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1
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Candy ass

A

Wimp or easily scared

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2
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Cast an eyeball

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To look

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3
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Cat

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A hip person

Beats

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4
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Cheaters

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Sunglasses

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5
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Cherry

A

Originally, an unaltered car. Later, anything attractive

Hot rodders, originally

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Chili

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A good deal

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7
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Chop

A

Mild put down in a good natured way

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8
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Chrome-plated

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Dressed up

Hot rodders, originally

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Circled

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Married

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10
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Classy chassis

A

Great body

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11
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Cloud 9

A

Really happy

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12
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Clutched

A

Rejected

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13
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Clyde

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Term of address, usually for a normal person

Beats

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14
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Come on snake, let’s rattle

A

Ask a girl to dance or a guy to fight

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15
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Cooler (noun)

A

Jail, detention, or other punishment

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16
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Cook, cookin’

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Doing it well

17
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Cooking with gas

A

Finally doing it the easy or best way

18
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Cookie

A

A person, “man that cat is one cool cookie”

19
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Cool

A

Indefinible quality that makes something or someone extraordinary

20
Q

Cool it

A

Relax, settle down

21
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Cooties

A

Germs/imaginary infestations of the truly uncool

22
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Cowabunga

A

Expression from 50s tv show “Howdy Doody”

23
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Cranked

A

Excited

Beats

24
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Crazy

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“Like crazy, man” , implies an especially good thing

25
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Cream

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Originally, to dent a car. Later, to badly damage

Hot rodders, originally

26
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Cruising

A

Driving around looking for action

27
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Cruisin’ for a bruisin’

A

Looking for trouble

28
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Cube

A

A normal person

29
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Curtain climbers

A

Small children

30
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Cut the gas

31
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Cut out

32
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Cut a rug

50s Slang (9 decks)

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