Slangs - American ace He's an ace reporter. very good action Do you know where the action is in this town? excitement airhead My sister's boyfriend is a real airhead. stupid person all wet Your ideas about politics are all wet. completely wrong all-nighter I almost fell asleep during the test after an all-nighter. after studying all night. ammo The gun was useless after the killer ran out of ammo. ammunition antifreeze I really need some antifreeze in me on cold days like this. liquor armpit This town is really an armpit. undesirable place awesome What an awesome sunset. great barf He barfed all over the seat of the airplane. vomited bashed The boat was bashed beyond recognition. crushed beat After working all day I am really beat. exhausted beemer He just bought a new beemer to drive to work in. B.M.W. car bench He was benched during the basketball playoffs. taken out of the game bent It's OK. Don't get so bent. angry bent out of shape Don't get so bent out of shape. become upset big gun The president brought two big guns to the meeting. powerful people big mouth Shut up! You really have a big mouth. talk too much big stink The citizens made a big stink about the new nuclear power station. big issue blade He carried a ten inch blade with him. knife blimp I always seem to have a blimp sitting next to me when I travel. very fat person blow I'm going to blow out of here now. leave blow He blew all his money gambling. Meaninglost blow a fuse Hey, don't blow a fuse. lose your temper. blow one's cool Calm down. Don't blow your cool. become angry blown away I was blown away by his donation of a million dollars. greatly impressed bomb The movie was a bomb. bad bombed The driver of the car was bombed. intoxicated bonkers I think I am going bonkers. gcrazy boo-boo If you make another boo-boo like that, you won't have a job. mistake booze I promised to bring two bottles of booze to the party. alcohol bread I need some bread to pay for my car. money break A lucky break helped him get the job. opportunity break it up Break it up, or I will call the police. stop bring-down The news of the airplane crash was a bring-down. depressing buck Do you have a buck I can borrow? dollar bummed I was really bummed after I heard the news. depressed bummer My trip to New York was a bummer. bad experience bust The whole idea was a bust. failure buy it If you don't slow down, you're going to buy it in a car accident. die call The weatherman made a good call about when the storm would come. prediction can Do you know where the can is? bathroom carb My motorcycle's carb is out of adjustment. carburetor catch some rays I'm going to lie on the beach and catch some rays. get some sunshine. catch some Z's I need to catch some Z's before I go on my trip. get some sleep cheesy That is really a cheesy looking outfit. cheap chicken Don't be a chicken. coward chintzy That really was a chintzy present you got him. cheap chow down I need to find a place to chow down. eat a lot clip Watch out or they will clip you at that bar. cheat clunker I can't go on a date in that clunker. old car cold fish My date for the dance was a cold fish. dull collar I knew they would collar the robber sooner or later. arrest come up for air He has to come up for air or he will die from exhaustion. take a break con Don't try to con me. deceive cool This is a really cool place to work. good cool down Things should cool down in a day or two. calm down cop How did you get the road sign? I copped it. stole cop The cop showed me his badge. policeman couch potato He is a couch potato. lazy person crack open a bottle Let's crack open a bottle for his birthday. open cram I need more time to cram for the test. study hard cream Our team creamed them badly. beat croak I feel like I am going to croak. die cruise The skier was cruising down the hill very fast cuffs He put the cuffs on the killer. handcuffs cushy He has a really cushy job. easy cut Could you cut my whiskey with a little water? dilute cut out It is late. I have to cut out. leave damage Lets get the bill and find out the damage. Meaningcost dead This disco is really dead tonight. Meaningquiet deck He was decked in the fight. Meaningknocked down deep pockets Her boyfriend has deep pockets. Meaningis a good source of money dicey Since the weather is a little dicey, I won't go today. Meaningchancy dirty I hear that it's a dirty movie. an obscene ditch I'll ditch my younger brother with my grandmother. leave do a snow job on Don't try to do a snow job on me. deceive dope He is such a dope. stupid person dope There are a lot of dope dealers around here. drug dork He is such a dork. strange person dough I need some dough before I can go Christmas shopping. money down Let's go to a bar and down a few beers. drink quickly drag Doing homework on the weekend is a drag. boring dynamite This drink is really dynamite. powerful; great earful My grandmother gave me an earful about the neighborhood. a lot of gossip easy mark The Japanese are an easy mark because they usually carry cash. likely victims eat The problem is really eating away at me. bothering excellent That's excellent man. fine face-off The two sides were headed for a nasty face-off. confrontation far-out This music is really far-out. great fix The addict needs another fix. dose of drugs flaky He is too flaky to do the work. unreliable flashback At the wedding he had a flashback of his old girlfriend. remembered flick I haven't seen a flick in a long time. movie flip out He flipped out when he heard that his mother had been killed. lost control flip side What kind of music do you have on the flip side of the tape? other side fox His older sister is a fox. very attractive foxy She is a foxy lady. sexy freebie The pillow was a freebie free get into something I got into gardening in high school. became seriously interested in get it I listened to the joke twice, but I still don't get it. understand get with it If you don't get with it, we will never finish this work. hurry up gig I have a gig on Saturday night from 7:00 to 10:00. job glitch This computer program has a glitch. defect glitzy This is a pretty glitzy hotel to be staying in. fashionable go Let me have a go at solving the problem. try go bananas I am going to go bananas if I don't have a vacation soon. go crazy go down What is going down? happening goof I am really a goof at times. fool goof up I really goofed up when I painted my room green. made a serious mistake goofy You are always acting goofy these days. silly gourd Use your gourd to figure out what is happening. head grand His salary is twenty grand. thousand dollars grass Lots of students smoke grass in the dormitory. marijuana gravy This job is pure gravy. easy money groovy This music is groovy. pleasant gross Picking your nose is really a gross habit. disgusting gross-out The party was a gross-out. digusting time grub Where is the best place to get some grub around here? food grubby Those clothes are too grubby to wear to the party. unclean and untidy grungy That is a really grungy jacket. dirty gut He got shot in the gut. stomach gut The gut issue is about what we are going to do now. basic guts It takes a lot of guts to give the boss your true opinion. courage hairy That was a hairy plane trip. I am glad the storm is over. dangerous hammer Put the hammer to the floor or we will be late for the wedding. accelerator hang it up I have decided to hang up my teaching job. quit hang loose Just hang loose for another few days. relax hang tough We need to hang tough on our decision. stick with hardware The police were surprised by all the hardware the gang members had. weapons have a buzz on I had a buzz on after the third martini. was slightly intoxicated have good vibes I have good vibes about our new secretary. feel good about have it all together Recently I don't have it all together. feel mentally all there. heave I heaved up on the floor. vomited high The teenagers look high to me. intoxicated on drugs or alcohol hip-shooter He is such a hip-shooter. always talking without thinking history I don't have any idea where my old boyfriend is. He's history. something in the past hit Your proposal was a hit with the boss. successful hole up I had to hole up for three days because the police were looking for me. hide honcho The honcho says that we are going to have to give up two days of our vacation. boss hooker Her clothes make her look like a hooker. prostitute hot The police stopped them because they thought the car was hot. stolen huffy I will do it soon so please don't get huffy. angry hungry If you are not hungry, you won't get ahead in the business. eager to make money hustle If you don't hustle, we will be late again. hurry up hyped The fans were all hyped up for the football game. excited hyper Don't get hyper about what she told you. You know it isn't true. over excited I.D. Can you show me some I.D. please? identification in The tie you are wearing is really in. fashionable in deep They are really in deep with each other. deeply involved in the bag Everything is in the bag. There is nothing to worry about. settled intense This is a very intense situation we are discussing. serious jam I am glad you got yourself out of that jam. trouble jerk someone around Recently it seems like everyone is jerking me around. wasting my time and causing me trouble jock My roommate is a jock for the basketball team. an athlete john The john really smells. bathroom joint Where is the closest joint to here. cheap bar joint He is good at rolling joints. marijuana cigarettes junkie Sam is a junkie. drug addict just off the boat He acts like he is just off the boat. naive keep one's cool He kept his cool when his house burned down. remained calm kegger I hear there is a kegger at John's house tonight. beer party kick I get a kick out of watching him paint. enjoy klutz He is a real klutz. stupid and clumsy person knock Don't knock it if you can't do it any better. criticize knocked up My dog gets knocked up once a year. pregnant knockout Who was that knockout I saw you with last Friday? stunning person knuckle sandwich Shut up or I'll give you a knuckle sandwich. punch in the mouth kook Watch out for all the kooks in this neighborhood. strange people laid-back You need to be more laid-back. calm and relaxed lame That is really a lame excuse. an inadequate line I have heard that line a million times. story loser John is a loser. annoying and useless love handles I exercise every day, but I can't get rid of these love handles. rolls of fat around my stomach make waves Try not to make waves around the office. cause trouble maxed out I am maxed out at my work and need to rest. exhausted mean He plays a mean violin. performs well on mega I have mega amounts of tomatoes in my garden this summer. large megabucks He made megabucks when he sold his company. a lot of money mellow You need to mellow out and enjoy life. calm down and relax meltdown There has been a meltdown in the relationship between my parents and me. total collapse mickey mouse The homework the teacher gave us was mickey mouse. nonsense and a waste of time move on someone I am going to try to move on Sarah next Saturday. pick up and seduce mush That is total mush and you know it. nonesense nark Watch out for the narks in the airport. drug police neat That was a neat idea that you had. good negative There are too many negatives about the company merger. bad things nick The police nicked the shoplifter as he was leaving the store. arrested nip He took a nip out of the bottle. a quick drink no sweat It's no sweat to have the report in to you by Monday. no problem nuke I'll nuke our dinner in a few minutes. heat up in the microwave nuke Does that attack plane have any nukes? nuclear weapons nut I think that he is a nut. crazy person nuts You are completely nuts if you think I will go with you. crazy pad Have you found a pad yet? a place to live pain in the neck My wife's best friend is a pain in the neck. annoying paper-pusher My office is filled with paper-pushers. bureaucratic office workers party animal You're too old to be a party animal. love parties party-hearty We need to party-hearty because we just got a raise in salary. celebrate paw Get your paws off of my body. hands peanuts I am not going to work for peanuts. practically no money pickled He gets pickled after only one beer. intoxicated piece of cake Working on a computer for me is a piece of cake. easy to do pig He is a pig at parties. eats too much pig out Let's go to the restaurant and pig out. eat a lot or overeat pit stop Let's make a pit stop at the next rest area. stop and go to the bathroom plastered He drinks too much and is always plastered on the weekend. intoxicated pooped out He pooped out after we started to do the hard work. quit pop Shut up or I will pop you. hit pop for something It is my turn to pop for the doughnuts. buy pro He is really a pro at his work. professional prod Can you give me a gentle prod next week so I won't forget? reminder psyched up The players are really psyched up for the game on Friday. mentally ready psycho She is a psycho. She should be in a hospital. mentally ill puke I feel like I am going to puke. vomit push off I am going to push off now. leave put the moves on You should give up trying to put the moves on her. She is married. seduce put-on It was an elaborate put-on which I almost believed. deception quarterback Who is going to quarterback the meeting? lead quick buck I need to make a quick buck. some easy money rack I have to hit the rack by ten or I'll be tired in the morning. bed rack out I am going to rack out for two hours. sleep racket There sure was a lot of racket outside last night. noise rag I can't believe we still get this same old rag. newspaper rap We need to sit down and rap about a few things. talk about rathole When are you going to be able to move out of that rathole? run down place raw The raw office workers were not getting much done. new ream someone out The boss really reamed him out for his bad report. got angry with him red hot Your idea is really red hot. important repo Hey, don't repo my car. I will pay next week. repossess rinky-dink The circus was really rinky-dink. Meaning riot The comedy program was a real riot. funny road hog That driver is a road hog. takes up too much of the road rocks Would you like your whiskey on the rocks? with ice rough time We have had a rough time this winter. hard time rug Is that a rug on his head? wig rug rat My sister has three rug rats. children rule My wife rules the house. dominates run off at the mouth He is always running off at the mouth. talking too much run out of gas The politician ran out of gas during the campaign. lost interest or momentum sack When did you hit the sack last night? go to bed scam Don't lose your money in some kind of scam. swindle scarf Since he hadn't eaten in a week, he scarfed down everything on his plate. ate quickly schmuck What a stupid schmuck. jerk screw around If you screw around all day at this work, you will have to come back again. waste time screw up If you screw up one more time, I will fire you. make a mistake sharp He is very sharp with numbers intelligent shot I'll give the puzzle another shot. try shot down Everyone shot down my idea at first, but later agreed that it was a good idea. disagreed with slammer The police threw them both in the slammer. jail smashed Try not to get smashed at the beer party. intoxicated smoke eater My father is a smoke eater. fireman split It is time to split and go see the movie. Meaningleave spook The cows were spooked by the howling of the wolves. frightened spud Do you want rice or spuds for dinner? potatoes square My father looks square in his jacket. old-fashioned steamed up Don't get so steamed up over the issue. angry stink This whole operation stinks. is repulsive straight I want you to give me a straight answer. honest stressed I am really stressed by all the recent world events. upset sucker Don't be a sucker. be deceived take a hike I am tired of all your complaining. Take a hike. leave taken He was taken for all his money at the casino. cheated out of taking care of business I have been taking care of business. doing what I have to do threads Those look like expensive threads he is wearing. clothes tool around I don't want to tool around all night. It is time to go home. drive around totaled My car was totaled in the accident with the garbage truck. completely wrecked up He has been up ever since he met his new girlfriend. happy and cheerful up for grabs This is a sale. Everything is up for grabs. available. veg out I want to veg out in front of the television this evening. relax and do nothing vibes He really gives off good vibes. feelings wad You don't want to carry a wad like that with you in the big city. bundle of money waste After you waste him, throw the body in the river. kill wheels If you let me borrow your wheels, I'll go out and buy a pizza. car whiz He is a whiz at the computer. talented person wired I am really wired after drinking five cups of coffee. alert wussy Don't be such a wussy all the time. Say what you are thinking. weak person yukky This food tastes yukky bad zapped I am too zapped to help you right now. exhausted zip nothing home