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Slang Definitions #3

We give you the slang. You give us the common English meaning.
All answers are a SINGLE WORD
This is mostly American slang
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Last updated: October 28, 2015
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First submittedJanuary 9, 2013
Times taken37,157
Average score66.7%
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Slang
Hint
Meaning
Turkey Day 
Holiday
Thanksgiving
Whack
Mafia
Kill
g
Amount
Thousand
Beak
Body Part
Nose
Two Bits
Money
Quarter
Scribbler
Occupation
Writer
Buck
Money
Dollar
Chopper
Flight
Helicopter
Horse
Drug
Heroin
Pinko
Type of Person
Communist
Sympathizer
Head Shrink
Occupation
Psychiatrist
Slang
Hint
Meaning
Sawbones
Occupation
Surgeon
Boost
Criminal Act
Steal
Pooch
Animal
Dog
Have a Bun in the Oven
Personal State
Pregnant
On the Fritz
Adjective
Broken
Flick
Type of
Entertainment
Movie
Knackered
Adjective
Tired
Nan
Family Member
Grandmother
Cancer Stick
Object
Cigarette
Juice
Drug
Steroids
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Level 60
Jan 8, 2013
Can you accept "haywire" for "On the fritz?"
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Level 68
Oct 28, 2015
I elect "dysfunctional."
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Level 55
Oct 28, 2015
^ Any/all of these. I tried way too many things and still didn't get it. I'm not sure if "broken" is really the same as "malfunctioning", which is the first definition that shows up when googled.
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Level 95
Jul 12, 2017
Malfunctioning fits far better than broken.
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Level 73
Mar 14, 2018
Why do people try to make these things so much harder than they have to be??
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Level 78
Dec 21, 2023
I tried malfunctioning, haywire, and not working before getting it right.
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Level 57
Jan 8, 2013
Can you accept "film" for movie, and "tired" is an edjective, not a verb in this case.
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Level ∞
Jan 8, 2013
Film will work now, and changed it to adjective. Thanks!
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Level 75
Oct 1, 2018
Perhaps motion picture for movie?
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Level 65
Jan 8, 2013
I wrote "robbery" for "boost." Shouldn't that count?
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Level 84
Aug 18, 2015
Robbery generally refers to stealing something while the victim is present - muggings, stick-ups, etc. The slang term "boost" typically implies theft done furtively.
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Level 46
Jan 8, 2013
Heist for theft?
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Level ∞
Jan 9, 2013
Added rob and heist.
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Level 37
Jan 9, 2013
20/21 - never heard of nackered... is that US slang or elsewhere?
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Level 63
Oct 28, 2015
It's definitely British in origin, don't know if you use it in America as well.
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Level 49
Jul 28, 2013
A pinko is a socialist (as in not quite red/communist)
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Level 76
Oct 28, 2015
Or a communist sympathiser, I think. But yeah you're right, it doesn't mean a full on communist.
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Level 88
Oct 28, 2015
A Google search shows a dictionary definition for pinko of a person with left-wing or liberal views. Though I realize it would be derogatory and probably antiquated to call a liberal a pinko, perhaps liberal should be added as an acceptable answer.
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Level ∞
Oct 28, 2015
Added "sympathizer" to the answer and will accept a broader range of answers now.
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Level 70
Apr 24, 2014
In Australia juice is slang for a GHB, a reasonably popular and dangerous party drug. Can we get that as an alternative answer?
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Level 71
Feb 16, 2015
I tried "faulty" for on the fritz
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Level 60
Sep 24, 2015
Cool quiz! I had never heard of a pinko, boost, on the fritz, or juice. I learn something new every day...
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Level 71
Sep 24, 2015
your life wont be the same from now on!
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Level 61
Oct 28, 2015
And these are words you'll still come across. I use "on the fritz" myself, but I think that one will eventually fall away.
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Level 70
Oct 28, 2015
Horse is slang for Ketamine
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Level 62
May 18, 2016
It's slang for heroin because they both start with H.
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Level 65
Oct 28, 2015
It's dangerous to put adjectives on a quiz like this, as there are so many synonyms that there can't be one distinct answer.
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Level 56
Oct 29, 2015
Horse?! Knackered? Two Bits? This quiz should be called Obscure Slang.
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Level 62
May 18, 2016
"Knackered" is extremely common outside of America.
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Level 71
Jan 4, 2017
Now a Knackered Horse missing Two Bits..... that's a Gelding
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Level 48
Oct 2, 2018
Come on, folks - this reply needs more love.
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Level 51
Nov 2, 2015
"On the fritz" isn't really "broken"....I've only ever heard it used for electronic or mechanical things. You wouldn't say a smashed vase was "on the fritz". Non-functional, not working, out of order might be better answers.
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Level 81
Apr 18, 2016
I'd agree. The term applies mostly, if not exclusively, to electric or electronic equipment. Broken implies the item doesn't work at all, which isn't totally what I understand is meant by 'on the fritz'. How about 'faulty' as an alternative suggestion?
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Level 62
May 18, 2016
Yes, "faulty" is a much better answer. "On the fritz" generally refers to an electrical appliance that's starting to break.
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Level 71
Jan 4, 2017
I thought 'On the Fritz' was slang for rotten as in 'On the Nose'.
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Level 75
Jan 19, 2016
grandmum didn't work for nan
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Level 48
Oct 2, 2018
Don't use a slang term to define another slang term.
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Level 75
Oct 5, 2018
Good point
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Level 62
May 18, 2016
Flick: Type of Entertainment. I am ashamed to say that "movie" was not the first thing I thought of.
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Level 55
Jul 17, 2018
I have never heard of, seen, or otherwise been exposed to the word "knackered".
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Level 55
Jul 17, 2018
In addition, I'm 73 so have been around a l-o-n-g time and still have never heard of "knackered". This just about HAS to be an expression originating from "far across the sea" from US.
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Level 63
Jul 31, 2018
I'm 37 and have heard/seen the word "knackered". It always seemed like an old southern thing to me, some grandfatherly Georgian saying something like "I'm plum knackered, I think I'm gonna head bed."
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Level 70
Oct 2, 2018
Very common in the UK
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Level 80
Oct 26, 2023
Agreed, extremely common in the UK. You might want to accept "exhausted" as well as "tired".
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Level 48
Oct 2, 2018
Anyone else tried several answers before hitting on 'whack'? I tried hit, execution, assassination and finally found the right one.
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Level 48
Nov 4, 2018
why did 2 of my correct results show as 50% ???? always it has been 100% in the right column for a correct answer..
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Level 65
Jul 4, 2019
You did the quiz before (or pressed give up) and now you got two you didnt get last time, so getting them right 50% of the time
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Level 55
May 24, 2019
on the fritz means faulty and generally refers to an intermittent fault for example a TV when the picture comes and goes would be 'on the fritz'
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Level 37
Jul 4, 2019
Strange, this site consistently refuses to allow us to complete certain words (i. e., DeGaulle, Riyadh) but demands the final "s" on steroids, even though, the way that the question is worded, the answer could just as easily be singular as plural.
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Level 66
Dec 19, 2019
Agreed. When it didn't take steroid, I assumed that it was something else.
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Level 69
May 8, 2020
I'm a 20 year old in college and I've lived my entire life in the US but I've never heard "scribbler" before. I guessed and got it right, but still wth is that
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Level 57
Oct 7, 2020
i put gram instead of thousand and it worked
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Level 67
Jun 5, 2021
I like how I guessed nazi and then guessed communist
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Level 76
Mar 5, 2023
Not enough adjectives accepted for "on the fritz." I tried dying, dead, malfunctioning, inoperable, etc., but to no avail.

Also, juice is alcohol, which is also a drug.

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Level 79
Jan 23, 2024
"On the fritz" is commonly used to mean something dying or petering out. Like, "My car is getting old. It's on the fritz." That's the only way i've heard it used.
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Level 74
Mar 5, 2024
"Have a bun in the oven" should correspond to "Be pregant" or similar. It certainly doesn't match "Pregnant" on its own.