the verb "to tell" is often used to mean know or sense. It is about drugs and promiscuous sex. :: Simon and Garfunkel is poetry. A reference to sexual activity outside of one’s principal sexual partner. A person who is promiscuous usually sleeps with many people. Honey, they’re on pot. A common way to refer to the drug marijuana. Bologna. A type of cheap sliced lunch meat, popular with school children. Celebrating Christmas on a day in September because it’s too commercialized? What else are you going to ban? If a holiday is "commercialized," it has become an excuse for buying lots of gifts, instead of celebrating the original meaning. "To ban" something is to prevent it or make it illegal. A key verb in politics. You want to rebel against knowledge; I’m trying to give you the Cliff’s Notes on how to live life in this world. "To rebel" against something is to fight or rise up against it (often people rebel against a government). "Cliff’s Notes" are well known study guides that summarize books and other materials for students. You use knowledge to keep us down. I’m a ‘yes’ person and you’re trying to raise us in a ‘no’ environment. "To keep a person down" is to limit their freedom or oppress them. The second sentence is Anita’s way of telling her mom that she is a person who needs more freedom than her mom is willing to give her. Sweetheart, don’t be a drama queen. :: Feck you! "Sweetheart" is a very common term of affection. A "drama queen" is a person who acts with great emotion, or too dramatically. Note that Anita is too scared to say "fuck you" to her mom, but does say "feck you," which doesn’t exist. Mom, pull over. Tell him the truth. "Pull over" is the phrasal verb you use to describe the act of slowing down and stopping a car on the side of the road. They call him "the narc" behind his back. A slang term for a narcotics officer, who is a much hated secret police officer who tries to catch students using illegal drugs. To do something "behind a person’s back" is to do it when they cannot hear or see it being done. Come on, you guys. It’s no big deal. "Come on" is the most varied phrasal verb in English, meaning everything from hurry up to, here, calm down. "It’s no big deal" is a widely used and colloquial way of saying that it’s not important. So you skipped 5th grade. There’s too much padding in the grades. "To skip" 5th grade is to go directly from 4th to 6th, which may happen if the student is considered very smart. In this case, if the grades are "padded," they are filled with too much that is silly or unimportant. You’ve robbed him of an adolescence. :: Adolescence is a marketing tool! "To rob" a person is to steal from them. "Adolescence" refers to the approximate period of time betwee
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