15个有趣实用的英语俚语.docx

15个有趣实用的英语俚语15个有趣实用的英语俚语 1. cheesy: melodramatic, corny (synonym), trying too hard, unsubtle, and inauthentic (Ex: “I love her so much I am going to die.” “Haha you sound soo cheesy.”) 2. chicken: coward (Ex: “Stop being a chicken and try the rollercoaster ride!”) 3. dorky: strange; peculiar; A dork is someone who has odd interests, and is often silly at times. (Ex: "Kate Perry portrayed a dorky girl in her music video for the song 'Last Friday Night.'") 4. freebie: something that does not cost money (Ex: “Where did you buy that pen?” “Oh this? Its a freebie I got at the carnival.”) 5. full-on: powerful, with maximum effort. (Ex: “Im going to study full-on for this next exam.”) 6. go bananas: go slightly crazy (Ex: “Love is making you go bananas.”) 7. hammered: very drunk (Ex: “Dude, stop drinking, you are already hammered.”) 8. hyper: overly excited (Ex: “Why are you so hyper?” “I think its because I ate a lot of candy this morning. Sugar makes me hyper.”) 9. kicks: shoes (Ex: “Wow, nice kicks!”) (See Note 1) NOTE 1 | “Just for kicks” is a phrase that means, “Just for fun.” The term, kicks, in this case does not mean shoes. 10. laid back: relaxed; calm (Ex: “Why are you so laid back? The exam is in 30 minutes!”) 11. lame: incompetent, bad (Ex: “I saw you cheating on the test.” “So what?” “Ugh, you are so lame.”) 12. love handles: excess fat around the waist (Ex: “Honey, its okay, I love you AND your love handles.”) 13. rubbish: nonsense; not true (Ex: “The last Harry Potter movie was terrible!” “What? Thats rubbish!”) 14. screw up: to make a mistake (Ex: “Im sorry for lying to you, I screwed up, big time.”) 15. sick: awesome, so cool, amazing; a term used more commonly among hip hop dancers (Ex: “Dude, youve got some sick moves!”)