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English Slang
If you want to understand the street English spoken around the world, then you need to understand English slang. On this site you will find some of what might be considered the most essential slang.- ace: excellent, great.
- awesome: great and impressive.
- char/cha: tea.
- cheesy: cheap; lacking in good taste.
- chicken: coward.
- ciggy: slang for cigarette.
- cool: excellent; superb.
- couch potato: a person who watches too much television.
- doodle: something that’s easy / no problem.
- dynamite: powerful; excellent.
- dinosaur: something out of date or old fashioned.
- evil: great; excellent.
- get it: to understand something.
- goofy: silly.
- hang a left: make a left turn.
- hang a right: make a right turn.
- make waves: cause problems.
- mate: friend
- mickey-mouse: unimportant; time-wasting.
- nut: odd or crazy person.
- pig out: eat too much.
- screw up: to make a mistake.
- Yank: an American.
- zero: an unimportant person.