500+ American Slang | Spoken English Vocabulary Course from Udemy

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Learning objectives

Dominate english conversation
Use and understand native level (c2) spoken english

Never be confused watching tv, reading, or talking with natives
Advanced vocabulary

Dominate english conversation
Use and understand native level (c2) spoken english
Never be confused watching tv, reading, or talking with natives
Advanced vocabulary

Syllabus

Intro, About, How to Succeed

How course is organized

About live lectures

What slang topics to focus on?

Most difficult topics?

Example Slang: The 5-0

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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: 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

A Review

B Slang

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

B Part 2

B Part 3

B Review

C-note, cold shoulder, couch potato, to chat someone up, chick, to cop a feel, canned, to take a chill pill, to cock block, to clown, cold one, to creep, to lose your cool, cheesy, AND MORE!

C 1

C 2

C Review

New C Slang (Part 3)

To have a dirty mind, dank, duck face, douche/douchebag, dibs, dorky, deadbeat, to deck someone, dick, dynamite, dicey, down to Earth, dating vs on a date, digits, to ditch, doohickey, AND MORE!

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

D Review

Extra, edibles, to eat someone out, to eyeball something, epic, earmuffs, out of your element

Earmuffs, eat someone out, edibles, out of your element, epic, extra, eyeball something

E Review

Flaky, da fuq, fuckbuddy, fam, fucking/fucking a, for real, F-bomb, fender bender, fine, foo, fail/tofail/epic fail, finna, fire/on fire, fab, to flex on someone, FOMO, friendzone, fox, AND MORE!

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

F Part 2

F Review

G Slang

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

G Review

H Slang

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

H Review

I Slang

Ice, to ice someone, icky, ID, ignoramus, ill, to be in, inbred, inside joke, intel, interweb, it is what it is, izzle

I Review

J Slang

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

J Review

K Slang

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

K Review

L Slang

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

L Review

M Slang

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

M Review

N Slang

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

N Review

O Slang

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

O Review

P Slang

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

P Review

Q Slang

Queef, queen, yass queen, queen bee, quicky

Q Review

R Slang

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

R Review

S Slang

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

S Review 1

S Review 2

T Slang

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

T Review

U Slang

Ugly stick, umpteen, uncle, underdog, underrated, unibrow, upchuck, upskirt, uptight, up to something/anything, up yours

U Review

V Slang

Vag, vanilla, to veg out, to vent, vibes, VIP, to vomit

V Review

W Slang

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

W Review

X Slang

XXX, XOXO

X Review

Y Slang

Yass, YOLO, young buck, yuppie

Y Review

Z Slang

Zinger, zonked (out), in the zone

Z Review

Backburner, breadcrumbing, lead someone on, catfishing, hatfishing, cuffing season, deep like, creeping, fling

Dating part 1

Flirting, a flirt, IRL, side chick/side guy, on the side, slide into DMs, swipe left/right, submarining, thirsty

Good to know

Know what's good

, what to watch for

, and possible dealbreakers

Helps learners master English conversation, which supports communication in a global context

Teaches slang terms that are highly relevant in informal situations, which supports comprehension of everyday conversations

Taught by experienced instructors with deep understanding of English as a global language

Includes a video dictionary of 500 slang words, which allows for quick reference

Covers a diverse range of topics relevant to everyday conversations, which aids in developing fluency

Requires learners to have prior knowledge in English, making it more suitable for intermediate or advanced learners

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Activities

Be better prepared before your course. Deepen your understanding during and after it. Supplement your coursework and achieve mastery of the topics covered in 500+ American Slang | Spoken English Vocabulary Course with these activities:

Create a list of English slang you already know

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Get a sense of the slang you already know and what you need to focus on.

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Create a new document and title it 'English slang I know'.
Think back on conversations or media you have consumed in English.
Write down any slang terms that come to your mind.

Watch 3 YouTube videos on the history of slang

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Gain a deeper understanding of the origins and evolution of slang.

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Search for YouTube videos on the history of slang.
Select 3 videos to watch.
Take notes on the key points from each video.

Complete interactive vocabulary quiz on Quizlet

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Test your understanding of the vocabulary and learn new words.

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Go to Quizlet.com and search for the quizlet set 'English slang'.
Start the quiz and complete all the exercises.

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Join the class discussion forum

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Expose yourself to different uses of slang and get feedback from your peers.

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Go to the class discussion forum.
Read through the existing discussions.
Participate in a discussion or start a new one.

Read 'Thank You for Arguing' by Jay Heinrichs

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Develop your persuasive communication skills to enhance your use of slang effectively.

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Purchase or borrow a copy of 'Thank You for Arguing'.
Read the book and take notes.
Apply the concepts you learn to your use of slang.

Create a dialogue using the slang you've learned

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Practice using the slang you've learned and receive feedback from your instructor.

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Choose a topic for your dialogue.
Write a dialogue that incorporates the slang you've learned.
Submit your dialogue to your instructor for feedback.

Contribute to an open-source project related to slang

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Make a meaningful contribution to the understanding and documentation of slang.

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Identify an open-source project related to slang.
Review the project's documentation and code.
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Submit your contribution for review.

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