English slang vocabulary

English slang and informal vocabulary

Informal and colloquial English is a must for all of you who want to know more than just a few basic English phrases. So if you want be a guru in English language, phrases and vocabulary from your textbooks are not enough anymore. You also have to understand and know how to use English idioms and slang expressions. Most of all, you should understand the meaning of cool and modern phrases frequently used by young people.

Slang words and phrases from movies

This list summarizes slang phrases and words and their definitions. These expressions are used among teenagers on the streets of big cities in USA, England or Canada. Therefore this list contains a lot of quotes from action and gangster movies. That means you will find here also some coarse and profane language, so be prepared 🙂

Phrases and terms in this list will be useful, if you:

1. want to understand English and American slang
2. want to watch your favorite action movies in English
3. want to be able to speak English like a pro
4. want to teach others how to sound more cool in English

If you watch Hollywood movies and TV shows, or if you play video games, these phrases and terms will surely help you to better understand your action heroes.

URBAN AND STREET SLANG: (101 terms)
green	rookie, greenhorn
take	amount won
coon	insulting term for a black person
big fish	important person
scrub	cancel and leave (informal)
to yell	to scream, to speak with loud voice
to kick	to die
dork	stupid guy
fire up	to start the engine
machismo	essence of masculine behavior
dingbat	stupid person
to take	to rob, to steal
hanky-panky	immoral, indecent and dishonest behavior
sack up	to gather courage or energy for a difficult task
go nuts	to go crazy
limo	short term for limousine, large luxurious car
junk	illicit drugs (such as heroine, cocaine)
spook	eccentric person
cable	cable television
cranky	irritated
to barf	to vomit, to puke
dime	ten cents
to have guts	to have a courage for some task
put up with	to endure negative experience
hacky	disgusting, filthy, dirty
to pop	to have a drink
way to go	used when something is the way it should be, expressing approval
blow off	to ignore (slang)
thug	young man who frequently engages in fights
to bug	to bother or annoy somebody
let (somebody) off the hook	to forgive, relieve or to free somebody from the responsibility
to dig (something)	to like something
to off (somebody)	to kill somebody
lockdown	prison with high level of security
to text	to send an SMS message via cell phone
geek	eccentric or odd person
eat (somebody’s) head off	to attack verbally (slang)
dissecting the eye	to watch something with an extreme interest (slang)
to be cool (with somebody)	not having any problem (with somebody)
hell of a lot	huge amount of something
bloody	archaic adjective similar to damn
straight	heterosexual person
to comp	to give for free as a promotional gift
loaded	rich
awkward	clumsy, embarrassing person
buster	informal term for addressing a man
slap around	hit someone's face with a palm
grease (somebody)	slang term for killing somebody
man up	to develop characteristics typical for man, such as courage, decisiveness
scam	swindle, fraud
bitch (about something)	complain aggressively and excessively
cracker	poor white man in Southern US
glowing	extremely positive
shut up	be quiet
to have balls	to have courage
gook	insulting term for a Asian person
hustle	fraudulent scheme to make money
peelers	strippers
to dupe	to trick someone to believe in something that is not true
cut out	to leave in a hurry
squeeze out	to push somebody out from a position in order to get someone's benefits
filthy	dirty, disgusting
cash in	in casino, to change chips for cash
buddy	friend
hag	ugly or hysterical older woman (negative)
bullshit	stupid talk
cut	share of profit
color out	in casino, to change lower denominated chips for higher denominated chips, color up
to dig something	to like something
screw up	to make a terrible mistake causing the things go wrong
spout off	to talk about something in a very boring and annoying way
ringer	person who is cheating in a competition
bookworm	person who is always studying or reading books
stuck-up	arrogant, snobbish
bitch (about something)	complain aggressively and excessively
to crush	to squeeze (money from something or someone)
crap	poor, terrible, low quality (slang)
old bag	grumpy old woman
to be cool (with somebody)	not having any problem (with somebody)
rip off	to rob, to steal
moron	stupid person (slang)
press the button	to make woman excited (slang)
conning	performing scams or fraud
chick	pretty girl
beat downs	physical attacks
screw around with	to play with emotions in a negative way
grand	thousand dollars (slang)
to hit	to deal a card
whopper	big exaggerated lie
keep on leash	to control someone strictly
goofball	foolish or stupid person (usually male)
beat down	to attack physically
final score	the last successful robbery
mook	stupid person
jabber	talk quickly, babbling talk
blown away	to be amazed, impressed
cerebral stud	highly intelligent man
corny	embarrassing, stupid,dull
weird	strange, bizarre
jabber	to talk quickly
color up (slang)	in casino, to change lower denominated chips for higher denominated chips