In a message dated 10/21/99 11:14:43 AM Central Daylight Time, Ahoodwink@aol.com writes: << I love learning current slang from the inner city kids to whom I teach playwriting. My latest fave: "shank," for "kill." As in: "You could shank somebody." >> Mine's "Bitchslap." As in: She bitchslapped the whole list and we were better people for it.