E N G L I S H (Hà's Collection)

Glossary of American Slang

Glossary: danh sách các từ khó hoặc từ chuyên môn trong một quyển sách cùng với định nghĩa của chúng; bảng chú giải thuật ngữ

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ace (very good). He's an ace reporter.

action (excitement). Where is the action?

airhead (stupid person). My brother is a real airhead.

all wet (completely wrong). Your ideas are all wet.

all-nighter (studying all night). I fell asleep after an all-nighter.

ammo (ammunition). The gun ran out of ammo.

antifreeze (liquor). I need some antifreeze on cold nights.

armpit (undesirable place). That town is the armpit of America.

awesome (great). What an awesome sunset.

bad (intense). Wow, that was really a bad movie.

barf (vomited). He barfed all over the seat of the airplane.

bashed (crushed). The board was bashed beyond recognition.

beat (exhausted). I'm really beat.

beemer (BMW car). He bought a new beemer.

bench (taken out of the game). He was benched for misconduct.

bent (angry). It's OK. Don't get so bent.

bent out of shape (upset). Don't get so bent out of shape.

big gun (powerful person). They brought the big gun to the meeting.

big mouth (talk too much). You have a really big mouth.

big stink (big issue). They made a big stink about nuclear power.

blade (knife). He carries a ten-inch blade.

blimp (very fat person). I always sit next to a blimp when I travel.

blow (leave). I'm going to blow out of here now.

blow (lost). He blew all his money gambling.

blow a fuse (lose your temper). Hey, don't blow a fuse over this.

blow one's cool (become angry). Calm down. Don't blow your cool.

blown away (greatly impressed). I was blown away by his presentation.

bomb (bad). The movie was a bomb.

bombed (intoxicated), The driver of that car was bombed.

Source: "Interesting Things for ESL Students," 1998 by Charles Kelly and Laurence Kelly. <http://www.manythings.org/slang/index. html>

bonkers (crazy). I think I am going bonkers.

boo-boo (mistake). If you make another boo-boo, you won't have a job.

boo-boo (minor injury, usually a scrape). I have a boo-boo on my big toe.

booze (alcohol). I promised to bring two bottles of booze to the party.

bread (money). I need some bread to pay for my car.

break (opportunity). A lucky break helped him get the job.

break it up (stop). Break it up, or I'll call the police.

bring-down (depressing). The news of the crash was a real bring-down.