Let’s slang!

[Prezbucky]

more:

the spins = everyone who's ever been really drunk knows what these are -- the room "spins"; you feel dizzy; you feel like you need to hurl.

hurl = vomit, throw up

blow chunks = vomit, throw up (Wayne's World! Party time, excellent!)

piece = musical composition ("That Mozart piece -- Piano Concerto in A -- is lovely.")

piece = gun

gat = gun (1980s-1990s urban slang)

wad = bunch (usually tightly wound/grouped)

wad of cash = good deal of cash (unless they're all $1 bills, I suppose)

blew his wad = wasted (or simply spent) his wad of cash. There is also an obscene use of this phrase which nobody should use (or infer) in pleasant company.

gnarly = cool ; nasty (check for context)

funky = cool (almost always connotes coolness, unless someone is referring to old milk or something obvious like that)

hitched = married (John and Johnette got hitched yesterday, for Pete's sake!)

For Pete's sake = can you believe that?! ; for goodness' sake! ; gosh darn it!

fair-to-middlin' = okay, average

jet = go (usually immediately -- 1990s urban slang) ; "Man, I've got to jet."
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[Lucien_Librarian]

Yo prezbucky

We ain't talked before but I jus' wan'ned to let ya know that yo' postings're always informative and way funny, dude. ;-)

Seriously: When I endeavored to learn English as well as possible I soon noticed that -should I ever want to successfully communicate with the average American- I'd need to learn slang. White slang, black slang, east coast, west coast, southern.. What helped me most to achieve that goal was pulp literature and the autobiographies of famous Americans, among them jazz-legend Miles Davis who introduced me to the numerous ways one can use the MF word <g>

'later

Ralf

p.s.: Nashville, huh? First thing coming to mind is country music

[Prezbucky]

I'm glad that you think of music when you think of Nashville. As for me, for three-fourths of the year Nashville reminds me of sweat.

and

when you say "east coast" and "west coast" make sure that you pronounce them like this:

eas coas

wes coas

same with east side and west side (eas sigh, wes sigh)

if you want to be truly authentic.

hehe
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[Prezbucky]

...terms for being drunk:

I am... ; he is... ; she is... ; they are... ; we are...

- Tanked
- Wasted
- Inebriated (this is actually the technical term)
- Sloshed
- Slammed
- Three sheets to the wind (old term, but still usable)
- Destroyed
- Blitzed

that's enough. hehe
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[Lost_Soul]

You forgot my favourite: shit-faced. :D
I even taught my friends this expression.

BTW, when you say "I've been to the east side of Detroit", do you pronounce it this way "I biin to ze issai ov Detroit"?

[Prezbucky]

ah, yes. how could i forget that gem?

good job, Alex

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I been to de (duh) eesah (depending... may be eesah or eesai) uh Detroit.

the "been" might be "bin" or "ben", depending on where you are in the US.

Down here in the South, we have the E-->I change

ten = tin
been = bin
ken = kin

etc.
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[Prezbucky]

I can drive = Ah kin drahv
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[Lost_Soul]

Thanks, Tom!

[Prezbucky]

cool beans
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[Ppashakhanl]

Hi friends,
When I read all these slangs ... I understood I'll never learn English perfectly!
I guess I should give up anytin else and just focus on English ... ha ha :)
Anyway, nice to meet all of you :)

[Katty2010]

I was writing article on classic 70's 80's and 90's and I wrote an entire passage about slangs used back then. Here are few:-
‘What it is?’ ‘Decent!’ ‘John is such a fruit’ ‘She is a closet disco queen’ ‘I flunked my math exam’ ‘Bummer for ya!’ ‘Do you have any bread in your pocket?’ ‘I’ve gotta book! See ya later alligator!’ ‘Be there or be a square!’ ‘That’s awesome possome!’ ‘BAM!!!’ ‘Please try to dig it!’ ‘Don’t be such a spaz!’
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[Richard]

Hello guys,
I was wondering why you gave it up?
G2G = GTG = got to go
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[Mutsaka Ivan]

Hi friends, who may be knowing what slang words are?. For sure i don't know any slang word or maybe i use them but unknowingly please give me some examples of these words.

[Mutsaka Ivan]

Hi friends, who may be knowing what slang words are?. For sure i don't know any slang word or maybe i use them but unknowingly please give me some examples of these words.

[Richard]

Hello Mutsaka Ivan,
The Online Slang Dictionary (American, Urban, and Urban slang
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