
  • hecka
    ( adv ) Very. That's a hecka good-looking bicycle you have there, Otis.
    1980s
  • hector
    ( int ) An interjection of disgust. Oh, hector! I left my report card at school.
    1990s
  • heebie-jeebies
    ( n ) Nervousness. Just thinking about the dentist gives me the heebie-jeebies.
    1920s
  • heel
    ( n ) A loser, a jerk. What a heel! He left is wife and kids for the circus.
    1910s
  • heinz
    ( n ) A dog of mixed breed. Spot isn't a purebred; he's just a heinz.
    1960s
  • heist
    ( n ) An armed robbery. There was a heist at the bank today.
    1920s
  • hella
    ( adv ) Very. That movie was hella cool.
    1980s
  • Hello?
    ( int ) An interjection of surprise that the speaker is so stupid. Who is buried in Grant's tomb? Hello?.
    1980s
  • hep
    ( adj ) A part of the current musical culture. That cat is hep to all the dives with cool jazz.
    1900s
  • hep cat
    ( np ) A cool jazz-lover. Nathan is the hep cat who took me to Birdland for the first time.
    1930s
  • herb
    ( n ) Marijuana. I'm not smoking herb any more.
    1930s
  • hero
    ( n ) Strong man, show off. That hero tried to lift 200 pounds.
    1990s
  • hick
    ( n ) A clumsy, unsophisticated person from the country. Patsy is dating some hick who wears a straw hat.
    1920s
  • hickey
    ( n ) Bruise on the skin left by sucking. They must have at least petted last night; she cam to work today with a hickey on her neck.
    1950s
  • higgledy-piggledy
    ( adv ) In total disorder. He does everything higgledy-piggledy.
    1590s
  • high
    ( adj ) Drunk, intoxicated on drugs. He was expelled for getting high.
    1960s
  • high
    ( adj ) Drunk, intoxicated. I was so high I could only count 9 fingers on my hands.
    1960s
  • high-five
    ( n ) HIV. Homer got the high-five from some skank down the block.
    1990s
  • high-five
    ( n ) Slapping someone else's palm stretched over the head. They gave each other a high-five after winning the sack race.
    1980s
  • high-five
    ( v ) To slap someone else's palm stretched over the head. Jan and Jo-Jo high-fived each other when they won the sack race.
    1980s
  • high-hat
    ( v ) To snub someone. When I asked her out, she high-hatted me and walked away.
    1920s
  • high-strung
    ( adj ) Tense, nervous. Amanda Lynn has been a little high-strung since her instrument cracked when she left it in the car.
    1860s
  • highside
    ( v ) To show off. Thomas was just highsiding when he said he was getting a new car.
    1990s
  • highsider
    ( n ) A show-off. Thomas is a complete highsider.
    1990s
  • hijinks
    ( n ) Mischievous merry-making. What sort of hijinks have you kids been up to?
    1700s
  • hillbilly
    ( n ) A clumsy, unsophisticated person from the country. Willy Earl tells everyone he is in computing but he is just a hillbilly who works in the stockroom of a computer warehouse.
    1900s
  • hinky
    ( adj ) Nervous. Riding so fast in a car driven by a knucklehead left Clara a little hinky.
    1950s
  • hinky
    ( adj ) Questionable, suspicious; unreliable, out of whack. The car got hinky and Chad had to put in a new radiator.
    1960s
  • hip
    ( adj ) Knowledgeable about the current scene (variant of 'hep'). Don't worry, Nelson is hip to all that's going on these days.
    1960s
  • hip-shooter
    ( n ) Always talking without thinking. He is such a hip-shooter his foot spends more time in his mouth than in its shoe.
    1960s
  • hippie
    ( n ) A member of the counterculture of the 60s. Stacy Olde is an old hippie who never grew up.
    1960s
  • hipster
    ( n ) A member of the counterculture of the 40s (Origin of 'hippie'). He was a cool hipster you saw in all the jazz joints back in the 40s.
    1940s
  • hissy
    ( n ) A fit. She threw a hissy when she saw him with another girl.
    1950s
  • history
    ( adj ) Over, done with. I don't have any idea where my old boyfriend is. He's history.
    1930s
  • hit
    ( n ) A murder. The mob made another hit last night.
    1960s
  • hit
    ( n ) A paid assassination. The mob ordered hits on the heads of the opposing gang.
    1970s
  • hit
    ( n ) A successful event. Your proposal was a hit with the boss.
    1810s
  • hit
    ( v ) To kill. He was hit by the mob for blabbing.
    1970s
  • hit man
    ( n ) A hired killer. Olga hired a hit man to off her husband but her contact turned out to be a police officer.
    1950s
  • hit me on the hip
    ( vp ) Page me. If I'm not at home when you call, hit me on the hip. OK?
    1990s
  • hit on all sixes
    ( vp ) To perform perfectly. We lost last night because our star player was not hitting on all sixes.
    1920s
  • hit the books
    ( vp ) To study. Cut the gabbing; it's time to hit the books.
    1950s
  • hit the road
    ( vp ) To leave. Man, it's 11 o'clock; time for us to hit the road.
    1920s
  • hit the sack
    ( vp ) Go to bed. Is it 11 o'clock already? Time for me to hit the sack.
    1950s
  • hitch
    ( v ) To marry. Did you hear? Buffy and Lance got hitched last night.
    1940s
  • hock
    ( v ) (1) Being pawned. (2) Debt. Hardy Spender went into hock to buy that new car of his.
    1860s
  • hock
    ( v ) To pawn. Billy hocked his guitar to get his watch out of hock.
    1900s
  • hocus-pocus
    ( n ) Trickery. Hermione came up with some hocus-pocus to make her books show a profit.
    1640s
  • hodad
    ( n ) A non-surfer. Look at him hotdogging for the hodads on the beach.
    1960s
  • hogwash
    ( n ) Nonsense. All that bragging about how much money he has is pure hogwash.
    1870s
  • hold
    ( vp ) Borrow. Let me hold 5 bucks; you know I will pay you back.
    1940s
  • hold on
    ( v ) Wait a minute. Don't go now; hold on a second.
    1840s
  • hold up
    ( v ) To rob. He ended up in the hoosegow for holding up a stage coach.
    1880s
  • Hold your horses!
    ( np ) Wait a minute. Hold your horses! We have plenty of time.
    1840s
  • hole up
    ( v ) Hide. I had to hole up for three days because the police were looking for me.
    1870s
  • holla
    ( v ) Call on the telephone Give me your digits and I'll holla back when I get home.
    2000s
  • holler
    ( v ) To talk to. That chickenhead was trying to holler at my man.
    1990s
  • Holy mackerel!
    ( int ) An interjection of surprise. Holy mackerel! We won the lottery!
    1940s
  • Holy moly!
    ( int ) An interjection of surprise. Holy moly! I just won the jackpot!
    1950s
  • home skillet
    ( n ) A close friend. Harry's my home skillet.
    1990s
  • home slice
    ( n ) A close friend. Ben's my home slice.
    1990s
  • homey
    ( n ) A neighborhood friend or acquaintance. All the homeys were waiting for me when I got home from school.
    1980s
  • honcho
    ( n ) An important person. The honcho says that we are going to have to give up two days of our vacation.
    1990s
  • honcho
    ( n ) The boss, commanding officer. Who is the head honcho around here?
    1940s
  • honey
    ( n ) An attractive female. There were a lot of honeys at the bar last night.
    1940s
  • honk around
    ( v ) To spend time with talking. We're going over to my crib and honk around.
    1990s
  • honkin
    ( adj ) Very, extremely. Lance Sterling has a honkin big condo in Scranton.
    2000s
  • hoo-ha
    ( n ) An uproar, commotion. Why all the hoo-ha over calling my secretary "Sweetie-pie"?
    1930s
  • hoo-ride
    ( n ) An excellent, outstanding car. Check out my partner in his hoo-ride.
    1980s
  • hooch
    ( n ) Liquor, bootleg liquor. Where did you get this rotgut hooch?
    1890s
  • hooch
    ( n ) Marijuana. Let's go smoke some hooch.
    1980s
  • hooch up
    ( v ) To hug and kiss. I saw you and your cutie hooching it up in the car.
    1990s
  • hoochie
    ( n ) A promiscuous female. She's just a hoochie without a clue.
    1990s
  • hood
    ( n ) Juvenile delinquent. Those hoods stole our hubcaps.
    1990s
  • hood
    ( n ) The neighborhood or a certain side of tow. Meet me in the hood tonight.
    1980s
  • hood
    ( n ) A hoodlum, gangster. It is a nice neighborhood except for a couple of hoods who live down the block.
    1920s
  • hoodie
    ( n ) A hooded shirt or coat. It's cold; have you got an extra hoodie I can borrow.
    1990s
  • hoodrat
    ( n ) A female of ill repute in the neighborhood. I don't mess with that hoodrat; she's dangerous.
    1990s
  • hooey
    ( n ) Nonsense. All that stuff about inheriting a million dollars is just a lot of hooey.
    1920s
  • hoofer
    ( n ) A dancer. He's dating some hoofer at Radio City Hall.
    1920s
  • hook
    ( v ) To addict. They say Zelda is hooked on heroine.
    1920s
  • hook
    ( v ) To steal. He hooked a book on criminal justice and it turned his life around.
    1980s
  • hook
    ( n ) To get someone addicted to. I think Melvin is hooked on Gwendolyn; I saw her wearing his Yankees cap this morning.
    1920s
  • hook
    ( n ) The ordinary. Wow, Millie! Those new jeans are off the hook!
    2000s
  • hook up
    ( v ) To get together. After the party, she hooked up with Spongy and they went to a drive-in.
    1970s
  • hooker
    ( n ) A prostitute. Her clothes make her look like a hooker.
    1840s
  • hookey
    ( n ) Truancy. Maynard played hookey from school today and missed the quiz.
    1840s
  • hooky
    ( n ) Truancy. Maynard played hooky from school today and missed the quiz.
    1840s
  • hoops
    ( n ) Basketball. Hey, man, let's go shoot some hoops after school.
    1980s
  • hoopty
    ( n ) An old, beat-up car. That old hoopty of Jules can't make it home.
    1980s
  • Hoopty-doo!
    ( int ) An interjection of celebration. Hoopty-doo! Fred got a promotion and a big raise!
    1920s
  • Hoopty-doo!
    ( int ) An interjection of dismissal (sarcastic). You got a dollar tip? Well, hoopty-doo!.
    1960s
  • Hooray!
    ( int ) An interjection of celebration. Hooray! I just won the lottery!
    1890s
  • hoosegow
    ( n ) Jail or prison. You had better be careful that you don't end up in the hoosegow.
    1910s
  • hoot
    ( n ) Something excellent, outstanding. Wasn't that party last night a hoot, though?
    1970s
  • hooyah
    ( int ) An interjection of confidence in oneself. Hooyah! I'm invincible!
    2000s
  • hooyah
    ( adj ) Self-confident. I have hooyah power!
    2000s
  • hop up
    ( v ) Increase the power and speed of a car. His wheels are faster since he hopped up the engine and installed dual glasspacks.
    1950s
  • hop-head
    ( n ) Someone high on drugs and restive. Some hop-head mugged me in the park.
    1960s
  • hopped up
    ( adj ) High on drugs and restive. Don't ever come in here again when you are hopped-up.
    1960s
  • hops
    ( n ) The ability to jump high. Look at that guy jump; he has hops.
    1990s
  • hork
    ( v ) To vomit. I drank so much, I horked on my shoes.
    1980s
  • hork
    ( v ) Gulp, gobble, swallow whole. Don't just hork it down; savor it!
    2000s
  • horn
    ( n ) Telephone. Lester will talk to you later; he's on the horn with Rochelle right now.
    1970s
  • hornswoggle
    ( v ) To cheat, deceive. I've been hornswoggled! This isn't an original Picasso!
    1820s
  • horny
    ( adj ) Sexually aroused; randy. I haven't been horny since I started taking that antidepressant.
    1950s
  • horse
    ( n ) Heroine. They caught him with a load of horse in the car.
    1930s
  • horse
    ( n ) A large, strong man with a big appetite. Reilly is a horse; you had better fix him a big dinner.
    1950s
  • horse
    ( v ) To play with carelessly. I don't have time to horse around; let's get down to business.
    1920s
  • horse feathers
    ( int ) Nonsense. Horse feathers! You never dated Clara Bow!
    1920s
  • horse's ass
    ( np ) A disgusting person. That horse's ass never showed up, so we had to do it all.
    1950s
  • horse's ass
    ( int ) An interjection of disgust. Horse's ass! The teacher's giving a pop quiz today.
    1990s
  • hose
    ( v ) To harm greatly. If my parents find out about this, I'm hosed.
    1970s
  • hosed
    ( adj ) Drunk, intoxicated. I got really hosed last night at the party.
    1960s
  • hot
    ( adj ) Sexy, attractive. That girl is hot!
    1950s
  • hot
    ( adj ) Stolen. The police stopped them because they thought the car was hot.
    1930s
  • hot
    ( adj ) Fast (music). I like my jazz hot, not cool.
    1920s
  • hot
    ( adj ) Angry, mad. Dudley is a bit hot under the collar from your insult.
    1220s
  • hot
    ( adj ) Electrically charged or radioactive. He accidentally picked up a hot wire and got a shock.
    1920s
  • hot
    ( adj ) Electrically charged or radioactive. He accidentally picked up a hot wire and got a shock
    1920s
  • hot and bothered
    ( ap ) Irritated. Don't get all hot and bothered about a parking ticket.
    1950s
  • Hot damn!
    ( int ) An interjection of surprise. Hot damn, that car is a doozy.
    1940s
  • Hot diggity dog!
    ( int ) An interjection of surprise. Hot diggity dog! Bonzo brought home the Marilyn Monroe movie.
    1940s
  • Hot dog!
    ( int ) An interjection of surprise. Hot dog! I got second base on the baseball team.
    1940s
  • hot minute
    ( np ) Fast or quick. I'll be with you in a hot minute.
    1990s
  • hot potato
    ( np ) Something potentially exposive, dangerous. The assistant district attorney was given all the hot potatoes that no one else woud touch with a ten-foot pole.
    1840s
  • hot seat
    ( np ) The electric chair. Marcus got the hot seat for murder.
    1920s
  • hot seat
    ( np ) A critical position with great pressure for success. Dwayne is in the hot seat now: if he doesn't make his quota, he is history.
    1930s
  • hot to trot
    ( ap ) Sexy, seductive (a female). Selma seemed hot to trot last night.
    1950s
  • hotdog
    ( v ) To show off. Yeah, he's good at right field but he hotdogs too much.
    1960s
  • hotdogger
    ( n ) A show-off. Yeah, he's good at right field but he is too much of a hot-dogger.
    1960s
  • hotfoot (it)
    ( v ) Move quickly. When Mel heard Lance was visiting his Mel's girlfriend, he hotfooted it over to her place.
    1890s
  • hothead
    ( n ) Easily angered person. Reba is such a hothead she flew off the handle when I told her she was gaining weight.
    1660s
  • hotrod
    ( n ) A souped-up car. Oliver's been working on that old hotrod of his for two years, now.
    1940s
  • hots
    ( n ) Strong desire for a person of the opposite sex. Wendy told me that Fran Tastik has the hots for Gordon Lowe.
    1940s
  • hotshot
    ( adj ) Expert. Malcolm, they say, is a hotshot reporter for a big newspaper up north.
    1940s
  • hotshot
    ( n ) A person who thinks he is very important. Look at Bud with his collar up; he thinks he is such a hotshot.
    1930s
  • hotsy-totsy
    ( adj ) Seemingly excellent, outstanding. He thinks that just because he drives some hotsy-totsy Stutz Bearcar, he's the cat's meow.
    1920s
  • hottie
    ( n ) An attractive female. She is a hottie but they say she is a hoodrat, so I avoid her.
    2000s
  • huffy
    ( adj ) Arrogant, rude. I will do it soon so please don't get huffy.
    1680s
  • humbug
    ( n ) Nonsense. Everything she says is just a lot of humbug.
    1750s
  • humdinger
    ( n ) Something excellent, outstanding. That new baseball bat of Glen Gary's is a humdinger!
    1900s
  • humongous
    ( adj ) Really huge. If she could get over her humongous ego, she could be a groovy chick.
    1970s
  • hunk
    ( n ) A well-built man. Say, Serafima, who is that hunk you are talking to?
    1970s
  • hunky-dory
    ( adj ) OK, alright. Is everything here hunky-dory?
    1860s
  • hustle
    ( v ) Hurry. If you don't hustle, we will be late again.
    1810s
  • hustle
    ( v ) To swindle or cheat. If he wants you to pay cash for the car, he is just hustling you.
    1960s
  • hype
    ( n ) Exaggerated advertising. Don't believe the hype about Rhonda; she isn't all she is cracked up to be.
    1960s
  • hype
    ( n ) Hypodermic needle. If you aren't on drugs, why are all these hypes in your room?
    1920s
  • hype
    ( adj ) Excellent, outstanding. Joe got a new drum kit; it's really hype.
    1990s
  • hype
    ( v ) To build interest using exaggerated advertising (from 'hyperbole'). Lotta Bolloni isn't such a good actress but her films are hyped so she is popular.
    1960s
  • hype
    ( v ) To swindle by overcharging or short-changing. I think they hyped me back there at the store.
    1920s
  • hyper
    ( adj ) Overexcited (from 'hyperactive'). Don't get hyper about what she told you. You know it isn't true.
    1970s

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