blue

1. mod. depressed; melancholy.

□ hat music always makes me blue.

□ I’m feeling sort of blue.

□ I’m in a blue mood.

2. mod. obscene; vulgar; dirty.

□ Those blue jokes don’t go over very well around here.

□ Enough of your blue interests. Get out and take all these magazines with you.

□ That one was really blue.

3. n. the sky; the heavens.

□ I just look up at the blue and hope for the best.

□ The idea came to me right out of the blue.

4. mod. alcohol intoxicated.

□ What have you been drinking? You’re getting a little blue.

□ You might say I’m blue. Others might note that I am stoned.

5. n. an amphetamine tablet or capsule, especially a blue one. (Drugs.)

□ How are blues different from reds and yellows?

□ I’m sort of wired. You got any blues?

6. n. a police officer; the police.

□ The blues will be here in a minute.

□ One blue isn’t enough to handle the job.

7. n. a 10-mg tablet of Valium™. (Drugs.)

□ A blue is enough to put most people into a stupor. Why do you want two?

□ In treatment they kept giving me blues to calm me down. Now I can’t live without them.