English Slang - letter Z

Slang	Definition	Usage
zapped	exhausted	I am too zapped to help you right now.
zero	unimportant person	That guy is a zero.
zip	nothing	He knew zip about running the company.
zip	energy	She drank some coffee to give her more zip.
zit	pimple	There was a new zit on her face this morning.
zonked out	fell asleep	I zonked out as soon as I got home last night.

English Slang - letter Y

Slang	Definition	Usage
yakety-yak	talk about unimportant things	My friends yakety-yak whenever they get together.
yank	bother	You need to quit trying to yank me.
Yank	an American	Maybe you should not act like a Yank when you go to Japan.
yes-man	person who does anything to gain approval	Everyone in the office know he is a yes-man.
yukky	bad	This food tastes yukky.

English Slang - letter X

Slang	Definition	Usage
None

English Slang - letter W

Slang	Definition	Usage
wad	bundle of money	You don't want to carry a wad like that with you in the big city.
waste	kill	After you waste him, throw the body in the river.
wheels	car	If you let me borrow your wheels, I'll go out and buy a pizza.
white bread	boring	This class is definitely white bread.
whiz	talented person	He is a whiz at the computer.
whiz	urinate	I really have to whiz.
wimp	weak person	You are such a wimp.
winks	sleep	I think that you should get some winks.
wired	alert	I am really wired after drinking five cups of coffee.
wuss	weak person	Don't be such a wuss all the time. Say what you are thinking.

English Slang - letter V

Slang	Definition	Usage
vanilla	plain	Her car is really vanilla.
veg out	relax and do nothing	I want to veg out in front of the television this evening.
vibes	feelings	He really gives off good vibes.

English Slang - letter U

Slang	Definition	Usage
umpteen	countless	You bought umpteen pairs of shoes this year.
uncle	you quit	If you say uncle, this fight is over.
up	happy and cheerful	He has been up ever since he met his new girlfriend.
upchuck	vomit	He had to upchuck because he drank too much alcohol.
uptight	anxious	Try not to be uptight about your new job.

English Slang - letter T

Slang	Definition	Usage
the runs	diarrhea	That greasy food gave her the runs.
thou	thousand dollars	His salary is thirty thou.
threads	clothes	Those look like expensive threads she is wearing.
tints	sunglasses	These are an expensive pair of tints.
to the max	a lot	She studied to the max for this exam.
totaled	completely wrecked	My car was totaled in the accident with the garbage truck.
totally	completely	That car is totally awesome.
turkey	failure	The business plan was a turkey.
turkey	stupid person	The new employee is such a turkey.

English Slang - letter S

Slang	Definition	Usage
sack	go to bed	When did you hit the sack last night?
scam	swindle	Don't lose your money in some kind of scam.
scarf	eat	He plans to scarf a lot of food at the buffet.
scarf down	eat	He plans to scarf down a lot of food at the buffet.
schmuck	stupid person	What a schmuck.
scum	awful person	You should not associate with that kind of scum.
see ya	See you	See ya tomorrow then.
shades	sunglasses	These are an expensive pair of shades.
shot	try	I'll give the puzzle another shot.
silks	clothes	You must have bought those silks at an expensive store.
slammer	jail	The police threw the criminal in the slammer.
smarts	intelligence	She really has a lot of smarts.
smashed	intoxicated	Try not to get smashed at the beer party.
smoke eater	fire fighter	My brother is a smoke eater.
smurf brain	stupid person	You are acting like a smurf brain.
snookered	cheated	He got snookered when he bought that used car.
sofa spud	lazy person	He is a sofa spud.
solid	good	Our relationship is really solid.
solid	consecutive	It has been raining for eight solid days.
specs	eyeglasses	Those must be really expensive specs.
split	leave	It's time to split and go see the movie.
spook	frightened	The cows were spooked by the howling of the wolves.
spot me	lend me	Hey, can you spot me a couple of bucks?
spuds	potatoes	Do you want rice or spuds for dinner?
spunk	energy and determination	She really has a lot of spunk.
square	old fashioned	My brother looks square in his jacket.
stink	is not good	The idea stinks.
stoned	drugged	He got really stoned on marijuana.
straight	honest	I want you to give me a straight answer.
street smart	knowledgeable about city life	He is really street smart.
stressed	upset	I am really stressed by all the recent world events.
sucker	easily deceived	Don't be a sucker.
sucks	is awful and unacceptable	This class really sucks.

English Slang - letter R

Slang	Definition	Usage
rack	bed	I have to hit the rack by ten or I'll be tired in the morning.
rack out	sleep	I am going to rack out for two hours.
racket	noise	There sure was a lot of racket outside last night.
racket	dishonest and deceptive	The drug trade is a racket.
racket	occupation	I really want to know your racket.
radical	great	I think that's a radical idea.
rag	newspaper	I can't believe we still get this same old rag.
rap	talk	We need to sit down and rap about a few things.
rank	give a difficult time to	Try not to rank the teacher.
rat	despicable person	He is such a rat.
rat hole	awful place	When are you going to move out of that rat hole?
raw	new	The raw office workers were not getting much done.
razz	annoy	She really likes to razz her boyfriend.
rear end	buttocks	He fell on his rear end.
red hot	great	Your idea is really red hot.
repo	repossess	Hey, don't repo my car. I will pay next week.
rinky dink	small and not that good	The circus was really rinky dink.
riot	funny	The comedy program was a riot.
road hog	takes up a lot or room on the road	That driver is a road hog.
rocking	great	This party is really rocking.
rubbish	lies	That story is total rubbish.
rug	wig	Is that a rug on his head?
rule	dominate	His wife likes to rule the house.
rug rat	child	She has a rug rat at home.

English Slang - letter Q

Slang	Definition	Usage
quarterback	lead	Who is going to quarterback the meeting?
quick buck	easy money	I need to make a quick buck.

English Slang - letter P

Slang	Definition	Usage
pad	place to live	Have you found a pad yet?
paper pushers	bureaucratic office workers	My office is filled with paper pushers.
party	have fun	I really want to party with you tonight.
party animal	someone who loves parties	My friend is a party animal.
paws	hands	Get your paws off of my homework.
peanuts	practically no money	I am not going to work for peanuts.
pee	urinate	I really have to pee.
pickled	intoxicated	He gets pickled after only one beer.
pig	eats too much	He is a pig at parties.
pig out	eat a lot	Let's go to the restaurant and pig out.
piss	urinate	I really have to piss.
pissed off	angry	She got really pissed off at him.
pit stop	stop and go to the bathroom	Let's make a pit stop at the next rest area.
plastered	intoxicated	He drinks too much and is always plastered.
plastic	credit card	Maybe it is better to use plastic to pay for the classes.
poop	excrement	Try not to step on the poop.
poop	information	I think that she has the poop about the new office.
poop out	get tired and quit	He tends to poop out after about an hour.
pop	hit	Shut up or I will pop you.
pot	toilet	You have been sitting on the pot for thirty minutes.
pot	marijuana	Lots of students smoke pot in the dormitory.
pro	professional	He is really a pro at his work.
prod	reminder	Can you give me a gentle prod next week so I won't forget?
psycho	mentally ill person	She is a psycho and should be in a mental institution.
puke	vomit	I feel like I am going to puke.
puss	face	She hit him on the puss.
pussy	coward	You are acting like such a pussy.

English Slang - letter O

Slang	Definition	Usage
oddball	unusual person	He is an oddball and nobody at his company likes to work with him.
OK	good	That idea is OK.
okay	good	That idea is okay.

English Slang - letter N

Slang	Definition	Usage
nark	drug police	Watch out for the narks in the airport.
neat	good	That was a neat idea that you had.
negatives	bad things	There are too many negatives about the company merger.
nicked	arrested	The police nicked the shoplifter as he was leaving the store.
nip	quick drink	He took a nip out of the bottle.
no biggie	not important	He could not finish his homework but it is no biggie.
noid	paranoid person	Try not to be such a noid.
nuke	heat it up in the microwave	I'll nuke it for a few minutes.
nuke	nuclear	They're building another nuke power plant in the next town.
nuke	destroy	She really did not mean to nuke his report.
nut	crazy person	I think that he is a nut.
nut	an enthusiastic person	She is a nut about fashion.
nuts	crazy	You are completely nuts if you think I will go with you.
nuts	testicles	He got hit in the nuts during the game.

English Slang - letter M

Slang	Definition	Usage
mega	large	I have mega amounts of tomatoes in my garden this summer.
megabucks	a lot of money	He made megabucks when he sold his company.
meltdown	breakdown	There has been a meltdown in their relationship.
mickey mouse	nonsense and waste of time	The homework the teacher gave us was mickey mouse.
monkey bite	kiss bite mark	She came to school with a monkey bite on her neck.
mush	nonsense	That is total mush and you know it.

English Slang - letter L

Slang	Definition	Usage
lame	an inadequate	That is really a lame excuse.
later	See you later	We can eat dinner together tonight. Later.
line	story	I have heard that line a million times.
lip	disrespectful talk	The students are usually giving the teacher lip.
loser	annoying and useless	John is a loser.
love handles	fat around my waist	I exercise every day, but I can't get rid of these love handles.

English Slang - letter K

Slang	Definition	Usage
K	thousand dollars	His salary is thirty K.
kegger	beer party	There is supposed to be a kegger at John's house tonight.
kick back	relax	I think that we should kick back at the park today.
kickback	money paid illegally for favorable treatment	The company received a kickback from the politician during the recent elections.
kick off	die	It looks like the old parrot is ready to kick off.
killer	great	Your new handbag is killer.
klutz	clumsy person	He is a real klutz.
knock	criticize	Don't knock it until you have tried it.
knockout	stunning person	Who was that knockout I saw you with last Friday?
knuckle sandwich	punch in the mouth	Shut up or I'll give you a knuckle sandwich.
kook	strange person	That guy is a real kook.

English Slang - letter J

Slang	Definition	Usage
jack around	waste time	All you do is jack around every day.
jam	trouble	I am glad you got yourself out of that jam.
jam	play music	I really like to jam with this jazz group.
jamming	good	This concert is really jamming.
jerk	stupid person	That guy is such a jerk.
jillion	an infinite number of	She can eat a jillion cookies.
jock	an athlete	My roommate is a jock for the basketball team.
john	toilet	The john really smells.
joint	bar	Where is the closest joint to here.
joint	marijuana cigarettes	He is good at rolling joints.
junkie	drug addict	Sam is a junkie.

English Slang - letter I

Slang	Definition	Usage
icky	unpleasant	The food at this restaurant is really icky.
I.D.	identification	Can you show me some I.D. please?
idiot box	television set	He always sits in front of the idiot box and never gets any work done.
in	fashionable	The tie you are wearing is really in.
intense	serious	This is a very intense situation we are discussing.
ivories	teeth	She has has really beautiful ivories.

English Slang - letter H

Slang	Definition	Usage
hairy	dangerous	That was a hairy plane trip. I am glad the storm is over.
hammer	car accelerator	Put the hammer to the floor or we will be late for the wedding.
hang	spend time	I think that we should hang at the beach today.
hardware	weapons	The police were surprised by all the hardware the gang members had.
hassle	inconvenience	Registering for classes is a hassle.
head	toilet	I really need to use the head.
heave	vomit	He tried not to heave on the floor.
hep	sensible	She is really hep.
hickey	kiss bite mark	She came to school with a hickey on her neck.
high	on drugs or alcohol	The teenagers look like they are high to me.
hip	fashionable	He really tries to be hip.
hip shooter	talking without thinking type of person	He is such a hip shooter.
history	someone in the past	I don't even think about my old boyfriend. He's history.
hit	popular	Your proposal was a hit with the boss.
hit	go to	I'm going to hit the park tomorrow and do some hiking.
hit me	lend me	Can you hit me another ten dollars?
honcho	boss	The honcho says that we are going to have an office meeting.
hooker	prostitute	Her clothes make her look like a hooker.
horny	sexually stimulated	She said that he gets even more horny during spring.
hot	popular	She is really hot at the college.
hot	sexy	I think Halle Berry is really hot.
hot	stolen	The police stopped them because they thought the car was hot.
huffy	angry	I will do it soon so please don't get huffy.
hungry	eager	You need to be hungry to get ahead in the business.
hustle	hurry	If you don't hustle, we will be late again.
hyped	excited	The fans were all hyped for the football game.
hyper	excited	Try not to get hyper.
humungous	really big	American stores are humungous.

English Slang - letter G

Slang	Definition	Usage
G.E.	general education	Last semester some of my G.E. classes were pretty tough.
gee whiz	Oh	Gee whiz! Are we really going to go to go to Disneyland?
geek	unattractive and unpopular person	That guy over there is a geek.
get naked	relax and have a good time	I think that we should get naked tonight.
getup	costume	She wore a crazy getup to the party.
gig	job	I have a gig on Saturday night from 4:00 to 8:00.
glitch	defect	This computer program has a glitch.
glitzy	fashionable	This is a pretty glitzy hotel to be staying in.
go	try	Let me have a go at solving the problem.
go bananas	go insane	I am going to go bananas if I don't have a vacation soon.
going down	happening	What is going down?
gomer	stupid person	You are such a gomer.
goof	fool	He is really a goof at times.
goof	mistake	He made a really big goof at work.
goofed up	made a mistake	I really goofed up when I painted my room green.
goofy	silly	You are always acting goofy these days.
goof off	waste time	He seems to like to goof off at work.
goof off	person who wastes time	He is such a goof off at work.
gourd	head	Use your gourd to figure out what is happening.
grabbers	hands	You should wash your grabbers before you eat.
grand	thousand dollars	His salary is thirty grand.
grass	marijuana	Lots of students smoke grass in the dormitory.
gravy	easy money	This job is gravy.
groovy	good	This music is groovy.
gross	disgusting	Picking your nose is really a gross habit.
gross out	awful time	The party was a gross out.
grub	food	Where is the best place to get some grub around here?
grubby	unclean and untidy	Those clothes are too grubby to wear to the party.
grungy	dirty	That is a really grungy jacket.
gut	stomach	He got hit in the gut.
gut	basic	The gut issue is about what we are going to do now.
guts	courage	It takes a lot of guts to give the boss your true opinion.