Delbosco's definitions

A-gay

An A-list gay; an affluent, well-connected, upwardly mobile gay man or woman.

The A-Gays could talk about whoever was tooting coke in the bathroom.
The B-Gays, being largely decorative, were not expected to talk.

by Delbosco October 14, 2021

aardvark

A silly or credulous person who is prone to mistakes or blunders.

I walked into the wrong bathroom like a total aardvark.

by Delbosco October 14, 2021

ab off

To abseil down a mountain.

Every one's up on a crag where he'd got stuck and had to ab off.

by Delbosco October 14, 2021

ABC

Initialism of already been chewed.

She'd chew the gum until she was finished with it for the day and store it in a tiny box in the refrigerator until she wanted another chew. If I accidentally threw out her gum, she was able to find someone else's ABC gum (already been chewed).

by Delbosco October 14, 2021

Abe

A five-dollar bill.

"Gambling's not my form of masochism," said Carl. "Huh?" "So how much?" "The wad's mostly ones. Some Jeffersons. Two or three Abes."

by Delbosco October 14, 2021

Aberzombie

An unthinking conformist who wears fashions from or in the style of the brand Abercrombie & Fitch.

They look at those massive tummies and ample asses on their fellow big men with a leering, lusty eye, the same way your average club kid might go all aflutter when he spots an Aberzombie in the house.

by Delbosco October 14, 2021

able whackets

Blows on the hand from a knotted or twisted handkerchief, especially given as a punishment to the loser of certain card games.

The chief amusement or game in use in the midshipmen's berth, was ‘able whackets’, a pastime in which cards, blasphemy, and hard knocks were agreeably mingled.

by Delbosco October 14, 2021