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Don't get so bent. • MEANING: angry&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• bent out of shape&lt;br /&gt;• Don't get so bent out of shape. • MEANING: become upset&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• big gun&lt;br /&gt;• The president brought two big guns to the meeting. • MEANING: powerful people&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• big mouth&lt;br /&gt;• Shut up! You really have a big mouth. • MEANING: talk too much&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• big stink&lt;br /&gt;• The citizens made a big stink about the new nuclear power station. • MEANING: big issue&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• blade&lt;br /&gt;• He carried a ten inch blade with him. • MEANING: knife&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• blimp&lt;br /&gt;• I always seem to have a blimp sitting next to me when I travel. • MEANING: very fat person&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• blow&lt;br /&gt;• I'm going to blow out of here now. • MEANING: leave&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• blow&lt;br /&gt;• He blew all his money gambling. • MEANING: lost&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• blow a fuse&lt;br /&gt;• Hey, don't blow a fuse. • MEANING: lose your temper.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• blow one's cool&lt;br /&gt;• Calm down. Don't blow your cool. • MEANING: become angry&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• blown away&lt;br /&gt;• I was blown away by his donation of a million dollars. • MEANING: greatly impressed • bomb • The movie was a bomb. • MEANING: bad&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• bombed&lt;br /&gt;• The driver of the car was bombed. • MEANING: intoxicated&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• bonkers&lt;br /&gt;• I think I am going bonkers. • MEANING: crazy&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• boo-boo&lt;br /&gt;• If you make another boo-boo like that, you won't have a job. • MEANING: mistake&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• booze&lt;br /&gt;• I promised to bring two bottles of booze to the party. • MEANING: alcohol&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• bread&lt;br /&gt;• I need some bread to pay for my car. • MEANING: money&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• break&lt;br /&gt;• A lucky break helped him get the job. • MEANING: opportunity&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• break it up &lt;br /&gt;• Break it up, or I will call the police. • MEANING: stop&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• bring-down&lt;br /&gt;• The news of the airplane crash was a bring-down. • MEANING: depressing&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• buck&lt;br /&gt;• Do you have a buck I can borrow? • MEANING: dollar&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• bummed&lt;br /&gt;• I was really bummed after I heard the news. • MEANING: depressed&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• bummer&lt;br /&gt;• My trip to New York was a bummer. • MEANING: bad experience&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• bust&lt;br /&gt;• The whole idea was a bust. • MEANING: failure&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• buy it&lt;br /&gt;• If you don't slow down, you're going to buy it in a car accident. • MEANING: die&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• call&lt;br /&gt;• The weatherman made a good call about when the storm would come. • MEANING: prediction&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• can&lt;br /&gt;• Do you know where the can is? • MEANING: bathroom&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• carb&lt;br /&gt;• My motorcycle's carb is out of adjustment. • MEANING: carburetor&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• catch some rays&lt;br /&gt;• I'm going to lie on the beach and catch some rays. • MEANING: get some sunshine.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• catch some Z's&lt;br /&gt;• I need to catch some Z's before I go on my trip. • MEANING: get some sleep&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• cheesy&lt;br /&gt;• That is really a cheesy looking outfit. • MEANING: cheap&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• chicken&lt;br /&gt;• Don't be a chicken. • MEANING: coward&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• chintzy&lt;br /&gt;• That really was a chintzy present you got him. • MEANING: cheap&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• chow down&lt;br /&gt;• I need to find a place to chow down. • MEANING: eat a lot&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• clip&lt;br /&gt;• Watch out or they will clip you at that bar. • MEANING: cheat&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• clunker&lt;br /&gt;• I can't go on a date in that clunker. • MEANING: old car&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• cold fish&lt;br /&gt;• My date for the dance was a cold fish. • MEANING: dull&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• collar&lt;br /&gt;• I knew they would collar the robber sooner or later. • MEANING: arrest&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• come up for air&lt;br /&gt;• He has to come up for air or he will die from exhaustion. • MEANING: take a break&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• con&lt;br /&gt;• Don't try to con me. • MEANING: deceive&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• cool&lt;br /&gt;• This is a really cool place to work. • MEANING: good&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• cool down&lt;br /&gt;• Things should cool down in a day or two. • MEANING: calm down&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• cop&lt;br /&gt;• How did you get the road sign? I copped it. • MEANING: robbed&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• cop&lt;br /&gt;• The cop showed me his badge. • MEANING: policeman&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• couch potato&lt;br /&gt;• He is a couch potato. • MEANING: lazy person&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• crack open a bottle&lt;br /&gt;• Let's crack open a bottle for his birthday. • MEANING: open&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• cram&lt;br /&gt;• I need more time to cram for the test. • MEANING: study hard&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• cream&lt;br /&gt;• Our team creamed them badly. • MEANING: beat&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• croak&lt;br /&gt;• I feel like I am going to croak. • MEANING: die&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• cruise&lt;br /&gt;• The skier was cruising down the hill • MEANING: going very fast&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• cuffs&lt;br /&gt;• He put the cuffs on the killer. • MEANING: handcuffs&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• cushy&lt;br /&gt;• He has a really cushy job. • MEANING: easy&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• cut&lt;br /&gt;• Could you cut my whiskey with a little water? • MEANING: dilute&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• cut out&lt;br /&gt;• It is late. I have to cut out. • MEANING: leave&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• damage&lt;br /&gt;• Lets get the bill and find out the damage. • MEANING: cost&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• dead&lt;br /&gt;• This disco is really dead tonight. • MEANING: quiet&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• deck&lt;br /&gt;• He was decked in the fight. • MEANING: knocked down&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• deep pockets&lt;br /&gt;• Her boyfriend has deep pockets. • MEANING: is a good source of money&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• dicey&lt;br /&gt;• Since the weather is a little dicey, I won't go today. • MEANING: chancy&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• dirty&lt;br /&gt;• I hear that it's a dirty movie. • MEANING: an obscene&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• ditch&lt;br /&gt;• I'll ditch my younger brother with my grandmother. • MEANING: leave&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• do a snow job on&lt;br /&gt;• Don't try to do a snow job on me. • MEANING: deceive&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• dope&lt;br /&gt;• He is such a dope. • MEANING: stupid person&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• dope&lt;br /&gt;• There are a lot of dope dealers around here. • MEANING: drug&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• dork&lt;br /&gt;• He is such a dork. • MEANING: strange person&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• dough&lt;br /&gt;• I need some dough before I can go Christmas shopping. • MEANING: money&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• down&lt;br /&gt;• Let's go to a bar and down a few beers. • MEANING: drink quickly&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• drag&lt;br /&gt;• Doing homework on the weekend is a drag. • MEANING: boring&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• dynamite&lt;br /&gt;• This drink is really dynamite. • MEANING: powerful; great&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• earful&lt;br /&gt;• My grandmother gave me an earful about the neighborhood. • MEANING: a lot of gossip&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• easy mark&lt;br /&gt;• The Japanese are an easy mark because they usually carry cash. • MEANING: likely victims&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• eat&lt;br /&gt;• The problem is really eating away at me. • MEANING: bothering&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• excellent&lt;br /&gt;• That's excellent man. • MEANING: fine&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• face-off&lt;br /&gt;• The two sides were headed for a nasty face-off. • MEANING: confrontation&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• far-out&lt;br /&gt;• This music is really far-out. • MEANING: great&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• fix &lt;br /&gt;• The addict needs another fix. • MEANING: dose of drugs&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• flaky&lt;br /&gt;• He is too flaky to do the work. • MEANING: unreliable&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• flashback&lt;br /&gt;• At the wedding he had a flashback of his old girlfriend. • MEANING: remembered&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• flick&lt;br /&gt;• I haven't seen a flick in a long time. • MEANING: movie&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• flip out&lt;br /&gt;• He flipped out when he heard that his mother had been killed. • MEANING: lost control&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• flip side&lt;br /&gt;• What kind of music do you have on the flip side of the tape? • MEANING: other side&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• fox&lt;br /&gt;• His older sister is a fox. • MEANING: very attractive&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• foxy&lt;br /&gt;• She is a foxy lady. • MEANING: sexy&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• freebie&lt;br /&gt;• The pillow was a freebie • MEANING: free&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• get into something&lt;br /&gt;• I got into gardening in high school. • MEANING: became seriously interested in&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• get it&lt;br /&gt;• I listened to the joke twice, but I still don't get it. • MEANING: understand&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• get with it&lt;br /&gt;• If you don't get with it, we will never finish this work. • MEANING: hurry up&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• gig&lt;br /&gt;• I have a gig on Saturday night from 7:00 to 10:00. • MEANING: job&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• glitch&lt;br /&gt;• This computer program has a glitch. • MEANING: defect&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• glitzy&lt;br /&gt;• This is a pretty glitzy hotel to be staying in. • MEANING: fashionable&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• go&lt;br /&gt;• Let me have a go at solving the problem. • MEANING: try&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• go bananas&lt;br /&gt;• I am going to go bananas if I don't have a vacation soon. • MEANING: go crazy&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• go down&lt;br /&gt;• What is going down? • MEANING: happening&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• goof&lt;br /&gt;• I am really a goof at times. • MEANING: fool&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• goof up&lt;br /&gt;• I really goofed up when I painted my room green. • MEANING: made a serious mistake&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• goofy&lt;br /&gt;• You are always acting goofy these days. • MEANING: silly&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• gourd&lt;br /&gt;• Use your gourd to figure out what is happening. • MEANING: head&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• grand&lt;br /&gt;• His salary is twenty grand. • MEANING: thousand dollars&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• grass&lt;br /&gt;• Lots of students smoke grass in the dormitory. • MEANING: marijuana&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• gravy&lt;br /&gt;• This job is pure gravy. • MEANING: easy money&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• groovy&lt;br /&gt;• This music is groovy. • MEANING: pleasant&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• gross&lt;br /&gt;• Picking your nose is really a gross habit. • MEANING: disgusting&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• gross-out&lt;br /&gt;• The party was a gross-out. • MEANING: digusting time&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• grub&lt;br /&gt;• Where is the best place to get some grub around here? • MEANING: food&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• grubby&lt;br /&gt;• Those clothes are too grubby to wear to the party. • MEANING: unclean and untidy&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• grungy&lt;br /&gt;• That is a really grungy jacket. • MEANING: dirty&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• gut&lt;br /&gt;• He got shot in the gut. • MEANING: stomach.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• gut&lt;br /&gt;• The gut issue is about what we are going to do now. • MEANING: basic&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• guts&lt;br /&gt;• It takes a lot of guts to give the boss your true opinion. • MEANING: courage&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• hairy&lt;br /&gt;• That was a hairy plane trip. I am glad the storm is over. • MEANING: dangerous&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• hammer&lt;br /&gt;• Put the hammer to the floor or we will be late for the wedding. • MEANING: accelerator&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• hang it up&lt;br /&gt;• I have decided to hang up my teaching job. • MEANING: quit&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• hang loose&lt;br /&gt;• Just hang loose for another few days. • MEANING: relax&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• hang tough&lt;br /&gt;• We need to hang tough on our decision. • MEANING: stick with&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• hardware&lt;br /&gt;• The police were surprised by all the hardware the gang members had. • MEANING: weapons&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• have a buzz on&lt;br /&gt;• I had a buzz on after the third martini. • MEANING: was slightly intoxicated&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• have good vibes&lt;br /&gt;• I have good vibes about our new secretary. • MEANING: feel good about&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• have it all together&lt;br /&gt;• Recently I don't have it all together. • MEANING: feel mentally all there.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• heave&lt;br /&gt;• I heaved up on the floor. • MEANING: vomited&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• high&lt;br /&gt;• The teenagers look high to me. • MEANING: intoxicated on drugs or alcohol&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• hip-shooter&lt;br /&gt;• He is such a hip-shooter. • MEANING: always talking without thinking&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• history&lt;br /&gt;• I don't have any idea where my old boyfriend is. He's history. • MEANING: something in the past&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• hit&lt;br /&gt;• Your proposal was a hit with the boss. • MEANING: successful&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• hole up&lt;br /&gt;• I had to hole up for three days because the police were looking for me. • MEANING: hide&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• honcho&lt;br /&gt;• The honcho says that we are going to have to give up two days of our vacation. • MEANING: boss&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• hooker&lt;br /&gt;• Her clothes make her look like a hooker. • MEANING: prostitute&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• hot&lt;br /&gt;• The police stopped them because they though the car was hot. • MEANING: stolen&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• huffy&lt;br /&gt;• I will do it soon so please don't get huffy. • MEANING: angry&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• hungry&lt;br /&gt;• If you are not hungry, you won't get ahead in the business. • MEANING: eager to make money&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• hustle&lt;br /&gt;• If you don't hustle, we will be late again. • MEANING: hurry up&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• hyped&lt;br /&gt;• The fans were all hyped up for the football game. • MEANING: excited&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• hyper&lt;br /&gt;• Don't get hyper about what she told you. You know it isn't true. • MEANING: over excited&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• I.D.&lt;br /&gt;• Can you show me some I.D. please? • MEANING: identification&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• in&lt;br /&gt;• The tie you are wearing is really in. • MEANING: fashionable&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• in deep&lt;br /&gt;• They are really in deep with each other. • MEANING: deeply involved&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• in the bag&lt;br /&gt;• Everything is in the bag. There is nothing to worry about. • MEANING: settled&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• intense&lt;br /&gt;• This is a very intense situation we are discussing. • MEANING: serious&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• jam&lt;br /&gt;• I am glad you got yourself out of that jam. • MEANING: trouble&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• jerk someone around&lt;br /&gt;• Recently it seems like everyone is jerking me around. • MEANING: wasting my time and causing me trouble&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• jock&lt;br /&gt;• My roommate is a jock for the basketball team. • MEANING: an athlete&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• john&lt;br /&gt;• The john really smells. • MEANING: bathroom&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• joint&lt;br /&gt;• Where is the closest joint to here. • MEANING: cheap bar&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• joint&lt;br /&gt;• He is good at rolling joints. • MEANING: marijuana cigarettes&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• junkie&lt;br /&gt;• Sam is a junkie. • MEANING: rug addict&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• just off the boat&lt;br /&gt;• He acts like he is just off the boat. • MEANING: naive&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• keep one's cool &lt;br /&gt;• He kept his cool when his house burned down. • MEANING: remained calm&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• kegger&lt;br /&gt;• I hear there is a kegger at John's house tonight. • MEANING: beer party&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• kick&lt;br /&gt;• I get a kick out of watching him paint. • MEANING: enjoy&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• klutz&lt;br /&gt;• He is a real klutz. • MEANING: stupid and clumsy person&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• knock&lt;br /&gt;• Don't knock it if you can't do it any better. • MEANING: criticize&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• knocked up&lt;br /&gt;• My dog gets knocked up once a year. • MEANING: pregnant&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• knockout&lt;br /&gt; • Who was that knockout I saw you with last Friday? • MEANING: stunning person&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• knuckle sandwich&lt;br /&gt;• Shut up or I'll give you a knuckle sandwich. • MEANING: punch in the mouth&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• kook&lt;br /&gt;• Watch out for all the kooks in this neighborhood. • MEANING: strange people&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• laid-back&lt;br /&gt;• You need to be more laid-back. • MEANING: calm and relaxed&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• lame&lt;br /&gt;• That is really a lame excuse. • MEANING: an inadequate&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• line&lt;br /&gt;• I have heard that line a million times. • MEANING: story&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• loser&lt;br /&gt;• John is a loser. • MEANING: annoying and useless&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• love handles&lt;br /&gt;• I exercise every day, but I can't get rid of these love handles. • MEANING: rolls of fat around my stomach&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• make waves&lt;br /&gt;• Try not to make waves around the office. • MEANING: cause trouble&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• maxed out&lt;br /&gt;• I am maxed out at my work and need to rest. • MEANING: exhausted&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• mean &lt;br /&gt;• He plays a mean violin. • MEANING: performs well on&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• mega&lt;br /&gt;• I have mega amounts of tomatoes in my garden this summer. • MEANING: large&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• megabucks&lt;br /&gt;• He made megabucks when he sold his company. • MEANING: a lot of money&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• knock&lt;br /&gt; • Don't knock it if you can't do it any better. • MEANING: criticize&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• mellow&lt;br /&gt;• You need to mellow out and enjoy life. • MEANING: calm down and relax&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• meltdown&lt;br /&gt;• There has been a meltdown in the relationship between my parents and I. • MEANING: total collapse&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• mickey mouse&lt;br /&gt;• The homework the teacher gave us was mickey mouse. • MEANING: nonsense and a waste of time&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• move on someone &lt;br /&gt;• I am going to try to move on Sarah next Saturday. • MEANING: pick up and seduce&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• mush&lt;br /&gt;• That is total mush and you know it. • MEANING: nonesense&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• nark&lt;br /&gt;• Watch out for the narks in the airport. • MEANING: drug police&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• neat&lt;br /&gt;• That was a neat idea that you had. • MEANING: good&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• negative&lt;br /&gt;• There are too many negatives about the company merger. • MEANING: bad things&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• nick&lt;br /&gt;• The police nicked the shoplifter as he was leaving the store. • MEANING: arrested&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• nip&lt;br /&gt;• He took a nip out of the bottle. • MEANING: a quick drink&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• no sweat&lt;br /&gt;• It's no sweat to have the report in to you by Monday. • MEANING: no problem&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• nuke&lt;br /&gt;• I'll nuke our dinner in a few minutes. • MEANING: heat up in the microwave&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• nuke&lt;br /&gt;• Does that attack plane have any nukes? • MEANING: nuclear weapons&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• nut&lt;br /&gt;• I think that he is a nut. • MEANING: crazy person&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• nuts&lt;br /&gt;• You are completely nuts if you think I will go with you. • MEANING: crazy&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• pad&lt;br /&gt;• Have you found a pad yet? • MEANING: a place to live&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• pain in the neck&lt;br /&gt;• My wife's best friend is a pain in the neck. • MEANING: annoying&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• paper-pusher&lt;br /&gt;• My office is filled with paper-pushers. • MEANING: bureaucratic office workers&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• party animal&lt;br /&gt;• You're too old to be a party animal. • MEANING: love parties&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• party-hearty&lt;br /&gt;• We need to party-hearty because we just got a raise in salary. • MEANING: celebrate&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• paw&lt;br /&gt;• Get your paws off of my body. • MEANING: hands&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• peanuts&lt;br /&gt;• I am not going to work for peanuts. • MEANING: practically no money&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• pickled&lt;br /&gt;• He gets pickled after only one beer. • MEANING: intoxicated&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• piece of cake&lt;br /&gt;• Working on a computer for me is a piece of cake. • MEANING: easy to do&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• pig&lt;br /&gt;• He is a pig at parties. • MEANING: eats too much&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• pig out&lt;br /&gt;• Let's go to the restaurant and pig out. • MEANING: eat a lot or overeat&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• pit stop&lt;br /&gt;• Let's make a pit stop at the next rest area. • MEANING: stop and go to the bathroom&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• plastered&lt;br /&gt;• He drinks too much and is always plastered on the weekend. • MEANING: intoxicated&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• pooped out&lt;br /&gt;• He pooped out after we started to do the hard work. • MEANING: quit&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• pop&lt;br /&gt;• Shut up or I will pop you. • MEANING: hit&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• pop for something&lt;br /&gt;• It is my turn to pop for the doughnuts. • MEANING: buy&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• pro&lt;br /&gt;• He is really a pro at his work. • MEANING: professional&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• prod&lt;br /&gt;• Can you give me a gentle prod next week so I won't forget? • MEANING: reminder&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• psyched up&lt;br /&gt;• The players are really psyched up for the game on Friday. • MEANING: mentally ready&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• psycho&lt;br /&gt;• She is a psycho. She should be in a hospital. • MEANING: mentally ill&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• puke&lt;br /&gt;• I feel like I am going to puke. • MEANING: vomit&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• push off&lt;br /&gt;• I am going to push off now. • MEANING: leave&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• put the moves on&lt;br /&gt;• You should give up trying to put the moves on her. She is married. • MEANING: seduce&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• put-on&lt;br /&gt;• It was an elaborate put-on which I almost believed. • MEANING: deception&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• quarterback&lt;br /&gt;• Who is going to quarterback the meeting? • MEANING: lead&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• quick buck&lt;br /&gt;• I need to make a quick buck. • MEANING: some easy money&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• rack&lt;br /&gt;• I have to hit the rack by ten or I'll be tired in the morning. • MEANING: bed&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• rack out&lt;br /&gt;• I am going to rack out for two hours. • MEANING: sleep&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• racket&lt;br /&gt;• There sure was a lot of racket outside last night. • MEANING: noise&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• rag&lt;br /&gt;• I can't believe we still get this same old rag. • MEANING: newspaper&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• rap&lt;br /&gt;• We need to sit down and rap about a few things. • MEANING: talk about&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• rathole&lt;br /&gt;• When are you going to be able to move out of that rathole. • MEANING: run down place&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• raw&lt;br /&gt;• The raw office workers were not getting much done. • MEANING: new&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• ream someone out&lt;br /&gt;• The boss really reamed him out for his bad report. • MEANING: got angry with him&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• red hot&lt;br /&gt;• Your idea is really red hot. • MEANING: important&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• repo&lt;br /&gt;• Hey, don't repo my car. I will pay next week. • MEANING: repossess&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• rinky-dink&lt;br /&gt;• The circus was really rinky-dink. • MEANING: inferior&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• riot&lt;br /&gt; • The comedy program was a real riot. • MEANING: funny&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• road hog&lt;br /&gt;• That driver is a road hog. • MEANING: takes up too much of the road&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• rocks&lt;br /&gt; • Would you like your whiskey on the rocks? • MEANING: with ice&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• rough time&lt;br /&gt;• We have had a rough time this winter. • MEANING: hard time&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• rug&lt;br /&gt;• Is that a rug on his head? • MEANING: wig&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• rug rat&lt;br /&gt;• My sister has three rug rats. • MEANING: children&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• rule&lt;br /&gt;• My wife rules the house. • MEANING: dominates&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• run off at the mouth&lt;br /&gt;• He is always running off at the mouth. • MEANING: talking too much&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• run out of gas&lt;br /&gt;• The politician ran out of gas during the campaign. • MEANING: lost interest or momentum&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• sack&lt;br /&gt;• When did you hit the sack last night? • MEANING: go to bed&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• scam&lt;br /&gt;• Don't lose your money in some kind of scam. • MEANING: swindle&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• scarf&lt;br /&gt;• Since he hadn't eaten in a week, he scarfed down everything on his plate. • MEANING: ate quickly&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• schmuck&lt;br /&gt;• What a stupid schmuck. • MEANING: jerk&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• screw around&lt;br /&gt;• If you screw around all day at this work, you will have to come back again. • MEANING: waste time&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• screw up&lt;br /&gt;• If you screw up one more time, I will fire you. • MEANING: make a mistake&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• sharp&lt;br /&gt;• He is very sharp with numbers • MEANING: intelligent&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• shot&lt;br /&gt;• I'll give the puzzle another shot. • MEANING: try&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• shot down&lt;br /&gt;• Everyone shot down my idea at first, but later agreed that it was a good idea. • MEANING: disagreed with&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• slammer&lt;br /&gt;• The police threw them both in the slammer. • MEANING: jail&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• smashed&lt;br /&gt;• Try not to get smashed at the beer party. • MEANING: intoxicated&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• smoke eater&lt;br /&gt;• My father is a smoke eater. • MEANING: fireman&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• split&lt;br /&gt;• It is time to split and go see the movie. • MEANING: leave&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• spook &lt;br /&gt;• The cows were spooked by the howling of the wolves. • MEANING: frightened&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• spud&lt;br /&gt;• Do you want rice or spuds for dinner? • MEANING: potatoes&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• square&lt;br /&gt;• My father looks square in his jacket. • MEANING: old-fashioned&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• steamed up&lt;br /&gt;• Don't get so steamed up over the issue. • MEANING: angry&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• stink&lt;br /&gt;• This whole operation stinks. • MEANING: is repulsive&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• straight&lt;br /&gt;• I want you to give me a straight answer. • MEANING: honest&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• stressed&lt;br /&gt;• I am really stressed by all the recent world events. • MEANING: upset&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• sucker&lt;br /&gt;• Don't be a sucker. • MEANING: be deceived&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• take a hike&lt;br /&gt;• I am tired of all your complaining. Take a hike. • MEANING: • leave&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• taken&lt;br /&gt;• He was taken for all his money at the casino. • MEANING: • cheated out of&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• taking care of business&lt;br /&gt;• I have been taking care of business. • MEANING: doing what I have to do&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• threads&lt;br /&gt;• Those look like expensive threads he is wearing. • MEANING: clothes&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• tool around&lt;br /&gt;• I don't want to tool around all night. It is time to go home. • MEANING: drive around&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• totaled&lt;br /&gt;• My car was totaled in the accident with the garbage truck. • MEANING: completely wrecked&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• up&lt;br /&gt;• He has been up ever since he met his new girlfriend. • MEANING: happy and cheerful&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• up for grabs&lt;br /&gt;• This is a sale. Everything is up for grabs. • MEANING: available.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• veg out&lt;br /&gt;• I want to veg out in front of the television this evening. • MEANING: relax and do nothing&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• vibes&lt;br /&gt;• He really gives off good vibes. • MEANING: feelings&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• wad&lt;br /&gt;• You don't want to carry a wad like that with you in the big city. • MEANING: bundle of money&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• waste&lt;br /&gt;• After you waste him, throw the body in the river. • MEANING: kill&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• wheels&lt;br /&gt;• If you let me borrow your wheels, I'll go out and buy a pizza. • MEANING: car&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• whiz&lt;br /&gt;• He is a whiz at the computer. • MEANING: talented person&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• wired&lt;br /&gt;• I am really wired after drinking five cups of coffee. • MEANING: alert&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• wussy&lt;br /&gt;• Don't be such a wussy all the time. Say what you are thinking. • MEANING: weak person&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• yukky&lt;br /&gt;• This food tastes yukky • MEANING: bad&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• zapped&lt;br /&gt;• I am too zapped to help you right now. • MEANING: exhausted&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• zip&lt;br /&gt;• He knew zip about running the company. • MEANING: Nothing&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1445909473865538452-5163240273093061298?l=americanslangs.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://americanslangs.blogspot.com/feeds/5163240273093061298/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://americanslangs.blogspot.com/2009/02/american-slangs.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1445909473865538452/posts/default/5163240273093061298'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1445909473865538452/posts/default/5163240273093061298'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://americanslangs.blogspot.com/2009/02/american-slangs.html' title='American Slangs'/><author><name>My Blogspots</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16389698435106664765</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry></feed>
