American Slang: List of 25 Essential American Slang You Shouldn’t Miss!

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American Slang! In this lesson, you will learn a list 25 essential American slang words and phrases you might need to use in your daily life to sound like a native speaker.

American Slang

List of American Slang Words

1. Awesome

• Meaning: Awesome means something is wonderful or amazing
• Example: They had an awesome task ahead.

2. Cool

• Meaning: great or fantastic
• Example: You’re so cool!

3. Dude

• Meaning: guy
• Example: Hey, dude, what’s up?

4. Beat

• Meaning: to win
• Example: You were born to beat!

5. To Hang Out

• Meaning: spend some time together
• Example: I am not going to hang out with him anymore because he is sleazy.

6. Wheels

• Meaning: a car
• Example:  He got some really nice wheels for his 18^th birthday.

7. Hot

• Meaning: attractive
• Example: She’ so hot in that dress!

8. Go banana

• Meaning: go crazy
• Example: I will go bananas if my team wins the championship!

9. To Have a Crush

• Meaning: you’re attracted to somebody and would like them to be more than just your friend.
• Example: It takes a minute to have a crush on someone, an hour to like someone and a day to love someone – but it takes a lifetime to forget someone.

10. Kicks

• Meaning: shoes
• Example: I’ve got new kicks, are they nice?

11. My bad

• Meaning: my mistake
• Example: Sorry, it’s my bad to leave you alone at the party.

12. Boo

• Meaning: boyfriend or girlfriend
• Example: She is my boo.

13. Creeper

• Meaning: a weird person
• Example: He is talking to a goose, such a creeper!

14. Ex

• Meaning: old boyfriend or girlfriend
• Example: He’s different from my ex.

15. Hooked

• Meaning: you’re addicted to something and you can’t get enough
• Example: I got hooked on TV when I was sick.

16. Sick

• Meaning: Cool
• Example: You’re so sick!

17. Ripped

• Meaning: torn
• Example: The flags had been ripped in two.

18. Dunno

• Meaning: I don’t know
• Example: I dunno what you are talking about.

19. Keep it real

• Meaning: be yourself
• Example: Keep it real! I believe you can do it!

20. Bro

• Meaning: friend
• Example: Hey bro, what’re you doing?

21. Pro

• Meaning: Professional
• Example: She’s a real pro.

22. Croak

• Meaning: to die
• Example: She was croaked in the age of 45.

23. Dope

• Meaning: stupid person
• Example: You’re a dope!

24. Crash

• Meaning: sleep
• Example: She was crashing at a friend’s house after the party.

25. Gig

• Meaning: job or work
• Example: She makes a bundle at her current gig.

26. Chicken

• Meaning: cowardly
• Example: “He’s too much of a chicken to try that jump!” Tim said snidely.

27. Idiot box

• Meaning: the television
• Example: He spends too much time indoors in front of the idiot box.

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