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serve
verb- to insult someone in a semi-formal quasi-friendly competition AUSTRALIA
After “serve” (a criticism). - There are many different terms for playing the dozens, including “bagging, capping, cracking, dissing, hiking, joning, ranking, ribbing, serving, signifying, slipping, sounding and snapping”. — James Haskins, The Story of Hip-Hop, p. 54, 2000
- to humiliate someone; to hit someone US
- — Ellen C. Bellone (Editor), Dictionary of Slang, p. 21, 1989
- to sell drugs to someone US
- “Yeah, loc, are you serving, cuz?” Glass asked in street slang. — Los Angeles Times Magazine, p. 12, 16 September 1990
- I dint serve no one, Big Chief! It’s for mah mother’s birthday, I swear. — Richard Price, Clockers, p. 14, 1992
- “Can you serve me forty dollars, Lil’ Pup?” she asked Kevin. — Bob Sipchen, Baby Insane and the Buddha, p. 207, 1993
- in card games, to deal US
- — George Percy, The Language of Poker, p. 80, 1988
▶ serve lunch
(said of a stripper) to let carnival sex dance customers lick or tongue a dancer’s genitals US- However, as Sarah pointed out, “They can look, but they can’t touch. And we don’t serve lunch.” A large sign hung over the stage warns: “THE PERFORMANCE STOPS IF ANYONE TOUCHES THE GIRLS.” — Arthur Lewis, Carnival, p. 267, 1970
- By the 1970s, of the remaining cooch shows, about 80% were “serving lunch”–touching, feeling, and tasting was all part of the extra show. — A.W. Stencell, Girl Show, p. 86, 1999
▶ serve you right; serves you right
used as an expression of satisfaction that you have got your just deserts UK, 1837- Then he got in the car, intending to drive away and leave her at the restaurant. “Wouldn’t that serve her right?” he thought. — Scott M. Stanley, A Lasting Promise, p. 104, 1998
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