快乐生活:美国俚语70条

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  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 poker,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. awesome (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, depressed
  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

  6. fishy = suspicious
  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. ace = to finish something easily, with success
  Tammy aced her math test!

  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.

  20. gab = to chat
  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!

  26. whine = to complain
  I wouldn't want to work with Chris because he always whines 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!!!

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