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AMERICAN SLANGS ABOUT 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 poker1, 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. awesome2 (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, depressed3 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 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. ace5 = to finish something easily, with success 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. 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! I wouldn't want to work with Chris because he always whines9 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!!! 点击  收听单词发音
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