Dictionary of The Rat Pack

• bag - a person's particular interest; as in "singing's my bag"
• barn burner - a very stylish, classy woman
• beard - a male friend who acts as a "cover"; usually for extramarital affairs
• beetle - a girl who dresses in flashy clothes
• big-leaguer - a resourceful man who can handle any situation
• big casino - death
• bird - the male or female genitalia; standard greeting:
• "How's your bird"?
• bombsville - any kind of failure in life; see ville
• broad - affectionate term for a girl or woman with sex appeal
• bum - a person who is despised, most frequently linked to people in the media
• bunter - a man who fails in almost everything he does; the opposite of gasser
• Charley - a general term for anyone whose name has been forgotten; see also Sam
• Charlies - admiring word for a woman's breasts
• chick - a young and invariably pretty girl
• clyde - a word used to cover a multitude of personal observations; e.g., "I don't like her clyde" means "I don't like her voice", etc.
• coo-coo! - see crazy.
• crazy - a term of admiration for a personal, place, or thing; similar to cool.
• Creep - a man who is disliked for any reason
• crumb - a person it is impossible to respect
• dame - a generally derogatory term for a probably unattractive woman
• dig - a term of appreciation; e.g., "I dig that broad."
• "Drop it, charley" - change the conversation; see "good night, all"
• duke - tip
• dying - an exaggerated term to mean slightly upset; e.g. "I'm dying"
• end - a word to signify that someone or something is the very best; "the living end"
• endsville - total failure; similar to bombsville; see ville
• fink - a person who cannot be relied upon or trusted, especially someone in the media; a crumb
• fracture - to make laugh; as in "that fractures me"
• gas - a great situation; as in "that set was a gas"
• gasoline - alcohol
• gasser - a highly admired person; the end!
• gofer - someone who performs menial jobs and tasks; "go for drinks"
• "good night all" - a term of invective used to change the subject of conversation
• groove - a term of admiration or approval; as in "in the groove"
• Harvey - a person who acts in a stupid or naive fashion; sometimes shortened to "Harv"
• hacked - angry; as in "he's hacked off"
• hello! - a cry of surprise to no one in particular when a beautiful woman is seen
• hunker - a jack-of-all-trades; see gopher
• jokes - an actor's lines in a screenplay
• let's lose charley - a term used among intimates who want to get rid of a bore in their company
• little hey-hey - romance; a little action with a broad
• locked-up - as in "all locked-up," a term for a forthcoming date or engagement, private or public
• loser - anyone who has made a mess of their life, drinks too much, makes the wrong enemies, etc.
• mish-mash - similar to loser, but refers specifically to a woman who is messed up
• mothery - terrific; wild and wicked
• mouse - usually a small, very feminine girl who invites being cuddled
• nowhere - a term of failure as in "he's nowhere."
• odds - used in connection with important decisions, as in "the odds aren't right," meaning it's a no go
• original loser - a person without talent; sometimes more fully expressed as "He is the original Major Bowes Amateur Hour loser
• player - a man who is a gambler by nature, makes friends easily, and never gives up trying
• punks - any undesirables, in particular criminals, gangsters, or mobsters
• quin - derisive term for a woman who is an easy pick-up
• rain - as in "I think it's going to rain" indicating that it is time to leave a dull gathering or party
• ring-a-ding - a term of approval, as in "What a ring-a-ding broad!"
• Sam - used in the same way as Charley for a person whose name has been forgotten, most often applied to females
• scramsville - to run off
• sharp - a person who dresses well and with style
• "ta-ta" - goodbye
• twirl - a girl who loves dancing
• ville - a suffix used to indicate changes in any given situation; see endsville, splitsville, etc.

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