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Video dictionary of the 500 most important slang words in the English language
New video each week.
American slang that's necessary to understand real conversations
Fluent (C2) vocabulary you need to use in spoken English
Informal vocabulary to speak with clients and colleagues outside of work, and with students and professors outside of the classroom
ATTENTION: There is some adult vocabulary in this course that might not be suitable for children,
as lectures include discussion of informal English slang and other expressions meant for adult learners.
Learn: 24/7, the 5-0, adorkable, after party, A-game, aight, all nighter, ankle biter, antsy, apeshit, ass/asshat/asshole/asswipe, attention whore, awesome sauce, AWOL
Learn: Baby bump, bad ass/badassery, bae/boo/baby, to bail, to have the balls, balls, go bananas, baller/balling, to bang, banging, bases, basic, batshit crazy, beat, beat your meat, beer me, no biggie, a bit, to bitch, a bitch, bitchy, bish, resting bitch face, bitching, blah, blasé, to blow it, blowjob, to be blue, bod, boobs, boob job, a boob, book smart, boomerang child, booze, bougie, boys, boy, boy problems, bro, brew/brewskie, brown, buck, bug someone, BS/bullshit, bum, to bum around, to bum something, buns, burn, buzzed, buzzkill, bye Felicia
Dad joke, dank, on a date vs dating, deadbeat, to deck someone, dibs, dick, dicey, dinosaur, someone's digits, dirty, to ditch, a doohickey, a douche, dorky, down to Earth, down there, duck face, dude, to go Dutch, dweeb, dynamite
Earmuffs, eat someone out, edibles, out of your element, epic, extra, eyeball something
Fab, facepalm, fail, fam, fanboy/girl, fauxpology, f-bomb, fender bender, fine, finna, fire, flaky, fleek, to flex, to flirt, to flunk (out), FOMO, food coma, foo, for real, fox, freak flag, freebie, frick, friendzone, friends with benefits, to fuck, to fuck someone over, fuckboy, fuck buddy, fucked up, fuckface, fucking, fucking A, motherfucker, da fuq
A G, a gadget, off your game, gaydar, to get something, geezer, geeky, girl
Gizmo, glitch, GOAT, to goof off, grass, grub, grungy, to guesstimate, to not have the guts, to get with someone, to go all the way with someone, girl crush, girl problems
Hairy, to get your hair done/did, a handful, to hang a left/right, hangry, to hang out, packing heat, helicopter parent, hella, herb, hiccup, hip to something
Hipster, to hit on someone, hoe, holy cow, hood/hoodlum, hooked on something, hookup, hooker, horny, hot, hot pants, hot mess, humongous, hundo, to hurl, hyped, hyper
Ice, to ice someone, icky, ID, ignoramus, ill, to be in, inbred, inside joke, intel, interweb, it is what it is, izzle
Learn: to jack something, to do jack all, to jack up the price, jail bait, a jam, in a jam, a jerk, a jerkoff, to jerk off, only have one job, jock, the john, John Hancock, a joint, the joint, to be jonesing, your junk, junk in the trunk, a junky
Learn: a K, kaput, kicks, just for kicks, to kickback, a kickback, to kick the bucket, to knock something, to knock someone up, knockers, to be a knockout, killer, to be killer, kush/kush coma
Ladies' man, lame, to lead someone on, out of your league, lighten up, lit, to give someone lip, like, literally, lol/lulz, long time no see, get lost, love handles, low key, to luck out with something
Man, the man, mary jane, mind blown, monday morning quarterback, to make waves, man crush, to the max, meathead, melon, melons, mellow, MIA, mumbo jumbo, munchies, MVP
The N-word, your number, number 1, number 2, nasty, neat/neato, to Netflix and chill, nether regions, NSA, NSFW, NSFL, to nuke food, nut, a something nut
O-face, OCD, off the hook, to go off on someone, old school, one hit wonder, to one up someone, onion booty, open relationship, owned
Pad, party pooper, party animal, to take a pass, paws, PE, phat, pickup line, to pick up someone, to pig out, a pig, pimp, to take a piss, piss drunk, to plead the fifth, to earn peanuts
Pissed, plastered, playing around, playa, pocket pool, on point, pot, preggers, pregame, preemie, private parts, projects, to pull something off, pumped up, pussy, to put someone onto something, pwned
Queef, queen, yass queen, queen bee, quicky
Rachet, rack, racket, to make it rain, rando, raspberry, to catch/get some rays, real deal, rekt, to ring someone up, riot, RIP, to rip someone off, rip off, off your rocker, rocket science, on the rocks, rough patch, rubbish, to have the runs
The sack, salty, savage, to score, scruff, to see someone, serious case of something, sext, selfie, scum, shabby, shades
Tough shit, to have the shits, shit to hit the fan, shit faced, for shits and giggles, shit post, the shitter, shook, to shoot some hoops, to shoot your shot, short with someone, to ride shotgun, to show up, shuteye, side boob, silent treatment, skank
To skip, to sleep with someone, slippery slope, slut, smack talk, smash, snail mail, solid, to get some sun, to suck it up, specs, spew, split, to split the bill, to sport something, to have spunk, starter pack, stash
Steezy, stoked, stoner, stoned, straight, street cred, street smarts, to strike out, to stunt, suck, sucky, sugar tits, swag, swamp ass, to not sweat it, sweet
Tacky, take someone on, all talk no walk, thingamajig, threads, tight, tool, your tool, trash, to trash something, trashed, tramp stamp, to trash talk, try-hard, turn off/on, turnt, twerk, twerp
Ugly stick, umpteen, uncle, underdog, underrated, unibrow, upchuck, upskirt, uptight, up to something/anything, up yours
Vag, vanilla, to veg out, to vent, vibes, VIP, to vomit
Wack, to be off the wall, wasted, wet blanket, wheels, whip, whiz, to whizz, to whoop someone's butt, whoopee, wicked, wimpy, to wind down, wingman, woke, woot, to wrap something up, under wraps
XXX, XOXO
Yass, YOLO, young buck, yuppie
Zinger, zonked (out), in the zone
Flirting, a flirt, IRL, side chick/side guy, on the side, slide into DMs, swipe left/right, submarining, thirsty
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