Lansprisado

Second Fiddle

"Have you been to that new vintage clothing store over on Vine street? There's the cutest girl working there. Problem is she's always got this lansprisado hanging around – this short, scowly brunette – so it's kind of hard for me to work my magic."

Timber Toe

A Person with a Wooden Leg

"My Uncle Bob lost his leg in a zoo accident; I'd rather not get into the details. But now, when he comes over for holidays, we yell, 'Mom, old Timber Toe is here!'"

Wagtail

A Lewd Woman

"That Sarah Silverman is awesome. What a wagtail!"

Oil of Gladness

A Beating

"After I dumped that milkshake on Jim's head, I thought that I'd gotten enough of a jump on him to evade his grasp. But shit, man, he ran me down and poured upon me the oil of gladness. Look at my black eye! Jim is crazy!"

Ware Hawk!

An exclamation indicating the cops have arrived

"Jackie's party was in full swing, but then, just as I was about to talk to this red-head I'm sweet on, there was a banging at the door. 'Ware Hawk!' Jim yelled, and we all bolted for the back door."

Rantipole

A Rude Person

"Did you see that Cardinals fan getting in Aaron Rodgers' face last night as he left the stadium? What a frickin' rantipole!"

Sharper

Pick-Pocket

"In all the annals of American government, there were few sharpers more adept at working the system then the commercial banks."

Peppered

Diseased with an ailment of the venereal variety

"People like Tiger Woods really ought to be careful with how they spend their leisure hours; if they're not careful they could get peppered."

Pennyworth

Bargain

"Dude, I got two pork tacos at El Porkos for only two dollars Canadian. What a pennyworth!"

Peculiar

Mistress

"Tiger Woods, it turned out, had numerous peculiars."

Nescio

A person playing dumb

"Max knows that I hate plum tomatoes but insists on putting them in our dinner salad. Then I complain, and he throws up his hands and grunts like a total nescio. Aargh!"

Mizzle

Elope

"In my personal opinion, it's kind of screwed up that John and Jane decided to mizzle, considering that their parents had already dropped a huge deposit to get that ballroom at the Hilton."

Blue Devils

Melancholy

"Everybody else seems to think snow is pretty, but I tell you, it gives me a fierce case of the blue devils."

Dry Boots

A sly person. A hustler.

"Anne always seems to be in the right place, at the right time, talking with the right person. There's a reason they call her 'Dry Boots'!"