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The Outsiders Slang

slang terms used in the novel, The Outsiders

TermDefinition
Greaser Wears grease in hair and lower class
Soc Short for social-upper class kids who have nice clothes and fancy cars
Loned it Walked alone
Dig To like something
Hood Short for hoodlum-bad kid
Bawl To cry
Lift To steal
Rumble Large group fight
Outfit Gang or group of people
Cooler Jail
Broad Girl
Savvy To understand or get it
Fuzz Police
Kicks For fun
Doll Good looking guy
Looker Good looking girl
Booze Alcohol
Boozed up Drunk
Heater Gun
A weed A cigarette
Half crocked Mostly or sort of drunk
Rat race Feels like you can't get to the top
Rep Reputation
Chips are down Things are not going your way
Like it or lump it Take things as they come your way- for bad or for good
Class Social class
Soused Drunk
Snooker Billiards-to play pool
A woofin Kidding
Reeling pickled Really drunk
Bluff Fake someone out
Reformatory place for badly behaved kids
Break us To break our spirit or drive
Cancer stick Cigarette
JDs Juvenile delinquent
a gas A lot of fun
bad Awesome
bag To steal
deuce A 1932 Ford
pad Someone's house
thongs Something you wear on your feet
Score To know what's what- understands that way things are
Jumped getting attacked by a group of people
Wise cracker One who is obnoxiously self-assertive and arrogant:
Cuss swear, or use foul language
Corvair A car manufactured by Chevy
Savvy Knowledgeable, understands how things work
Let’s split Let’s leave quickly
Souped up increase the horsepower of an engine increase the horsepower of an engine
Slugged punched
Hood a bum, a bad person, a kid from a bad neighborhood or gang
Bull session an informal conversation
Blade a Knife
Rolled having been busted by the police for a small incident
Lighting up Lighting a cigarette
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