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issuein the grip of the grape mod. drunk on wine; drunk. Wayne was in the grip of the grape and couldn’t talkstraight.in the know mod. knowledgeable (about something);having inside knowledge (about something). Sure, I’min the know. But I’m not telling.in the soup mod. in trouble. I’m in the soup with theboss.in the tube 1. mod. in the “tube” or arch of a large wave.(Surfing.) On a day like today, I want to be out therein the tube. 2. mod. at risk. He’s in the tube now, butthings should straighten out soon.initiative n. cocaine. (Drugs.) Maybe I need some moreof that initiative to get me going.ink slinger n. a professional writer; a newspaper reporter. The ink slingers have been at the candidates again.intense mod. serious; heavy. Oh, wow! Now that’s whatI call intense!internut n. someone devoted to or addicted to using theinternet. He sits in front of the screen for hours. A realinternut.involuntary dismount n. falling off a bike or motorcycle. He impacted a monolith and suffered an involuntarydismount.in-your-face mod. confrontational. Fred is just an inyour-facekind of guy. He means no harm.issue n. problem. (In colloquial use, issue has virtuallyreplaced the word problem. It is even heard in a fewidioms such as Do you have an issue with that?) I had117