American slang: words and phrases that are worth knowing if you live in the USA

Slang is a set of words and expressions that originated in an isolated group of people; these expressions are often not in dictionaries and phrase books, and they are not taught in schools. But in a live conversation they play an important role, and if you want to pass as one of your own in the USA and understand what your acquaintances at parties and characters in films are talking about, then mastering American slang is a must. Slang is a regional concept and can vary from city to city, but there are some expressions that are used by almost everyone in the United States. The site has compiled a list of these Study English Info.

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• Awesome - very good, interesting or appealing (very good, interesting, attractive);
• big deal important event; may be used (not very important event, can be used as sarcasm, when you want to emphasize the unimportance of the event in question);
• blast or It's going to be a blast! — It will be a lot of fun;
• bomb - to be unsuccessful (not successful);
• blow it off - to ignore or avoid someone or something (ignore or avoid someone or something);
• blue or have the blues — feel depressed;
• bogus - 1) nonexistent, fake 2) bad, awful, unsatisfactory (1. Non-existent, fake, 2. Bad, terrible, unsatisfactory);
• to book - 1) Hurry up or do something quickly 2. Book a ticket to an event or transportation;
• born again - to hold strong, fundamentalist (stand your ground, be a fundamentalist);
• bounce a check — to overdraw a checking account (exceed the limits on the current account in the bank);
• broke - having no money;
• buddy - friend (friend);
• bum a cigarette - to borrow a cigarette (“shoot” a cigarette);
• boomed out — depressed (to be upset);
• boomer - unpleasant experience (bad experience, sucks);
• burned - rejected, insulted or otherwise negatively treated (reject, insult or treat a person badly);
• burned out — 1) exhausted (2) exhausted (1. Exhausted, tired, 2. Depleted, lifeless as a result of intensive work or use of drugs / drugs);
• busted - while using drugs or being caught by someone during an offense or caught by the police while using drugs;
• chill out or cool it — you are doing, relax (please stop doing something, relax);
• cop out - to not face the issue;
• couch potato - a lazy person who spends a large amount of time watching television (a lazy person who spends a lot of time on the couch watching television);
• cram - to study frantically the night before a test (study hard the night before the exam);
• cruising - driving around for pleasure with no particular destination (riding a car for fun, not having the specific purpose of the trip);
• to have a crush on someone — to be extremely infatuated with someone;
• cut it out! — stop it! (stop it! stop it!);
• dead - 1) very tired 2) not living (1. Very tired; 2. Non-living);
• dork - an unfashionable and awkward male (awkward man of an unpresentable kind);
• dorm - dormitory (hostel, shared living room);
• dough - money;
• down in the dumps - depressed (to be depressed);
• drop in - to visit unexpectedly;
• fire up - to get excited about something (to get excited, excited about something);
• fix up - to arrange a date for a friend (arrange a date for a friend);
• fuzzbuster - It is a device that some drivers use to find out when the police use radars to catch drivers exceeding the speed.
• geek - unattractive person (unattractive person);
• get on someone's case — to annoy (annoy);
• give someone a break — to stop criticizing or teasing (stop criticizing or teasing);
• Give me a break! — Expresses disbelief (expression of distrust of what was heard);
• Give someone a buzz, a ring— to call someone on the telephone;
• goofing off - acting silly (act silly);
• give up - to quit (give up, stop doing something);
• go bananas - to be so excited that one loses control of oneself (losing control over yourself due to excitement or arousal about something);
• hang in there - keep trying (keep trying);
• hang out - 1 (to waste time 2) a regular meeting place for friends (a normal meeting place for friends);
• hick someone from a small town (a man from a small town);
• hit the road - to leave a place (leave some place, leave or go somewhere);
• hit the sack or turn in — to go to bed;
• ID - identification card;
• in a nutshell - very briefly and concisely (in a nutshell);
• jerk person who can't do things correctly (the person who constantly does everything wrong);
• jock - an athlete or athletic person (or athlete or a man of an athletic build, as well as a not very smart person);
• john - another name for toilet or bathroom facilities; head (another name of the restroom; head);
• Knock it off! — Stop doing that! Usually expressed when you are doing something annoying (Stop doing that! Usually this phrase is said when a person’s actions irritate the speaker);
• Lighten up! — Relax, don't be so serious (relax, don't be so serious);
• Loaded — someone who has had too much to drink; someone who has a lot of money (someone who drank a lot, or someone who has a lot of money);
• Loosen up! — Relax (relax);
• lose it — to lose control of oneself;
• luck out or get lucky — to have something good happen due to luck or chance (when something good happened to someone because of a happy event or luck);
• Don't mess with me! — Leave me alone (leave me alone);
• Mind your own business! — Do not ask questions or make statements about this matter; it is my concern and not yours (please do not ask questions or draw conclusions on any problem that does not concern you);
• on the house - free, no cost (free);
• to be open - to be accepting of something or someone; to speak frankly about oneself (accept someone or something as it is; or tell honestly about yourself);
• out of one's mind (head) — 1) crazy 2) doing something ridiculous (1. Act insanely 2) to do something very stupid and strange);
• out of it - tired and not concentrating (to be tired and not concentrated);
• pal - friend (friend);
• pig out - overeat;
• pop, soda pop, soda, or soft drink - carbonated beverage (Coke, Pepsi, Sprite, et al) (carbonated drink);
• psych up - prepare oneself mentally or emotionally for something (prepare morally or emotionally for something);
• psyched up enthusiastic (to be enthusiastic);
• pull someone's leg — to tease (tease someone);
• put someone on - to tease or try to fool (to tease or try to fool someone);
• take a raincheck - postpone (postpone, transfer something);
• raunchy - vulgar, crude (coarse, coarse);
• relationship - a close affiliation with someone, usually romantic (close relationship with someone, in most cases, romantic);
• rowdy - noisy, loud (noisy, loud);
• scoop - gossip, recent news (gossip, latest news);
• see eye-to-eye - having the same opinion (to have the same point of view on any issue);
• shush! — Be quiet, don't make so much noise (please be quiet, do not make a lot of noise);
• spaced out - unable to concentrate (to be unable to concentrate);
• tacky - in poor taste (tasteless).

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