Slangs - American
ace
He's an ace reporter.
very good
action
Do you know where the action is in this town?
excitement
airhead
My sister's boyfriend is a real airhead.
stupid person
all wet
Your ideas about politics are all wet.
completely wrong
all-nighter
I almost fell asleep during the test after an all-nighter.
after studying all night.
ammo
The gun was useless after the killer ran out of ammo.
ammunition
antifreeze
I really need some antifreeze in me on cold days like this.
liquor
armpit
This town is really an armpit.
undesirable place
awesome
What an awesome sunset.
great
bad
That was a bad movie.
Intense
barf
He barfed all over the seat of the airplane.
vomited
bashed
The boat was bashed beyond recognition.
crushed
beat
After working all day I am really beat.
exhausted
beemer
He just bought a new beemer to drive to work in.
B.M.W. car
bench
He was benched during the basketball playoffs.
taken out of the game
bent
It's OK. Don't get so bent.
angry
bent out of shape
Don't get so bent out of shape.
become upset
big gun
The president brought two big guns to the meeting.
powerful people
big mouth
Shut up! You really have a big mouth.
talk too much
big stink
The citizens made a big stink about the new nuclear power station.
big issue
blade
He carried a ten inch blade with him.
knife
blimp
I always seem to have a blimp sitting next to me when I travel.
very fat person
blow
I'm going to blow out of here now.
leave
blow
He blew all his money gambling.
Meaninglost
blow a fuse
Hey, don't blow a fuse.
lose your temper.
blow one's cool
Calm down. Don't blow your cool.
become angry
blown away
I was blown away by his donation of a million dollars.
greatly impressed
bomb
The movie was a bomb.
bad
bombed
The driver of the car was bombed.
intoxicated
bonkers
I think I am going bonkers.
gcrazy
boo-boo
If you make another boo-boo like that, you won't have a job.
mistake
booze
I promised to bring two bottles of booze to the party.
alcohol
bread
I need some bread to pay for my car.
money
break
A lucky break helped him get the job.
opportunity
break it up
Break it up, or I will call the police.
stop
bring-down
The news of the airplane crash was a bring-down.
depressing
buck
Do you have a buck I can borrow?
dollar
bummed
I was really bummed after I heard the news.
depressed
bummer
My trip to New York was a bummer.
bad experience
bust
The whole idea was a bust.
failure
buy it
If you don't slow down, you're going to buy it in a car accident.
die
call
The weatherman made a good call about when the storm would come.
prediction
can
Do you know where the can is?
bathroom
carb
My motorcycle's carb is out of adjustment.
carburetor
catch some rays
I'm going to lie on the beach and catch some rays.
get some sunshine.
catch some Z's
I need to catch some Z's before I go on my trip.
get some sleep
cheesy
That is really a cheesy looking outfit.
cheap
chicken
Don't be a chicken.
coward
chintzy
That really was a chintzy present you got him.
cheap
chow down
I need to find a place to chow down.
eat a lot
clip
Watch out or they will clip you at that bar.
cheat
clunker
I can't go on a date in that clunker.
old car
cold fish
My date for the dance was a cold fish.
dull
collar
I knew they would collar the robber sooner or later.
arrest
come up for air
He has to come up for air or he will die from exhaustion.
take a break
con
Don't try to con me.
deceive
cool
This is a really cool place to work.
good
cool down
Things should cool down in a day or two.
calm down
cop
How did you get the road sign? I copped it.
stole
cop
The cop showed me his badge.
policeman
couch potato
He is a couch potato.
lazy person
crack open a bottle
Let's crack open a bottle for his birthday.
open
cram
I need more time to cram for the test.
study hard
cream
Our team creamed them badly.
beat
croak
I feel like I am going to croak.
die
cruise
The skier was cruising down the hill
very fast
cuffs
He put the cuffs on the killer.
handcuffs
cushy
He has a really cushy job.
easy
cut
Could you cut my whiskey with a little water?
dilute
cut out
It is late. I have to cut out.
leave
damage
Lets get the bill and find out the damage.
Meaningcost
dead
This disco is really dead tonight.
Meaningquiet
deck
He was decked in the fight.
Meaningknocked down
deep pockets
Her boyfriend has deep pockets.
Meaningis a good source of money
dicey
Since the weather is a little dicey, I won't go today.
Meaningchancy
dirty
I hear that it's a dirty movie.
an obscene
ditch
I'll ditch my younger brother with my grandmother.
leave
do a snow job on
Don't try to do a snow job on me.
deceive
dope
He is such a dope.
stupid person
dope
There are a lot of dope dealers around here.
drug
dork
He is such a dork.
strange person
dough
I need some dough before I can go Christmas shopping.
money
down
Let's go to a bar and down a few beers.
drink quickly
drag
Doing homework on the weekend is a drag.
boring
dynamite
This drink is really dynamite.
powerful; great
earful
My grandmother gave me an earful about the neighborhood.
a lot of gossip
easy mark
The Japanese are an easy mark because they usually carry cash.
likely victims
eat
The problem is really eating away at me.
bothering
excellent
That's excellent man.
fine
face-off
The two sides were headed for a nasty face-off.
confrontation
far-out
This music is really far-out.
great
fix
The addict needs another fix.
dose of drugs
flaky
He is too flaky to do the work.
unreliable
flashback
At the wedding he had a flashback of his old girlfriend.
remembered
flick
I haven't seen a flick in a long time.
movie
flip out
He flipped out when he heard that his mother had been killed.
lost control
flip side
What kind of music do you have on the flip side of the tape?
other side
fox
His older sister is a fox.
very attractive
foxy
She is a foxy lady.
sexy
freebie
The pillow was a freebie
free
get into something
I got into gardening in high school.
became seriously interested in
get it
I listened to the joke twice, but I still don't get it.
understand
get with it
If you don't get with it, we will never finish this work.
hurry up
gig
I have a gig on Saturday night from 7:00 to 10:00.
job
glitch
This computer program has a glitch.
defect
glitzy
This is a pretty glitzy hotel to be staying in.
fashionable
go
Let me have a go at solving the problem.
try
go bananas
I am going to go bananas if I don't have a vacation soon.
go crazy
go down
What is going down?
happening
goof
I am really a goof at times.
fool
goof up
I really goofed up when I painted my room green.
made a serious mistake
goofy
You are always acting goofy these days.
silly
gourd
Use your gourd to figure out what is happening.
head
grand
His salary is twenty grand.
thousand dollars
grass
Lots of students smoke grass in the dormitory.
marijuana
gravy
This job is pure gravy.
easy money
groovy
This music is groovy.
pleasant
gross
Picking your nose is really a gross habit.
disgusting
gross-out
The party was a gross-out.
digusting time
grub
Where is the best place to get some grub around here?
food
grubby
Those clothes are too grubby to wear to the party.
unclean and untidy
grungy
That is a really grungy jacket.
dirty
gut
He got shot in the gut.
stomach
gut
The gut issue is about what we are going to do now.
basic
guts
It takes a lot of guts to give the boss your true opinion.
courage
hairy
That was a hairy plane trip. I am glad the storm is over.
dangerous
hammer
Put the hammer to the floor or we will be late for the wedding.
accelerator
hang it up
I have decided to hang up my teaching job.
quit
hang loose
Just hang loose for another few days.
relax
hang tough
We need to hang tough on our decision.
stick with
hardware
The police were surprised by all the hardware the gang members had.
weapons
have a buzz on
I had a buzz on after the third martini.
was slightly intoxicated
have good vibes
I have good vibes about our new secretary.
feel good about
have it all together
Recently I don't have it all together.
feel mentally all there.
heave
I heaved up on the floor.
vomited
high
The teenagers look high to me.
intoxicated on drugs or alcohol
hip-shooter
He is such a hip-shooter.
always talking without thinking
history
I don't have any idea where my old boyfriend is. He's history.
something in the past
hit
Your proposal was a hit with the boss.
successful
hole up
I had to hole up for three days because the police were looking for me.
hide
honcho
The honcho says that we are going to have to give up two days of our vacation.
boss
hooker
Her clothes make her look like a hooker.
prostitute
hot
The police stopped them because they thought the car was hot.
stolen
huffy
I will do it soon so please don't get huffy.
angry
hungry
If you are not hungry, you won't get ahead in the business.
eager to make money
hustle
If you don't hustle, we will be late again.
hurry up
hyped
The fans were all hyped up for the football game.
excited
hyper
Don't get hyper about what she told you. You know it isn't true.
over excited
I.D.
Can you show me some I.D. please?
identification
in
The tie you are wearing is really in.
fashionable
in deep
They are really in deep with each other.
deeply involved
in the bag
Everything is in the bag. There is nothing to worry about.
settled
intense
This is a very intense situation we are discussing.
serious
jam
I am glad you got yourself out of that jam.
trouble
jerk someone around
Recently it seems like everyone is jerking me around.
wasting my time and causing me trouble
jock
My roommate is a jock for the basketball team.
an athlete
john
The john really smells.
bathroom
joint
Where is the closest joint to here.
cheap bar
joint
He is good at rolling joints.
marijuana cigarettes
junkie
Sam is a junkie.
drug addict
just off the boat
He acts like he is just off the boat.
naive
keep one's cool
He kept his cool when his house burned down.
remained calm
kegger
I hear there is a kegger at John's house tonight.
beer party
kick
I get a kick out of watching him paint.
enjoy
klutz
He is a real klutz.
stupid and clumsy person
knock
Don't knock it if you can't do it any better.
criticize
knocked up
My dog gets knocked up once a year.
pregnant
knockout
Who was that knockout I saw you with last Friday?
stunning person
knuckle sandwich
Shut up or I'll give you a knuckle sandwich.
punch in the mouth
kook
Watch out for all the kooks in this neighborhood.
strange people
laid-back
You need to be more laid-back.
calm and relaxed
lame
That is really a lame excuse.
an inadequate
line
I have heard that line a million times.
story
loser
John is a loser.
annoying and useless
love handles
I exercise every day, but I can't get rid of these love handles.
rolls of fat around my stomach
make waves
Try not to make waves around the office.
cause trouble
maxed out
I am maxed out at my work and need to rest.
exhausted
mean
He plays a mean violin.
performs well on
mega
I have mega amounts of tomatoes in my garden this summer.
large
megabucks
He made megabucks when he sold his company.
a lot of money
mellow
You need to mellow out and enjoy life.
calm down and relax
meltdown
There has been a meltdown in the relationship between my parents and me.
total collapse
mickey mouse
The homework the teacher gave us was mickey mouse.
nonsense and a waste of time
move on someone
I am going to try to move on Sarah next Saturday.
pick up and seduce
mush
That is total mush and you know it.
nonesense
nark
Watch out for the narks in the airport.
drug police
neat
That was a neat idea that you had.
good
negative
There are too many negatives about the company merger.
bad things
nick
The police nicked the shoplifter as he was leaving the store.
arrested
nip
He took a nip out of the bottle.
a quick drink
no sweat
It's no sweat to have the report in to you by Monday.
no problem
nuke
I'll nuke our dinner in a few minutes.
heat up in the microwave
nuke
Does that attack plane have any nukes?
nuclear weapons
nut
I think that he is a nut.
crazy person
nuts
You are completely nuts if you think I will go with you.
crazy
pad
Have you found a pad yet?
a place to live
pain in the neck
My wife's best friend is a pain in the neck.
annoying
paper-pusher
My office is filled with paper-pushers.
bureaucratic office workers
party animal
You're too old to be a party animal.
love parties
party-hearty
We need to party-hearty because we just got a raise in salary.
celebrate
paw
Get your paws off of my body.
hands
peanuts
I am not going to work for peanuts.
practically no money
pickled
He gets pickled after only one beer.
intoxicated
piece of cake
Working on a computer for me is a piece of cake.
easy to do
pig
He is a pig at parties.
eats too much
pig out
Let's go to the restaurant and pig out.
eat a lot or overeat
pit stop
Let's make a pit stop at the next rest area.
stop and go to the bathroom
plastered
He drinks too much and is always plastered on the weekend.
intoxicated
pooped out
He pooped out after we started to do the hard work.
quit
pop
Shut up or I will pop you.
hit
pop for something
It is my turn to pop for the doughnuts.
buy
pro
He is really a pro at his work.
professional
prod
Can you give me a gentle prod next week so I won't forget?
reminder
psyched up
The players are really psyched up for the game on Friday.
mentally ready
psycho
She is a psycho. She should be in a hospital.
mentally ill
puke
I feel like I am going to puke.
vomit
push off
I am going to push off now.
leave
put the moves on
You should give up trying to put the moves on her. She is married.
seduce
put-on
It was an elaborate put-on which I almost believed.
deception
quarterback
Who is going to quarterback the meeting?
lead
quick buck
I need to make a quick buck.
some easy money
rack
I have to hit the rack by ten or I'll be tired in the morning.
bed
rack out
I am going to rack out for two hours.
sleep
racket
There sure was a lot of racket outside last night.
noise
rag
I can't believe we still get this same old rag.
newspaper
rap
We need to sit down and rap about a few things.
talk about
rathole
When are you going to be able to move out of that rathole?
run down place
raw
The raw office workers were not getting much done.
new
ream someone out
The boss really reamed him out for his bad report.
got angry with him
red hot
Your idea is really red hot.
important
repo
Hey, don't repo my car. I will pay next week.
repossess
rinky-dink
The circus was really rinky-dink.
Meaning
riot
The comedy program was a real riot.
funny
road hog
That driver is a road hog.
takes up too much of the road
rocks
Would you like your whiskey on the rocks?
with ice
rough time
We have had a rough time this winter.
hard time
rug
Is that a rug on his head?
wig
rug rat
My sister has three rug rats.
children
rule
My wife rules the house.
dominates
run off at the mouth
He is always running off at the mouth.
talking too much
run out of gas
The politician ran out of gas during the campaign.
lost interest or momentum
sack
When did you hit the sack last night?
go to bed
scam
Don't lose your money in some kind of scam.
swindle
scarf
Since he hadn't eaten in a week, he scarfed down everything on his plate.
ate quickly
schmuck
What a stupid schmuck.
jerk
screw around
If you screw around all day at this work, you will have to come back again.
waste time
screw up
If you screw up one more time, I will fire you.
make a mistake
sharp
He is very sharp with numbers
intelligent
shot
I'll give the puzzle another shot.
try
shot down
Everyone shot down my idea at first, but later agreed that it was a good idea.
disagreed with
slammer
The police threw them both in the slammer.
jail
smashed
Try not to get smashed at the beer party.
intoxicated
smoke eater
My father is a smoke eater.
fireman
split
It is time to split and go see the movie.
Meaningleave
spook
The cows were spooked by the howling of the wolves.
frightened
spud
Do you want rice or spuds for dinner?
potatoes
square
My father looks square in his jacket.
old-fashioned
steamed up
Don't get so steamed up over the issue.
angry
stink
This whole operation stinks.
is repulsive
straight
I want you to give me a straight answer.
honest
stressed
I am really stressed by all the recent world events.
upset
sucker
Don't be a sucker.
be deceived
take a hike
I am tired of all your complaining. Take a hike.
leave
taken
He was taken for all his money at the casino.
cheated out of
taking care of business
I have been taking care of business.
doing what I have to do
threads
Those look like expensive threads he is wearing.
clothes
tool around
I don't want to tool around all night. It is time to go home.
drive around
totaled
My car was totaled in the accident with the garbage truck.
completely wrecked
up
He has been up ever since he met his new girlfriend.
happy and cheerful
up for grabs
This is a sale. Everything is up for grabs.
available.
veg out
I want to veg out in front of the television this evening.
relax and do nothing
vibes
He really gives off good vibes.
feelings
wad
You don't want to carry a wad like that with you in the big city.
bundle of money
waste
After you waste him, throw the body in the river.
kill
wheels
If you let me borrow your wheels, I'll go out and buy a pizza.
car
whiz
He is a whiz at the computer.
talented person
wired
I am really wired after drinking five cups of coffee.
alert
wussy
Don't be such a wussy all the time. Say what you are thinking.
weak person
yukky
This food tastes yukky
bad
zapped
I am too zapped to help you right now.
exhausted
zip
nothing
