airhead: stupid person.
"Believe it or not, he is really an airhead!"

amigo: friend (from Spanish).
"I met many amigos tonight."

ammunition: toilet paper.
"Help! We're completely out of ammunition!"

antifreeze: alcohol.
"I'm going to need a lot of antifreeze tonight!"

armpit: dirty, unappealing place.
"This cheap motel is an absolute armpit!"

ass [offensive] (1): backside.
"I fell on my ass on the ski slopes."

ass (2): an unworthy and hated person.
"I cannot be friends when you act like an ass."

awesome: great and impressive.
"It is truly awesome here!"

baby boomer: a person born from the end of the Second World War until the early 1960s.
"Bill Clinton was born in 1961, so he's considered a baby boomer."

ball (1): a fun time.
"I really had a ball in the party last night."

ball [offensive] (2): a testicle.
"After getting kicked in the balls, his voice seemed much higher."

bang (1): a very powerful thing.
"Disneyland is really a bang!"

bang (2): a powerful effect.
"Japanese sake really has a bang!"

barf (1): vomit.
"My dog barfed all over the carpet."

barf (2): vomit.
"Don't step on the barf!"

barf-out: a displeasing person or affair.
"That restaurant was a real barf-out."

bazillion: an infinite number of something.
"Has Dennis really taught a bazillion students?"

B-ball: basketball.
"Do you wanna play b-ball with me?"

beans: money.
"I've worked for this company for ten years, but I still don't have beans."

beat: tired.
"I'm really beat because I was awake all night."

beemer: a BMW.
"He wants to buy a beemer when he makes more money."

biggie: something important.
"I was hoping to get my homework completed, but it's no biggie. "

biker: a motorcycle rider.
"Mike used to be a biker until he got into a serious motorcycle accident."

bitch [offensive] (1): a very unpleasant woman.
"My boss can be such a bitch sometimes."

bitch [offensive] (2): complain.
"Stop bitching and finish your homework!"

bitchy [offensive]: moody.
"I like him, even though he can be really bitchy."

bod: body.
"Stalone has a great bod!"

bonkers; go bonkers: crazy.
"If you works too hard, you must go bonkers!"

booboo: a mistake.
"I made a booboo on the last question of the exam."

boob tube: television.
"Benjamin is always in front of the boob tube."

booze: alcohol.
"The party was fun, even though there wasn't any booze."

boss: excellent; great.
"He's always totally boss!"

bread: money.
"Can I borrow some bread?"

brew (1): coffee.
"Every morning I need a fresh cup of brew."

brew (2): beer.
"Do you want another brew, dude?"

brewski: beer.
"I love drinking brewskies!"

B.S.: bullshit; lies.
"I'm tired of listening to your B.S."

bull: bullshit; lie.
"That's a bunch of bull!"

bullshit [offensive]: lie; dishonesty.
"I don't like people that bullshit me"

buns [possibly offensive]: the rear end; buttocks.
"Don't stare at my buns!"

bushed: extremely tired.
"I'm completely bushed."

butt: the buttocks.
"Stop sitting on your butt and help me wash the dishes!"

catch some rays: get some sunshine.
"Let's go to the beach and catch some rays."

cheesy: cheap; outmoded.
"Why are you wearing such cheesy clothes?"

chicken: coward.
"Don't be such a chicken!"

cool: excellent; superb.
"He is no cool!"

cooler, the: jail.
"If you drink and drive, you'll end up spending time in the cooler."

couch potato: a person who watches too much television.
"Why did I have to marry such a couch potato?"

crap [offensive] (1): something worthless.
"My furniture is a bunch of cheap crap."

crap [offensive] (2): excrement.
"Yuck! I stepped on dog crap!"

crap [offensive] (3): falsehoods and lies.
"I've had enough of your crap."

deck: to hit someone.
"His wife almost decked him when he returned home with lipstick on his shirt."

dicey: unpredictable; risky.
"Gambling is a dicey occupation."

dinero: money (from Spanish).
"I wish I had more dinero!"

dirt: extremely bad person.
"My ex-boyfriend was dirt."

dirty: offensive; pornographic.
"Stop looking at the pictures in that dirty magazine!"

dorky: strange; peculiar.
"If you keep acting so dorky, you'll never get a girlfriend!"

dude: a male.
"That's really cool, dude!"

dynamite: powerful; excellent.
"The speaker gave a dynamite presentation."

dinosaur: something old fashioned or out of date.
"I'd love to surf the Net, but unfortunately my computer is a dinosaur."

el cheapo: something cheap.
"Since I don't make much money, I always purchase the el cheapo brand."

evil: great; excellent.
"Your car is really evil!"

eyeball: to stare long and hard at someone or something.
"Bartlett eyeballed his daughter's new boyfriend."

eyepopper: something or someone visibly astounding.
"Wow, that girl is truly an eyepopper!"

fab: fabulous.
"His claim is really fab!"

face-off: confrontation.
"I think it's time we had a face-off."

fart [offensive]: to expel intestinal gas.
"It's embarrassing to fart on the first date."

fender-bender: small accident.
"This morning I had a fender-bender on the Ventura Freeway."

flaky: unpredictable.
"I waited four hours for my flaky friend to show up."

flashback: sudden memory.
"In Little Tokyo I had a flashback to my days living in Japan."

flick: movie.
"Let's go out tonight and watch a flick."

fox: attractive, alluring person.
"Is it true that Marian is a fox?"

freebie: something that does not cost money.
"My trip to New York was a freebie."

French kiss [possibly offensive]: kissing with the tongue.
"Berea's dog is always trying to French kiss her!"

geek: someone who works too hard, is more intelligent than usual, and is slightly unattractive.
"Bill Gates is kind of a geek."

get it: to understand something.
"Sorry, but I just don't get it."

get naked [possibly offensive]: to completely relax and have a good time.
"Let's get naked tonight!"

glitch: flaw.
"There must be a glitch in this softwware."

go bananas: go slightly mad.
"This project is causing me to go bananas!"

gomer: a dumb person.
"Stop acting like a gomer!"

goof (1): a silly and foolish person.
"What a goof you are!"

goof (2): make a mistake.
I really goofed on the test today."

goof off (1): waste time.
"Stop goofing off and help me clean the house!"

goof-off (2): someone who wastes time and isn't serious.
"A goof-off never does well in school"

goof up: make a mistake.
"Oh no! I really goofed up!"

goofy: silly.
"Kids always make me feel goofy!"

grabbers: hands.
"Have you washed your grabbers, Benjamin?"

grand: one thousand dollars.
"He's making over a hundred grand a year!"

grass: marijuana.
"Have you ever smoked grass?"

grub: food.
"Where's the grub?!"

grubby: not clean.
"I always feel grubby in the morning."

grungy: unclean and stinky.
"He's always grungy!"

gut: a person's stomach; belly.
"Look at him, he must be getting a big gut!"

guts (1): courage.
"It took a lot of guts to ask his boss for a raise."

guts (2): the nature of something.
"Let's get to the guts of the program!"

hairy: difficult; dangerous.
"The steep and windy road was really hairy."

hang a left: make a left turn.
"Hang a left at the next corner."

hang a right: make a right turn.
"Hang a right at the next corner."

head: toilet.
"I really need to use the head!"

hep: sensible; informed.
"He is really the heppest man in this town."

hickey: a love bite on the skin.
"Wow! Is that a hickey on your neck?"

hip: sensible; informed.
"He really tries hard to be hip."

hooker [possibly offensive]: prostitute.
"You'll find a lot of hookers in the red light district."

horny [possibly offensive]: sexually stimulated; in the mood for sex.
"Red wine seems to make my boyfriend horny. "

hot (1): popular.
"Brad Pitt is really hot now."

hot (2): sexy.
"Wow! Cindy Crawford is really hot!"

humungous: really big.
"American supermarkets are humungous."

hungries, to have: be hungry.
"I don't know about you, but I've got the hungries."

hyper: overly excited.
"Children often get hyper when they are tired."

icky: unpleasant.
"The food is really icky in the school cafeteria."

I.D.: identification.
"If you want to order a beer, you'll need your I.D."

I'm outta here: I'm leaving; I'm departing.
"Sorry, but I'm outta here, dude."

in: fashionable.
"Ray-Ban sunglasses are really in now."

ivories: teeth.
"Tom Cruise has really beautiful ivories."

jack around [possibly offensive]: waste time.
"Will you please stop jacking around?"

jam, in a (1): trouble.
"If you're in a jam, I promise to help you."

jam (2): improvise (musically).
"I'd love to jam with Bon Jovi!"

jamming, to be : going well.
"The party is really jamming!"

jerk: stupid or annoying person.
"How could you go out with such a jerk?"

jillion: an immense number.
"Do you really have a jillion problems?"

jock: someone good at sports.
"I've never been much of a jock."

john: toilet.
"Where's the john?"

K (k): a thousand.
"I could retire with 100 K (k)!"

kick back: relax and enjoy.
"I wish I could kick back at the beach today."

kick off: die.
"My dog finally kicked off."

killer: something exceptional or great.
"Wow, your boyfriend is killer!"

knock: condemn.
"Don't knock it unless you've tried it."

knockout: beautiful woman; handsome man.
"Benjamin is already a knockout!"

kook: peculiar person.
"Stop acting like a kook!"

laid back: relaxed; calm.
"I always feel laid back at the beach."

lame: incompetent.
"He is totally lame in the bed."

lip: cheeky talk.
"My students are always giving me lip!"

loser: a bungling and worthless person.
"Why are you dating such a loser?"

love handles: excess fat around the waist.
"Is it possible for Marple to lose his love handles?"

luck out: to be lucky or fortunate.
"You really luck out by visiting Tom's home!"

make waves: cause problems.
"Teachers don't like students to make waves."

max, to the : maximum.
"I'm happy to the max."

mega: big.
"American restaurants serve mega portions of food."

megabucks: a large amount of money.
"It takes megabucks to live in Japan."

mellow: relaxed.
"I'm feeling very mellow this evening."

mickey-mouse: unimportant; time-wasting.
"I'm sick of this mickey-mouse job."

monkey bite: a kiss that leaves a mark on the skin.
"I don't want any monkey bites tonight, okay?"

munch out: to eat voraciously.
"Let's munch out on a large pizza!"

nada: nothing (from Spanish).
"I know nada about politics."

neat: cool; great.
"Isn't my new car neat?"

noid: someone that's paranoid.
"Why are you so noid?"

nuke (1): nuclear weapon.
"This world had too many nukes."

nuke (2): destroy; delete.
"Sorry, but I accidentally nuked your e-mail message."

nuke (3): cook something in the microwave oven.
"Can you nuke this frozen pizza for me?"

nut (1): odd or crazy person.
"Why are you always acting like a nut?"

nut (2): someone passionate about something.
"I'm a nut about computers."

nuts [offensive]: testicles.
"Kick he in the nuts!"

okay: decent.
"My boss is an okay person."

OK: decent.
"Tom is an okay person."

pad: someone's home.
"Can I sleep at your pad tonight?"

party: celebrate.
"Let's party tonight!"

party animal: someone that loves parties.
"Tom has been known to sometimes be a party animal."

paws: hands.
"Get your paws off me!"

peanuts: very little money.
"I love my job, but the pay is peanuts."

pee: to urinate.
"I always have to pee after drinking beer."

pickled: drunk.
"He got pickled on vodka."

pig out: eat too much.
"Tom is famous for pigging out on chocolate ice cream."

piss: to urinate.
"My dog pissed on me!"

pissed (off): angry; upset.
"I'm really pissed (off) at you."

plastered: drunk.
"Why does he always get plastered?"

pad: someone's home.
"Can I sleep at your pad tonight?"

poop, the (1): knowledge; information.
"What's the poop on Michael Jackson?"

poop [offensive] (2): defecation; shit.
"Be careful not to step on dog poop."

poop out: get tired and quit.
"I got pooped out after spending eight hours at Disneyland."

pot (1): toilet.
"Who's on the pot?"

pot (2): marijuana.
"It's easy to buy pot in the big city."

pro: someone who's good at something; professional.
"She's really a pro at golf."

psycho: crazy person.
"Stay away from that psycho!"

puke: vomit.
"Alcohol makes some people puke."

pumped (up): excited.
"I'm really pumped (up) about her!"

puss: the face.
"My girlfriend slapped me right on the puss."

quarterback: leader.
"Tom is the quarterback of Tom's Cafe."

quick and dirty: done fast, but not well.
"The mechanic did a quick and dirty repair on my car."

racket (1): noise.
"Small kids can make a lot of racket."

racket (2): something that's dishonest or deceptive.
"The Tobacco Industry is quite a racket."

racket (3): an occupation.
"I've been in the company racket for fourteen years."

rank: give someone a difficult time.
"She's always ranking her teacher."

rat: a despicable person.
"I thought I loved you, but now I know you're really a rat."

razz: annoy someone.
"Will you please stop razzing me?"

rear (end): buttocks.
"Tom fell on his rear (end)."

riot, a : something or someone very funny.
"Jim Carrey is a riot!"

rip off (1): stealing.
"Someone ripped off my car."

rip off (2): fraud.
"I paid $10,000 for my computer. What a rip off!"

rocking: great; excellent.
"Tom's party is really rocking!"

rubbish: nonsense; not true.
"That rumor is a bunch of rubbish."

rug rat: a child.
"Tom has a couple of rug rats at home."

runs, the: diarrhea.
"Oh no! I've got the runs!"

scarf: to eat.
"I can easily scarf an entire banana split."

screw up: to make a mistake.
"I screwed up on the driving test, so I didn't pass."

screw-up: a person who makes a mistake.
"Why are you such a screw-up?"

scum: a despicable individual.
"Don't hang around with that kind of scum."

shades: sunglasses.
"Those are really cool shades!"

shoot some hoops: play basketball.
"Let's shoot some hoops!"

silks: clothing.
"Those are really awesome silks!"

smarts: intelligence.
"It takes a lot of smarts to become a doctor."

smurfbrain: a dumb or stupid person.
"Stop acting like a smurfbrain!"

snookered: cheated.
"I got snookered into buying swamp land in Florida."

sofa spud: a person who watches too much television.
"I'm usually a sofa spud on Sunday."

solid (1): really good; cool.
"Tom's party is totally solid!"

solid (2): consecutive.
"It's been raining for seven solid days."

specs: eyeglasses.
"I didn't know that you wore specs."

split: to leave.
"Let's split from here now."

spunk: spirit.
"She might be small, but she's got a lot of spunk."

stoned (out): drunk from drugs or alcohol.
"I'm really stoned (out), dude!"

street smart: knowledgeable about city life.
"Since Tom is from Los Angeles, he's very street smart."

suck: to be bad and unacceptable.
"That song really sucks!"

technicolor yawn, to do a : vomit.
"My dog just did a technicolor yawn all over the carpet!"

thou: thousand.
"I need to borrow a hundred thou."

threads: clothing.
"My wife spent $900 on new threads."

ticker (1): the heart.
"My grandfather has a bad ticker."

ticker (2): a watch.
"Wow! That's a really cool ticker!"

tints: sunglasses.
"You have to wear tints in California."

totally: really; completely.
"That's totally awesome, dude!"

to the max: maximum.
"I studied to the max."

turkey (1): failure; flop.
"Thank goodness that his speech is not a turkey!"

turkey (2): dumb person.
"Turkeys are not allowed to work for this company."

turn-off: something that repulses a person.
"Bad breath is a real turn-off."

umpteen: many; countless.
"I've asked you umpteen times to show me the money!"

unlax: relax.
"Tom needs to definitely unlax with his family."

upchuck: vomit.
"She got sick and upchucked three times."

uptight: nervous; anxious.
"Why are you so uptight?"

vanilla (1): plain.
"She drives a vanilla car."

vanilla (2): Caucasian.
"The Midwest is too vanilla for me."

wad: roll of money.
"It's dangerous to carry a big wad in your pocket."

wasted: killed.
"A lot of people get wasted in the streets of New York."

wheels: car; motorcycle.
"If you want to live in Los Angeles, you've got to get some wheels"

whitebread: plain; boring.
"The movie is definitely not whitebread!"

whiz (1): someone who shows a special talent for something.
"Einstein was a whiz in Physics."

whiz [offensive] (2): to urinate.
"I really have to take a whiz."

wimpy: weak.
"Don't be so wimpy!"

winks, get some: sleep.
"I really need to get some winks"

wrongo: wrong.
"That is totally wrongo!"

yank (1): bother; harass.
"Stop yanking me, okay?"

Yank (2): a Yankee; an American.
"Tom is a Yank."

zero: an unimportant person.
"If you don't work hard, you'll end up a zero."

zip (1): nothing.
"I don't know zip about you."

zip (2): energy; vigor.
"I need something that will give me more zip. "

zit: pimple; acne.
"Teens often have a lot of zits."

ace
He's an ace reporter.
MEANING very good

action
Do you know where the action is in this town?
MEANING excitement

airhead
My sister's boyfriend is a real airhead.
MEANING stupid person

all wet
Your ideas about politics are all wet.
MEANING completely wrong

all-nighter
I almost fell asleep during the test after an all-nighter.
MEANING after studying all night.

ammo
The gun was useless after the killer ran out of ammo.
MEANING ammunition

antifreeze
I really need some antifreeze in me on cold days like this.
MEANING liquor

armpit
This town is really an armpit.
MEANING undesirable place

awesome
What an awesome sunset.
MEANING
great

bad
Wow, that was really a bad movie.
MEANING
intense

barf
He barfed all over the seat of the airplane.
MEANING
vomitted

bashed
The boat was bashed beyond recognition.
MEANING
crushed

beat
After working all day I am really beat.
MEANING
exhausted

beemer
He just bought a new beemer to drive to work in.
MEANING
B.M.W. car

bench
He was benched during the basketball playoffs.
MEANING
taken out of the game

bent
It's OK. Don't get so bent.
MEANING
angry

bent out of shape
Don't get so bent out of shape.
MEANING
become upset

big gun
The president brought two big guns to the meeting.
MEANING
powerful people

big mouth
Shut up! You really have a big mouth.
MEANING
talk too much

big stink
The citizens made a big stink about the new nuclear power station.
MEANING
big issue

blade
He carried a ten inch blade with him.
MEANING
knife

blimp
I always seem to have a blimp sitting next to me when I travel.
MEANING
very fat person

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

blow
He blew all his money gambling.
MEANING
lost

blow a fuse
Hey, don't blow a fuse.
MEANING
lose your temper.

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

blown away
I was blown away by his donation of a million dollars.
MEANING
greatly impressed

bomb
The movie was a bomb.
MEANING
bad

bombed
The driver of the car was bombed.
MEANING
intoxicated

bonkers
I think I am going bonkers.
MEANING
crazy

boo-boo
If you make another boo-boo like that, you won't have a job.
MEANING
mistake

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

bread
I need some bread to pay for my car.
MEANING
money

break
A lucky break helped him get the job.
MEANING
opportunity

break it up
Break it up, or I will call the police.
MEANING
stop

bring-down
The news of the airplane crash was a bring-down.
MEANING
depressing

buck
Do you have a buck I can borrow?
MEANING
dollar

bummed
I was really bummed after I heard the news.
MEANING
depressed

bummer
My trip to New York was a bummer.
MEANING
bad experience

bust
The whole idea was a bust.
MEANING
failure

buy it
If you don't slow down, you're going to buy it in a car accident.
MEANING
die

call
The weatherman made a good call about when the storm would come.
MEANING
prediction

can
Do you know where the can is?
MEANING
bathroom

carb
My motorcycle's carb is out of adjustment.
MEANING
carburetor

catch some rays
I'm going to lie on the beach and catch some rays.
MEANING
get some sunshine.

catch some Z's
I need to catch some Z's before I go on my trip.
MEANING
get some sleep

cheesy
That is really a cheesy looking outfit.
MEANING
cheap

chicken
Don't be a chicken.
MEANING
coward

chintzy
That really was a chintzy present you got him.
MEANING
cheap

chow down
I need to find a place to chow down.
MEANING
eat a lot

clip
Watch out or they will clip you at that bar.
MEANING
cheat

clunker
I can't go on a date in that clunker.
MEANING
old car

cold fish
My date for the dance was a cold fish.
MEANING
dull

collar
I knew they would collar the robber sooner or later.
MEANING
arrest

come up for air
He has to come up for air or he will die from exhaustion.
MEANING
take a break

con
Don't try to con me.
MEANING
deceive

cool
This is a really cool place to work.
MEANING
good

cool down
Things should cool down in a day or two.
MEANING
calm down

cop
How did you get the road sign? I copped it.
MEANING
robbed

cop
The cop showed me his badge.
MEANING
policeman

couch potato
He is a couch potato.
MEANING
lazy person

crack open a bottle
Let's crack open a bottle for his birthday.
MEANING
open

cram
I need more time to cram for the test.
MEANING
study hard

cream
Our team creamed them badly.
MEANING
beat

croak
I feel like I am going to croak.
MEANING
die

cruise
The skier was cruising down the hill
MEANING
going very fast

cuffs
He put the cuffs on the killer.
MEANING
handcuffs

cushy
He has a really cushy job.
MEANING
easy

cut
Could you cut my whiskey with a little water?
MEANING
dilute

cut out
It is late. I have to cut out.
MEANING
leave

damage
Lets get the bill and find out the damage.
MEANING
cost

dead
This disco is really dead tonight.
MEANING
quiet

deck
He was decked in the fight.
MEANING
knocked down

deep pockets
Her boyfriend has deep pockets.
MEANING
is a good source of money

dicey
Since the weather is a little dicey, I won't go today.
MEANING
chancy

dirty
I hear that it's a dirty movie.
MEANING
an obscene

ditch
I'll ditch my younger brother with my grandmother.
MEANING
leave

do a snow job on
Don't try to do a snow job on me.
MEANING
deceive

dope
He is such a dope.
MEANING
stupid person

dope
There are a lot of dope dealers around here.
MEANING
drug

dork
He is such a dork.
MEANING
strange person

dough
I need some dough before I can go Christmas shopping.
MEANING
money

down
Let's go to a bar and down a few beers.
MEANING
drink quickly

drag
Doing homework on the weekend is a drag.
MEANING
boring

dynamite
This drink is really dynamite.
MEANING
powerful; great

earful
My grandmother gave me an earful about the neighborhood.
MEANING
a lot of gossip

easy mark
The Japanese are an easy mark because they usually carry cash.
MEANING
likely victims

eat
The problem is really eating away at me.
MEANING
bothering

excellent
That's excellent man.
MEANING
fine

face-off
The two sides were headed for a nasty face-off.
MEANING
confrontation

far-out
This music is really far-out.
MEANING
great

fix
The addict needs another fix.
MEANING
dose of drugs

flaky
He is too flaky to do the work.
MEANING
unreliable

flashback
At the wedding he had a flashback of his old girlfriend.
MEANING
remembered

flick
I haven't seen a flick in a long time.
MEANING
movie

flip out
He flipped out when he heard that his mother had been killed.
MEANING
lost control

flip side
What kind of music do you have on the flip side of the tape?
MEANING
other side

fox
His older sister is a fox.
MEANING
very attractive

foxy
She is a foxy lady.
MEANING
sexy

freebie
The pillow was a freebie
MEANING
free

get into something
I got into gardening in high school.
MEANING
became seriously interested in

get it
I listened to the joke twice, but I still don't get it.
MEANING
understand

get with it
If you don't get with it, we will never finish this work.
MEANING
hurry up

gig
I have a gig on Saturday night from 7:00 to 10:00.
MEANING
job

glitch
This computer program has a glitch.
MEANING
defect

glitzy
This is a pretty glitzy hotel to be staying in.
MEANING
fashionable

go
Let me have a go at solving the problem.
MEANING
try

go bananas
I am going to go bananas if I don't have a vacation soon.
MEANING
go crazy

go down
What is going down?
MEANING
happening

goof
I am really a goof at times.
MEANING
fool

goof up
I really goofed up when I painted my room green.
MEANING
made a serious mistake

goofy
You are always acting goofy these days.
MEANING
silly

gourd
Use your gourd to figure out what is happening.
MEANING
head

grand
His salary is twenty grand.
MEANING
thousand dollars

grass
Lots of students smoke grass in the dormitory.
MEANING
marijuana

gravy
This job is pure gravy.
MEANING
easy money

groovy
This music is groovy.
MEANING
pleasant

gross
Picking your nose is really a gross habit.
MEANING
disgusting

gross-out
The party was a gross-out.
MEANING
digusting time

grub
Where is the best place to get some grub around here?
MEANING
food

grubby
Those clothes are too grubby to wear to the party.
MEANING
unclean and untidy

grungy
That is a really grungy jacket.
MEANING
dirty

gut
He got shot in the gut.
MEANING
stomach.

gut
The gut issue is about what we are going to do now.
MEANING
basic

guts
It takes a lot of guts to give the boss your true opinion.
MEANING
courage

hairy
That was a hairy plane trip. I am glad the storm is over.
MEANING
dangerous

hammer
Put the hammer to the floor or we will be late for the wedding.
MEANING
accelerator

hang it up
I have decided to hang up my teaching job.
MEANING
quit

hang loose
Just hang loose for another few days.
MEANING
relax

hang tough
We need to hang tough on our decision.
MEANING
stick with

hardware
The police were surprised by all the hardware the gang members had.
MEANING
weapons

have a buzz on
I had a buzz on after the third martini.
MEANING
was slightly intoxicated

have good vibes
I have good vibes about our new secretary.
MEANING
feel good about

have it all together
Recently I don't have it all together.
MEANING
feel mentally all there.

heave
I heaved up on the floor.
MEANING
vomited

high
The teenagers look high to me.
MEANING
intoxicated on drugs or alcohol

hip-shooter
He is such a hip-shooter.
MEANING
always talking without thinking

history
I don't have any idea where my old boyfriend is. He's history.
MEANING
something in the past

hit
Your proposal was a hit with the boss.
MEANING
successful

hole up
I had to hole up for three days because the police were looking for me.
MEANING
hide

honcho
The honcho says that we are going to have to give up two days of our vacation.
MEANING
boss

hooker
Her clothes make her look like a hooker.
MEANING
prostitute

hot
The police stopped them because they though the car was hot.
MEANING
stolen

huffy
I will do it soon so please don't get huffy.
MEANING
angry

hungry
If you are not hungry, you won't get ahead in the business.
MEANING
eager to make money

hustle
If you don't hustle, we will be late again.
MEANING
hurry up

hyped
The fans were all hyped up for the football game.
MEANING
excited

hyper
Don't get hyper about what she told you. You know it isn't true.
MEANING
over excited

I.D.
Can you show me some I.D. please?
MEANING
identification

in
The tie you are wearing is really in.
MEANING
fashionable

in deep
They are really in deep with each other.
MEANING
deeply involved

in the bag
Everything is in the bag. There is nothing to worry about.
MEANING
settled

intense
This is a very intense situation we are discussing.
MEANING
serious

jam
I am glad you got yourself out of that jam.
MEANING
trouble

jerk someone around
Recently it seems like everyone is jerking me around.
MEANING
wasting my time and causing me trouble

jock
My roommate is a jock for the basketball team.
MEANING
an athlete

john
The john really smells.
MEANING
bathroom

joint
Where is the closest joint to here.
MEANING
cheap bar

joint
He is good at rolling joints.
MEANING
marijuana cigarettes

junkie
Sam is a junkie.
MEANING
drug addict

just off the boat
He acts like he is just off the boat.
MEANING
naive

keep one's cool
He kept his cool when his house burned down.
MEANING
remained calm

kegger
I hear there is a kegger at John's house tonight.
MEANING
beer party

kick
I get a kick out of watching him paint.
MEANING
enjoy

klutz
He is a real klutz.
MEANING
stupid and clumsy person

knock
Don't knock it if you can't do it any better.
MEANING
criticize

knocked up
My dog gets knocked up once a year.
MEANING
pregnant

knockout
Who was that knockout I saw you with last Friday?
MEANING
stunning person

knuckle sandwich
Shut up or I'll give you a knuckle sandwich.
MEANING
punch in the mouth

kook
Watch out for all the kooks in this neighborhood.
MEANING
strange people

laid-back
You need to be more laid-back.
MEANING
calm and relaxed

lame
That is really a lame excuse.
MEANING
an inadequate

line
I have heard that line a million times.
MEANING
story

loser
John is a loser.
MEANING
annoying and useless

love handles
I exercise every day, but I can't get rid of these love handles.
MEANING
rolls of fat around my stomach

make waves
Try not to make waves around the office.
MEANING
cause trouble

maxed out
I am maxed out at my work and need to rest.
MEANING
exhausted

mean
He plays a mean violin.
MEANING
performs well on

mega
I have mega amounts of tomatoes in my garden this summer.
MEANING
large

megabucks
He made megabucks when he sold his company.
MEANING
a lot of money

knock
Don't knock it if you can't do it any better.
MEANING
criticize

mellow
You need to mellow out and enjoy life.
MEANING
calm down and relax

meltdown
There has been a meltdown in the relationship between my parents and I.
MEANING
total collapse

mickey mouse
The homework the teacher gave us was mickey mouse.
MEANING
nonsense and a waste of time

move on someone
I am going to try to move on Sarah next Saturday.
MEANING
pick up and seduce

mush
That is total mush and you know it.
MEANING
nonesense

nark
Watch out for the narks in the airport.
MEANING
drug police

neat
That was a neat idea that you had.
MEANING
good

negative
There are too many negatives about the company merger.
MEANING
bad things

nick
The police nicked the shoplifter as he was leaving the store.
MEANING
arrested

nip
He took a nip out of the bottle.
MEANING
a quick drink

no sweat
It's no sweat to have the report in to you by Monday.
MEANING
no problem

nuke
I'll nuke our dinner in a few minutes.
MEANING
heat up in the microwave

nuke
Does that attack plane have any nukes?
MEANING
nuclear weapons

nut
I think that he is a nut.
MEANING
crazy person

nuts
You are completely nuts if you think I will go with you.
MEANING
crazy

pad
Have you found a pad yet?
MEANING
a place to live

pain in the neck
My wife's best friend is a pain in the neck.
MEANING
annoying

paper-pusher
My office is filled with paper-pushers.
MEANING
bureaucratic office workers

party animal
You're too old to be a party animal.
MEANING
love parties

party-hearty
We need to party-hearty because we just got a raise in salary.
MEANING
celebrate

paw
Get your paws off of my body.
MEANING
hands

peanuts
I am not going to work for peanuts.
MEANING
practically no money

pickled
He gets pickled after only one beer.
MEANING
intoxicated

piece of cake
Working on a computer for me is a piece of cake.
MEANING
easy to do

pig
He is a pig at parties.
MEANING
eats too much

pig out
Let's go to the restaurant and pig out.
MEANING
eat a lot or overeat

pit stop
Let's make a pit stop at the next rest area.
MEANING
stop and go to the bathroom

plastered
He drinks too much and is always plastered on the weekend.
MEANING
intoxicated

pooped out
He pooped out after we started to do the hard work.
MEANING
quit

pop
Shut up or I will pop you.
MEANING
hit

pop for something
It is my turn to pop for the doughnuts.
MEANING
buy

pro
He is really a pro at his work.
MEANING
professional

prod
Can you give me a gentle prod next week so I won't forget?
MEANING
reminder

psyched up
The players are really psyched up for the game on Friday.
MEANING
mentally ready

psycho
She is a psycho. She should be in a hospital.
MEANING
mentally ill

puke
I feel like I am going to puke.
MEANING
vomit

push off
I am going to push off now.
MEANING
leave

put the moves on
You should give up trying to put the moves on her. She is married.
MEANING
seduce

put-on
It was an elaborate put-on which I almost believed.
MEANING
deception

quarterback
Who is going to quarterback the meeting?
MEANING
lead

quick buck
I need to make a quick buck.
MEANING
some easy money

rack
I have to hit the rack by ten or I'll be tired in the morning.
MEANING
bed

rack out
I am going to rack out for two hours.
MEANING
sleep

racket
There sure was a lot of racket outside last night.
MEANING
noise

rag
I can't believe we still get this same old rag.
MEANING
newspaper

rap
We need to sit down and rap about a few things.
MEANING
talk about

rathole
When are you going to be able to move out of that rathole.
MEANING
run down place

raw
The raw office workers were not getting much done.
MEANING
new

ream someone out
The boss really reamed him out for his bad report.
MEANING
got angry with him

red hot
Your idea is really red hot.
MEANING
important

repo
Hey, don't repo my car. I will pay next week.
MEANING
repossess

rinky-dink
The circus was really rinky-dink.
MEANING
inferior

riot
The comedy program was a real riot.
MEANING
funny

road hog
That driver is a road hog.
MEANING
takes up too much of the road

rocks
Would you like your whiskey on the rocks?
MEANING
with ice

rough time
We have had a rough time this winter.
MEANING
hard time

rug
Is that a rug on his head?
MEANING
wig

rug rat
My sister has three rug rats.
MEANING
children

rule
My wife rules the house.
MEANING
dominates

run off at the mouth
He is always running off at the mouth.
MEANING
talking too much

run out of gas
The politician ran out of gas during the campaign.
MEANING
lost interest or momentum

sack
When did you hit the sack last night?
MEANING
go to bed

scam
Don't lose your money in some kind of scam.
MEANING
swindle

scarf
Since he hadn't eaten in a week, he scarfed down everything on his plate.
MEANING
ate quickly

schmuck
What a stupid schmuck.
MEANING
jerk

screw around
If you screw around all day at this work, you will have to come back again.
MEANING
waste time

screw up
If you screw up one more time, I will fire you.
MEANING
make a mistake

sharp
He is very sharp with numbers
MEANING
intelligent

shot
I'll give the puzzle another shot.
MEANING
try

shot down
Everyone shot down my idea at first, but later agreed that it was a good idea.
MEANING
disagreed with

slammer
The police threw them both in the slammer.
MEANING
jail

smashed
Try not to get smashed at the beer party.
MEANING
intoxicated

smoke eater
My father is a smoke eater.
MEANING
fireman

split
It is time to split and go see the movie.
MEANING
leave

spook
The cows were spooked by the howling of the wolves.
MEANING
frightened

18

spud
Do you want rice or spuds for dinner?
MEANING
potatoes

square
My father looks square in his jacket.
MEANING
old-fashioned

steamed up
Don't get so steamed up over the issue.
MEANING
angry

stink
This whole operation stinks.
MEANING
is repulsive

straight
I want you to give me a straight answer.
MEANING
honest

stressed
I am really stressed by all the recent world events.
MEANING
upset

sucker
Don't be a sucker.
MEANING
be deceived

take a hike
I am tired of all your complaining. Take a hike.
MEANING
leave

taken
He was taken for all his money at the casino.
MEANING
cheated out of

taking care of business
I have been taking care of business.
MEANING
doing what I have to do

threads
Those look like expensive threads he is wearing.
MEANING
clothes

tool around
I don't want to tool around all night. It is time to go home.
MEANING
drive around

totaled
My car was totaled in the accident with the garbage truck.
MEANING
completely wrecked

19

up
He has been up ever since he met his new girlfriend.
MEANING
happy and cheerful

up for grabs
This is a sale. Everything is up for grabs.
MEANING
available.

veg out
I want to veg out in front of the television this evening.
MEANING
relax and do nothing

vibes
He really gives off good vibes.
MEANING
feelings

wad
You don't want to carry a wad like that with you in the big city.
MEANING
bundle of money

waste
After you waste him, throw the body in the river.
MEANING
kill

wheels
If you let me borrow your wheels, I'll go out and buy a pizza.
MEANING
car

whiz
He is a whiz at the computer.
MEANING
talented person

wired
I am really wired after drinking five cups of coffee.
MEANING
alert

wussy
Don't be such a wussy all the time. Say what you are thinking.
MEANING
weak person

yukky
This food tastes yukky
MEANING
bad

zapped
I am too zapped to help you right now.
MEANING
exhausted

zip
He knew zip about running the company.
MEANING
Nothing