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AMERICAN SLANGSABOUT AMERICAN SLANG
American slang is different from British slang because of the evolution of
American English ...
When the pioneers living in the new world had children, they taught their
children to pronounce words the way they were written, in order to keep things
simple. This was the first break from British English.
As the nation grew, so did its own casual variety of the English language,
which was influenced by cowboys, sports, the building of the railroad, the card
game of poker, African-American culture, immigrants, natives, etc.
The words of this website are not bad words or swear words - they are
common American slang words that are acceptable in any conversation
AMERICAN SLANG ADJECTIVES
1. awesome (or wicked) = amazing
That was an awesome movie.
That was a wicked movie.
2. beat = tired
Sam is beat today because he didn't sleep much last night.
3. blue (or down) = sad, depressed
Mary is feeling blue because her cat died.
Mary is down because her cat died.
4. brainy = very intelligent, like a genius
Sue always does well on tests because she's brainy.
5. broke = without money
Lou spent all his money at the casino so now he's broke
6. fishy = suspicious
Mrs. Smith thought it was fishy that her neighbor had so many visitors at
night
7. hammered = drunk
Jim had nine beers so now he's hammered.
8. hot = sexy or stolen!
= sexy
Sam says his new girlfriend is hot.
= stolen
That stereo is hot!
9. hungover = tired from drinking too much the day before
Al's bachelor party was last night. He's really hungover!
10. loaded = rich
Many people who live in Beverly Hills are loaded
11. nuts (or nutty) = crazy
That lady keeps talking to herself. Do you think she's nuts?
12. on cloud nine = very very happy
Chris just won a million dollars so he's on cloud nine!
13. super = great
Tom is a super singer.
14. ticked = angry
He's really ticked because his friend had a party but didn't invite
him.
15. upbeat = positive
Theresa is very upbeat
16. ace = to finish something easily, with success
Tammy aced her math test!
17. boogie = to dance
Rick likes to boogie for hours!
18. check out = to look at, watch, examine
We're going to check out that new movie tomorrow after work.
19. chicken out = to lose the courage to do something
Mary was planning to enter the car race but then she chickened out.
20. gab = to chat
Amy likes to gab on the phone with her best friend.
21. grab a bite to eat = to go out to a restaurant
I'm hungry. Let's grab a bite to eat somewhere.
22. kick the bucket = to die
John's neighbor just kicked the bucket!
23. lift = to steal
While Bob was on the train, someone lifted his wallet.
24. take off = to leave
Ann took off before the meeting was announced.
25. snooze = to sleep
I snoozed on the bus for a few minutes this morning!
26. whine = to complain
I wouldn't want to work with Chris because he always whines about
everything!
27. He who laughs last laughs longest!
= the person who plays the last joke (trick) has the longest laugh!
Bob made fun of Lou's pronunciation but the next day, Lou put a toy snake
on Boob's chair.
Bob thought it was real and screamed when he sat on it. Lou thought it was
really funny. He who laughs last laughs longest!!!
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