American Slang 2, B Flashcards
Bling
Flashy jewelry worn to create the impression of wealth
Blow on it
Cool it! Take it easy! It’s all right
“Tom. Blow on it! “Hey, man. Relax. Blow on it!”
Burn someone up
To make someone very angry
“That kind of thing just burns me up”.
B-ball
Basketball
“Do you wanna play b-ball with me?”
Basic
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”.
Baboon
A jerk; a stupid person
Baby/cry-baby
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.”
Back number
An old-fashioned person
Back off (BO)
A pretty straightforward (simple) way of telling another person to leave you alone
Back to square one
Back to the beginning
“Well, it looks like it’s back to square one”.
Back to the grin
Going back to work after a break
Backbone
Courage; integrity
“If you had any backbone, you would be able to deal with this”.
Bacon
The police; a police officer
Bad ASS
Someone who is very tough or mean. (vulgar).
“Don’t mess with him, he’s a real badass!”
Bad hair day
A bad day in general
Bad
Powerful; intense
“Man, that is really bad music!”
Baddy and baddie
A bad thing or person
“Marty has become such a baddie that no one speaks to her anymore”.
BAE
“Before anyone else”. Typically, it is referring to a person’s boyfriend or girlfriend
Bag that!
Forget that!
“Bag that! The number I gave you was wrong”.
Bag your face!
Go away
“You outrage me. Bag your face!”
Bag
To capture and arrest someone
Bagged
Alcohol intoxicated
“How can anybody be so bagged on four beers?”
Bail or ditch
Both means that you have to cancel the plans with someone; to leave abruptly
Ball and chain
A wife, a girlfriend
“My ball and chain are mad at me”.
Ball of fire and fireball
An energetic and ambitious person; a go-getter
“That guy is a real ball of fire when it comes to sale”.
Ball
A wild time at a party; a good time
“Your birthday party was a ball!”.
Ball-busting
Very difficult or challenging
“Man, that was a real ball-busting job”.
Ballin’
When you’re playing a sport incredibly well, you’re ballin’
Balls
Courage, fortitude
Balmy
1-crazy; giddy (dizzy); 2-alcohol intoxicated
“She’s not just drunk, she’s a little balmy”.
Baloney
Nonsense
“Don’t give me all that baloney!”
Banana oil
Nonsense
“That is the silliest banana oil I have ever heard”.
Banana-head
A stupid person
“Kelly can be such a banana-head!”
Bananas
1-crazy; 2-enthusiastic “The audience was bananas over the new star”.
1-“You are driving me bananas!”. 2-“The audience was bananas over the new star”.
Bands
A stack (lot) of money or money in general
“I’ve got 100 bands in the back of this car”.
Bang
1-a powerful effect; 2-a loud noise“Did you hear the bang last night?”
1-“Japanese sake has a bang” 2-“Did you hear the bang last night?”
Banged up
The act of getting extremely drunk on alcohol
“We got totally banged up at the tiki bar last night”.
Banging
Good; exciting
“We had a banging good time at the concert”.
Bare
Lots of; very; an excessive amount; loads
“I got bare money”.
Barf out
1- to become very upset; 2-an unpleasant person or thing; 3-to freak out; 4-to psych out
“I nearly barfed out when I heard he was coming”.
Barf
1-to vomit; 2-adjective meaning lame, weak, uncool, stupid, the worst
1-“He barfed all over the seat of the airplane”. 2-“She’s got a great body but her face is total barf”.
Barney
1-trouble; 2-someone who has no idea what they are doing; “someone of noob status a newbie”.
1-“You have been here three seconds and your already in barney”.
Barrel fever
Drunkenness
“She seems to get barrel fever about once a week”.
Barrel of fun
A tremendous amount of fun
“Tracy is just a barrel of fun on dates”.
Barreled
Alcohol intoxicated
“Those guys are really barreled up”.
Bash ears
Talking too much
Bash
A party
Basket case
A person who is a nervous wreck
“The waiting was so intense that I was a real basket case”.
Bats and batty
Crazy
“You’re bats! “You are driving me batty”.
Battered
Alcohol intoxicated
BB brain
A stupid person; a person with a brain the size of buckshot
“What BB brain left the door open?”
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
Be ballsy / Have balls
It shows bravery because of masculinity, these terms literally refer to having testicles
“Doing that took a lot of balls”.
Be in one’s altitudes
To be drunk
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. ”
2-“My husband is really into soccer at the moment”
Be the bee’s knees
To be excellent or of an extremely high standard; extremely pleasant, enjoyable, or likable
Beak
Nose
“I want some glasses that sit in just the right place on my wonderful beak”.
Bean head
An oaf
“You are such a bean head!”
Bean
The head
“I got a bump right here on my bean”.
Beans
Money
Bear cage
A police station
Bear
A difficult task
“This problem is a real bear. This is a bear of a job”.
Beardo
A type of person that wears a beard such as a hippie, beatnik or intellectual
Beast
An ugly person
“Who is that beast with the big hat?”
Beat it!
Get out! Go away!
“You bother me. Beat it!”
Beat
Exhausted; worn-out; tired
Beater
A junky old car
“I like my old beater even if it has no bumpers”.
Beef
A complaint, a quarrel
“I gotta beef against you. Okay, what’s the beef?”
Been there, done that
That is nothing new to me, tell me something else
Beezer
The nose
“I’ve got a zit on my beezer”.
Behind the eight ball
In trouble; in a weak or losing position
“John spends a lot of time behind the eight ball”.
Beige
Boring, insipid
“The party is beige. Let’s cruise (hang out)”.
Belly up
1-alcohol intoxicated; 2-dead
1-“After four beers, I was belly up, for sure” “That’s the end. This company is belly up”.
Belted
Alcohol or drug intoxicated
Bent out of shape
Angry; insulted
- “Man, there is no reason to get so bent out of shape”.*
Best bud
A best buddy; a best friend
“Isn’t Bill your best bud?”.
Bestie
Closest friend a person you know well and like
Bet
Indicates agreement
Betcha/you bet
Yes, I agree.
Bewottled
Alcohol intoxicated
Biffles
Best friends for life
Biffy
Toilet
“Where’s the biffy?”