Interesting Things for ESL Students
American Slang - Randomly Chosen
Slang is informal, often entertaining, language
By Charles I. Kelly & Lawrence E. Kelly
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Do you know where the
action
is in this town?
Meaning
excitement
You don't want to carry a
wad
like that with you in the big city.
Meaning
bundle of money
If you don't
get with it
, we will never finish this work.
Meaning
hurry up
Break it up
, or I will call the police.
Meaning
stop
He has a really
cushy
job.
Meaning
easy
She is
a psycho
. She should be in a hospital.
Meaning
mentally ill
Recently it seems like everyone is
jerking me around
.
Meaning
wasting my time and causing me trouble
The movie was
a bomb
.
Meaning
bad
This music is really
far-out
.
Meaning
great
My sister's boyfriend is a real
airhead
.
Meaning
stupid person
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