A tuning fork.
Example: Man, my guitar's way out of tune. Can you pass me my A? hr size=1 align=center>В
a (Good) kay and a half: One and a half kilometres; the distance to anywhere from anywhere else; a long way.
Example: Where's Christie's Beach? About a kay and a half that way.
How far are we from home? We'd be a good kay and a half, I reckon. hr size=1 align=center>В
A Buck One-Eighty: You have A Buck Three-Eighty. I have always heard it this way - so there's a variant.
Example: Wonder if a buck three-eighty is actually the same amount as a buck one-eighty? hr size=1 align=center>В
a buck three eighty: The price for anything.
Example: Q: How much is this, sir? A: That's a buck three eighty. hr size=1 align=center>В
a case of the ass or redass: Highly annoyed, pissed off. Currently used in US Army.
Example Sergeant Greenfield has this huge case of the ass with me ever since I wrecked his humvee. hr size=1 align=center>В
a couple two three: I guess this means two or three. (We don't say this in Chicago. It's a weird thing they say out west or something.)
Example: He had a couple two three dogs in his yard. hr size=1 align=center>В
a dollar three eightyfive: A nonsensical price for when one does not want to give the real price.
Example: How much did my Lexus cost? A dollar three eightyfive. hr size=1 align=center>В
a double: A twenty dollar bill.
Example: I've got eighty dollars on me, all I need is a double to make it a hundred.
[A double sawbuck is a twenty. Read Dashiell Hammett or Raymond Chandler to see fin, sawbuck, and double sawbuck in action.]
В
a fin: Five dollars. (Gamblers use it for $ 500.)
Example: All I have is a fin and two dollars in change in my pocket. hr size=1 align=center>В
a freddy: a pint of beer, more specifically a pint of heineken, named after the late freddy heineken
Example: Two freddys and a ginger ale, please. hr size=1 align=center>В
a happy Birthday: A phrase mostly used by guys when they catch themselves in a situation when
a girl exposes some part of her anatomy without knowing it, clothed or not.
Usually happens at the gym.
Example: Did you see that girl's shirt? Now that is a happy birthday. hr size=1 align=center>В
A List: The people at school who are cooler than anyone else in the school.
Example: I'm not cool enough to go out with her - she's A list. hr size=1 align=center>В
a Monet: Someone who is very good looking from a distance, yet from up close the attraction diminishes.
Example: He was hot from afar, but he turned out to be a Monet when I went up to speak. hr size=1 align=center>В
a mouse in his pocket Phrase used to describe someone large, probably very strong, but intensely stupid. From _Of Mice and Men_ [?]
Example: We've got a new guy at work who worries me; I swear I think he's got a mouse in his pocket. hr size=1 align=center>В
a nifty A fifty dollar bill.
Example: I borrowed a nifty from my mom and she upped it five bucks more.Now I owe her fifty-five dollars. hr size=1 align=center>В
a pig in your pocket: Used when a person doesn't want to assist another.
Example: What do you mean we? Is there a pig in your pocket? hr size=1 align=center>В
a sims moment: Brief moment in which you can relate something in real life to s...
