outsider; "Ponyboy felt like an outsider in his advanced classes at school."

greaser; "Greasers are almost like hoods; we steal things and drive old souped-up cars and hold up gas stations and have a gang fight once in a while."

Socs; "But most looked at us like we were dirt--- gave us the same kind of look that the Socs did when they came by in their Mustangs and Corvairs and yelled "Grease!" at us."

belt; "Dally had turned around and belted him so hard it knocked a tooth loose."

switchblade;" One time in biology I had to dissect a worm, and the razor wouldn't cut, so I used my switchblade."

looker; "She was cute, but that Cherry Valance was a real looker."

dame; "He went hunting some action--- booze or dames or a fight. "

blast; "Sodapop... a dropout so he could get a job and keep me in school, and Darry, getting old before his time trying to run a family and hold on to two jobs and never having any fun--- while the Socs had so much spare time and money that they jumped us and each other for kicks, had beer blasts and river-bottom parties because they didn't know what else to do."

dandy; "I was under strict orders from both Darry and Soda not to get caught within ten miles of his place, which was dandy with me."

dig; "Don't take him serious... you dig, Pony?"

fuzz; We left when the switchblades came out, because the cops would be coming soon and nobody in his right mind wants to be around when the fuzz show.

broad; "Next time you want a broad, pick up yer own kind--- dirt."

turf; "I get hauled in for everything that happens in our turf. "

cancer stick; "Dally searched his shirt pocket for a cigarette, and finding none, said, "Gotta cancer stick, Johnnycake?"

for kicks; He liked fights, blondes, and for some unfathomable reason, school. He was still a junior at eighteen and a half and he never learned anything. He just went for kicks.

bum; That bum haircut made my ears stick out.

mop; "Man, dig baldy here!" He was staring at my head as he circled me. .... What little squaw's got that tuff-lookin' mop of yours, Ponyboy?"

shut your trap; "He started talking, loud enough for the two girls to hear. .....Take your feet off my chair and shut your trap."

heater; "I remembered his voice: I been carryin' a heater. It ain't loaded, but it sure does held a bluff."

juvenile delinquent (JD);And now he was a dead juvenile delinquent and there wouldn't be any editorials in his favor

rumble; At the corner of our block there's a wide, open field where we play football and hang out, and it's often a site for rumbles and fist fights.

thug; "Then come back. And for Pete's sake, run a comb through your hair and quit slouching down like a thug."

cur; The country would be like that, I thought dreamily. I would have a yeller cur dog, like I used to, and Sodapop could get Mickey Mouse back and ride in all the rodeos he wanted to, and Darry would lose that cold, hard look and be like he used to be, eight months ago, before Mom and Dad were killed.

reckon; "We're poorer than the Socs and the middle class. I reckon we're wilder, too."

out; "They liked the Beatles and thought Elvis Presley was out, and we thought the Beatles were rank and that Elvis was tuff, but that seemed the only difference to me."

two-timing; "You break up with Sylvia again?" "Yeah, and this time it's for good. That little broad was two-timin' me again while I was in jail."

ornery; "I've got me a ornery pony," Soda'd tell him, rubbing his neck. "How come you're so mean, Mickey Mouse?"

savvy; He's really proud of you 'cause you're so brainy. It's just because you're the baby--- I mean, he loves you a lot. Savvy?"

wisecracker; "Two-Bit Mathews was the oldest of the gang and the wisecracker of the bunch. He had gray eyes and a wide grin, and he couldn't stop making funny remarks to save his life. "