California Slang, Jargon, and New Words from Double-Tongued Dictionary

Associated with or special to California or Californian people, places, or things. You can also see entries assigned to this category.

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scrilla n. scrilla n.—Money, feddie, cabbage, scratch, scrilla, paper. I suppose its alright to call it scrill for short. Now go get your scrill on. [English United States California Slang] [full cite] (Nov. 11, 2004)

Sierra cement n. The only vehicles allowed were gravel trucks and graders working to remove what is known as “Sierra cement,” the type of thick, clumpy snow that can play havoc with tire treads and drivers’ nerves. [California English Environment Slang] [full cite] (Jan. 12, 2008)

smog v. When the car was smogged (in California), it showed no carbon monoxide and 65 parts per million in raw gas. [California English Automobiles & Transportation Slang] [full cite] (Sep. 21, 2007)

smog v. Vehicles which were made before 1965 are not required to be smogged for registration. [California English Automobiles & Transportation Slang] [full cite] (Sep. 21, 2007)

smog v. Arthur Garcia had been driving the same small, 22-year-old truck to work and back for the last 12 years. But when it came time in May to get his pickup “smogged,” Californian slang for an emissions test, his local garage told him that the vehicle would not pass, not even with a tune-up. [California English Automobiles & Transportation Slang] [full cite] (Sep. 21, 2007)

smogged v. ’67 PLYM Fury…belted tires, smogged, $895. [California English Automobiles & Transportation Slang] [full cite] (Sep. 21, 2007)

smogged v. Andrew had brought Bob to be smogged on Monday and this 25-year-old vehicle did not pass. [California English Automobiles & Transportation Slang] [full cite] (Sep. 21, 2007)

spot bill n. For now, the amendment, SCA19 by Sen. Bill Morrow, R-Oceanside, is a vaguely worded document, known in Capitol parlance as a “spot bill,” that gives little indication of the magnitude of the final proposal.…“It is obviously and forthrightly a ‘spot bill,’…The general concept at this point is to set up an independent commission, to give that commission limited authority, a window if you will, to modify Proposition 140.” [California English Law Politics Jargon] [full cite] (Jun. 24, 2006)

Tehrangeles n. With neon signs in Persian decorating the window of the Woodland Hills Market—“Kabob” glowing in bright red, “Iranian Market” in pea green—this corner grocery store could just as well be in Tehran as in the heart of “Tehrangeles,” as Iranians everywhere call their largest exile community. [California English Slang] [full cite] (May. 9, 2006)

Thin Green Line n. Game wardens in California are already underpaid by any standard, and stretched so thin the “Thin Green Line,” as they are called, could be known as the “Thin Dotted Line” if the budget measures are passed. [California English Nickname] [full cite] (Feb. 26, 2008)

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