Slang
|
Meaning
|
Sample
|
ace
|
very good
|
He's an ace reporter.
|
action
|
excitement
|
Do you know where the action is in
this town?
|
airhead
|
stupid person
|
My sister's boyfriend is a real
airhead.
|
all wet
|
completely wrong
|
Your ideas about politics are all
wet.
|
all-nighter
|
after studying all night
|
I almost fell asleep during the test
after an all-nighter.
|
ammo
|
ammunition
|
The gun was useless after the killer
ran out of ammo.
|
antifreeze
|
liquor
|
I really need some antifreeze in me
on cold days like this.
|
armpit
|
indesirable place
|
This town is really an armpit.
|
awesome
|
great
|
What an awesome sunset.
|
bad
|
intense
|
Wow, that was really a bad movie.
|
barf
|
vomited
|
He barfed all over the seat of the
airplane.
|
bashed
|
crushed
|
The boat was bashed beyond
recognition.
|
beat
|
exhausted
|
After working all day I am really
beat.
|
beemer
|
B.M.W car
|
He just bought a new beemer to drive
to work in.
|
bench
|
taken out of the game
|
He was benched during the basketball
playoffs.
|
bent
|
angry
|
It's OK. Don't get so bent.
|
bent out of shape
|
become upset
|
Don't get so bent out of shape.
|
big gun
|
powerful people
|
The president brought two big guns to
the meeting.
|
big mouth
|
talk too much
|
Shut up! You really have a big mouth.
|
big stink
|
big issue
|
The citizens made a big stink about
the new nuclear power station.
|
blade
|
knife
|
He carried a ten inch blade with him.
|
blimp
|
very fat person
|
I always seem to have a blimp sitting
next to me when I travel.
|
blow
|
leave
|
I'm going to blow out of here now.
|
blow
|
lost
|
He blew all his money gambling.
|
blow a fuse
|
lose your temper
|
Hey, don't blow a fuse.
|
blow one's cool
|
become angry
|
Calm down. Don't blow your cool.
|
blown away
|
greatly impressed
|
I was blown away by his donation of a
million dollars.
|
bomb
|
bad
|
The movie was a bomb.
|
bombed
|
intoxicated
|
The driver of the car was bombed.
|
bonkers
|
crazy
|
I think I am going bonkers.
|
boo-boo
|
mistake
|
If you make another boo-boo like
that, you won't have a job.
|
booze
|
alcohol
|
I promised to bring two bottles of
booze to the party.
|
bread
|
money
|
I need some bread to pay for my car.
|
break
|
opportunity
|
A lucky break helped him get the job.
|
break it up
|
stop
|
Break it up, or I will call the
police.
|
bring-down
|
depressing
|
The news of the airplane crash was a
bring-down.
|
buck
|
dollar
|
Do you have a buck I can borrow?
|
bummed
|
depressed
|
I was really bummed after I heard the
news.
|
bummer
|
bad experience
|
My trip to New York was a bummer.
|
bust
|
failure
|
The whole idea was a bust.
|
buy it
|
die
|
If you don't slow down, you're going
to buy it in a car accident.
|
call
|
prediction
|
The weatherman made a good call about
when the storm would come.
|
can
|
bathroom
|
Do you know where the can is?
|
carb
|
carburetor
|
My motorcycle's carb is out of
adjustment.
|
catch some rays
|
get some sunshine
|
I'm going to lie on the beach and
catch some rays.
|
catch some Z's
|
get some sleep
|
I need to catch some Z's before I go
on my trip.
|
cheesy
|
cheap
|
That is really a cheesy looking
outfit.
|
chicken
|
coward
|
Don't be a chicken.
|
chintzy
|
cheap
|
That really was a chintzy present you
got him.
|
chow down
|
eat a lot
|
I need to find a place to chow down.
|
clip
|
cheat
|
Watch out or they will clip you at
that bar.
|
clunker
|
old car
|
I can't go on a date in that clunker.
|
cold fish
|
dull
|
My date for the dance was a cold
fish.
|
collar
|
arrest
|
I knew they would collar the robber
sooner or later.
|
come up for air
|
take a break
|
He has to come up for air or he will die from exhaustion.
|
con
|
deceive
|
Don't try to con me.
|
cool
|
good
|
This is a really cool place to work.
|
cool down
|
calm donw
|
Things should cool down in a day or
two.
|
cop
|
stole
|
How did you get the road sign? I
copped it.
|
cop
|
policeman
|
The cop showed me his badge.
|
couch potato
|
lazy person
|
He is a couch potato.
|
crack open a bottle
|
open
|
Let's crack open a bottle for his
birthday.
|
cram
|
study hard
|
I need more time to cram for the
test.
|
cream
|
beat
|
Our team creamed them badly.
|
croak
|
die
|
I feel like I am going to croak.
|
cruise
|
going very fast
|
The skier was cruising down the hill
|
cuffs
|
handcuffs
|
He put the cuffs on the killer.
|
cushy
|
cushy
|
He has a really cushy job.
|
cut
|
dilute
|
Could you cut my whiskey with a
little water?
|
cut out
|
leave
|
It is late. I have to cut out.
|
damage
|
cost
|
Lets get the bill and find out the
damage.
|
dead
|
quiet
|
This disco is really dead tonight.
|
deck
|
knocked down
|
He was decked in the fight.
|
deep pockets
|
is a good source of money
|
Her boyfriend has deep pockets.
|
dicey
|
chancy
|
Since the weather is a little dicey,
I won't go today.
|
dirty
|
an obscene
|
I hear that it's a dirty movie.
|
ditch
|
leave
|
I'll ditch my younger brother with my
grandmother.
|
do a snow job on
|
deceive
|
Don't try to do a snow job on me.
|
dope
|
stupid person
|
He is such a dope.
|
dope
|
drug
|
There are a lot of dope dealers
around here.
|
dork
|
strange person
|
He is such a dork.
|
dough
|
money
|
I need some dough before I can go
Christmas shopping.
|
down
|
drink quickly
|
Let's go to a bar and down a few
beers.
|
drag
|
boring
|
Doing homework on the weekend is a
drag.
|
dynamite
|
powerful; great
|
This drink is really dynamite.
|
earful
|
a lot of gossip
|
My grandmother gave me an earful
about the neighborhood.
|
easy mark
|
likely victims
|
The Japanese are an easy mark because
they usually carry cash.
|
eat
|
bothering
|
The problem is really eating away at
me.
|
excellent
|
fine
|
That's excellent man.
|
face-off
|
confrontation
|
The two sides were headed for a nasty
face-off.
|
far-out
|
great
|
This music is really far-out.
|
fix
|
dose of drugs
|
The addict needs another fix.
|
flaky
|
unreliable
|
He is too flaky to do the work.
|
flashback
|
remembered
|
At the wedding he had a flashback of
his old girlfriend.
|
flick
|
movie
|
I haven't seen a flick in a long
time.
|
flip out
|
lost control
|
He flipped out when he heard that his
mother had been killed.
|
flip side
|
other side
|
What kind of music do you have on the
flip side of the tape?
|
fox
|
very attractive
|
His older sister is a fox.
|
foxy
|
sexy
|
She is a foxy lady.
|
freebie
|
free
|
The pillow was a freebie
|
get into something
|
become seriously interested in
|
I got into gardening in high school.
|
get it
|
understand
|
I listened to the joke twice, but I
still don't get it.
|
get with it
|
hurry up
|
If you don't get with it, we will
never finish this work.
|
gig
|
job
|
I have a gig on Saturday night from
7:00 to 10:00.
|
glitch
|
defect
|
This computer program has a glitch.
|
glitzy
|
fashionable
|
This is a pretty glitzy hotel to be
staying in.
|
go
|
try
|
Let me have a go at solving the
problem.
|
go bananas
|
go crazy
|
I am going to go bananas if I don't
have a vacation soon.
|
go down
|
happening
|
What is going down?
|
goof
|
fool
|
I am really a goof at times.
|
goof up
|
made a serious mistake
|
I really goofed up when I painted my
room green.
|
goofy
|
silly
|
You are always acting goofy these
days.
|
gourd
|
head
|
Use your gourd to figure out what is
happening.
|
grand
|
thousand dollard
|
His salary is twenty grand.
|
grass
|
marijuana
|
Lots of students smoke grass in the
dormitory.
|
gravy
|
easy money
|
This job is pure gravy.
|
groovy
|
pleasant
|
This music is groovy.
|
gross
|
disgusting
|
Picking your nose is really a gross
habit.
|
gross-out
|
disgusting time
|
The party was a gross-out.
|
grub
|
food
|
Where is the best place to get some
grub around here?
|
grubby
|
unclean and untidy
|
Those clothes are too grubby to wear
to the party.
|
grungy
|
dirty
|
That is a really grungy jacket.
|
gut
|
stomach
|
He got shot in the gut.
|
gut
|
basic
|
The gut issue is about what we are
going to do now.
|
guts
|
courage
|
It takes a lot of guts to give the
boss your true opinion.
|
hairy
|
dangerous
|
That was a hairy plane trip. I am
glad the storm is over.
|
hammer
|
accelerator
|
Put the hammer to the floor or we
will be late for the wedding.
|
hang it up
|
quit
|
I have decided to hang up my teaching
job.
|
hang loose
|
realx
|
Just hang loose for another few days.
|
hang tough
|
stick with
|
We need to hang tough on our
decision.
|
hardware
|
weapons
|
The police were surprised by all the
hardware the gang members had.
|
have a buzz on
|
was slightly intoxicated
|
I had a buzz on after the third
martini.
|
have good vibes
|
feel good about
|
I have good vibes about our new
secretary.
|
have it all together
|
free mentally all there
|
Recently I don't have it all
together.
|
heave
|
vomited
|
I heaved up on the floor.
|
high
|
intoxicated on drugs or alcohol
|
The teenagers look high to me.
|
hip-shooter
|
always talking without thinking
|
He is such a hip-shooter.
|
history
|
something in the past
|
I don't have any idea where my old
boyfriend is. He's history.
|
hit
|
successful
|
Your proposal was a hit with the
boss.
|
hole up
|
hide
|
I had to hole up for three days
because the police were looking for me.
|
honcho
|
boss
|
The honcho says that we are going to
have to give up two days of our vacation.
|
hooker
|
prostitute
|
Her clothes make her look like a
hooker.
|
hot
|
stolen
|
The police stopped them because they
thought the car was hot.
|
huffy
|
angry
|
I will do it soon so please don't get
huffy.
|
hungry
|
eager to make money
|
If you are not hungry, you won't get
ahead in the business.
|
hustle
|
hurry up
|
If you don't hustle, we will be late
again.
|
hyped
|
excited
|
The fans were all hyped up for the
football game.
|
hyper
|
over excited
|
Don't get hyper about what she told
you. You know it isn't true.
|
I.D.
|
identification
|
Can you show me some I.D. please?
|
in
|
fashionable
|
The tie you are wearing is really in.
|
in deep
|
deeply involved
|
They are really in deep with each
other.
|
in the bag
|
settled
|
Everything is in the bag. There is
nothing to worry about.
|
intense
|
serious
|
This is a very intense situation we
are discussing.
|
jam
|
trouble
|
I am glad you got yourself out of
that jam.
|
jerk someone around
|
wasting my time and causing me
trouble
|
Recently it seems like everyone is
jerking me around.
|
jock
|
an athlete
|
My roommate is a jock for the
basketball team.
|
john
|
bathroom
|
The john really smells.
|
joint
|
cheap bar
|
Where is the closest joint to here.
|
joint
|
marijuana cigarettes
|
He is good at rolling joints.
|
junkie
|
drug addict
|
Sam is a junkie.
|
just off the boat
|
naive
|
He acts like he is just off the boat.
|
keep one's cool
|
remained calm
|
He kept his cool when his house
burned down.
|
kegger
|
beer party
|
I hear there is a kegger at John's
house tonight.
|
kick
|
enjoy
|
I get a kick out of watching him
paint.
|
klutz
|
stupid and clumsy person
|
He is a real klutz.
|
knock
|
criticize
|
Don't knock it if you can't do it any
better.
|
knocked up
|
pregnant
|
My dog gets knocked up once a year.
|
knockout
|
stunning person
|
Who was that knockout I saw you with
last Friday?
|
knuckle sandwich
|
punch in the mouth
|
Shut up or I'll give you a knuckle
sandwich.
|
kook
|
strange people
|
Watch out for all the kooks in this
neighborhood.
|
laid-back
|
calm and relaxed
|
You need to be more laid-back.
|
lame
|
an inadequate
|
That is really a lame excuse.
|
line
|
story
|
I have heard that line a million
times.
|
loser
|
annoying and useless
|
John is a loser.
|
love handles
|
rolls of fat around my stomach
|
I exercise every day, but I can't get
rid of these love handles.
|
make waves
|
cause trouble
|
Try not to make waves around the
office.
|
maxed out
|
exhausted
|
I am maxed out at my work and need to
rest.
|
mean
|
performs well on
|
He plays a mean violin.
|
mega
|
large
|
I have mega amounts of tomatoes in my
garden this summer.
|
megabucks
|
a lot of money
|
He made megabucks when he sold his
company.
|
mellow
|
calm down and relax
|
You need to mellow out and enjoy
life.
|
meltdown
|
total collapse
|
There has been a meltdown in the
relationship between my parents and me.
|
mickey mouse
|
nonstense and a waste of time
|
The homework the teacher gave us was
mickey mouse.
|
move on someone
|
pick up and seduce
|
I am going to try to move on Sarah
next Saturday.
|
mush
|
nonesense
|
That is total mush and you know it.
|
nark
|
drug police
|
Watch out for the narks in the
airport.
|
neat
|
good
|
That was a neat idea that you had.
|
negative
|
bad things
|
There are too many negatives about
the company merger.
|
nick
|
arrested
|
The police nicked the shoplifter as
he was leaving the store.
|
nip
|
a quick drink
|
He took a nip out of the bottle.
|
no sweat
|
no problem
|
It's no sweat to have the report in
to you by Monday.
|
nuke
|
heat up in the microwave
|
I'll nuke our dinner in a few
minutes.
|
nuke
|
nuclear weapons
|
Does that attack plane have any
nukes?
|
nut
|
crazy person
|
I think that he is a nut.
|
nuts
|
crazy
|
You are completely nuts if you think
I will go with you.
|
pad
|
a place to live
|
Have you found a pad yet?
|
pain in the neck
|
annoying
|
My wife's best friend is a pain in
the neck.
|
paper-pusher
|
bureaucratic office workers
|
My office is filled with
paper-pushers.
|
party animal
|
love parties
|
You're too old to be a party animal.
|
party-hearty
|
celebrate
|
We need to party-hearty because we
just got a raise in salary.
|
paw
|
hands
|
Get your paws off of my body.
|
peanuts
|
pratically no money
|
I am not going to work for peanuts.
|
pickled
|
intoxicated
|
He gets pickled after only one beer.
|
piece of cake
|
easy to do
|
Working on a computer for me is a
piece of cake.
|
pig
|
eats too much
|
He is a pig at parties.
|
pig out
|
eat a lot or overeat
|
Let's go to the restaurant and pig
out.
|
pit stop
|
stop and go to the bathroom
|
Let's make a pit stop at the next
rest area.
|
plastered
|
intoxicated
|
He drinks too much and is always
plastered on the weekend.
|
pooped out
|
quit
|
He pooped out after we started to do
the hard work.
|
pop
|
hit
|
Shut up or I will pop you.
|
pop for something
|
buy
|
It is my turn to pop for the
doughnuts.
|
pro
|
professional
|
He is really a pro at his work.
|
prod
|
reminder
|
Can you give me a gentle prod next
week so I won't forget?
|
psyched up
|
mentally ready
|
The players are really psyched up for
the game on Friday.
|
psycho
|
mentally ill
|
She is a psycho. She should be in a
hospital.
|
puke
|
vomit
|
I feel like I am going to puke.
|
push off
|
leave
|
I am going to push off now.
|
put the moves on
|
seduce
|
You should give up trying to put the
moves on her. She is married.
|
put-on
|
deception
|
It was an elaborate put-on which I
almost believed.
|
quarterback
|
lead
|
Who is going to quarterback the
meeting?
|
quick buck
|
some easy money
|
I need to make a quick buck.
|
rack
|
bed
|
I have to hit the rack by ten or I'll
be tired in the morning.
|
rack out
|
sleep
|
I am going to rack out for two hours.
|
racket
|
noise
|
There sure was a lot of racket
outside last night.
|
rag
|
newspaper
|
I can't believe we still get this
same old rag.
|
rap
|
talk about
|
We need to sit down and rap about a
few things.
|
rathole
|
run down place
|
When are you going to be able to move
out of that rathole?
|
raw
|
new
|
The raw office workers were not
getting much done.
|
ream someone out
|
got angry with him
|
The boss really reamed him out for
his bad report.
|
red hot
|
important
|
Your idea is really red hot.
|
repo
|
repossess
|
Hey, don't repo my car. I will pay
next week.
|
rinky-dink
|
inferior
|
The circus was really rinky-dink.
|
riot
|
funny
|
The comedy program was a real riot.
|
road hog
|
takes up too much of the road
|
That driver is a road hog.
|
rocks
|
with ice
|
Would you like your whiskey on the
rocks?
|
rough time
|
hard time
|
We have had a rough time this winter.
|
rug
|
wig
|
Is that a rug on his head?
|
rug rat
|
children
|
My sister has three rug rats.
|
rule
|
dominates
|
My wife rules the house.
|
run off at the mouth
|
talking too much
|
He is always running off at the
mouth.
|
run out of gas
|
lost interest or momentum
|
The politician ran out of gas during
the campaign.
|
sack
|
go to bed
|
When did you hit the sack last night?
|
scam
|
swindle
|
Don't lose your money in some kind of
scam.
|
scarf
|
ate quickly
|
Since he hadn't eaten in a week, he
scarfed down everything on his plate.
|
schmuck
|
jerk
|
What a stupid schmuck.
|
screw around
|
waste time
|
If you screw around all day at this
work, you will have to come back again.
|
screw up
|
make a mistake
|
If you screw up one more time, I will
fire you.
|
sharp
|
intelligent
|
He is very sharp with numbers
|
shot
|
try
|
I'll give the puzzle another shot.
|
shot down
|
disagreed with
|
Everyone shot down my idea at first,
but later agreed that it was a good idea.
|
slammer
|
jail
|
The police threw them both in the
slammer.
|
smashed
|
intoxicated
|
Try not to get smashed at the beer
party.
|
smoke eater
|
fireman
|
My father is a smoke eater.
|
split
|
leave
|
It is time to split and go see the
movie.
|
spook
|
frightened
|
The cows were spooked by the howling
of the wolves.
|
spud
|
potatoes
|
Do you want rice or spuds for dinner?
|
square
|
old-fashioned
|
My father looks square in his jacket.
|
steamed up
|
angry
|
Don't get so steamed up over the
issue.
|
stink
|
is repulsive
|
This whole operation stinks.
|
straight
|
honest
|
I want you to give me a straight
answer.
|
stressed
|
upset
|
I am really stressed by all the
recent world events.
|
sucker
|
be deceived
|
Don't be a sucker.
|
take a hike
|
leave
|
I am tired of all your complaining.
Take a hike.
|
taken
|
cheated out of
|
He was taken for all his money at the
casino.
|
taking care of business
|
doing what I have to do
|
I have been taking care of business.
|
threads
|
clothes
|
Those look like expensive threads he
is wearing.
|
tool around
|
drive around
|
I don't want to tool around all
night. It is time to go home.
|
totaled
|
completely wrecked
|
My car was totaled in the accident
with the garbage truck.
|
up
|
happy and cheerful
|
He has been up ever since he met his
new girlfriend.
|
up for grabs
|
available
|
This is a sale. Everything is up for
grabs.
|
veg out
|
relax and do nothing
|
I want to veg out in front of the
television this evening.
|
vibes
|
feelings
|
He really gives off good vibes.
|
wad
|
bundle of money
|
You don't want to carry a wad like
that with you in the big city.
|
waste
|
kill
|
After you waste him, throw the body
in the river.
|
wheels
|
car
|
If you let me borrow your wheels,
I'll go out and buy a pizza.
|
whiz
|
talented person
|
He is a whiz at the computer.
|
wired
|
alert
|
I am really wired after drinking five
cups of coffee.
|
wussy
|
weak person
|
Don't be such a wussy all the time.
Say what you are thinking.
|
yukky
|
bad
|
This food tastes yukky
|
zapped
|
exhausted
|
I am too zapped to help you right
now.
|
zip
|
nothing
|
He knew zip about running the
company.
|
Friday, January 25, 2013
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