The Outsiders Slang Vocabulary

Front

Doing something on your own

Back

loned it

Front

Upper class kid with nice clothes and car

Back

soc

Front

To be into something or understand something

Back

dig

Front

Bad kid, short for hoodlum

Back

hood

Front

cry

Back

bawl

Front

Lower class, greasy hair

Back

Greaser

Front

Steal

Back

Lift

Front

Jail - Synonym

Back

cooler

Front

Greasers' term for girls

Back

broad

Front

Greaser

Back

Poor kid from the east side