Frequently Used British and American Slang Words and Their Meanings

American Slang! Slang refers to words, phrases and uses that are regarded as very informal and often restricted to the special context or peculiar to a specified profession class…

American Slang

• Bail — Intransitive verb for leaving abruptly.
• Feeling blue; have the blues — A feeling of depression or sadness.
• A buck — Slang term for a the American dollar.
• By the skin of (my/your/his/her) teeth — just barely.
• Creep (n.) —  An unpleasantly weird/strange person.
• Couch Potato — A lazy person who spends the bulk of their time engaged in things that can be done while sitting on a couch.
• Cram — To study feverishly before an exam typically done after neglecting to study consistently.
• Crash — To abruptly fall  asleep, or to show up without an invitation.
• Down to earth — And adjective for practicality and lack of pretense.
• Drive up the wall — To irritate.
• For Real — A proclamation of honesty.
• Going Dutch — When each person, usually in a dating scenario, pays for his/her own meal.
• The cold shoulder — A metaphor for deliberately ignoring someone.
• Give a ring — To call someone on the telephone.
• Hyped (adj.) — A very excited state.
• Hang out — To casually gather together or spend time with someone in a social manner.

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British Slang

• All to cock

(Or all a-cock) Unsatisfactory, mixed up.

• Arse

1. The buttocks.
2. Someone who acts in a manner which is incompetent or otherwise disapproved of.[28]

• Arse about face

Back to front.

• Arse around

Mess around or waste time (17th century).

• Arsehole

1. The anus.
2. General derogatory term.

• Arse bandit

homosexual (offensive, derogatory).

• Arse over tit

Head over heels, to fall over or take a tumble.

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Teen Slang

• Fam – The friends you are closest to
• Finna – Going to/about to, short for “fixing to”
• Goals – What you’re trying to do or be like, the ultimate goal
• GOAT – Greatest of all time
• Gucci – Good, cool
• High-key – People say high key when they are about to say something they want everyone to know about
• Hundo P – 100 percent, confirming something
• I can’t even – When you are so overwhelmed you can’t comprehend something
• I’m weak – That was funny
• It’s lit – It’s cool, it’s awesome
• Kek – To laugh out loud
• Low-key – People say low key when they are about to say something they don’t want everyone to know about
• On fleek, on point – Nailed it
• Peep – To take a look at something
• RT – Retweet, when you agree with something someone says
• Salty – Bitter about something
• Savage – Badass
• Ship – Short for relationship, if you “ship” two people, you want them to make it as a couple
• Sips tea – To mind one’s own business
• Skurt – Go away or leave
• Smash – To have casual sex
• Straight fire – Hot/trendy
• Squad – Your group of friends
• Sus – Suspect, when something is shady

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