today I'm going to talk to you about
slang how cool is that
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in this lesson I'm going to talk to you
about some popular slang that is used in
America but before we begin I'd like to
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practice your English skills so before
we get into the slang words it's
important to know well what is slang so
slang is just words that are used among
a particular region or age group or
social circle and it's not universally
known by everyone else even if you're
from the same country slang is also a
little different than idioms because
idioms tend to have more than one word
and also they're a bit more well known
among different groups of people so I'm
going to talk to you about some American
slang that I think is kind of well known
among most Americans and maybe other
people in other countries and know of
these words but they probably don't use
them or maybe they do and now you can
use them too so the first word is crash
and crash just means to suddenly fall
asleep or maybe you are so tired you
know that you are going to go to sleep
immediately because you're so tired and
you just want to crash I'm just gonna
graduate I'm a crashed is I kitchen a
man you can crash at my place if you
need to crash you can have the couch
number two is shotgun so when you call
Shotgun you are basically saying that
you want to sit in the front passenger
seat of the car so if you are driving
somewhere with a group of people maybe
the people that are not driving will
call Shotgun and that means that that
person gets to sit in the front with the
driver it's commonly used with the word
call and somebody calls shotgun now
there's all sorts of weird rules when it
comes to shotgun that you have to be
outside before you can call
shotgun some people say that you have to
be able to see the car before you call
Shotgun
so it's kind of become a bit of a game
to some extent and it's regularly used
among younger generations specially kids
in high school when they first start
driving and they go places with their
friends and everybody's calling shotgun
they're arguing over shotgun I call
Shotgun
number three is creep now this is an
adjective that's used to describe a
person who is unpleasant strange or a
bit weird and weird in a bit of an
awkward and get away from me type of way
a lot of times it's used to describe
guys it is a gender-neutral word but
mostly guys get this label and sometimes
they deserve it and people might say he
is a creep stay away from him or maybe
somebody is acting creepy because
they're saying things that are a little
unpleasant and you just don't want to be
around people that are creeps but you're
a creep but
number four is buck now buck is just
another word for a dollar
they're basically synonyms so if you
have three dollars you can say that you
have three bucks three bucks 40 bucks 30
bucks ten bucks 20 bucks 80 bucks
yeah 80 bucks for a few bucks just a
small loan from the briefcase number
five is for real so this is a
declaration of honesty it's kind of like
saying believe me I'm being honest trust
me for real so if you're telling a story
and you really want those people to know
that you're being honest you can't add
that at the end and just say for real
this is what the word means for real it
can also be used as an interjection kind
of asking the question to somebody else
are you being honest are you being
serious maybe they're telling a story
and you're not sure if it's true and you
just ask them you're say for real for
real is that what happened are you sure
for real will
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real for real doors real for real we're
for real you really for me
number six is knock no you can knock
something or knock someone and it's just
saying something bad about something or
someone it's a disparaging remark and
mostly it's used to talk about
inactivity maybe you don't want to do
something and you're not really thrilled
about it and then the other person often
it's used in a negative sense when
you're telling somebody don't disparage
it don't say something that don't knock
it there's also a popular expression
that goes don't knock it till you try it
this is used mostly when people are
talking about something and activity
that they've never done before but still
they're saying some bad things about it
and another person might say hey don't
knock it till you try it
don't knock it till you try it no no do
you try I mean don't knock it till you
try it right that's what I'm saying
hey don't knock it till you try it
number seven is sweet now this is used
to say that something is nice it's
talking about a favorable situation and
people will just say sweet now you
should know that it's really about the
emphasis and the way you say it
you don't really just say sweet great
that's sweet you want to say it with a
lot more flavor a lot more energy a lot
more pizazz
so wheat that's sweet sweet sweet
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it's wait wait number eight is sulked
now Zonk is just when you are completely
exhausted you are so tired you say that
you are zonked often if you haven't been
sleeping that much you might tell
someone you know I am just so Zonk trite
now it also means you're a little out of
it because you haven't been sleeping or
you're just tired from doing something
and you can't really think clearly yours
alt thought your body very important job
for you but if you're going to be junked
out all the time
number nine jonesing
so jonesing is a strong crave or desire
for something it's typically talking
about a drink or food something that
you're craving you want you're addicted
to you could be jonesing for coffee
jonesing for sweets chocolate jonesing
for anything really I know it's early so
jonesing for some coffee
what are you jonesing for tell you what
boys I'm kind of jonesing so I'm gonna
find someone I can bum a smoke off
without saying good jonesing for a cup
of coffee jonesing for a Starbucks since
I got here
Bing of crunchy I have been jonesing for
some Double Stuf Oreos all day number
ten is bail now to bail is to leave
somewhere and often when you bail you
are typically leaving somebody behind so
in that case you are bailing on someone
you can also bail on something maybe you
want to bail on the party because you
don't want to go you want to bail on the
dinner bill can also mean to avoid plans
altogether so maybe you're supposed to
meet somebody at the movies and you
never show up they might ask you hey
why'd you bail on me last night where
were you but regularly you're bailing on
someone if you're just leaving and you
don't tell somebody you're bailing on
them it's not good to bail on people
don't bail on me you bailed on me okay
oh I say you're you're chickening out
you're bailing on me and now when I need
you most you are bailing on me okay so
now you are a bit more proficient in
American slang you can use them practice
these slang words and also listen for
them if you're watching TV or movies now
before we go I want to test your
knowledge of slang I'm gonna give you
some American slang and I want you to
click on the correct meaning okay if you
don't click on anything then the video
is just going to end and I hope that you
give this video a thumbs up and then go
on to watch some other videos if you
don't know the answer then write that in
the comments just right I don't know and
I'll tell you the answer so here is the
slang amp'd if I tell you I'm amped what
does it mean if you don't know again
write it in the comments amped I want
you to click on the correct meaning what
does it mean and
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what could it mean who knows I'm amped
are you amped