Country Dictionary

Chicago American-Italian slang for money.

Hey, yo, Mikey got some zort?

29 centimeters. The traditional length of a balisong (butterfly knife). Approxiamatly 11.4 inches, of which the blade makes up for about 5 inches and the handle the rest.

I have numerous cuts on my hands from playing with my 29.

See cocaine.

Hello, I'm looking for a contractor that can help me out getting some dry wall installed. What are the rates?

Coked up beyond reason. Eyes wide open, head tilted back and an expression on the face like going 140mph in a drop top.

Man, I am snapped up.

A $5 dollar bill. Next step up is a sawbuck ($10) or a dobule sawbuck ($20). It's not so much related to drugs as it's related to Italian-American slang.

Where's that fin you owed me?!

Middle of nowhere. Apparently derived from "Butt Fuck, Arkansas" or something similar, i.e. redneck country. See Deliverance, sticks, boonies.

Why did we have to drive all the way to bufu?

Obliterated. So drugged up and drunk that you don't know anything anymore. Except that you're having one hell of a good time. Easily accomplished when you get high and drink then snort cocaine, then drink again.

Say, my good sir, do you want to get blasted tonight?