Category: English Vocabulary

“My amigo!”

Slang of the day:  amigo

Meaning:  This is a spanish word meaning friend that we use in English quite often.

Usage:  Oh, amigo!  How have you been.

Dialog:

Fred:  Hey Charlie! What’s up?

Charlie:  Amigo!!! How have you been?

“Wow, look at that kid. He’s a real pro at soccer.”

Slang of the day:  pro

Meaning:  someone who is really good at something – a professional

Usage:  I can’t believe what a great ping pong player you are.  You’re such a pro.

Dialog:

Doug – Wanna play football with me?

Tim – I don’t know.  You are so good at it.  I won’t have a chance.

Doug – I’ve seen you play too.  You’re a pro at it!

“$224?  What a rip-off!  That shirt doesn’t even look that great.”

Slang of the day:  rip-off

Meaning:  something that is overpriced (too expensive)

Usage:  I wanted to buy those cool shades, but they were 500 dollars!  A total rip-off!

Dialog:

Brian – Hey Yvonne, I like your new shirt.

Yvonne – Thanks.  It only cost me 200 Euros.

Brian – Wow, you totally got ripped-off.

Yvonne – Really? You think so?  *sigh*

“I’m so cool in my new shades!”

Slang of the day:  shades

Meaning:  sunglasses

Usage:  It’s so sunny outside.  I need to find my shades and wear them today.

Dialog:

Tim – How do you like my new shades?

Sue – Wow, how much did they cost?  They look expensive.

Tim – It doesn’t matter.  There is no price too big for the coolness that these glasses give me!

Sue – Right…

Here’s your weekly post about slang!

nutty

To be crazy in an eccentric way.

That nutty professor is something else. Yesterday, he came to class in his PJs.

cheesy

Although this can mean that something has a lot of cheese on it, it also has a slang meaning as well. It means something lacks taste and cheap.

Did you see what Nicole was wearing? It is so cheesy, maybe she should take it back to the store and get her money back.

cranky

This is used to describe when someone is in a bad mood.

My husband was so cranky after he found out that I drank the last beer.

to make waves

This means someone is causing problems on purpose.

Did she have to make waves? Did she really need to tell Sally what I said about her? I just said that her outfit wasn’t that stylish.

Here’s a little slang for you…

zit

This is slang for a pimple. Teens use it a lot, but really anyone can use this word.
Ugggghh, I can’t believe I got a zit -today of all days.

umpteen

This means many or a lot.
This is the umpteenth time I had told you to take out the trash. So, do it!

catch some rays

This means to go outside in the sun.
Wanna come to my house? We can hang out at my pool and catch some rays.

mellow out

This means to relax or calm down.
Dude, you so need to mellow out!!!

Food – everyone loves it and everyone needs it.  Here are 8 different fun ways to say food in English.

grub

Where’s the grub? I’m ready to eat!

chow

You can use this as a noun or a verb.
Did you make the chow yet? I’m ready to chow down!!!

slop

This word is usually a little negative when used to talk about human food because it is the food you feed to pigs.
What slop is that? It tastes like something pigs should eat.

takeout (or take-out)

This refers to food that you take away from a restaurant and then eat at home.
Let’s go to that Chinese food restaurant down the street and get some take out.

home cooking

I can’t wait to go home to visit my mom tonight. I’m ready for some home cooking!!!

fast food

Let’s go to Micky D’s and grab some fast food.

provisions

This word means the supplies that are necessary (especially food).
Don’t worry everyone, I brought the provisions.

groceries

This is the food you buy from the supermarket.
I need to go to the supermarket and buy some groceries.

It’s Wednesday, as promised, I’m going to make a post about some useful slang words.

 

bazillion

This is a huge number of something.
My son dropped the bag of candy and a bazillion pieces fell all over the floor.

biggie

This is something that is important.
It’s no biggie that you couldn’t make it to my party.

party

This means to celebrate.
Let’s go party tonight and hit all of the clubs!

rugrat

This is a small child.
I’m sorry I can’t go out tonight. I have to watch my rugrats.

There are oodles and oodles of various ways to say hello in English.  Here are my top 10 ways to say it.

1.  hi!

It’s plain, simple and to the point

2.  hey (or hey there)

I think I use this way to say hello more than any other way.  It’s very informal.

3.  what’s up? (or wazzup, or s’up)

You may have wondered how you answer this question. You can either say, ‘nothing much,” say what you are doing or just ask it right back without answering it.

4.  how’s it going?

I use this one quite often with my friends.

5.  yo!

I like using this too when I’m being silly.

6.  howdy!

Texan all the way. Yeehaw!!!

7.  what’s cookin’?

You can even take this further and say, “What’s cookin’, good lookin?”  I wouldn’t use this unless I was saying it to a close friend and trying to be funny.

8.  what’s shakin’?

I wouldn’t use this one either unless I said it to a friend and was trying to be funny.

9.  how are you doing today?

This is used a lot.  It’s nice, polite and very friendly.

10.  good morning or good evening

You could use either of these; however, I don’t hear people say good evening as much as good morning.