Slang

Common American Slang Expressions

1.ace
He's an ace reporter.
☞ very good
2.action
Do you know where the action is in this town?
☞ excitement
3.airhead
My sister's boyfriend is a real airhead.
☞ stupid person
4. awesome
What an awesome sunset.
☞ great
5. bad
Wow, that was really a bad movie.
☞ intense
6. beat
After working all day I am really beat.
☞ exhausted
7. beemer
He just bought a new beemer to drive to work in.
☞ B.M.W. car
8. big mouth
Shut up! You really have a big mouth.
☞ talk too much
9. big stink
The citizens made a big stink about the new nuclear power station.
☞ big issue
10. blow one's cool
Calm down. Don't blow your cool.
☞ become angry
11. blown away
I was blown away by his donation of a million dollars.
☞ greatly impressed
12. bomb
The movie was a bomb.
☞ bad
13. couch potato
He is a couch potato.
☞ lazy person
14. cram
I need more time to cram for the test.
☞ study hard
15. deep pockets
Her boyfriend has deep pockets.
☞ is a good source of money
16. face-off
The two sides were headed for a nasty face-off.
☞ confrontation
17. far-out
This music is really far-out.
☞ great
18.get it
I listened to the joke twice, but I still don't get it.
☞ understand
19. get with it
If you don't get with it, we will never finish this work.
☞ hurry up
20. go bananas
I am going to go bananas if I don't have a vacation soon.
☞ go crazy
21. go down
What is going down?
☞ happening
22. keep one's cool
He kept his cool when his house burned down.
☞ remained calm
23.mellow
You need to mellow out and enjoy life.
☞ calm down and relax
24. nick
The police nicked the shoplifter as he was leaving the store.
☞ arrested
25.nip
He took a nip out of the bottle.
☞ a quick drink
26.peanuts
I am not going to work for peanuts.
☞ practically no money
27.sack
When did you hit the sack last night?
☞ go to bed
28. take a hike
I am tired of all your complaining. Take a hike.
☞ leave
29. bench
He was benched during the basketball playoffs.
☞ taken out of the game
30. rocks
Would you like your whiskey on the rocks?
☞ with ice
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