Slang Flashcards
hot
Stolen
It’s not easy to sell a hot car. The police send out lists of stolen vehicles to car dealers.
Those computers usually cost about two thousand dollars, so if you only paid five hundred, it must be hot.
airhead
a silly, stupid person
Joel says only airheads watch the shopping channel.
Just because I’m a blonde woman who likes shopping and going to the gym some people call me an airhead, and I’m not!
Zonked | zonked out
Exhausted, very tired
I was so zonked out after running the race that I just lay down on the track for a while.
Goose
A silly or stupid person
Who was the goose who left the air conditioner on in the office all night?
Some goose who works at the bank put the wrong date on my new credit card.
Quitter
a person who gives up easily when faced with a difficult challenge.
I remember our football coach saying there was nothing worse than a quitter, and nothing better than a trier who never gives up.
Timmy’s always been a quitter. He just doesn’t have the courage to get through the hard times.
ID
Identification; a document that identifies someone, like a driver’s licence or a passport
Narc | nark
A narcotics officer, a police officer working in drug trade suppression
For example:
The narcs raided the dealer’s apartment after being tipped off by his neighbours.
There are a lot of narks working at the airport.
Gross
Disgusting, very unpleasant
Joint / jay
a marijuana cigarette
Slob
Person messy. Cerdo