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