Slang

Americans use slang every day, practically in every conversation. If you don’t understand these words, it will be difficult to get the overall meaning of what they’re trying to say. So let’s learn to recognize and use these words!

Here’s some common American slang:

• Dork – stupid or strange person
• John – the bathroom 
• Jock – a sportsman, very fit guy 
• Pissed – very angry or annoyed 
• Yo! – hi!
• Hood - neighborhood, район 
• Icky – unpleasant in taste
• Make out – kiss 
• To jack – to steal
• Zonked – very tired
• Ace – very good 
• All-nighter – studying all night 
• Big gun – very important person (шишка) 
• Blown away – impressed 
• Bombed – drunk 
• Bonkers – crazy 
• Bread = dough – money
• Buck – dollar
• Bummer - bad experience 
• Catch some Z’s – sleep 
• Cop – policeman 
• To ditch – to leave
• Hang out – spend free time 
• Wheels – car 
• To dump someone – break up with someone 
• Ex – previous romantic partner 
• Geek – заучка 
• A looker – a person who looks good 
• Dunno = don’t know
• Wanna = want to 
• Gonna = going to 
• Get something – understand something 
• Ain’t = isn’t, aren’t, am not 
• Goofy – silly, stupid
• Gross – disgusting

Here’s some different American and British slang! Watch this video to learn some more slang expressions with Hugh Laurie and Ellen DeGeneres!