American slang collection

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AMERICAN SLANG COLLECTION
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· ace
· He's an ace reporter.
· MEANING: very good
· action
· Do you know where the action is in this town?
· MEANING: excitement
· airhead
· My sister's boyfriend is a real airhead.
· MEANING: stupid person
· all wet
· Your ideas about politics are allwet.
· MEANING: completely wrong
· all-nighter
· I almost fell asleep during the test after an
all-nighter.
· MEANING: after studying all night.
· ammo
· The gun was useless after the killer ran out of
ammo.
· MEANING: ammunition
· antifreeze
· I really need some antifreeze in me on cold days
like this.
· MEANING: liquor
· armpit
· This town is really an armpit.
· MEANING: undesirable place
· awesome
· What an awesome sunset.
· MEANING: great
· bad
· Wow, that was really a bad movie.
· MEANING: intense
· barf
· He barfed all over the seat of the airplane.
· MEANING: vomitted
· bashed
· The boat was bashed beyond recognition.
· MEANING: crushed
· beat
· After working all day I am really beat.
· MEANING: exhausted
· beemer
· He just bought a new beemer to drive to work in.
· MEANING: B.M.W. car
· bench
· He was benched during the basketball playoffs.
· MEANING: taken out of the game
· bent
· It's OK. Don't get so bent.
· MEANING: angry
· bent out of shape
· Don't get so bent out of shape.
· MEANING: become upset
· big gun
· The president brought two big guns to the meeting.
· MEANING: powerful people
· big mouth
· Shut up! You really have a big mouth.
· MEANING: talk too much
· big stink
· The citizens made a big stink about the new nuclear
power station.
· MEANING: big issue
· blade
· He carried a ten inch blade with him.
· MEANING: knife
· blimp
· I always seem to have a blimp sitting next to me
when I travel.
· MEANING: very fat person
· blow
· I'm going to blow out of here now.
· MEANING: leave
· blow
· He blew all his money gambling.
· MEANING: lost
· blow a fuse
· Hey, don't blow a fuse.
· MEANING: lose your temper.
· blow one's cool
· Calm down. Don't blow your cool.
· MEANING: become angry
· blown away
· Iwas blown away by his donation of a million
dollars.
· MEANING: greatly impressed
· bomb
· The movie was a bomb.
· MEANING: bad