Vice Slang

Tom Dalzell, Terry Victor

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2007
• Print ISBN: 9780415371810
• eBook ISBN: 9781134194841
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Languages & Linguistics
• Subtopic: Languages
• Index: Languages & Linguistics

Are you a bit of a chairwarmer? Do you use the wins from a country straight to get scudded on snakebite in a blind tiger? Do you ride the waves on puddle or death drop?

Vice Slang gently eases you into the language of gambling, drugs and alcohol, providing you with 3, 000 words to establish yourself firmly in the world of corruption and wickedness. All words are illustrated by a reference from a variety of sources to prove their existence in alleys and dives throughout the English speaking world. This entertaining book will give you hours of reading pleasure.

Bb

B noun
1 BenzedrinlTM amphetamine sulphate, a central nervous system stimulant US, 1986
• — Richard A. Spears, The Slang and Jargon of Drugs and Drink
1986
2 a matchbox full of marijuana US, 1971
• — Jay Robert Nash, Dictionary of Crime
1992

B-40 noun
a cigar laced with marijuana and dipped in malt liquor US, 1998
Possibly named for the appearance and/or effects of the B-40 grenade launcher used by the Vietcong during the Vietnam war.
• — Mike Haskins, Drugs
2003

B-52 noun
a powerful amphetamine tablet US, 1993
• — Peter Johnson, Dictionary of Street Alcohol and Drug Terms
1993

baby noun
1 marijuana US, 1960
• He say, “Man, don’t forgit the baby now!” He mean bring a few sticks of it out to the field, you see, that’s what he mean by that. He call it “charge,” too. Sho’. Them’s slang names. — Terry Southern, Texas Summer
1991 2 in poker, a 2, 3, 4 or 5 US, 1979
• — John Scarne, Scarne’s Guide to Modern Poker
1979

baby blue noun
a tablet of Viagra, an erection-inducing drug US, 2002
• — Amy Sohn, Sex and the City
2002

baby blues noun
capsules of the synthetic opiate oxycodone used recreationally US, 2003
• Prosecutors in Florida, where Limbaugh has a $24 million estate, are now investigating whether he used one of his housekeepers to obtain OxyContin painkillers, known on the street as “Baby Blues.” — The Record (Bergen County, New Jersey)
23rd November 2003

baby habit noun
the irregular, unaddicted use of a drug US, 1992
• — Jay Robert Nash, Dictionary of Crime
1992

baby T noun
crack cocaine US, 1994
• — US Department of Justice, Street Terms
2nd October 1994

back-door; backdoor adjective
in poker, describing an unexpected hand produced drawing US, 1979
• — John Scarne, Scarne’s Guide to Modern Poker
1979

backshow noun
in gambling on broadcast racing, any betting before the current show price UK, 2001
• — David Bennet, Know Your Bets
2001

back-to-back noun
heroin then crack cocaine used in sequence US, 1994
• — US Department of Justice, Street Terms
October, 1994

backwards noun
any central nervous system depressant US, 1966
• — J. L. Simmons and Barry Winograd, It’s Happening
1966

backwashing noun
after injecting a drug, the drawing of blood back into the syringe, with the intention of collecting any drug residue, and reinjecting the resultant mix UK, 2003
• — Mike Haskins, Drugs
2003

bad noun
crack cocaine US, 1994
• — US Department of Justice, Street Terms
October, 1994

badger noun
in horse racing, an inexpensive horse that qualifies its owner for race track privileges US, 1976
• — Tom Ainslie, Ainslie’s Complete Guide to Thoroughbred Racing
1976

bad go noun
a small amount of a drug relative to the price paid US, 1971
• — Eugene Landy, The Underground Dictionary
1971

bad seed noun
1 peyote; heroin US, 1969
• — Richard Spears, The Slang and Jargon of Drugs and Drink
1986 2 marijuana UK, 1998
• — Mike Haskins, Drugs
2003

bad shit noun
high-quality drugs, especially marijuana, 1996
• — Angela Devlin, Prison Patter
1996
bag noun
▸in the bag drunk US, 1940
• [T]he next night when he came in she was half in the bag[.] — George V. Higgins, The Rat on Fire
1981

bag verb
to bribe someone; to arrange an outcome US, 1948
• Bagging of a baseball game down in the Carolina League came as a shock to fans and officials throughout the country. — San Francisco Examiner
3rd June 1948

baggage noun
a non-playing observer of a card or dice game US, 1950
• — The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Sciences
May, 1950

bagged adjective
drunk US, 1953
• Sure, Gleason is consistently “bagged” throughout, by which is he such an angry drunk? — Times Union (Albany, New York)
13th October 2002

baghead noun
a habitual cocaine or heroin user UK, 1996
• I hate smack. I fucking hate fucking bagheads even worse[.] — Kevin Sampson, Outlaws
2001

baked adjective
drug-intoxicated, especially by marijuana US, 1978
• Now Vita was lighting a joint, needing to get baked before she could turn herself into an International Chick. — Elmore Leonard, Be Cool
1999

ball noun
1 crack cocaine US, 1994
• — US Department of Justice, Street Terms
October, 1994

2 black-tar heroin UK, 2002
• — Robert Ashton, This is Heroin
2002

baller noun
a drug dealer, usually of crack cocaine US, 2001
• She tells me that when she was actively gangbanging, her father’s brother, Uncle Darryl (whom she describes as a “baller,” a successful drug dealer), supplied her with drugs to sell for him. — Rolling Stone
12th April 2001

balloon noun
a small amount of heroin, whether or not it is actually in a balloon US, 1967
• — Richard Horman and Alan Fox, Drug Awareness
1970

ball team; baseball team noun
a group of gambling cheats who work in casinos US, 1987
• — Thomas L. Clark, The Dictionary of Gambling and Gaming
1987

balot; ballot noun
opium; heroin US, 1986
• — Robert Ashton, This is Heroin
2002

bam noun
1 a pill containing both a barbiturate and an amphetamine UK, 1983
• — Tom Hibbert, Rockspeak!
1983 2 a central nervous system depressant UK, 2003
• — Mike Haskins, Drugs
2003

bamalam noun
marijuana US, 1973
• [D]iggin’ sounds after hours and smokin’ your bamalam and walking down the street stark noble savage naked to the world! — Lester Bangs, Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung
1973

bambalacha; bamba; bammy noun
marijuana US, 1938
• Marijuana is also known as loco weed, love weed, giggle weed, bambalacha and Indian hay. — San Francisco Examiner
19th October 1948

bambino noun
an amphetamine or other central nervous system stimulant US, 1992
• — Jay Robert Nash, Dictionary of Crime
1992

bammer noun
weak, low-grade marijuana US, 1997
• — Pamela Munro, U.C.L.A. Slang
1997

banana noun
in US casinos, a $20 chip US, 1985
From the yellow colour.
• — Steve Kuriscak, Casino Talk
1985

HEROIN

beast noun, US, 1958
heroin; heroin addiction
• As long as Mable his wh...

Table of contents

• COVER PAGE
• TITLE PAGE
• COPYRIGHT PAGE
• PREFACE
• ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
• AA
• BB
• CC
• DD
• EE
• FF
• GG
• HH
• II
• JJ
• KK
• LL
• MM
• NN
• OO
• PP
• QQ
• RR
• SS
• TT
• UU
• VV
• WW
• XX
• YY
• ZZ