slangs

The gang leader told his followers to waste their rivals on the weekend. They are all  wanted criminals now 

to waste ====to kill  

Do you think I could borrow your wheels? I have an important appointment this afternoon 

 

 

wheels====car 

 

My cousin is a computer whiz. He maintains my system for me 

 

whiz====wizard 

 

 

I have to drink some coffee so I can get wired before the big exam 

 

 

get wired ====be very alert  

 

 

 

Oh, stop being such a wuss. The bridge isn't even that high

 

wuss====wimp  

 

 

My niece said her food was yukky 

 

yukky====bad 

 

 

 can't do one more thing right now. I'm spent 

 

spent====exhausted 

 

  

Who's up for some pizza

 

Who's up for ..... pizza==== Who wants 

 

  

 

The door is in good shape. But, it does have a nick in the lower left corner 

 

nick=====small scratch or dent 

 

 

 

Nukes are very dangerous weapons. They could destroy mankind for good 

 

 

Nukes===== Nuclear weapons

Pipe down

Pipe down 

To stop talking; to lower the volume. Frequently used as 

  a command meaning :Be quiet 

Example 

Pipe down! Mom's talking on the phone

grub-guled to your seat

Grub 

Food, with the implication that the food is basic and simple 

The grub they serve in the cafeteria is pretty good

Glued to your seat 

To be extremely interested in something; to be so involved with something that you cannot move 

As soon as the movie started, Holly was glued to her seat  

Gumshoe 

A detective or private investigator 

Captain Harris assigned two gumshoes to the case

Rug rat

Rug rat 

A young child; a toddler 

I’ve got three rug rats at home, ages 2,3 and 5 

An arm and a leg

An arm and a leg 

A large amount of money; very expensive or costly 

My new Mercedes cost me an arm and a leg 

back seat driver

back seat driver  

Someone who gives unwanted advice; someone who tries to run things even though they don't have the power or authority to do so 

Rob is the worst back seat driver I know - he's always telling me what to do 

On cloud nine

 On cloud nine 

To be extremely happy, elated 

I was on cloud nine after I got the promotion

 

All-nighter

All-nighter 

A study or work session that goes through the night; studying without sleep ـــusually a last-minute course of action  

Example :I pulled an all-nighter to study for my math exam

slang

airhead: stupid person.

"Believe it or not, Dave can sometimes act like an airhead"

amigo: friend (from Spanish).

"I met many amigos at Dave's ESL Cafe."

ammunition: toilet paper.

"Help! We're completely out of ammunition"

antifreeze: alcohol.

"I'm going to need a lot of antifreeze tonight"

armpit: dirty, unappealing place.

This cheap motel is an absolute armpit

ass [offensive] (1): backside.

"I fell on my ass on the ski slopes."

ass (2): an unworthy and hated person.

"I cannot be friends when you act like an ass."

awesome: great and impressive.

"Dave's ESL Cafe is truly awesome"

baby boomer: a person born from the end of the Second World War until the early 1960s.

"Dave Sperling was born in 1961, so he's considered a baby boomer."

ball (1): a fun time.

"I really had a ball in Dave's ESL class."

ball [offensive] (2): a testicle.

"After getting kicked in the balls, his voice seemed much higher."

bang (1): a very powerful thing.

"Disneyland is really a bang!"

bang (2): a powerful effect.

"Japanese sake really has a bang!"

barf (1): vomit.

"My dog barfed all over the carpet."

barf (2): vomit.

"Don't step on the barf!"

barf-out: a displeasing person or affair.

"That restaurant was a real barf-out."

bazillion: an infinite number of something.

"Has Dennis really taught a bazillion students"

B-ball: basketball.

"Do you wanna play b-ball with me"

beans: money.

"I've worked for this company for ten years, but I still don't have beans."

beat: tired.

"I'm really beat because I was awake all night."

beemer: a BMW.

"He wants to buy a beemer when he makes more money."

biggie: something important.

"I was hoping to get my homework completed, but it's no biggie. "

biker: a motorcycle rider.

"Dave used to be a biker until he got into a serious motorcycle accident."

bitch [offensive] (1): a very unpleasant woman.

"My boss can be such a bitch sometimes."

bitch [offensive] (2): complain.

"Stop bitching and finish your homework"

bitchy [offensive]: moody.

"I like my friend Steve, even though he can be really bitchy."

bod: body.

"Stalone has a great bod!"

bonkers; go bonkers: crazy.

"If Dave works too hard, he sometimes goes slightly bonkers"

booboo: a mistake.

"I made a booboo on the last question of the exam."

boob tube: television.

"Benjamin is always in front of the boob tube."

booze: alcohol.

"The ESL party was fun, even though there wasn't any booze."

boss: excellent; great.

"Dave's ESL Cafe is totally boss"

bread: money.

"Can I borrow some bread?"

brew (1): coffee.

"Every morning Dave needs a fresh cup of brew."

brew (2): beer.

"Do you want another brew, dude"

brewski: beer.

"I love drinking brewskies"

B.S.: bullshit; lies.

"I'm tired of listening to your B.S."

bull: bullshit; lie.

"That's a bunch of bull"

bullshit [offensive]: lie; dishonesty.

"I don't like people that bullshit me"

buns [possibly offensive]: the rear end; buttocks.

"Don't stare at my buns!"

bushed: extremely tired.

"I'm completely bushed."

butt: the buttocks.

"Stop sitting on your butt and help me wash the dishes"

catch some rays: get some sunshine.

"Let's go to the beach and catch some rays."

cheesy: cheap; outmoded.

"Why are you wearing such cheesy clothes?"

chicken: coward.

"Don't be such a chicken"

cool: excellent; superb.

"Dave's ESL Cafe is totally cool"

cooler, the: jail.

"If you drink and drive, you'll end up spending time in the cooler."

couch potato: a person who watches too much television.

"Why did I have to marry such a couch potato"

crap [offensive] (1): something worthless.

"My furniture is a bunch of cheap crap."

crap [offensive] (2): excrement.

"Yuck! I stepped on dog crap"

crap [offensive] (3): falsehoods and lies.

"I've had enough of your crap."

deck: to hit someone.

"His wife almost decked him when he returned home with lipstick on his shirt."

dicey: unpredictable; risky.

"Gambling is a dicey occupation."

dinero: money (from Spanish).

"I wish I had more dinero"

dirt: extremely bad person.

"My ex-boyfriend was dirt."

dirty: offensive; pornographic.

"Stop looking at the pictures in that dirty magazine"

dorky: strange; peculiar.

"If you keep acting so dorky, you'll never get a girlfriend"

dude: a male.

"That's really cool, dude"

dynamite: powerful; excellent.

"Dave gave a dynamite presentation."

dinosaur: something old fashioned or out of date.

"I'd love to surf the Net, but unfortunately my computer is a dinosaur."

el cheapo: something cheap.

"Since I don't make much money, I always purchase the el cheapo brand."

evil: great; excellent.

"Your car is really evil"

eyeball: to stare long and hard at someone or something.

"Dave eyeballed his daughter's new boyfriend."

eyepopper: something or someone visibly astounding.

"Wow, that girl is truly an eyepopper"

fab: fabulous.

"Dave's ESL Cafe is really fab"

face-off: confrontation.

"I think it's time we had a face-off."

fart [offensive]: to expel intestinal gas.

"It's embarrassing to fart on the first date."

fender-bender: small accident.

"This morning I had a fender-bender on the Ventura Freeway."

flaky: unpredictable.

"I waited four hours for my flaky friend to show up."

flashback: sudden memory.

"In Little Tokyo I had a flashback to my days living in Japan."

flick: movie.

"Let's go out tonight and watch a flick."

fox: attractive, alluring person.

"Is it true that Dave is a fox"

freebie: something that does not cost money.

"My trip to New York was a freebie."

French kiss [possibly offensive]: kissing with the tongue.

"Dave's dog is always trying to French kiss him"

geek: someone who works too hard, is more intelligent than usual, and is slightly unattractive.

"Bill Gates is kind of a geek."

get it: to understand something.

"Sorry, but I just don't get it."

get naked [possibly offensive]: to completely relax and have a good time.

"Let's get naked tonight"

glitch: flaw.

"There must be a glitch in this softwware."

go bananas: go slightly mad.

"This project is causing me to go bananas!"

gomer: a dumb person.

"Stop acting like a gomer!"

goof (1): a silly and foolish person.

"What a goof you are"

goof (2): make a mistake.

I really goofed on the test today."

goof off (1): waste time.

"Stop goofing off and help me clean the house"

goof-off (2): someone who wastes time and isn't serious.

"A goof-off never does well in school"

goof up: make a mistake.

"Oh no! I really goofed up"

goofy: silly.

"Kids always make me feel goofy"

grabbers: hands.

"Have you washed your grabbers, Benjamin?"

grand: one thousand dollars.

"He's making over a hundred grand a year!"

grass: marijuana.

"Have you ever smoked grass?"

grub: food.

"Where's the grub"

grubby: not clean.

"I always feel grubby in the morning."

grungy: unclean and stinky.

"Grungy people are not allowed in Dave's house"

gut: a person's stomach; belly.

"Dave is getting a big gut because he loves chocolate ice cream and beer"

guts (1): courage.

"It took a lot of guts to ask his boss for a raise."

guts (2): the nature of something.

"Let's get to the guts of Dave Sperling!"

hairy: difficult; dangerous.

"The steep and windy road was really hairy."

hang a left: make a left turn.

"Hang a left at the next corner."

hang a right: make a right turn.

"Hang a right at the next corner."

head: toilet.

"I really need to use the head"

hep: sensible; informed.

"She's a really hep student."

hickey: a love bite on the skin.

"Wow! Is that a hickey on your neck"

hip: sensible; informed.

"He really tries hard to be hip."

hooker [possibly offensive]: prostitute.

"You'll find a lot of hookers in the red light district."

horny [possibly offensive]: sexually stimulated; in the mood for sex.

"Red wine seems to make my boyfriend horny. "

hot (1): popular.

"Brad Pitt is really hot now."

hot (2): sexy.

"Wow! Cindy Crawford is really hot"

humungous: really big.

"American supermarkets are humungous."

hungries, to have: be hungry.

"I don't know about you, but I've got the hungries."

hyper: overly excited.

"Children often get hyper when they are tired."

icky: unpleasant.

"The food is really icky in the school cafeteria."

I.D.: identification.

"If you want to order a beer, you'll need your I.D."

I'm outta here: I'm leaving; I'm departing.

"Sorry, but I'm outta here, dude."

in: fashionable.

"Ray-Ban sunglasses are really in now."

ivories: teeth.

"Tom Cruise has really beautiful ivories."

jack around [possibly offensive]: waste time.

"Will you please stop jacking around"

jam, in a (1): trouble.

"If you're in a jam, I promise to help you."

jam (2): improvise (musically).

"I'd love to jam with Bon Jovi"

jamming, to be : going well.

"Dave's ESL Cafe is really jamming"

jerk: stupid or annoying person.

"How could you go out with such a jerk"

jillion: an immense number.

"Do you really have a jillion problems"

jock: someone good at sports.

"I've never been much of a jock."

john: toilet.

"Where's the john"

K (k): a thousand.

"I could retire with 100 K (k)!

kick back: relax and enjoy.

"I wish I could kick back at the beach today."

kick off: die.

"My dog finally kicked off."

killer: something exceptional or great.

"Wow, your boyfriend is killer"

knock: condemn.

"Don't knock it unless you've tried it."

knockout: beautiful woman; handsome man.

"Benjamin is already a knockout"

kook: peculiar person.

"Stop acting like a kook"

laid back: relaxed; calm.

"I always feel laid back at the beach."

lame: incompetent.

"Dave is really lame when is comes to fixing his car."

lip: cheeky talk.

"My students are always giving me lip"

loser: a bungling and worthless person.

"Why are you dating such a loser"

love handles: excess fat around the waist.

"Is it possible for Dave to lose his love handles"

luck out: to be lucky or fortunate.

"You really luck out by visiting Dave's ESL Cafe"

make waves: cause problems.

"Teachers don't like students to make waves."

max, to the : maximum.

"I'm happy to the max."

mega: big.

"American restaurants serve mega portions of food."

megabucks: a large amount of money.

"It takes megabucks to live in Japan."

mellow: relaxed.

"I'm feeling very mellow this evening."

mickey-mouse: unimportant; time-wasting.

"I'm sick of this mickey-mouse job."

monkey bite: a kiss that leaves a mark on the skin.

"I don't want any monkey bites tonight, okay?"

munch out: to eat voraciously.

"Let's munch out on a large pizza"

nada: nothing (from Spanish).

"I know nada about politics."

neat: cool; great.

"Isn't my new car neat

"

noid: someone that's paranoid.

"Why are you so noid"

nuke (1): nuclear weapon.

"This world had too many nukes."

nuke (2): destroy; delete.

"Sorry, but I accidentally nuked your e-mail message."

nuke (3): cook something in the microwave oven.

"Can you nuke this frozen pizza for me"

nut (1): odd or crazy person.

"Why are you always acting like a nut"

nut (2): someone passionate about something.

"I'm a nut about computers."

nuts [offensive]: testicles.

"Don't ever kick me in the nuts."

okay: decent.

"My boss is an okay person."

OK: decent.

"Dave is an okay person."

pad: someone's home.

"Can I sleep at your pad tonight"

party: celebrate.

"Let's party tonight"

party animal: someone that loves parties.

"Dave has been known to sometimes be a party animal."

paws: hands.

"Get your paws off me"

peanuts: very little money.

"I love my job, but the pay is peanuts."

pee: to urinate.

"I always have to pee after drinking beer."

pickled: drunk.

"He got pickled on vodka."

pig out: eat too much.

"Dave is famous for pigging out on chocolate ice cream."

piss: to urinate.

"My dog pissed on me"

pissed (off): angry; upset.

"I'm really pissed (off) at you."

plastered: drunk.

"Why does he always get plastered"

pad: someone's home.

"Can I sleep at your pad tonight"

poop, the (1): knowledge; information.

"What's the poop on Michael Jackson"

poop [offensive] (2): defecation; shit.

"Be careful not to step on dog poop."

poop out: get tired and quit.

"I got pooped out after spending eight hours at Disneyland."

pot (1): toilet.

"Who's on the pot"

pot (2): marijuana.

"It's easy to buy pot in the big city."

pro: someone who's good at something; professional.

"She's really a pro at golf."

psycho: crazy person.

"Stay away from that psycho"

puke: vomit.

"Alcohol makes some people puke."

pumped (up): excited.

"I'm really pumped (up) about Dave's ESL Cafe!"

puss: the face.

"My girlfriend slapped me right on the puss."

quarterback: leader.

"Dave is the quarterback of Dave's ESL Cafe."

quick and dirty: done fast, but not well.

"The mechanic did a quick and dirty repair on my car."

racket (1): noise.

"Small kids can make a lot of racket."

racket (2): something that's dishonest or deceptive.

"The Tobacco Industry is quite a racket."

racket (3): an occupation.

"I've been in the ESL racket for fourteen years."

rank: give someone a difficult time.

"She's always ranking her teacher."

rat: a despicable person.

"I thought I loved you, but now I know you're really a rat."

razz: annoy someone.

"Will you please stop razzing me"

rear (end): buttocks.

"Dave fell on his rear (end)."

riot, a : something or someone very funny.

"Jim Carrey is a riot"

rip off (1): stealing.

"Someone ripped off my car."

rip off (2): fraud.

"I paid $10,000 for my computer. What a rip off"

rocking: great; excellent.

"Dave's ESL class is really rocking"

rubbish: nonsense; not true.

"That rumor is a bunch of rubbish."

rug rat: a child.

"Dave has a couple of rug rats at home."

runs, the: diarrhea.

"Oh no! I've got the runs"

scarf: to eat.

"I can easily scarf an entire banana split."

screw up: to make a mistake.

"I screwed up on the driving test, so I didn't pass."

screw-up: a person who makes a mistake.

"Why are you such a screw-up"

scum: a despicable individual.

"Don't hang around with that kind of scum."

shades: sunglasses.

"Those are really cool shades!"

shoot some hoops: play basketball.

"Let's shoot some hoops"

silks: clothing.

"Those are really awesome silks"

smarts: intelligence.

"It takes a lot of smarts to become a doctor."

smurfbrain: a dumb or stupid person.

"Stop acting like a smurfbrain"

snookered: cheated.

"I got snookered into buying swamp land in Florida."

sofa spud: a person who watches too much television.

"I'm usually a sofa spud on Sunday."

solid (1): really good; cool.

"Dave's ESL Cafe is totally solid"

solid (2): consecutive.

"It's been raining for seven solid days."

specs: eyeglasses.

"I didn't know that you wore specs."

split: to leave.

"Let's split from here now."

spunk: spirit.

"She might be small, but she's got a lot of spunk."

stoned (out): drunk from drugs or alcohol.

"I'm really stoned (out), dude"

street smart: knowledgeable about city life.

"Since Dave is from Los Angeles, he's very street smart."

suck: to be bad and unacceptable.

"That song really sucks"

technicolor yawn, to do a : vomit.

"My dog just did a technicolor yawn all over the carpet"

thou: thousand.

"I need to borrow a hundred thou."

threads: clothing.

"My wife spent $900 on new threads."

ticker (1): the heart.

"My grandfather has a bad ticker."

ticker (2): a watch.

"Wow! That's a really cool ticker"

tints: sunglasses.

"You have to wear tints in California."

totally: really; completely.

"That's totally awesome, dude"

to the max: maximum.

"I studied to the max."

turkey (1): failure; flop.

"Thank goodness that Dave's ESL Cafe is not a turkey"

turkey (2): dumb person.

"Turkeys are not allowed to work for this company."

turn-off: something that repulses a person.

"Bad breath is a real turn-off."

umpteen: many; countless.

"I've asked you umpteen times to show me the money"

unlax: relax.

"Dave needs to definitely unlax with his family."

upchuck: vomit.

"She got sick and upchucked three times."

uptight: nervous; anxious.

"Why are you so uptight"

vanilla (1): plain.

"She drives a vanilla car."

vanilla (2): Caucasian.

"The Midwest is too vanilla for me."

wad: roll of money.

"It's dangerous to carry a big wad in your pocket."

wasted: killed.

"A lot of people get wasted in the streets of New York."

wheels: car; motorcycle.

"If you want to live in Los Angeles, you've got to get some wheels"

whitebread: plain; boring.

"Dave's ESL Cafe is definitely not whitebread"

whiz (1): someone who shows a special talent for something.

"Einstein was a whiz in Physics."

whiz [offensive] (2): to urinate.

"I really have to take a whiz."

wimpy: weak.

"Don't be so wimpy"

winks, get some: sleep.

"I really need to get some winks"

wrongo: wrong.

"That is totally wrongo"

yank (1): bother; harass.

"Stop yanking me, okay"

Yank (2): a Yankee; an American.

"Dave is a Yank."

zero: an unimportant person.

"If you don't work hard, you'll end up a zero."

zip (1): nothing.

"I don't know zip about you."

zip (2): energy; vigor.

"I need something that will give me more zip. "

zit: pimple; acne.

"Teens often have a lot of zits