Formal/Informal Flashcards
Stodge
stɒdʒ/
INFORMAL•BRITISH
food that is heavy, filling, and high in carbohydrates.
“she ate her way through a plateful of stodge”
dull and uninspired material or work.
“a bit of stimulation amid all the televisual Christmas stodge”
Bonkers
bonkers
/ˈbɒŋkəz/
adjective
INFORMAL•BRITISH
mad; crazy.
“you’re stark raving bonkers!”
- cinglé
- têtu
Bummer
noun INFORMAL
1.
a disappointing or unpleasant situation or experience.
“the party was a real bummer”
2.
NORTH AMERICAN
a loafer or vagrant.
Be totally amped
Filled with energetic excitement & enthusiasm
Bounce off
informal. : to talk about (something, such as an idea) with (someone) in an informal way in order to get an opinion I wanted to bounce some ideas off you before the meeting.
Hit someone up
Let one know by calling or texting
To be hard up
“You must have been uncommonly hard up for sth to…fauché désargenté à court de qqch
Propinquity
The state of being close to someone or something, proximity
He kept his distance as though afraid propinquity might lead into temptation
Close kinship
Get a grip
get a grip
phrase of grip
INFORMAL
keep or recover one’s self-control.
“get a grip, guys!”
overwhelming; startling.
“the implications are mind-boggling”
Mind boggling
leave or go away from a place quickly.
“get out of here, you miserable wretches—scram!”
Similar:
go away
take yourself off
take off
get out
get out of my sight
go
go your way
get going
get moving
move off
be off
set off
set out
start out
make a start
take your leave
decamp
duck out
take wing
walk out
walk off
absent yourself
be off with you!
shoo!
hit the road
fly
skedaddle
split
vamoose
scat
make yourself scarce
be on one’s way
run along
beat it
get
get lost
push off
shove off
buzz off
clear off
skip off
pop off
go (and) jump in the lake
on your bike!
go and chase yourself!
get along
push along
get stuffed
sling your hook
hop it
hop the twig/stick
bog off
naff off
bug off
light out
haul off
haul ass
take a powder
hit the trail
take a hike
nick off
rack off
voetsak
hamba
begone
avaunt
View 4 vulgar slang words
shut down (a nuclear reactor) in an emergency.
an emergency shutdown of a nuclear reactor.
“the power plant was cited for its high rate of scrams over the past year”
Scram
Masturbate
Whack my pug= beat the meat= choke the chicken= spank the monkey= wrestle the dragon
