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The Outsiders Slang
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| booze | Any form of alcohol; particularly beer. Likewise, boozed means drunk |
| broad | An attractive girl/boy |
| cooler | Jail |
| cancer stick | Cigarette |
| Chessy Cat | Cheshire Cat- an allusion to Alice in Wonerland |
| hacked off | To be angry |
| heater | A hand-gun |
| hot | recently stolen |
| fly | An attractive girl |
| fuzz | Police/law enforcement |
| jumped | To be attacked; the Greasers use this to describe attacks by the Socs |
| lift | To steal, shoplift, or pick-pocket |
| lighting up | Smoking |
| lone it | Doing something alone |
| rank | Something uncool and not fun |
| rolled | To have been robbed or to have robbed |
| rumble | Gang fight |
| scrap | To fight |
| switchblade | hand knife used to defend or show off, usually opening at the push of a button |
| tuff | Something cool |
| weed | drug (In this novel it refers to cigarettes) |
| woofin | to be kidding |