40 Everyday American Slangs

40 Everyday American Slangs

	MOST  USED	AMERICAN	SLANGS
SN		Meanings	Example Sentence
1	Antsy	An impatient person	I can't tolerate the antsy in here.
2	Awesome	Great/	My students are performing awesome these days.
3	babe	Girlfriend/my Love/spouse/Attractive/ hot (girls)	Don't call girls by the word 'babe' in the US.
4	Bail	to sth/sb leave	I'm gonna bail the party.
5	Bromance (Bro+Romance)	Platonic Love between 2 men	Are you still in the midst of your bromance?
6	Buck	American dollar	I paid 10 bucks for the coffee at the JFK.
7	busted	to be caught by the police	the criminals were busted before they could detonate the IED.
8	By the skin of my teeth	just manage to do sth	I completed the test by the skin of my teeth.
9	Cool	Perfect/ excellent	My English teacher is always cool in his lectures.
10	Couch potato	idle/lazy person	Most students have become couch potatoes these days.
11	Cram	To learn sth much by mugging up in a short time	Cramming is not a good alternative to preparing for tests.
12	Crash out	to fall asleep	Soon after the movie, I crashed out on the couch.
13	Creep	a strange person	I was surprised by the entry of the creep.
14	Dis	Disrespect	What dis is this for your teacher?
15	Down to earth	Very simple	My principal is a down-to-earth person.
16	Dude	A younger man/guy	Hello, dude can't you drive a bit slowly.
17	Epic fail	Absolute fail	The math teacher's English is really epic fail.
18	Feel blue	to feel sad	The heinous terrorist attacks over these days make me feel absolutely blue
19	For real	Honestly/surely	I married Mary for real.
20	gaydar	the ability to say sb a gay	Please restrain your gaydar.
21	Hang out	To spend a long time	I usually hang out in my country when free.
22	Have a blast	to really have a great time/lot of fun	We had a blast in the Universal Studios while we visited the US.
23	jonesing	Strong desire for sth	You see I have tremendous jonesing for steak tonight.
24	Kick sbd's ass	To punish or defeat somebody	Be alert of I'll kick your ass hard.
25	Klick	kilometer	We are 20 klicks south of Boston.
26	knack	To discourage/ special ability	Don't knack it/He has a great knack for marketing.
27	Lit	Somebody who is boozed/sth exciting	He was out and out lit at the party.
28	Move your ass/get your ass in gear	A rude way of telling somebody to hurry	Come on buys get your ass in gear now.
29	Plead the fifth	As per the constitution	He pleaded the fifth for his rights.
30	Ripped	Sb very muscular/strong/ intoxicated	Mr. Hogan a ripped wrestler.
31	Screw up	To make a mistake	He is always screwing up in his dealings.
32	Shotgun	The front passenger in a car/taxi	Let me be the shotgun in your car today.
33	Stalker	one who follows	He is merely the stalker of communism.
34	sweet	Nice/ good	The place is so sweet.
35	tight	Tight competition	The match was very tight.
36	To show the cold shoulder	to ignore sb on purpose	Please don't show cold shoulder to me.
37	To trash	To destroy something	Please don't trash important electronics.
38	Wheels	Motor vehicles	Please beware of the wheels on the road.
39	Wrap up	To end something	With this, we wrap the program here.
40	Zonked	Absolutely exhausted/ tired	I am starkly zonked after these 6 classes with the rowdy kids.