Talking Turkey

A glossary of some popular slang terms heard around Los Angeles courtrooms:

Fooled out: To make a mistake.

Do a train: To leave.

Do a ghost: To leave.

Mud duck: An ugly girl.

Glass house: LAPD headquarters, or a 1967 Chevrolet (with the wrap-around glass).

Deuce and a quarter: Buick Electra 225.

Benzo: Mercedes-Benz.

Hoopty: Car.

Deuce-deuce: .22-caliber gun.

Four-five: .45-caliber gun.

Gauge: Shotgun.

Breakdown: Shotgun.

Gat: Gun.

Bustin’: To go out shooting.

Ride on: Drive-by shooting.

Jack: Hijack.

Talking head: Arguing.

Rush: To attack.

Squab: To fight.

You got four feet?: Do you want to fight?

Dead presidents: Money.

Kite: Letter to or from prison.

Hook: A phony person.

Mark: Someone who wants to be a gang member.

Poohbutt: Someone who thinks they are a gang member but is not considered worthy.

Eight-track: 2.5 grams of cocaine.

On the pipe: Free-basing cocaine.

Water: PCP.

Jim Jones: A marijuana cigarette laced with cocaine and dipped in PCP.

High-beams on: High on cocaine.