American Slang 2, B Flashcards
1
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Bling
A
Flashy jewelry worn to create the impression of wealth
2
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Blow on it
A
Cool it! Take it easy! It’s all right
“Tom. Blow on it! “Hey, man. Relax. Blow on it!”
3
Q
Burn someone up
A
To make someone very angry
“That kind of thing just burns me up”.
4
Q
B-ball
A
Basketball
“Do you wanna play b-ball with me?”
5
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Basic
A
It is used to describe something typical or ordinary. Most common to describe the appearance of females
“-Look at all those basic schoolgirls with their Starbucks and iPhones! -Yeah, they all look the same”.
6
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Baboon
A
A jerk; a stupid person
7
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Baby/cry-baby
A
Common insult (when is used in a context of fear). This term you might hear used if someone is complaining
“Don’t be such a (cry-)baby; that didn’t even hurt.”
8
Q
Back number
A
An old-fashioned person
9
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Back off (BO)
A
A pretty straightforward (simple) way of telling another person to leave you alone
10
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Back to square one
A
Back to the beginning
“Well, it looks like it’s back to square one”.
11
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Back to the grin
A
Going back to work after a break
12
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Backbone
A
Courage; integrity
“If you had any backbone, you would be able to deal with this”.
13
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Bacon
A
The police; a police officer
14
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Bad ASS
A
Someone who is very tough or mean. (vulgar).
“Don’t mess with him, he’s a real badass!”
15
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Bad hair day
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A bad day in general
16
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Bad
A
Powerful; intense
“Man, that is really bad music!”
17
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Baddy and baddie
A
A bad thing or person
“Marty has become such a baddie that no one speaks to her anymore”.
18
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BAE
A
“Before anyone else”. Typically, it is referring to a person’s boyfriend or girlfriend
19
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Bag that!
A
Forget that!
“Bag that! The number I gave you was wrong”.
20
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Bag your face!
A
Go away
“You outrage me. Bag your face!”
21
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Bag
A
To capture and arrest someone
22
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Bagged
A
Alcohol intoxicated
“How can anybody be so bagged on four beers?”
23
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Bail or ditch
A
Both means that you have to cancel the plans with someone; to leave abruptly
24
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Ball and chain
A
A wife, a girlfriend
“My ball and chain are mad at me”.
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**Ball of fire and fireball**
An energetic and ambitious person; a go-getter
## Footnote
*“That guy is a real ball of fire when it comes to sale”.*
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**Ball**
A wild time at a party; a good time
## Footnote
*“Your birthday party was a ball!”.*
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**Ball-busting**
Very difficult or challenging
## Footnote
*“Man, that was a real ball-busting job”.*
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**Ballin’**
When you’re playing a sport incredibly well, you’re ballin’
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**Balls**
Courage, fortitude
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**Balmy**
1-crazy; giddy (dizzy); 2-alcohol intoxicated
## Footnote
*“She’s not just drunk, she’s a little balmy”.*
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**Baloney**
Nonsense
## Footnote
*“Don’t give me all that baloney!”*
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**Banana oil**
Nonsense
## Footnote
*“That is the silliest banana oil I have ever heard”.*
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**Banana-head**
A stupid person
## Footnote
*“Kelly can be such a banana-head!”*
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**Bananas**
1-crazy; 2-enthusiastic “The audience was bananas over the new star”.
## Footnote
*1-“You are driving me bananas!”. 2-“The audience was bananas over the new star”.*
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**Bands**
A stack (lot) of money or money in general
## Footnote
*“I’ve got 100 bands in the back of this car”.*
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**Bang**
1-a powerful effect; 2-a loud noise“Did you hear the bang last night?”
## Footnote
*1-“Japanese sake has a bang” 2-“Did you hear the bang last night?”*
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**Banged up**
The act of getting extremely drunk on alcohol
## Footnote
*“We got totally banged up at the tiki bar last night”.*
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**Banging**
Good; exciting
## Footnote
*“We had a banging good time at the concert”.*
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**Bare**
Lots of; very; an excessive amount; loads
## Footnote
*"I got bare money”.*
40
**Barf out**
1- to become very upset; 2-an unpleasant person or thing; 3-to freak out; 4-to psych out
## Footnote
*“I nearly barfed out when I heard he was coming”.*
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**Barf**
1-to vomit; 2-adjective meaning lame, weak, uncool, stupid, the worst
## Footnote
*1-“He barfed all over the seat of the airplane”. 2-“She's got a great body but her face is total barf”.*
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**Barney**
1-trouble; 2-someone who has no idea what they are doing; “someone of noob status a newbie”.
## Footnote
*1-“You have been here three seconds and your already in barney".*
43
**Barrel fever**
Drunkenness
## Footnote
*“She seems to get barrel fever about once a week”.*
44
**Barrel of fun**
A tremendous amount of fun
## Footnote
*“Tracy is just a barrel of fun on dates”.*
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**Barreled**
Alcohol intoxicated
## Footnote
*“Those guys are really barreled up”.*
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**Bash ears**
Talking too much
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**Bash**
A party
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**Basket case**
A person who is a nervous wreck
## Footnote
*“The waiting was so intense that I was a real basket case”.*
49
**Bats and batty**
Crazy
## Footnote
*“You’re bats! “You are driving me batty”.*
50
**Battered**
Alcohol intoxicated
51
**BB brain**
A stupid person; a person with a brain the size of buckshot
## Footnote
*“What BB brain left the door open?”*
52
**Be (on) non-speakers**
If two people are non-speakers or are on non-speakers, they do not talk to each other because they have had an argument
53
**Be ballsy / Have balls**
It shows bravery because of masculinity, these terms literally refer to having testicles
## Footnote
*“Doing that took a lot of balls”.*
54
**Be in one’s altitudes**
To be drunk
55
**Be into**
1-means to like, be interested in or enjoy; 2-it’s also used when talking about a hobby or the last craze (trend) or fashion. ”
## Footnote
*2-“My husband is really into soccer at the moment"*
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**Be the bee's knees**
To be excellent or of an extremely high standard; extremely pleasant, enjoyable, or likable
57
**Beak**
Nose
## Footnote
*“I want some glasses that sit in just the right place on my wonderful beak”.*
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**Bean head**
An oaf
## Footnote
*"You are such a bean head!”*
59
**Bean**
The head
## Footnote
*“I got a bump right here on my bean”.*
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**Beans**
Money
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**Bear cage**
A police station
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**Bear**
A difficult task
## Footnote
*“This problem is a real bear. This is a bear of a job”.*
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**Beardo**
A type of person that wears a beard such as a hippie, beatnik or intellectual
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**Beast**
An ugly person
## Footnote
*“Who is that beast with the big hat?”*
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**Beat it!**
Get out! Go away!
## Footnote
*“You bother me. Beat it!”*
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**Beat**
Exhausted; worn-out; tired
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**Beater**
A junky old car
## Footnote
*“I like my old beater even if it has no bumpers”.*
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**Beef**
A complaint, a quarrel
## Footnote
*“I gotta beef against you. Okay, what’s the beef?”*
69
**Been there, done that**
That is nothing new to me, tell me something else
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**Beezer**
The nose
## Footnote
*“I’ve got a zit on my beezer”.*
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**Behind the eight ball**
In trouble; in a weak or losing position
## Footnote
*“John spends a lot of time behind the eight ball”.*
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**Beige**
Boring, insipid
## Footnote
*“The party is beige. Let’s cruise (hang out)”.*
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**Belly up**
1-alcohol intoxicated; 2-dead
## Footnote
*1-“After four beers, I was belly up, for sure” "That’s the end. This company is belly up”.*
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**Belted**
Alcohol or drug intoxicated
75
**Bent out of shape**
Angry; insulted
## Footnote
* “Man, there is no reason to get so bent out of shape”.*
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**Best bud**
A best buddy; a best friend
## Footnote
*“Isn’t Bill your best bud?”.*
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**Bestie**
Closest friend a person you know well and like
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**Bet**
Indicates agreement
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**Betcha/you bet**
Yes, I agree.
80
**Bewottled**
Alcohol intoxicated
81
**Biffles**
Best friends for life
82
**Biffy**
Toilet
## Footnote
*“Where’s the biffy?”*
83
**Big John**
The police, a police officer
## Footnote
*“Big John is going to have to deal with you”.*
84
**Big mad**
Really mad
85
**Big mouth**
1-a person who talks too much or too loudly; 2-someone who tells secrets.
## Footnote
*“Okay, big mouth! Shut up!”*
86
**Big noise**
An important person
## Footnote
*“She’s the big noise in Washington right now”.*
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**Big ticket**
Really funny
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**Big wheel**
A very important person
## Footnote
*“Some big wheel wrote the order. Don’t blame me”.*
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**Biggie**
Something important
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**Bigwig**
An important person
91
**Bike boys**
Cops, the police
## Footnote
*“Look out! Here come the bike boys”.*
92
**Bimbo**
A pretty, but empty-headed, young lady.
93
**Birdbrain**
A stupid-acting person.
## Footnote
*“You silly birdbrain. Stop it”.*
94
**Birdy and birdie**
Crazy; strange
## Footnote
*“She acts a little birdy from time to time”.*
95
**Bitch of a someone or something**
A very difficult or unpleasant person or thing
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**Bitch**
1-an annoying person, particularly a woman; 2-someone who tends to be a bully (fat idiot); 3-to complain; 4-a woman with bad attitude; 5-a female dog
## Footnote
*1-“Mary is a particularly whiny" 3- “Suzy just likes to sit around and bitch about the high price of grub”4-“She won't smile, what a bitch” 5-“You should really get your bitch put of the alley”.*
97
**Bitchin’ and bitchen, bitching**
Excellent; great; classy
## Footnote
*“This is a totally bitchin’ pair of jeans!”*
98
**Bitchy**
Irritable; complaining.
## Footnote
*“Why are you so bitchy today?”*
99
**Bite the dust**
To die
## Footnote
*“A shot rang out, and another cowboy bite the dust”.*
100
**Blab**
Talk; chatter
## Footnote
*“I never pay any attention to blab like that”.*
101
**Blabber**
to say a lot with not a lot of meaning.
102
**Blabbermouth**
Someone who talks too much
103
**Blasted**
Alcohol or drug intoxicated
104
**Blazing**
Really good, really hot
## Footnote
*“We had a blazing time at Jane and Bob’s wedding reception”.*
105
**Bleed for someone**
To sympathize with someone
## Footnote
*“I really bleed for you, but there’s nothing I can do”.*
106
**Bless your heart**
1-someone is being friendly and wishing you well for doing something nice; 2-used as an insult toward a person who acts foolishly
## Footnote
*“Bless your heart. You might want to check your math again”.*
107
**Blimped**
Alcohol intoxicated; swollen with drinking
108
**Blind pig**
An illegal drinking club
109
**Blind(ed)**
Alcohol or drug intoxicated
110
**Blinkers**
”As I opened my blinkers, guess who I saw?”
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**Blithering idiot**
A crazy person; a totally disoriented person
## Footnote
*“How can you be such a blithering idiot?”*
112
**BLM**
An acronym for Black Lives Matter – a social movement fighting against the oppression of black people
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**Blob**
A fool; an oaf
## Footnote
*“Don’t be a blob.” *
114
**Blockhead**
A stupid person
## Footnote
*”Why did he call me a blockhead? I didn’t do anything”.*
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**Bloody**
An intensifying expletive used before an adjective, adverb or noun; very, really; total, complete
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**Blotter**
Drunkard
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**Blow a fuse**
Lose your temper
## Footnote
*“Hey Bro, don’t blow a fuse”.*
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**Blow away**
Greatly impressed
## Footnote
*I was blown away by his donation of a million dollars”.*
119
**Blow in**
Arrive
## Footnote
*"I just blew in last night. “Where can I find a room?"*
120
**Blow off steam**
Get rid of extra energy, stress, or anger.
## Footnote
*“She’ll be OK after she blows off some steam."*
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**Blow off**
To goof off; to waste time.
122
**Blow one’s cool**
**to become angry**
## Footnote
*“Now, now, don’t blow your cool”.*
123
**Blow smoke up your ASS**
To knowingly (deliberate) deceive somebody with a story or information that’s not true, often jokingly.
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**Blow up**
1-to burst into anger; 2-an angry outburst; a fight
## Footnote
*1- “So, she blew up. Why should that affect you so much?” 2-“After the third blow up, she left him”.*
125
**Blow Z’s**
To sleep
## Footnote
*“I got to blow Z’s for a while; then we’ll talk”.*
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**Blow**
To fail or to be unsuccessful
127
**Blue light special**
Something cheap and inferior
128
**Blustery**
Blowing in irregular, strong gusts
129
**Bogus**
False, bad, poor, fake, untrue
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**Boiled**
1-angry. 2-alcohol intoxicated
## Footnote
*1-"I am so boiled at you!" 2-“How can you get so boiled on wine?*”*
131
**Boiling**
Very mad
## Footnote
*“Mad, I’m not mad. I’m just boiling”.*
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**Bold**
Great; outstanding
## Footnote
*“The movie we saw last night was really bold”*.
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**Boloney**
Nnonsense; call it a bunch of baloney
## Footnote
*“You're full of Boloney!”*
134
**Bolt in**
To leave; to go away
## Footnote
*“Time to bolt. Got to get home”.*
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**Bomb dirt**
To describe something a very good or great
## Footnote
*"Man, this chez pizz is bomb dirt!"*
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**Bomb**
1-cool, awesome, good, amazing; ; 2-a lot/ large amount. “Jess: "Oh, how much was it? "Grace: "Ugh, it cost an absolute bomb"; 3-something really tasteful, good, or pretty; “This burrito is so bomb!”
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**Bombed**
To get really drunk
## Footnote
*“Let's go get bombed tonight!”*
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**Bond**
A strong feeling of friendship, love, or shared beliefs and experiences that unites people
139
**Bone chilling cold**
Extremely cold
## Footnote
*The air at that altitude was bone-chilling”.*
140
**Bone idle**
Very lazy; completely idle or unproductive
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**Bonehead**
A stupid or stubborn (obstinate) person
## Footnote
*“You are such a bonehead when it comes to buying cars”.*
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**Bonkers**
Crazy
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**Boo**
someone you love, someone you care about
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**Boob**
A stupid person; a rural oaf
## Footnote
*”You boob! What have you done?”*
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**Booboo**
Mistake
## Footnote
*”if you make another booboo like that, you won't have a job”*
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**Book**
1-to rush or travel quickly; 2-Awesome, enjoyable, fine, good. A substitute for the word "cool". Can be used in any situation when one is satisfied or content with the outcome of a situation. "Is that a new haircut? Looking' book man!"
## Footnote
*1-“Ok, guy. I gotta book”. 2-"Is that a new haircut? Looking' book man!"*
147
**Bookworm**
Someone who reads a lot
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**Boom**
To listen to music, as with a boom box (stereo)
## Footnote
*"You don’t do anything but hang around and boom all day!”*
149
**Boondoggle**
A waste of time and money
150
**Booze**
Alcohol
151
**Boss dick**
A cop, a police officer
152
**Boss**
Excellent; powerful; superior
## Footnote
*”This is really boss”.*
153
**Bottom**
A man who takes the passive role in gay or homosexual sex.
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**Bottomless pit**
A very hungry person
## Footnote
*“The guy is a bottomless pit. There isn’t enough food in town to fill him up”.*
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**Bougie**
Someone or something considered fancy
156
**Bow-wow**
1-a dog; 2-an ugly woman; a dog.
## Footnote
*1-“We’re going to get you a bow-wow!” 2” What a bow-wow!”-*
157
**Bozo**
A clown, a jerk , a fool
## Footnote
*”Look, you bozo, I’ve had enough of your jabber (idle talk)”.*
158
**Brain**
## Footnote
****
Intelligence; a smart person
## Footnote
*"The brain of the class always gets the best grades”.*
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**Brain-dead**
Stupid
## Footnote
*”I don’t know why he’s so dull. He seems brain-dead half the time”.*
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**Brainstorm**
To try to develop an idea or think of new ideas
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**Brassed (off)**
Angry; disgusted
## Footnote
*“You look so brassed off at the world. Smile!”*
162
**Bread**
Money
## Footnote
*“I need to get some bread to live on”.*
163
**Break it up**
Stop
## Footnote
*“Break it up, or I will call the police”.*
164
**Break**
To leave
## Footnote
*”Yo man let's break”; opportunity; “A lucky break helped him get the job”.*
165
**Breathless**
Said to add emphasis when you are describing feelings of excitement or exciting situations
166
**Breeze**
Something that is very easy
## Footnote
*“Although it might look hard, it’s a breeze to learn how to drive a car”.*
167
**Brew**
Coffee, beer
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**Brick**
1-very cold; 2-an unintelligent person
## Footnote
*1-“It's brick outside today” 2-“That twonk is such a brick!”*
169
**Bring down**
Depressing
## Footnote
*“The news of the airplane crash was a bring-down”.*
170
**Bro**
Friend
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**Browned (off)**
Angry
## Footnote
*“I am really browned off at you!”*
172
**Bru**
Short for brother
173
**Brutal**
Excellent, powerful
## Footnote
*“Man, what a brutal tune”.*
174
**Buck for something**
To work ambitiously for something, such as a promotion
## Footnote
*“I’m just bucking for recognition, and of course, a 20 percent raise”. *
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**Buck-wild**
Intense, crazy, without inhibitions
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**Bucket**
Old car in poor condition
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**Bucko**
Friend, pal
## Footnote
*“Hey, bucko, come here a minute”.*
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**Buddy-buddy**
Friendly
## Footnote
*“Why is that guy so buddy-buddy with me?”*
179
**Bugger off**
Go away
180
**Bugger up**
Spoil, ruin, mess up
181
**Bugger**
1-a disliked or pitiful person, usually a man; 2-an expletive used to express anger or frustration.
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**Bugly**
Really ugly
## Footnote
*“I have never seen such a bugly-guy in my life!”*
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**Bull**
Nonsense; bullshit.
## Footnote
*“That’s just a lot of bull”.*
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**Bum (one) out**
To make someone feel sad
## Footnote
*“Let’s not see a movie that bums us out. I want to see something funny”.*
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**Bummer**
A bad situation; something depressing or sad
## Footnote
*“I’m sorry you lost your job. That’s a bummer”.*
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**Bumming**
Down; depressed; suffering from something disagreeable.
## Footnote
*"I’m really bumming. I think I need somebody to talk to”.*
187
**Bump on a log**
Someone who is lazy
## Footnote
*"I don’t wanna to go out, I’m a bump on a log”.*
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**Bump that!**
Forget that!
## Footnote
*“Bump that! I was wrong”.*
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**Bunghole**
The mouth
## Footnote
*“I’ve heard enough out of you! Shut your bunghole!”*
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**Bunkie**
A roommate
## Footnote
*”I wish I had a Bunkie”.*
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**Bunkum and buncombe**
Insincere foolishness; nonsense
## Footnote
*"That's nothing but a bunch of bunkum!"*
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**Burg**
Small town
## Footnote
*“I can’t stand another day in this burg”.*
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**Burn out**
To feel overworked or stressed.
## Footnote
*“Todd is starting to feel a little burned out from his job as a lawyer”.*
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**Burn**
Cigarette
## Footnote
*“Gimme a burn, huh?”*
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**Bushed**
Exhausted
## Footnote
*“I am just bushed.”*
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**Bussin**
Used to describe something delicious
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**Bust a gut**
To laugh so hard your stomach hurts
## Footnote
*“Carlin was so funny last night I nearly bust a gut”.*
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**Bust my ASS (vb) / Bust or Rip ASS (vb)**
1- to bust your ass is to work very hard; 2-to bust or rip ass is to fart (to flatulate), but generally in a loud and probably embarrassing way
## Footnote
*1- “I busted my ass studying for that test”; 2- “he busted ass in front of the whole class”. *
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**Bust**
1-a total failure, a complete waste of time; 2-tired, exhausted; 3-something and/or someone that’s ugly
## Footnote
*1-“Man, nothing went right, today was a total bust” 2-“Man I'm bust by the end of the day” 3- "Yo, did you just see that girl? She was fuckin bust”.*
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**Busted**
1-to be unattractive, lame, or boring; 2- caught by the cops
## Footnote
*1-“Yo, that party was busted so we bounced” 2-“Don't speed or you'll get busted”*.
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**But**
Totally, very
## Footnote
*“Tell him to get his tail over here but fast”. “This thing has to be done but good”.*
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**Butter**
Good, really, fine
## Footnote
*“This guy Walter, he’s butter, totally butter”.*
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**Buy it**
To be convinced to believe something.
## Footnote
*“I told him we were just friends but he wasn't buying it”.*
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**Buzz**
1- excitement, hype, cool gossip, thrill (pleasure), joy; 2- something that generates hype (exaggeration), cool gossip, talk, exciting rumors; 3- gossip.
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**Buzz-worthy**
1-worthy of popular attention; 2-should be able to be heard.
## Footnote
*“That song it totally buzzworthy; everyone should hear it”.*
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**Bye Felicia**
1-used when you speak to somebody irrelevant to your life and you want to get rid of the; 2-used to dismiss someone. This person is usually irrelevant and annoying
## Footnote
*“All I have to say is bye Felicia”.*
