call out of one's name
To call someone by a name other than their actual name; to misname.
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Expressions you’ll hear in the US — distinctly American usage first, then widespread staples.
call over
To ask (someone) to come to one's location, especially when raising one's voice towards someone within earshot.
call round
To pay a short visit.
call to
To tempt (someone or something); to beckon; to be difficult to resist.
call together
To request that (certain people) assemble; to gather (certain people) for a meeting.
callboy
A public transport barker (a man who, for a fee, calls out the destination of jeepneys and buses)
calm as a cucumber
Synonym of cool as a cucumber.
calm as a millpond
Very calm, not choppy.
calm down
To become less excited, intense, or angry.
calm your tits
Calm down! (Used to tell someone to relax when they are agitated, angry, overexcited, etc.)
calvins
A pair of men's Calvin Klein underwear.
calzona
The ship of characters Callie Torres and Arizona Robbins from the television series Grey's Anatomy.
cam out
To slip out of the head of the screw being driven once the torque required to turn the screw exceeds a certain amount.
cameltoe
The visible outline of a woman's labia or vulva, as a consequence of wearing tight pants.
Cameltoe Harris
Kamala Harris.
cammies
camouflage clothing
camming
Camcording; the illegal re-recording of films on camcorder in a cinema.
cammy up
To put on camouflage.
camo up
To put on clothing, make-up, etc. with a camouflage pattern, to wear camouflage.
camp
The areas of the Falkland Islands situated outside the capital and largest settlement, Stanley.
Camp Cupcake
Any low-security prison.
camp down
To set up a camp; to camp somewhere.
camp it up
To act a part in an exaggerated or affected manner.
camper
A person who stays too long at a table after eating.
campist
A leftist who supports any country/organization simply for being opposed to the United States or the West, including authoritarian governments who would otherwise not follow leftist beliefs.
campo
A police officer assigned to a university campus.
can house
A brothel, bordello.
can I speak to the manager haircut
A hairstyle associated with entitled middle-aged white women, typically a layered, asymmetrical bob with blond highlights.
can opener
A tool for safe-cracking.
can you not
Used to politely or indirectly ask someone to stop doing something, conveying a hint of frustration or annoyance depending on the context.
can't
To be unwilling to; to not have the desire of; to don’t want to.
can't even
Without a following verb, as an expression of aporia: to be unable to express one's feelings about an overwhelming situation.
can't live with 'em, can't live without 'em
Alternative form of can't live with them, can't live without them.
can't live with them and can't live without them
Alternative form of can't live with them, can't live without them.
can't live with them, can't live without them
There is a hopeless, ongoing conflict between annoyance with someone or something and need for that same person or thing.
canadarian
Canadian: of, from, or pertaining to Canada.
canadian as maple syrup
Completely or quintessentially Canadian.
Canadian Ballet
A strip club, especially one in Canada near the American border.
canary
An informer or snitch; a squealer.
cancel out
To neutralize the effect of.
cancer
Extremely unpleasant and annoying.
cancer stick
A cigarette.
cancerette
A cigarette.
cancerfic
Fan fiction centered around a character undergoing treatment for or dying from cancer.
cancerous
Extremely unpleasant; detestable.
candy
crack cocaine.
candy flip
A combination of the drugs LSD and MDMA.
candy flipping
The experience of combining the drugs LSD and MDMA.
candy man
A drug dealer.
candy-ass
A cowardly or timid person; a wimp.
candy-assed
cowardly; timid; wimpy
candylicious
Delicious in a way that involves or resembles candy, including metaphorical senses such as eye candy.
candyman
A male drug dealer.
caner
A recreational drug user.
canine
A king and a nine as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em due to phonetic similarity.
canna
Clipping of cannabis.
cannabutter
A product of cooking cannabis with butter, used to make edibles.
canner
Someone who lives off container deposit refunds from recycling.
cannibal
Ellipsis of cannibal boat.
cannibal boat
The second boat of a college, used for training.