Slang Words: List of 100 Common Slang Words & Phrases You Need to Know!

Slang Words! Slang words are defined as the words and phrases used informally in any language. Following is a list of 100 English slang words that are commonly used today. Most of them are American slang words and phrases.

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List of  100 English slang words and phrases with their meanings and examples:

• Eye-popping – fantastic, astonishing

The New York Times had an eye-popping article this morning.

• Chicken –  a coward

You’re a chicken, Tom!

• Con – Swindle

He tried to con me out of $20.

• Couch potato – people who watching T.V all day

You are such a couch potato on weekends.

• Ball – a good time

We had a ball at the party last night.

• Bazillion – uncountable number/ a very big number

We gets a bazillion followers everyday on Facebook fan page.

• Croak – to die

She married a millionaire just about to croak.

• Neat – excellent

Your house is always so neat – how do you manage it with three children?

• Nuts – crazy, mad

She’s beautiful. I’m nuts about her.

• Big guns – powerful, influenced people

Jed wanted to impress a Harvard professor and some other big guns.

• Dynamite – great, awesome

That teenager singer is really dynamite!

• Earful – scolding / reprimanding

I bet Sue gave you an earful when you got home.

• Bitch – complain/ gossip about something

Whenever the girls get together, they always find something to bitch about.

• Bonkers – mad/ insane

The man must be bonkers to take such a risk.

• Break – chance/ opportunity

Never give a sucker an even break.

• Bummed – sad or disappointed

I was really bummed out that there were no tickets left.

• Cheesy – cheap, outdated

We went to some cheesy bar in Baltimore.

• Cruising – going at a high speed

• Cushy – comfortably easy

It’s a cushy life for the rich.

• Deck – hit some on the face

Do that again and I’ll deck you.

• Deep pockets – having a lot of money

They’re looking for someone with deep pockets to pay for the research.

• Dinosaur – something or someone is very old

The Health Service has become a dinosaur. It needs radical reform if it is to survive.

• Airhead – a foolish/ dumb person

Boy, that salesman was the biggest airhead I’ve ever seen.

• Eyeball – look at, look over.

Challenge him, eyeball him, intimidate him.

• Fender-bender – a minor accident/collision between two vehicles

Another time I missed a date because I got into a fender-bender on the way there.

• Idiot box – the television

Phil has been staring at the idiot box all afternoon.

• Icky – unpleasant or annoying

What is this icky old stuff?

• Jam – trouble

How are we going to get ourselves out of this jam?

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• Hang out -spend time together in a place frequently

We often used to hang out in supermarkets.

• All-nighter – study all night

I pulled an all-nighter last night.

• Ditch – leave, abandon something

Let’s ditch school today.

• Flicks – films/ movies

What’s on at the flicks this week?

• Freebie – something that is free

All the journalists were given a freebie lunch.

• Gig – work, job

I had got totally pissed and had to do a gig that night.

• Guts – courage or boldness

Barbara hasn’t got the guts to leave her mother.

• Go bananas – go crazy

Love is making you go bananas!

• Goof off – Wasting time, not doing anything in particular

He’s been goofing off at school.

• Grand – thousand dollars

He lives in a grand house.

• Heave – vomit

The smell of the fish made me/my stomach heave.

• Hot – attractive

You look so hot in that dress!

• Hustle – leave hurriedly

I love the hustle and bustle of the marketplace.

• Glitch – defect or problem

This minor glitch has turned into a big problem for the airline.

• Jock – someone who plays a sport

She is a jock from a family of jocks, articulate only in that special, odd way that coaches are articulate.

• John – toilet

I need to meet John, r-i-g-h-t n-o-w!

• Junkie – a drug addict

His son was a junkie, the kid OD’d a year ago.

• Grub – food

Get yourself some grub and come and sit down.

• Peanuts – very little money

He gets paid peanuts for doing that job.

• Rocking – great, awesome

He had a rocking performance!

• Shades – sunglasses

She was dressed in muted shades of blue.

• Sucks – awful or unacceptable

Life sucks, but worth fighting for.

• Meltdown – the completely breaking down

The stock market crash might lead to financial meltdown.

• Mickey mouse – something that does not make sense

It’s only a Mickey Mouse job.

• Oddball – weird, unusual person

The new boss is a bit of an oddball.

• Pissed off – extremely annoyed

• Quarterback – lead or initiative

The Carolina Panthers were playing with a backup quarterback.

• Beemer – a BMW car

He’s got a new beemer, what a rich man!

• Quick buck – Easy getting money

I need to make a quick buck without much effort.

• K – A thousand of a currency

It costs 10k.

• Kick back – relax

Kick back, make yourself at home.

• Raw – new and inexperienced

Raw meat must be kept separate from cooked meat.

• Razz – annoy

The pupils are razzing the teacher.

• Umpteen – incalculable

We’ve been there umpteen times and she still can’t remember the way.

• Whiz – Be talented at something

Apparently, he is a whiz at thank – you notes!

• Wimp – a cowardly person

Don’t be such a wimp.

• Up – Feeling cheerful or in good spirits

She feels up and down all day.

• Vibes – atmosphere or feelings

I have good vibes about this contract.

• Wheels – a car

I’ve got a new wheels on my birthday.

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