Slang

Bold — City Slang

Italic — Country Slang

Underlined — Fantasy Slang

A
A lick and a promise — to do haphazardly. "He just gave it a lick and a promise."

Above Snakes — To be above ground – meaning still alive.

Acknowledge the Corn — admit the truth, to confess a lie, or acknowledge an obvious personal shortcoming.

 Activated Ichor  — Blood of old gods that can temporarily grant magical power. Adam’s Ale — Water.

Airing the Lungs — Cussing, swearing.

B
Bazoo — Mouth. “Shut your big bazoo."

Berries —The best. Synonym to Bee's Knees.

Bee's Knees — The best. Synonym to Berries.

Bee in Your Bonnet — An idea.

Bent Cars — Stolen cars.

Best bib and tucker — Best clothes, fancy or expensive clothes.

Big bug — The boss, an important person.

Big Cheese, Big Shot - The boss: Someone of importance and influence. Also an important saxophonist.

 Bile  — A drug. ??

 Bloodflood  — The immediate physical effects of injecting Activated Ichor, or more seriously, the explosive effect of the human body during overdose.

 Bloodflooder  — An individual who chronically uses Activated Ichor.

Bluenoses — Refers to an individual who is a prude or a killjoy.

Boiler — A car.

Bone Orchard — A cemetery.

Bop — To kill.

C
Canary — A female singer.

Carry a Torch — Suffering from an unrequited love.

Cash — A kiss, a smooch.

Cayuse — Cowboy’s steed.

Cheese it — Put things away, hide.

 Chief's Berry  — Fantasy LSD/peyote.

Choke Strap — A necktie.

Clean his/your plow — Get or give a thorough whipping.

Clipped his horns — Took him down a notch or two; referring to a fight or a braggart.

Clip joint — A nightclub where the prices are high and the patrons are fleeced.

Clipped — Shot.

Close your head — Shut up.

Coffee boiler — Shirker, lazy person. (Would rather sit around the coffee pot than help).

 Conja  — A false mage, or a mage that uses magic with ill intent (portmanteau of conman and conjurer).

Cop — Detective, even a private one.

Copped, to be — Grabbed by the cops.

Copper — Policeman.

Crab — Figure something out.

Crate — Car.

Croak — To kill.

Croaker — Doctor.

Crush — An infatuation.

Crushed out — Escaped (from jail).

Curly wolf — A real tough guy, dangerous man.

D
Dame — A woman.

Dance — To be hanged.

Dangle — Leave, get lost.

Daylight, as in "fill him with daylight" — Put a hole in, by shooting or stabbing

 Devil's Weed  — A green plant that can be smoked to get high.

Dewdropper — A young guy who is unemployed and spends his days sleeping away.

Dick — Detective (usually qualified with "private" if not a policeman).

Dish — Pretty woman.

Dive — A low-down, cheap sort of place.

Dizzy with a dame, To be — To be deeply in love with a woman.

Do the dance — To be hanged.

Dope fiend — Drug addict.

Dope peddler — Drug dealer.

Drop a dime — Make a phone call, sometimes meaning to the police to inform on someone.

Droppers — Hired killers.

Drum — Speakeasy.

Dry-gulch —Knock out, hit on head after ambushing.

Dummerer — Someone who pretends to be deaf and/or dumb to appear a more deserving beggar.

E
Eating Irons — Silverware.

F
Fandango — A big party with a lot of dancing.

Fella — A man.

Flannel mouth — overly smooth or fancy talker, especially politicians or salesmen.

Flaming Youth — Male counterpart to a flapper.

Flapper — A stylish, brash young woman with short skirts and shorter hair.

Flat Tire — A dull-witted or disappointing date.

Flogger — Overcoat.

Fly at it — A cook says this when the food is ready.

Foozle — A fuckup, "that was a foozle/I foozled that one." Or, a conservative/out-of-date individual (usually an old man).

G
Gal — A woman.

Gasper — Cigarette.

Get a wiggle on — Hurry.

Go to blazes — Go to hell.

Grab (a little) air — Put your hands up.

H
Have the Bees — To be rich.

Hazing a tenderfoot — Giving a city man a hard time.

Head doctors — Psychiatrists.

Hotsy-Totsy — Perfect, pleasing.

I
Ice — Diamonds.

Iron One's Shoelaces — A way to excuse oneself to the restroom.

K
Keen — Attractive or appealing.

Kick off — Die.

 King's Snow  — PCP/Bath salts.

Kiss — To punch.

Kisser — Mouth.

Kitten — A woman.

Knock off — Kill.

Know Your/My Onions — To know what's going on, staying up-to-date with the latest news.

L
Lead — Bullets, "filled full of lead."

Lead poisoning — To be shot.

Lickspittle — An insult, a very low person, dishonest, no good.

Light a shuck — to get the hell out of here, "lets light a shuck."

Line — Insincere flattery.

Looker — A pretty woman.

M
Mill — Typewriter.

Moll — Girlfriend.

Mugs — Men (especially refers to dumb ones).

N
Nailed to the counter — Proven a lie.

O
Op — Detective.

Orphan paper — Bad checks.

Out on the roof — To drink a lot, to be drunk.

P
Packing Heat — Carrying a gun

Pal — A man.

Palooka —Man, probably not very smart.

Phonus Balonus — A way to say, "That's nonsense!"

Piece — Gun.

Pull in your horns — Back off, quit looking for trouble.

R
Redhot — Some sort of criminal.

Roostered — Drunk.

Rub — A dance party for young kids, in high school or college.

S
 Salts  — Fantasy coke.

Sap — A dumb guy.

Sinker — A doughnut.

Sockdolager — An event/action of great importance.

 Sorcerer's Flesh  — Blood/Flesh of a person who was born with magical powers or who was one of the Grasped.

Shamus — (Private) detective.

Sharper — A swindler or sneaky person.

Sheba — A woman with sex appeal.

Sheik — A man with sex appeal.

Sing — Make a confession

Sister — A woman.

Skin yourselves — Remove your guns.

Skirt — A woman.

Sleuth — Detective.

Smoked — Drunk.

Snooper — Detective.

Squeeze — A female companion or girlfriend.

Stuck On — Having a crush on.

T
That Don't Wash — That doesn't make any sense.

That's the crop — That's all of it.

That Shines! — That's really great!

Tomato — A pretty woman.

Tooting the wrong ringer — Asking the wrong person.

Twist — A Woman.

U
Upstage — Snobby, arrogant.

W
Will die standing up — Brave.

Wise head — A smart person.

Wrong number — Not a good fellow.

V
Varmint — A wild animal or a bad man.

Y
Yarn the Hours Away — Sit around and tell stories.

You can Slide, Mister — You can go to hell.

Z
 Zoodled  — To be very, very drunk.

Zotzed — Killed.

Slurs (Don't Use)
 Caster  — Refers to magic users, often used as an insult by witch-hunter Colonists or Moravians.

Church Bell — An overly-chatty woman.

Daisy — To be not masculine, feminine.

 Firstie  — Rude term referring to Primero people.