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- A shape in a drape
A well-dressed person. “Usually she just wears jeans, but she sure is a shape in a drape in that dress.” - Bright disease
To know too much. “He has bright disease. Make sure he doesn’t rat us out.” - Claws sharp
Being well-informed on a number of subjects. “Reading Mental Floss keeps your claws sharp.” - Dixie fried
Drunk. “It’s Friday and the eagle flies tonight. Let’s go get dixie fried.” - Everything plus
Better than good-looking. “He wasn’t just built, he was everything plus.” - Focus your audio
Listen carefully. “Shut your trap and focus your audio. This is important.” - Gin mill cowboy
A bar regular. (A gin mill is a bar.) “Cliff Clavin was the _flossiest gin mill cowboy of all time.” - Hanging paper
Paying with forged checks. “I hope that chick who stole my purse last week goes to jail for hanging paper.” - Interviewing your brains
Thinking. “I can see you’re interviewing your brains, so I’ll leave you alone.” - Jungled up
Having a place to live, or specific living arrangements. “All I know is that he’s jungled up with that guy he met at the gin mill last month.” - Know your groceries
To be aware, or to do things well. (Similar to Douglas Adams’ “know where your towel is.”) “You can’t give a TED Talk on something unless you really know your groceries.” - Lead sled
A car, specifically one that would now be considered a classic model. “His parents gave him their old lead sled for his sixteenth birthday.” - Mason-Dixon line
Anywhere out of bounds, especially regarding personal space. “Keep your hands above the Mason-Dixon line, thanks.” - Noodle it out
Think it through. “You don’t have to make a decision right now. Noodle it out and call me back.” - Off the cob
Corny. “Okay, some of this old Beat slang is kinda off the cob.” - Pearl diver
A person who washes dishes. “I’m just a pearl diver at a greasy spoon, but it’s a job.” - Quail hunting
Picking up chicks. “I’m going quail hunting and you’re my wingman.” - Red onion
A hole in the wall; a really crappy bar. “I thought we were going somewhere nice but he just took me to the red onion on the corner.” - Slated for crashville
Out of control. “That girl’s been in college for five minutes and is already slated for crashville.” - Threw babies out of the balcony
A big success; interchangeable with “went down a storm.” “I was afraid the party would suck, but it threw babies out of the balcony.” - Used-to-be
An ex, a person you used to date. “I ran into my used-to-be in Kroger’s and I looked terrible.” - Varicose alley
The runway in a strip club. “Stay in school or you’ll be strutting varicose alley, girls.” - Ways like a mowing machine
An agricultural metaphor for impressive sexual technique, from the song “She’s a Hum Dinger” by Buddy Jones. “She’s long, she’s tall / She’s a handsome queen / She’s got ways like a mowing machine.” (Let us know if any of you ever successfully pull this one off in conversation.) - X-ray eyes
To understand something, to see through confusion. “That guy is so smart. He’s got x-ray eyes.” - Yard
A thousand dollars. “Yeah, it’s nice, but rent is half a yard a week. Let’s jungle up somewhere else.” - Zonk on the head
A bad thing. “It stormed all night and we lost power, but the real zonk on the head was when hail broke the bedroom window.”
