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The document provides definitions for over 100 American slang words and phrases, including 'ace', 'bail', 'babe', 'bro', 'bomb', 'booze', 'chicken', 'couch potato', 'crash', 'ditch', 'epic', 'flaky', 'freebie', 'hang out', and 'my bad'.

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The document provides definitions for over 100 American slang words and phrases, including 'ace', 'bail', 'babe', 'bro', 'bomb', 'booze', 'chicken', 'couch potato', 'crash', 'ditch', 'epic', 'flaky', 'freebie', 'hang out', and 'my bad'.

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A blast – A very fun event.

A turn off – Something that’s repulsive.


Ace – Pass a test with 100%.
Around-the-clock: 24/7
Shotgun – The front seat of a car.
Babe – Your significant other

American Slang
Bail – To leave abruptly.
B-Ball: often used to abbreviate basketball
100+ words & Meanings
Beat – Tired
Pig out – To eat a lot
Blow or Bomb: to fail or to be unsuccessful
Bomb – Really good
Booze – Alcohol
Bro: a friend
American Slang
100+ words
A blast – A very fun event.
A turn off – Something that’s repulsive.
Ace – Pass a test with 100%.
Around-the-clock: 24/7
ASAP: stands for ‘as soon as possible’
Babe – Your significant other
Bail – To leave abruptly.
B-Ball: often used to abbreviate basketball
Beat – Tired
Blow or Bomb: to fail or to be unsuccessful
Blue or Have the Blues: to feel depressed or sad
Bomb – Really good
Booze – Alcohol
Bro: a friend
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American Slang
Buck – One dollar
100+ words
Bummer – A disappointment
Busted – Caught doing something wrong
By the skin of your teeth: just barely
Cash (n.): money
Cheesy (adj.): Cheap
Cheesy – Silly
Chick – A girl or young woman
Chicken – Coward
Cool (adj.): nice
Couch potato – A lazy person
Couch Potato: a lazy person,
Cram – To study a lot before an exam
Cram: to study feverishly before an exam.
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American Slang
Crash – To fall asleep quickly
Crash: to go to sleep
100+ words
Dead: Empty
Ditch – To skip an event.
Drive up the wall: to irritate
Dump – To end a romantic relationship with someone.
Dutch or go Dutch: each person pays for own meal
Epic – Grand or awesome
Ex – An old relationship or spouse
Flakey – Indecisive
Flick – A movie
Freebie – Something that is free.
FYI: acronym “for your information”
Get under one’s skin: bother
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American Slang
Getting hitched – Getting married
Give the cold shoulder: ignore
Grub – Food 100+ words
Hang out – To spend time with others
Hang out: to gather in a casual;
Have a crush – Attracted to someone
romantically
Hip: cool, popular.
Hit the books: study.
Hit the road: to leave.
Hold your horses: Wait a minute!
Hot – Attractive
Hyped (adj.): Really excited.
I feel you – I understand and empathize with you

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American Slang
I get it – I understand. Eg.
I’m down – I’m able to join
In no time – Very soon.
In no time: Very soon.
It is what it is: it’s a fact that cannot be changed.
It sucked – It was bad/poor quality
Jacked: really strong
Jonesing: to want something badly.
Laid back – Relaxed or calm
Lame – The opposite of cool or fantastic
Le
Lighten up (v.): To relax
Lighten up – Relax
LOL: Text acronym for ‘laugh out loud’
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American Slang
My bad – My mistake.
100+
My Bad: my fault or my mistake.
words
No problem: you’re welcome,
No worries – That’s alright.
OMG: Text acronym for ‘oh my god’.
On the hour: an idiom for at every hour exactly
Once in a blue moon: infrequently
Party animal – One who loves parties.
Pass the buck: transfer responsibility
Piece of cake: easy or effortless.
Pig out – To eat a lot
Put up a front: trying to act/appear tough
R.S.V.P.: Stands for a French phrase,
Recap: to state something again
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American Slang
words & meanings
Rip-off – A purchase that was very overpriced.
Rip-off: overcharge.
Ripped – Very physically fit
Same here – I agree.
Score – To get something desirable
Score: to get something you want.
Screw up (v.): To make a mistake
Screw up – To make a mistake
See ya: goodbye
Shades – Sunglasses.
Shady – Questionable or suspicious
Shoot the breeze: casual conversation.
Shotgun – The front seat of a car.
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