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Subject: American Slang - Quick and Easy. Tue Jan 01 2008, 09:22

As we have been discussing it for a couple of days, I thought it was finally time to do somthing :] All americans, feel free to add here, or PM me, and I can edit this post :]
Oh, and I am making this list off a convient little list I found online.... o here you go!

I am posting Pittsburgheese. Thats what I know best. PLease note there are MAJOR differences between us Pittsburgians and others. :]
Yins -- You
Ya'll -- You all
Yizzel -- You will
Yel'low -- Hello
Ya' gotsta -- You got to
What the cobb -- What Happened?
Wachatice -- Watch out for that ice.
Wach a Stillers -- Traditional Monday morning Greeting about wether or not you watched the Sunday night Steeler Game
Unz -- ones

finish Later

Subject: Re: American Slang - Quick and Easy. Tue Jan 01 2008, 15:37

I'd just like to add that a lot of people say:

Yo=hello
dude=man; also can refer to a girl though or used like this, "Dude, you can't do that."

I hate when people say that but just to add that on to the list....

Subject: Re: American Slang - Quick and Easy. Tue Jan 01 2008, 16:19

OK here's some Cali slang. You should know that California is very diverse and there's a lot of different slang. Soooo...
What's up? OR sup?= a common greeting
Wut it dew?= pronounced" What it do?". Is also a greeting that mostly myspace teens use.
Poser= somebody who acts like someone they aren't.
Gangster= this is what you call someone in baggy clothes and such. Back in the day gangsters actually went around killing people hired by someone. Now this term is used innocintly, mostly.
Wangster= a wanna be gangster. They usually don't want to be one but they think it's cool to dress like them.
cholo= a Mexican (ga)wangster
Chula= the girl version of the above
da bomb= "OMG that's the bomb!" really cool
loner= someone who tends to be by theirself, not into people aquaintainces
chicka= a girl friend; this is Spanish and its used frequently
nerd= many possibilities, someone who's book smart, or,"You're such a nerd!" just a joking around term for a bud
awesome=really cool, amazing
awesomist= the most awesome, like,"That is the awesomist purse ever!" or something
bad= not good; usually used as in good or cool. " That was bad!" you would say after a friend just did a backflip or something
sweet= sugary; cool, an exclamation, could be used like bad(above)"That was one sweet trick!"
Radical= again, really cool. Lots of surfers and skaters use this term but everybody says it
Badical= both bad and radical
OK that's just for starters. I use a lot of these terms, so do my friends, but not all of them.

Subject: Re: American Slang - Quick and Easy. Tue Jan 01 2008, 17:56

In New Jersey.. we basically use sup and yo and stuff but we also talkin like IM language like people says OMG and call each other Biffles (BFFL) which is best friend for life. We say IDK too...

Subject: Re: American Slang - Quick and Easy. Tue Jan 01 2008, 19:53

...oh, so THAT'S what 'rad' stands for! I wondered. Anyway, in New York, every area has slightly different slang. Here's some slang from Brooklyn that I personally use or have heard used...there's lots more that I don't use, cuz even different areas of Brooklyn have different slang...lol:

-Fuhgeddaboutit! --Lit. Forget about it. Used as 'don't even think about it' or 'never mind'. xD There's a sign on the highway on the border of Brooklyn that says, 'Leaving Brooklyn? Fuhgeddaboutit!' Lmao.

-I dunno (pronounced 'ah-dən-OH', one long drawled word) --I don't know.

-Heya Boss! --originating from the Italians *coughmafia* I think, this is what a random someone will call you when they don't know your name but are trying to be friendly. Usually just guys use this one.

-Jinx --something you say when two people say the same thing simultaneously. There are some rules about both of them having to keep silent, and whoever speaks first gets pinched, but ah...these are street rules, so they keep changing. xD

-Wack Job --crazy person. Can also say, 'she is wacked' for 'she's crazy.'

-For a song --for very little money. Used as in 'I got these gorgeous shoes for a song' or 'I love my job, but I'm doing it for a song.'

-Heya, Hiya, Howyadoin? --Hello, How are you? Yep, Joey from Friends actually didn't make that one up. American Slang - Quick and Easy. Devil

Although he does it with a funny Italian accent. Most people say it in a flatter tone...or well, according to whatever accent they have. xD

-Didja? --Did you?

-D'jeet? --Did you eat?

-Hook you up --give someone a good deal on something, or help them get what they need. As in, 'Give me a call later and I'll hook you up with the guys you need to know.'

-He/she 'doesn't know from nothing' (plural--they don't know...)--insult for a person who isn't too bright.

-Sliding Pond --playground slide.

-the City --NYC.

-Shlub --a clumsy, stupid or otherwise useless and pathetic person. An insult, obviously.

And of course, we leave off the ends of words like comin', goin', hearin', etc. And we smush together a lot more words. I'll keep an ear open the next few days and come back with more...xD.

But by the way, nobody I know uses IM language out loud.

Subject: Re: American Slang - Quick and Easy. Wed Jan 02 2008, 10:15

We should make yellow this forums color, what do you all think? Just for fun.Well here's some more words for you...

coolio=just a fun word, like your friend tells you her weekend plans and you reply,"Coolio."
10-4=mostly men use this, it means "okay", it's just,"Ten four"
cliques=the different groups of people at a school or something, like "HE's in a band clique" pronounced 'click'.
fo sho=for sure
suck it up=when you get hurt your friend might tell you this, it means just get over it and move on
take it like a man=the same as'suck it up'
go pick your stick=my friends and I say this to each other when one of us is in trouble. Back in the day when kids got in trouble their mother would tell them to go pick their switch for a spanking. Now you say it when a friend is in trouble like,"Your busted, you might as well go pick your stick, man"

Here's some of the IM talk my friends use... and if you didn't know you say the letters not what it spells...
OMG=oh my gosh, an exclamation
LOL=laugh out loud, what you say when something is funny
JK=just kidding
JJ=just joking, one of my friends accidentally made this up
INBD=it's no big deal
BTW=by the way
I'll be back with more...

Subject: Re: American Slang - Quick and Easy. Wed Jan 02 2008, 10:31

idk - i dont know
idc - i dont care
w/e - what ever

hmmm... some more phrases from my part of the country:
Dwag - Some guys call their buddies this "What up dwag?"
'Sup wif u - whats up with you
Ain'da - isn't the
Airyago - (er-ya-go) There you go
Anna - and the
Bince - being as
Bo fuss - both of us (The bofuss went to the stiller game)
Bowchyins - both of you
Buy Sam a drink and get his dog one too! - wow, what a great goal! (hockey)
Cheese and Crackers - WOW!
Choobinuptoo - what have you been up to
Cordada - quarter to
Dabby - that would be
Dahnahahs - down to the house (I am going...)
Downa - down to the
Fell out. - Meaning someone has lost consciousness
Gets da steppin' - Hury up!
Git atta 'er/Get aht - Get out of here/ get out
Go Ghost - dissappear
Haaja - how did you
Hammy - Hand me
Hauscome - whats the reason
Heat ups - left overs
Inna - In The
Ize - I was
Jano - Did you know.
Ki - Can I

Subject: Re: American Slang - Quick and Easy. Wed Jan 02 2008, 16:20

I don't get BTW. I mean, it's harder to say than' by the way'. It has two extra syllables. *shrug* Usually slang forms when you try to slur words and speak faster. So it's weird that BTW actually takes longer. xD

I'm also realizing it's hard to pick out just American slang. Cuz slang goes international pretty fast and it gets difficult to pick out the origins. So I wonder if you guys already know half of these. Anyway.

Here we'd say 'cordatoo' for 'quarter to'. Also, I think you meant 'dawg'. (It should be noted that 'dawg' is mostly used by preteens, wannabes, or ironically.) ^^

Oh man --upset expression, like 'oh no'.
You da man --expression of thanks and a compliment. (soft d)
the 411 --Lit. information. Used as a variation of 'what's going on?' Some people will say 'So what's the 411? Fill me in.' (You can actually dial 411 on the phone for info.)
kvetch --complain
schlep --drag
What's with you? --shortened version of 'what's wrong with you?'
What's with that? --shortened version of 'what's up with that?'
Funny --interesting, odd or weird. Can have good, bad or neutral connotations, depending on the sentence and tone of voice. xD

And then we've got TONS of insults. Ahh, the lovely insults. But I shan't post them here. xD

Subject: Re: American Slang - Quick and Easy. Wed Jan 02 2008, 21:19

here are some more cali sayings to add to LOONYkim's.

BIF IN CRIME::best friends in crime its like partners in crime

IMA::{pronounced *eye-ma*} i will or i'm going to

CONVO::conversation

**IM**
IDTS:: i dont think so

*ima can also be used in im convos

Subject: Re: American Slang - Quick and Easy. Thu Jan 03 2008, 20:39

Streams is right, but i never noticed that (BTW) till you mentioned it. here's some more, very few though i have to recharge my battery....
sick= awesome, cool etc... like "I got a sick pair of converse for xmas"
wicked=the same as above
rockin=like "that's rockin awesome" cool..
sucks on ice=not good, something bad happened and it "sucks on ice" you know like when you suck on ice ur tongue gets stuck and that's not cool so ya..
rocks on fire=very good, awesome, cool. the opposite of the above, complete opposite, well not the ice thing
sweetness=also like sweet, but different
gnarly=this is a surf and skater term(originally) they would say they hit a gnarly wave, or talk about a gnarly jump, this means big, bad, dangerous. it could also mean cool, it just depends on wat ur talkin bout
well off to recharge!! be back soon, oh i started a question topic in the practice and Q's forum, nobody's curious right now though....

Subject: Re: American Slang - Quick and Easy. Sat Jan 05 2008, 21:00

Don't know how much more to add to that. I'll take some from the North Carolina area.

Daggum, or Daggumit!- used an expression of unhappy surprise. Usually someone who stubs there toe will yell Daggumit! Daggum is used in everyday conversation.

Up Yonder-This had me all O.o when I first heard it. Literally means, up thata way.

I grew up in Ohio, and really Ohio doesn't have much slang of its own. Unless it's drunk people trying to make "Go Browns!" into a single word, like gobrons or something.

Subject: Re: American Slang - Quick and Easy. Sat Jan 05 2008, 21:45

Here are some words/phrases we use here in lovely WI that haven't been mentioned yet :D

- da[as many "a"s as needed for emphasis]ng = an exclamation: can be good, bad, sarcastic...whatever you want, hehe
- ...how 'bout dem Packers? = used to fill any awkward silence and get conversation going XD
- like = an annoyingly overused word. Many people find it possible to fit between all words in a sentance. ex) Omg, like this one time I was like with these like freaks and they were like...etc.
- duh = used to express how obvious something is. ex) Well duh, of course they did!
- shucks = as in: Aw shucks you guys, that was so sweet of you!
- pickle = 1) trouble. ex) I don't know what we're going to do! This is such a pickle! 2) in baseball, if someone is caught between two bases, they're said to be in a pickle
- moolah/dough = money money money!
- super [can add great/fantastic/dooper/any other positive exclamation] = something really good, or bad if you're being sarcastic ^^
- leaving the "g" in "ing" off of verbs = ...just happens XD ex) nothin', workin', swimmin'...
- schmooze = a casual get-together
- nifty = neat, interesting, useful
- all that jazz = used to sum up a number of items. Ex) I’m sure I’ve finished! I’ve vacuumed, dusted, swept – all that jazz!
- cheesehead = Packers fan XD

Hehe...that was fun.

Will add more later once I think of them American Slang - Quick and Easy. 436937

Subject: Re: American Slang - Quick and Easy. Tue Jan 15 2008, 18:20

yepperdoodles-yes, used by smaller children in North Eastern and South-Eastern area.

I had another one but can't remember it now...will think of later

HAHA! I remember it now:

sick-nasty: a word used by people in Michigan (my cousins use it) sooo annoying!

Subject: Re: American Slang - Quick and Easy. Sun Jan 27 2008, 17:33

*ok, i've NEVEr heard of yepperdoodles*
I have 'z' words, words that you can put 'z' into-
for sure= fo shizzle, means like"heck yes!"
off the chain= off the chizzang means something is really cool
that's all my 'z' words for now. but here's another slang word-
hot= temperature, or looks, like Orlando Bloom is hot!! or really cool, and if your name is Paris Hilton this word could have a million more defenitions
Darn, this is all i have. well we all have our bad words and such, but that can't go on the computer of course, it has to be, what, PG rated, huh Elfie? but that's fine, gotta rack me brains..... American Slang - Quick and Easy. Shrug

Subject: Re: American Slang - Quick and Easy. Fri Feb 15 2008, 11:30

I can only think of a couple at the moment.

Like in a post above: the city= New York City

down the shore: going to the beach, the Jersey Shore
shows: concerts, small local bands playing

Subject: Re: American Slang - Quick and Easy. Thu Feb 21 2008, 14:07

mad - term for 'very' like "that drink was mad good"
son - term for guys to use on other guy friends
hatablockahs - sunglasses
dope - 'awesome'
Ily - i love you
buck - 'dollar'
da po-po- police
copped - stole
decked - two meanings 1. went all out 2. got beat
drag - boring
joint - place
Totaled - wrecked
threads - clothes

Subject: Re: American Slang - Quick and Easy. Sun Feb 24 2008, 00:27

ticked---aggrivated
sweet---awesome

Subject: Re: American Slang - Quick and Easy. Wed Mar 05 2008, 19:57

I am from Oklahoma and there is a lot of slang out in the country.

I think the main one is Ain't it is used where I live if you are trying to make a point. Example. That ain't any good! Correct way: That is not every good!. Most of the people from where I am from only use the word in private talk. When making public speeches and things we don't use it.

Police: The Fudge
Police: Coppers
Police: Smoky ( CB radio talk)

Subject: Re: American Slang - Quick and Easy. Sun Mar 09 2008, 05:41

Has no one seriously mentioned "the fuzz" as a term for police?

Some more that I didn't see...

Chickadee = Friendly term for female: "Hiya, chickadee!"
Chilluns = Children. This one is mostly used in my family.
Geez 'oh Pete = It's pretty much an exasperated exclamation that's used often in NW Indiana.
Sho 'nuff = Sure enough.
Goober = Goofy person. Usually used as a joking insult.
Flat out = Completely or easily. "I flat out told her...." "She flat out lied to me."

Subject: Re: American Slang - Quick and Easy. Sun Mar 16 2008, 00:42

Hmm. Here we call police 'the cops'. Or one policeman is a 'cop'. And everyone says bucks around here instead of dollars, I can't believe I forgot that one! xD Some more random slang:

beat--exhausted
beemer-- BMW car xD
by hook or by crook--one way or another
out of whack--when something doesn't make sense
blimp--fat person. derogatory.
blown away--impressed
bombed--very drunk
blow (it)--to ruin something (Why did you tell her about the surprise party? Now you've blown it.)
break it up--stop (command) usually concerning an argument or fight.
a cold fish--one of the terms a guy will use to describe a girl after a date didn't go very well, usually if the girl was dull or otherwise unresponsive. xD
cool down--settle down, calm down
croak--die
my old man--father
damage--cost (So, I heard you went shopping. What's the damage? xD)
dope--stupid person, idiot
dope--random phrase for various illegal drugs, or an unidentified drug
dork--weirdo
eating away at me--bothering me, slowly wearing me down
fix--dose of drugs
flipped out--went wild, lost control, panicked
on the flip side--on the other hand
go bananas--go crazy
goofy--silly
grand--thousand dollars (we use this one a lot, too...10 grand: $10,000)
the green stuff--money
hyped up, psyched--excited
in--in style (Wow, that color is really in this year.)
jerk someone around--tell them you'll do something and not follow up, waste their time, offer them a 'great deal' which is really a scam, or a boyfriend telling his girlfriend that they're good while he's going out with a million different girls. Basically, fooling someone, telling them you'll do something and then not delivering.
deliver--to follow up on a promise
weed--marijuana
joint--weed cigarette
just off the boat--naive
bulging midriff--belly that isn't flat. Especially unattractive when one wears low jeans and the bulging midriff hangs over said jeans. Eeeewwww.
no sweat--no problem, don't worry
nuke--microwave
bachelor's pad--a guy's dream apartment, with no girly stuff anywhere xD
pig out--eat lots, until you're stuffed
pooped--tired
push off, shove off--leave
who wears the pants?--who's REALLY pulling the strings...husband or wife? xD xD

aaanddd...that's enough for now. ^_^

Subject: Re: American Slang - Quick and Easy. Wed Apr 09 2008, 16:46

simmer down - calm down
wiggity wack - Cool, awesome

haha

Subject: Re: American Slang - Quick and Easy. Wed May 07 2008, 05:02

sick-nasty isn't used in Michigan... *looks at Cass weirdly* not in West Michigan anyway. Don't give us a bad name XD

Sketchy - Uncertain behavior
Sketch - Something pretty cool as in, "That's pretty sketch" XD
Cold - Also something that's cool
Hard - Same as above
A buck twenty, ninety-seven cents, etc. - Referring to weight. A buck twenty being 120 lbs, ninety-seven cents being 97 lbs, and so forth XD.
In the house - At the place that you're at. For instance someone could be in the house at your school.

That's all I can think of at the moment XD

Subject: Re: American Slang - Quick and Easy. Wed May 07 2008, 05:03

wow i live in american and i didnt know those

Subject: Re: American Slang - Quick and Easy. Wed May 07 2008, 15:19

lol XD I learn a lot from the kids in my school, I often have to ask what they mean XD.

Chill - To hang out with a group of friends. "Let's chill together after school."
OR calm down. "You need to chill."
Chillax - To calm down, chill and relax combined.

I'll probably be back with more later XD

Subject: Re: American Slang - Quick and Easy. Wed May 07 2008, 16:09

Now those I know. I say those almost everyday along with man and dude

Subject: Re: American Slang - Quick and Easy. Wed May 07 2008, 17:54

well, I say-

YOPP!- replacement for hello, hi, hey

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