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• nab
  
  ( v ) To capture or arrest. They nabbed the robber within a block of the robbery.
  1680s
• nab
  
  ( v ) To steal. Somebody nabbed my coat while I was in the meeting.
  1790s
• nacho
  
  ( adj ) Excellent, outstanding. Wow! That party was nacho!
  1990s
• nada
  
  ( n ) Nothing. We searched her car and found nada.
  1940s
• nail
  
  ( v ) To have sex. [Use your imagination].
  1960s
• narc
  
  ( n ) Narcotics officer. Watch out for the narks in the airport.
  1960s
• nark
  
  ( n ) An informer, a tattle-tale. I saw the little nark coming out of police headquarters.
  1850s
• natch
  
  ( adv ) Naturally, of course. Did I take him up on the offer? Natch, it was too good to pass up.
  1940s
• navigate
  
  ( v ) To leave. It's late; lets navigate.
  1990s
• neat
  
  ( adj ) OK, alright, suitable. That was a neat idea that you had.
  1970s
• neat-o
  
  ( adj ) Excellent, outstanding. Martin's new hairdo is neat-o.
  1970s
• neatnik
  
  ( n ) A person too concerned with neatness. Priscilla is such a neatnik she sorts her socks by color in their drawer.
  1960s
• neck
  
  ( n ) A difficult person. Jimmy is acting like a neck.
  1990s
• neck
  
  ( v ) To hug and kiss. There isn't enough room in my Beetle to neck.
  1950s
• negative
  
  ( adv ) No, a negative answer. You want to go in? Negative, no one is allowed.
  1960s
• negative
  
  ( n ) Something bad. There are too many negatives about the company merger.
  1620s
• negatory
  
  ( adv ) No, a negative answer. That's negatory on the request for more money, son.
  1970s
• nelly
  
  ( n ) Male homosexual That sweet old nelly wouldn't hurt a fly.
  1930s
• nerd
  
  ( n ) A studious, unsociable person. See if you can get the nerd to leave his computer long enough to go for coffee.
  1950s
• nerd
  
  ( n ) Computer devotee. Forget the nerd; he's connected to that computer by an umbilical cord.
  1980s
• nerts
  
  ( adj ) Crazy, insane. You are completely nerts if you think I will go with you.
  1920s
• nerve
  
  ( n ) Audacity. You have some nerve telling me what to do!
  1940s
• nest
  
  ( n ) A hair-do. Who did your new nest, Chucky?
  1990s
• nest egg
  
  ( np ) A savings account for retirement. When he retired, he had a tidy little nest egg in the bank.
  1700s
• Nice going!
  
  ( int ) Interjection of congratulations. Nice going on that 3-pointer you just shot.
  1940s
• nick
  
  ( v ) To capture or arrest. The police nicked the shoplifter as he was leaving the store.
  1640s
• nick
  
  ( v ) To steal. The shoplifter nicked the cop's badge as he was dragged out of the store.
  1620s
• nickel
  
  ( n ) A 5-cent piece. Do you have a nickel for the parking meter?
  1850s
• nickel-and-dime
  
  ( v ) To niggle away, eat a way bit by bit. These telephone bills are nickel-and-diming me something awful.
  1910s
• nifty
  
  ( adj ) OK, alright, suitable. What a nifty gadget Prunella's electric fork is!
  1860s
• nifty
  
  ( adj ) Neat, cute. She was wearing this really nifty, low-cut dress with a fringe around the hem.
  1950s
• night owl
  
  ( np ) A person who stays out late. Bertram is a night owl who seldom gets up before noon.
  1920s
• nip
  
  ( n ) A quick drink. He took a nip out of the bottle.
  1730s
• nipper
  
  ( n ) A little boy. He has to stay home and take care of the little nipper today.
  1850s
• nipper
  
  ( n ) A pickpocket. Some nipper nabbed my wallet at the market today.
  1830s
• nippy
  
  ( adj ) Chilly. Better put on a coat; it is a little nippy outside today.
  1890s
• nitnoid
  
  ( adj ) Trivial, picky. You really don't have to bring every little nitnoid problem to me.
  1990s
• no clue
  
  ( np ) No idea. I have no clue as to what Rolly is doing tonight.
  1970s
• No dice!
  
  ( int ) An interjection of rejection. I ask him for $10 but he said: No dice!
  1940s
• No diggity?
  
  ( np ) An interjection of dismissal. Bill Gates is wealthy? No diggity.
  1990s
• No joke!
  
  ( int ) An interjection of dismissal. The vote was along party lines? No joke!.
  1950s
• No joke!
  
  ( int ) An interjection of emphasis. No joke! Ronnie really did let the air out of the tires of the squad car.
  1950s
• no sweat
  
  ( np ) No problem. It's no sweat to have the report in to you by Monday.
  1950s
• no way
  
  ( adv ) Absolutely not No way am I going to lick that frozen steel pole!
  1980s
• No way!
  
  ( int ) Absolutely not! Let you borrow my car? No way!.
  1960s
• No way, Jose!
  
  ( int ) Absolutely not! Let you borrow my car? No way, Jose!.
  1970s
• no-brainer
  
  ( n ) An easy problem. Now, let me see, do I want to go to the show in Erie, PA or the one in Las Vegas? That's a no-brainer.
  1970s
• no-brainer
  
  ( n ) Something easy to figure out and do. Aw, assembling this bike is a no-brainer.
  1970s
• nobby
  
  ( adj ) Fashionable. What a nobby hat you have there!
  1850s
• nod
  
  ( v ) Drift in and out of consciousness. He's been dropping acid; that's why he is nodding.
  1960s
• noggin
  
  ( n ) The head. Francine ran into the door and got a knot on her noggin.
  1760s
• nogoodnik
  
  ( n ) A bad or worthless person. So then the nogoodnik tramped across my clean kitchen floor in his muddy boots.
  1930s
• nonce
  
  ( n ) A weak, indecisive person. You are nothing but a nonce!
  1980s
• noodle
  
  ( n ) The head. Ow! I just bumped my noodle on that pipe up there.
  1910s
• nook
  
  ( n ) A problem. You're facing a tough nook; how are you going to solve it?
  1990s
• nooky
  
  ( n ) Female genitalia. [Use your imagination].
  1950s
• nope
  
  ( adv ) No, a negative answer. Nope, I don't use dope.
  1880s
• nose
  
  ( n ) An ability to detect. Lucy Lastik has a nose for good night spots.
  1870s
• nose
  
  ( v ) An informer, a tattle-tale. The coppers had their noses all around town.
  1780s
• Not a chance!
  
  ( int ) An interjection of rejection. Loan you $20? Not a chance!.
  1950s
• Nothing doing!
  
  ( int ) An interjection of rejection. You want me to lend you $5 for the movies? Nothing doing!.
  1960s
• Now you're on the trolley!
  
  ( phr ) Now you have caught on. Yeah, Yeah! Monday comes BEFORE Tuesday. Now you're on the trolley!
  1920s
• nowhere
  
  ( adv ) Bad, no good. That song is nowhere.
  1980s
• nudnik
  
  ( n ) An irritating person. Get that nudnik out of here; I can't stand her.
  1920s
• nugget
  
  ( n ) The head. I don't know how you got that idea in your nugget.
  2000s
• nuggets
  
  ( n ) Loose change. Hey, man, do you have any nuggets in your pocket?
  1990s
• nuke
  
  ( n ) A nuclear weapon. Does that attack plane have any nukes?
  1960s
• nuke
  
  ( v ) To attack with nuclear weapons. If they don't do what we tell them to do, why don't we nuke them?
  1960s
• nuke
  
  ( v ) To heat up in the microwave. I'll nuke our dinner in a few minutes.
  1980s
• number one
  
  ( np ) Yourself. I'm taking care of number one and you guys can fend for yourselves.
  1950s
• numbskull
  
  ( n ) A stupid or foolish person. What kind of numbskull would try to steal an electric fork?
  1690s
• nut
  
  ( n ) A crazy person. I think that he is a nut.
  1900s
• nuts
  
  ( adj ) Crazy, insane. You are completely nuts if you think I will go with you.
  1940s
• Nuts!
  
  ( int ) An interjection of disappointment. Nuts! I dropped my glasses down the sewer drain.
  1910s
• nutty
  
  ( adj ) Crazy, insane. You must be nutty to think I would join the choir.
  1890s