Wait… What they’re talking about!
Hi! With my
team have worked and figured out about the Unites
States culture, so now I want to share with you a very interesting (and
useful, hopefully) topic J
Would you
like to go to the USA? I think the major part of this course would say
“yeeeeah!” or “of course!” Trust me, I at least, always think about it, but…
Have you ever thought about American’s ways to speak? I mean, do you know some
of the slangs they use? Could you
understand a younger people’s conversation right now?
Well, yes.
I am talking about informal speaking. If you want to make a travel to the
United States (or any other country), you have to know that people don’t speak ‘like a sir’ all the time! (yes, like a sir, you know, like a
dictionary), they use informal words in informal situations (especially young
people, when they speak each other, when they chat through whatsapp, facebook,
etc.), exactly like us!
Well, I’m
sure all of us know what a Slang is… But, I want to share with
you some of the most known and useful slangs in the United States, I bet you
that some of these are words or phrases which you NEVER have seen before, but
don’t worry! Here you have a tiny list to understand a little bit more:
- Adorbz: Someone adorable
- Back Pack: XL buttocks (Do you remember when we saw Nicky Minaj’s Anaconda, or JLo and Iggy Azalea’s big booty? Right… )
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- Badinkadink: Opposite to Nicky’s backpack,I mean, not very big buttocks.
- Benjamins: The one hundred dollar bill, in which Benjamin Franklin is pictured on them. You can also use the word Bucks, referring to any US bill.
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- Guetto: The poorest place in a city, is called as guetto.
- Grenade: A girl with a notorious overweight, called (cruely, I think) grenade because of her body shape. Don’t use this, don’t do bullying L
- Leggo: Let’s go, like in Shakira’s song
- The joint: In Chile you know this like caño, paraguas, pito, etc etc. So, you know what it is.
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- To be iced out: Wearing a lot of shiny jewelry, especially diamonds (Ice is called diamond, bling bling)
- To chill out: Being relaxed, calmed… Nothing worry you
- To get busted: Being in problems because of something
- Whip, wheels: A car, just that.
- YOLO: Pay attention to this… You Only Live Once, so come on! Enjoy simple things, do what you like! J You have to be cray.
Did you see
that? There is A LOT of different slangs or modisms in this country, I hope da list help u 2 understand more about
informal ways of speaking in the US. Maybe, this would help you when you’re in
a speech, talking with someone important (of course, don’t using this words! xD
) or in a trouble J
If you want
to read and learn more about slangs and informal phrases, you can visit the
following website!
or check
this video, and learn more ways to speak with slangs or funny phrases
*Note: The meanings of the slangs on the list
were extracted from the website Cool American English, given in the first link
(cool American English).
Let your
comments! :D
I really like this article! It's so interesting and we can learn a lot of new words with the links that you give us. I think that it's very important read about these topics because, like you say, if we want to go to The United States we've to learn about this informal phrases (because these are words that the Americans used everyday). Thank you!
ResponderEliminarI think the same! If one day we go to the usa we need to know this phrases:)
ResponderEliminarYeah, i must agree with you, i really liked this article because it's all true, i've talked with some american friends i know in skype and sometimes they say things i cant understand and i end up asking them and learning a new slang, which it might not be a real word, but it can help you understand many things, also is part of their own "culture" so i think it's really important that we get to know a lot of this slangs. great post !
ResponderEliminarvery good entry, typical words that ppl use and we don't know, except for YOLO that one I knew it by quite a time now
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