American Slang
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action- Did you see any action? I heard there were a lot of people.
air-head- He’s not very smart. He’s an air-head.
all nighter- I had to pull an all nighter to get work done.
awesome- It’s great. It’s awesome.
bad- That movie was bad. I loved it.
breeze- High school was a breeze. I never studied and still did o.k.
catch you later- I’m leaving. Catch you later.
chow down- I’m so hungry. I can’t wait to chow down.
clueless- She has no idea. She’s clueless.
con- I can’t believe you conned me into giving you another chance.
cool- I love your pants. They’re cool.
cool down- Don’t get so upset. You need to cool down.
Cop- Why do people think that cops like donuts so much?
couch potato- My friend watches t.v. all day long. She’s a real couch potato.
cram- I forgot to study for the test. I will have to cram for it tonight.
croak- my grandma croaked when I was in 4th grade.
cruise- I was skiing so fast, I cruised down the hill.
damage-what’s the damage? I don’t have very much money.
dead- The bar was dead. It was just me and the bartender.
dirty- There was a dirty movie on last night. A lot of naked people.
ditch-My friends left without me. Damnit, they ditched me.
dump- My boyfriend dumped me for a better looking woman.
dope- I said 2+2=4 not 3 you dope!
dork- He’s a bit unusual. He’s kind of a dork.
an earful- I got an earful of information about that teacher yesterday.
eating away at me- Knowing the truth and not being able to say anything is really eating away at me.
excellent- That is an excellent car you drive.
flaky- Some of my friends are so flaky. They are not very reliable.
flip out- Don’t flip out! Everything will be fine.
get into something- I’m really getting into my aerobics class. I never miss it.
freebie- I will give you the answer to number 1. It’s a freebie.
get with it- Of course he wont mind, he’s been dead for years. Get with it.
blow someone’s mind- That blows my mind that he graduated college in 2 years.
blow out- We really blew out at my friend’s party last night. It was a great time.
blow someone away- He really blew me away with his kind words.
fox- Some guys think she’s a real fox. They think she’s very pretty.
funk- What is that smell? I think her shoes have the funk.
dough- You are going to have to pay. I don’t have any dough.
barf- Of course you barfed. That’s what happens when you drink 3 bottles of balzam.
bashed- He fell off the latter and bashed his head in. He was bleeding everywhere.
beat- I’m beat, I’m really tired
spent- I danced for 6 hours without stopping. Now I’m pretty spent.
bent out of shape- Don’t get so bent out of shape, he didn’t mean to insult you.
panties in a ruffle- Don’t get your panties in a ruffle, we’ll leave in a minute.
snappy- What a nice outfit! You are a snappy dresser!
freak- If you call someone a snappy dresser, they might think you’re a freak.
whacked- Another word for freak is whacked.
liquored- If you drink too much, you will be liquored.
full of it- I don’t think you are speaking the truth. I think you are full of it.
get out- You can’t be serious. Get out, I don’t believe you.
shut the front door- Shut the front door. I can’t believe she’s knocked up.
big mouth- If you tell her something, the whole town will know. She has a big mouth.
big stink- He had to make such a big stink out of something that wasn’t very important.
blimp- I don’t think people are very nice when they call over weight people blimps.
bomb- The movie was a bomb. It was horrible.
bomb-That’s the bomb! I love it.
wow- Wow, I’m impressed.
bombed- He was intoxicated. He was bombed.
bonkers- If she doesn’t stop talking, I will go bonkers.
booze- I feel like drinking. Who will buy the booze?
break- She got a break. They let her keep her job.
break it up- There was a fight and the cops had to break it up.
bummer- Your cat died? What a bummer!
bust- My seminar was a total bust. They hated it.
good call- Good call on that book. It was awesome.
can- I’ve had to go to the can for 5 hours. If I don’t find a bathroom soon, I’m going to go in my pants.
catch some rays- I’m so pale, I think I’m going to lay out in the sun and catch some rays.
cheesy- He is so cheesy. He has the worst pick-up lines.
pick-up- Last night at the bar, a cheesy guy tried to pick me up. He asked to look at my tag and said, “Just what I thought, 100% made in heaven.”
chicken- Why are you so afraid? Don’t be a chicken.
go- Let me have a go at it. I think I can open the jar.
go bananas- Seeing a pool of chocolate would make me go bananas.
goofed up- My grammar is horrible. I really goofed up on the test.
gross- If someone doesn’t flush the toilet, what’s left inside is gross.
grub- The grub on airplanes is gross. I usually never eat it.
grungy- I never wash my clothes. When I go out, I look grungy.
guts- It takes a lot of guts to jump into the lake when it is -40 degrees.
gut- I have bad feeling in my gut, something is going to go wrong.
hang loose- I need to relax. I think I will hang loose in the banya for a while.
hang out- I love hanging out with my friends. It’s fun to shoot the breeze with them.
Shoot the breeze- We were shooting the breeze yesterday for hours. We talked for a long time.
good vibes- I have good vibes about him. I think he’ll be a good worker.
got it together- She  has really got it together. She has already accomplished so much.
bummed- I’m bummed I missed the birth of my nephew.
buck- Waitressing is a good job to have if you want to make a few extra bucks.
history- Our relationship is over. You’re history!
hit- My pizza was really a hit. Best of all, no one got sick.
Hello- Did you even read your assignment? Hello?
hustle- If you don’t hustle, we’re going to be late
in- I like your hat. It’s very in right now.
in deep- I can’t get out of it now, I’m in too deep.
in the bag- I know they will win. It’s in the bag.
intense- That was an intense book. It has left me speechless.
speechless- I don’t know what to say? I’m speechless.
jam- If you helped me out, you’d really be getting me out of a jam.
jock- What sport can’t he do! He’s a real jock.
kick out of- I really get a kick out of watching a 28 year old break dance.
kicked out- She was so drunk, she was kicked out of the bar.
kick butt- The eighth grade basketball team really kicked butt against the American volunteers. The volunteers really sucked!
suck- They are not very good at basketball. They suck!
klutz- I trip at least three times a day. I’m really a klutz.
knocked up- His dog gets knocked up once a year. They always have puppies in their house.
kook- Connie saw a man outside that was only wearing a g-string and a Santa hat. What a kook!
laid back- She never gets upset. She’s so laid back.
down to earth- He never boasts. He’s very down to earth.
lame- That was a lame excuse. You could have gone if you wanted to.
loser- Don’t be such a loser, you know it’s not nice to call people names.
love handles- If I don’t stop eating perogies, I’m going to have huge love handles. I will not be able to button my pants.
maxed out- I have used my credit cards so often, I think they’re almost maxed out.
mean- Misha plays a mean guitar. He’s excellent.
mellow out- you need to calm down and mellow out.
melt down- I had to stop studying because my brain was heading for a melt down.
neat- Boy, that’s a neat shirt.
slap happy- After writing a definition like “that’s a neat shirt,” it’s pretty obvious that I’m slap happy.
no sweat- Of course I’ll do it, no sweat.
nuts- If I went to work with no clothes on, people would think I’m nuts.
pain in the neck- She was bothering me. She’s a real pain in the neck sometimes.
party animal-  He was a real party animal. Now he attends AA.
peanuts- They make peanuts for a salary. They get paid hardly anything at all.
piece of cake- Running a mile is a piece of cake. It’s so easy.
pig out- Sometimes when I’m a guest, I really pig out. I eat everything in sight.
plastered- Sometimes when I’m a guest, I’m given too much vodka. When I leave the party, I’m pretty plastered.
pooped out- When I wake up after being a guest, I don’t feel like doing anything. I’m pooped out from the night before.
pro- He’s a real pro at golf. He’s a great golf player.
psyched up- I need to get psyched up for my tutoring lesson or else I won’t learn a thing.
psycho- He was knocking on my door non stop for 5 minutes, what a psycho!
racket- The people that live above me sure make a lot of racket late at night.
rap up- I think we can rap up now. We’re finished.
ran out of gas- I’ve been typing for so long, I think I’m running out of gas. I will stop now.
hit the sack- Now that I’ve stopped typing, I’m going to hit the sack. I will finish when I wake up.
scam- You paid 10 dollars more than you needed to. What a scam!
screw around- The class will begin when everyone quits screwing around.
shot- I think you can do it. Give it a shot.
shot down- He didn’t like my idea. He shot it down before he read the second page.
screw up- I really screwed up. I was suppose to make copies yesterday and now the store closed.
split- We need to split if we want to get home before 12:00.
spuds- I love to eat spuds. Whether they’re mashed or baked, potatoes are delicious.
straight- I want a straight answer, do you like my cooking?
stressed- I was so stressed out, I couldn’t concentrate on anything.
be a sucker- He’s such a sucker. He had to clean up all by himself.
take a hike- If you don’t like my cooking, you can take a hike.
take care of business- I have to take care of business. Where’s the bathroom?
totaled- When I was fifteen and didn’t have my driver’s license, I accidentally totaled my friend’s car.
up for grabs- Whatever is left over is up for grabs.
veg out- I’m not doing anything tonight. I’m going to veg out and read a book.
whiz- My mom is really a whiz on the computer. She is so smart.
yukky- Someone once told me my cooking was yukky. I told them to take a hike.
 
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