cat

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When something is cat, it is terrible and not good.

The weather these few days has been cat, so we decided to cancel our outing to the beach.


blue

blue (positive)
bluer (comparative)
bluest (superlative)

If a film, story or joke is blue, it has sexual or pornographic content.


bed

bed (canonical)
beds (third-person singular)
bedded (past)
bedded (past participle)
bedding (present participle)

By the next week, Josh had bedded Tina and Holly.


honey

We need to find some honeys.


quality

Here is a quality computer.


stiff

She went to the morgue and saw some stiffs.


sick

sick (positive)
sicker (comparative)
sickest (superlative)

A way of saying something is bad. (Could mean one or both of the following.)

If something is sick it makes you feel like vomiting. Usually this is not literal, but just means very bad.

Oh sick! There is dog shit all over everything.

Sick can mean similar to person who is mentally ill (crazy), as an insult. This can also mean something bad that a crazy person might do.

Killing children is just plain sick.

That guy is really sick in the head.


dish

dish (canonical)
dishes (third-person singular)
dished (past)
dished (past participle)
dishing (present participle)

To dish is to gossip about something or somebody.


boy

"I am a grown man" "you are not a man, you are a little boy, you don't act like a man".

I told my mom I wanted a boy puppy, not a girl one.


boot

boot (canonical)
boots (third-person singular)
booted (past)
booted (past participle)
booting (present participle)

If you boot someone, you force somebody to leave someplace.

Billy got booted off of the train after the captain found out that he had no ticket.


country

You're in Nascar country now.

We're away from civilization and in God's country.

A kind of (mostly American) music started by people who lived far from cities. Short for country music.

I've been listening to a lot of country this month.


country

country (positive)
more country (comparative)
most country (superlative)

Typical of farms or places away from cities. Typical of country people.

His way seeing the world is so country.

Her appartment looks very country.

Chewing tobacco is a such a country thing to do.

I love country cooking, especially fried chicken.


wing

wing (canonical)
wings (third-person singular)
winged (past)
winged (past participle)
winging (present participle)

If you wing it you do not have a plan—you are making up what you do while you do it.


walk

walk (canonical)
walks (third-person singular)
walked (past)
walked (past participle)
walking (present participle)

If an object walks, it goes missing or is stolen.


like

You use like, when you are trying to think about the right words.

He's really, like you know, uh... difficult.

You use like when the information isn't exactly true.

We went there when we were like five years old.

You use like when you are trying to make something sound softer.

OK, like, why don't you try going there.

So, I'm like, "What do you mean." And he's like, "you know what I mean."


space

space (canonical)
spaces (third-person singular)
spaced (past)
spaced (past participle)
spacing (present participle)

If you space (out), you stop paying attention or thinking.


sleep

sleep (canonical)
sleeps (third-person singular)
slept (past)
slept (past participle)
sleeping (present participle)

If you sleep with someone, you have sex with them.

I haven't slept with my husband in like eight months.


school

school (canonical)
schools (third-person singular)
schooled (past)
schooled (past participle)
schooling (present participle)

If you school someone, you teach them something.

If you school someone, you prove that you're better than them.


stats

New crime stats that show the number of crimes is decreasing.

The government published new unemployment stats for the month of June.

Stats is the science of using and understanding those numbers.

To do research, it's important to understand simple stats such as averages and standard deviations.

Stats is a kind of mathematics.


hi

You say "hi" in greeting when you meet or see somebody.

Hi, how are you?


rock your socks

I'm going to rock your socks.

I rock your socks.

The band "Green Day" rocks your socks.


girl

A female person of any age (even a woman).

The girls are going out tonight, do you want to come?

I really love that girl.

My cat is a girl.

She is a girl cat.


point

A point is a dot between two numbers. To the dot's right, you find a decimal.

You need a point between the one and the zero.


point

You use point to introduce decimals in a number that is not an integer.

The price has gone up by two point five percent (2.5%).


only

You use only to introduce a fact that prevents a statement from being completely true.

They probably could do it, only you never let them try.


twenty

I'd like my $50 as 1 twenty, 2 tens and 2 fives.


how

You use how to tell that something happens, is done, or is true.

She told him how it wasn't fun anymore.


dad

Timmy's father is very important to him. He goes everywhere with his dad.


shoot

Oh shoot!


deal

OK, so here's the deal.


guys

Who are those guys?

Hi guys!


dice

Sometimes used in the singular, a dice is a cube, each side of which is marked with a different number of spots from 1 to 6.


shocking

shocking (positive)
more shocking (comparative)
most shocking (superlative)

If something is shocking, it is very bad.


Bible

A book that is like the Bible but may be about another religion or is not religious. Often, this means a book that tells everything you need to know about something. Sometime this is used in a title to make a book sound very good.

The Koran is the Muslim Bible.

Anton LaVey wrote a book called "The Satanic Bible," for his new religion called Satanism.

We need a history Bible to help us pass our class.


behave

behave (canonical)
behaves (third-person singular)
behaved (past)
behaved (past participle)
behaving (present participle)

I wish the children would behave.

If you behave I will give you a reward.


wee

wee (positive)
weer (comparative)
weest (superlative)

A wee bit, boy, while etc. is a very small one.

He was a wee bit upset about the changes.

What a lovely wee child!


wee

wee (canonical)
wees (third-person singular)
weed (past)
weed (past participle)
weeing (present participle)

If an animal wees, it passes waste liquid from its body.


weak

weak (positive)
weaker (comparative)
weakest (superlative)

This place is weak. Let's go somewhere more interesting.


French

Pardon my French.


repeat

Something this has been repeated; that is a repetition.


daddy

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Another word for father, a male parent. This is usually used by children.

The girl was very happy to see her daddy.


teen

Teens are often hard on parents.


cheek

Those pants are so tight that you can see each of her butt cheeks.

You’ve got some cheek, asking me for money!


bug

bug (canonical)
bugs (third-person singular)
bugged (past)
bugged (past participle)
bugging (present participle)

Don’t bug me, I’m busy!


pop

Coca-cola is my favorite brand of pop.

My pop used to tell me to do my homework every night.


yeah

Yeah, sure, I'll go with you to the store.


gum

gum (canonical)
gums (third-person singular)
gummed (past)
gummed (past participle)
gumming (present participle)

As "gum up", to spoil or ruin a thing or process.


woo

You may yell woo or woo-hoo to show happy excitement.


carbon

Make sure the carbon is facing the second sheet of paper, before rolling it into the typewriter.


hey

You say, "hey" in greeting when you meet or see somebody.

Hey, how's it going? [Hello, how are you?]

You shout (say loudly) "hey" to get someone to notice you.

Hey, what are you doing!?

Hey, stop doing that!


youngster

A youngster is young person, someone who is not an adult. Usually this means a child, but sometimes can mean an adolescent or a baby.

The youngsters are playing outside.


dummy

A dummy is a person who is stupid; if someone is a dummy they are not intelligent.

You got good grades, I know you are not a dummy.

I got angry because they treated me like a dummy.

Those guys are a bunch of dummies.

I need easy instruction, something for dummies.


dumb

dumb (positive)
dumber (comparative)
dumbest (superlative)

Another word for stupid. If you are dumb you are not intelligent.

That is a really dumb idea.

How could I be so dumb? I know better than that!

I'm not dumb enough to believe that.

It is not nice to call someone dumb.


nigga

Another way to say nigger; it is often offensive, but is usually less offensive than nigger. It is sometimes used by black people to mean friend inoffensively.

Hey, what's up, nigga?


wild

wild (positive)
wilder (comparative)
wildest (superlative)

If a person (or thing) is wild they (or it) are not easy to predict, or they do not act civilized.

She is so wild, all she does is drink and party!

That was a wild party.

They were playing wild music all night.


gay

A homosexual person. This is usually a man, but could be a woman (lesbian).

The gays were marching in protest yesterday.


dense

dense (positive)
denser (comparative)
densest (superlative)

If a person is dense it is not easy to make that person understand. A dense person is stupid.


lawyer

lawyer (canonical)
lawyers (third-person singular)
lawyered (past)
lawyered (past participle)
lawyering (present participle)

If someone lawyers, they work as a lawyer or practice law.


cuss

cuss (canonical)
cusses (third-person singular)
cussed (past)
cussed (past participle)
cussing (present participle)

If you cuss you say a word that is vulgar, insulting, or very impolite.

I lost my temper and cussed at my boss.

My son is in trouble for cussing in school.


cuss

King Tut was believed to have made a cuss against anyone who awakes him in his dead.


poppa

What's up, poppa?


pee

I bought these carrots for fifty pee.

I can't afford that — I'm ten pee short.


mate

I'm meeting my mates later, after work.

The two of them are best mates.

What can I do for you, mate?


yo

Yo' mama's so fat they filmed 'Gorillas in the Mist' in her shower.


witch

A woman who is difficult to get allow with, or a bad woman.

I hate my boss, she's a real witch.


Greek

A member of a college fraternity (brotherhood) or sorority (sisterhood).


pass the buck

pass the buck (canonical)
passes the buck (third-person singular)
passed the buck (past)
passed the buck (past participle)
passing the buck (present participle)

If you pass the buck you give a job or responsibility that should be yours to someone else. This often means that a job is passed around so no one really does it.

Politicians are infamous for passing the buck amongst each other, using others as scapegoats.


amoral

amoral (positive)
more amoral (comparative)
most amoral (superlative)


innocence

It is common to call learning about sex (or having sex for the first time) as "loosing innocence."

She lost her innocence when she was seventeen.


yea

Yea can be used to tell how much. In this way it can either mean about or exactly "this much." (Often while by a showing how much with your hands.)

The pony was yea high. (While holding a hand where the top of the pony's head would be.)


bin

bin (canonical)
bins (third-person singular)
binned (past)
binned (past participle)
binning (present participle)

If you bin something, you throw it away.


weasel

A weasel is a sneaky or dishonest person, someone you cannot trust.

That little weasel took all my money!


larynxes

The plural form of larynx; more than one (kind of) larynx.


lame duck

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A lame duck is a person who is handicapped or not efficient.

The whole group wasted a lot of time only because of him. He's what I call a lame duck!


clone

A clone is a copy or imitation of something, living or not.

This counterfeiter has a lot of talent : the painting he has made is a perfect clone of the original one.


ton

A ton is also a great amount of something, or many things.

Today I have tons of things to do: how discouraging!


creepy-crawly

A creepy-crawly is a small animal that crawls, such as an insect, spider, or worm; this word describes the way these animals move.

While most people are disgusted by creepy-crawlies, some find them interesting.


creep

A very annoying person who makes you nervous.

Stop staring at me all the time, you creep!


impossible

impossible (positive)
more impossible (comparative)
most impossible (superlative)

If a person is impossible they refuse to agree or to be peaceful.

No point arguing with you! You're just impossible!


technobabble

Technobabble is a language that appears very technical or scientific, but that has in fact little or no meaning at all.

Science-fiction often uses technobabble to speak about advanced technologies or non-existent physical phenomena.

Some advertisers want to impress people by saying their product is very sophisticated, but we know it's just technobabble.


gramps

Hi gramps! How's grandma?


huge

huge (positive)
huger (comparative)
hugest (superlative)

If something is huge it is very important or very exciting.

He's moving all the way to Africa! That's huge!


clue

If you have no clue about something, you don't know at all.

I'm afraid I have no clue how to get there.

Don't ask him. He doesn't have a clue about computers.

The guy's an idiot. He hasn't got a clue.


clue

clue (canonical)
clues (third-person singular)
clued (past)
clued (past participle)
cluing (present participle)

If you clue somebody in to something, you give them that information that they didn't have.

I had no idea what she was angry about until my sister clued me in.

The look on her face finally clued me in: she didn't speak English.

I finally clued in to the fact that it wasn't going to work.


gang bang

A gang bang is when many people rape a person one after another.


vegetable

A vegetable is a person who has much damage to the brain and does not wake-up.


crabapple

A crabapple person who isn't pleasant to be around; crabby.

That person over there is such a crabapple.


privates

The body parts that are not usually shown to other people, such as the genitals.

Being kicked in the privates must have really hurt.


royal

A royal is someone of noble birth or a member of a royal family.


difficulties

Difficulties are hardships or hard times that someone goes through; frustrations.


a ways

"We can reach our destination, but it's still a ways away." -- R.E.M., "Driver 8"


anyway

You use anyway to say something does not matter, or you do not care.

We were told not to go, but went anyway.

I didn't go to the concert. I'm not a big rock fan, and I didn't have a ticket anyway.

You use anyway to add some information to something you just said.

Jesse and Anne had a big fight. That's what I heard anyway.

You use anyway to change the topic or end a conversation.

Yeah, the homework's going to be hard... anyway, did you hear about the football game?

OK, anyway, I'll see you later.


anyhow

You use anyhow to say something does not matter, or you do not care.

We were told not to go, but went anyhow.

I didn't go to the concert. I'm not a big rock fan, and I didn't have a ticket anyhow.

You use anyhow to add some information to something you just said.

Jesse and Anne had a big fight. That's what I heard anyhow.

You use anyhow to change the topic or end a conversation.

Yeah, the homework's going to be hard... Anyhow, did you hear about the football game?

OK, anyhow, I'll see you later.


fresh

fresh (positive)
fresher (comparative)
freshest (superlative)

If you are being fresh you are to forward sexually; this is a way of being rude.

Don't get fresh with me, I'm not that kind of girl!


vent

vent (canonical)
vents (third-person singular)
vented (past)
vented (past participle)
venting (present participle)

If you vent, you let your emotions out by showing them.


puke

puke (canonical)
pukes (third-person singular)
puked (past)
puked (past participle)
puking (present participle)

If you puke, you vomit or bring up stuff from your stomach.

He puked as a result of his sickness.


throw up

throw up (canonical)
throws up (third-person singular)
threw up (past)
threw up (past participle)
throwing up (present participle)


crazy

A crazy is person who is crazy (see above). Usually this is for a bad person who is insane.


odds

The odds of something happening are the chances it will happen.

I don't like the odds here.

The odds of rolling a six are one in six, or 1 / 6.


ride

A ride is a vehicle like a car, motorcycle or bicycle.

That is a nice ride you are driving.


zest

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If you have zest, you are full of excitement or enthusiasm; you are full of life.

If food has zest, it has a lot of flavor. It might be spicy.

The hot peppers add zest to the soup.

If music has zest, it is fast and lively.

Play it with more zest this time.


pad

A pad is the place you live; it is your home.


wiener

He showed me his wiener, even though I didn't want him to.


parrot

parrot (canonical)
parrots (third-person singular)
parroted (past)
parroted (past participle)
parroting (present participle)

If you parrot someone, you say exactly what that person says.

I want you to parrot back what I just said, so I know you heard me right.


spread

A spread is a large amount of something spread in front of you. This is most often food of many types.

A spread is a large plot of land used for farming or ranching.


rot

Rot is material is decaying (rotting) and has decayed (rotted) a lot already.

The log was full of rot so it broke easily.

We put our food in the freezer to avoid rot.


hundreds

"Hundreds" is used to refer to lots of something.

There's hundreds of cool stuff I can do!


chemistries

The plural form of chemistry; more than one (kind of) chemistry.

Metals and non-metals have very different chemistries.


tent

tent (canonical)
tents (third-person singular)
tented (past)
tented (past participle)
tenting (present participle)


sub

sub (canonical)
subs (third-person singular)
subbed (past)
subbed (past participle)
subbing (present participle)

I subbed for an injured player during last night's game.

To work as a substitute teacher, especially in primary and secondary education.

Now that I've retired from my full-time teaching job, I'll do some subbing from time to time to keep busy and earn a little extra money.

Ms. Smith subs for Mr. Jones' math class when he's sick.

To replace (a player) with a substitute.

He never really made a contribution to the match, so it was no surprise when he was subbed at half time.


super

We asked the super to fix our window last week but he still hasn't done it.

Short for supervisor; a manager or boss.

We were just talking to the super about the problem.


Old English

Old English is any English that does not sound like how we talk now. This is often used for Early Modern English (the way people talked 500 to 350 years ago).


Elizabethan English

/əˌlɪzəˈbiːθən ˈiːŋglɪʃ/

The way people in England talked when Elizabeth I was queen of England.

"Thee," "thou," and "ye" were ways to say "you" in Elizabethan English.


chuck

chuck (canonical)
chucks (third-person singular)
chucked (past)
chucked (past participle)
chucking (present participle)

Ouch! Why'd you throw the ball so hard? You didn't have to chuck it at me!

If you chuck something, you throw it away.

The fruit has gone bad, I'm going to chuck it.


bankrupt

bankrupt (positive)
more bankrupt (comparative)
most bankrupt (superlative)

I have been bankrupt all summer.

If you are bankrupt of something, you do not have that thing. For example, someone who is "morally bankrupt" has no morals.

We can't survive if our country becomes morally bankrupt.


strawberry blond

If hair is strawberry blond it is light red, or a color between red and blond.

If you are strawberry blond you have this color hair.


cheers

"I'm off to class, see ya later." "Cheers!"

"Let me buy you a drink." "Really? Cheers!"


tons

I can't go to the movie with you on Saturday because I have tons of homework to do this weekend.


broke

broke (positive)
more broke (comparative)
most broke (superlative)

Sorry, I can't do anything this weekend, I'm broke.

I'm not lending you any more money. You're always broke and you never pay me back.


she'll be right

OK, no problem, everything will be all right


killing

He made a killing on the stock market.


sticks

The sticks is a rural terrain or region.


goose egg

A goose egg is a swelling or bump on the head.


whisker

A whisker is a small distance between two things.

That punch missed hitting him by a whisker!


cop

cop (canonical)
cops (third-person singular)
copped (past)
copped (past participle)
copping (present participle)

If someone cops someone else or something, they capture them; they take them.


screwed

screwed (positive)
more screwed (comparative)
most screwed (superlative)

The teacher caught me when I tried to sneak out of the door. I am screwed.


umpteen

Umpteen is a large number of something; more than some.

What have you been doing for the last umpteen days?

Umpteen cups of coffee later, we were finished the job.

He's broken umpteen laws and crashed a dozen cars.


mommy

A word for mother used mostly by young children.


nowadays

Back then we walked everywhere, but nowadays everyone drives a car.


nope

"Do you want something to eat?" "Nope, just coffee."

"Are you ready?" "Nope, I still have some things to do first."


gotta

I'm sorry, but I'm in a hurry and I gotta go.


gotcha

You thought you'd get away, but I gotcha!

You can say gotcha to show you know what someone means.


chile

A way people spell chili in some parts of the United States.


grandpa

A grandpa is a short name for a grandfather (the father of your father or mother).


bog

bog (canonical)
bogs (third-person singular)
bogged (past)
bogged (past participle)
bogging (present participle)

To become bogged is to become slowed down or stuck.

Too many people on the bus made it bog down and then stop.

To bog something is to make a mess of it.

Why did you have to bog this whole thing up!?


vet

We took all of our pets to the vet.

A veteran, somebody who used to be in the military.

My grandfather was a World War II vet. He used to tell stories about fighting in France.


brainy

brainy (positive)
brainier (comparative)
brainiest (superlative)

Somebody brainy is intelligent, or clever.

The kid is brainy.


tab

A tab is a tablet, especially one containing illegal drugs.


slash

You use slash to mean as well as or and, used to separate two items in a list.

She's the cook slash waitress.


snarky

snarky (positive)
snarkier (comparative)
snarkiest (superlative)

If you are snarky, you say something in a sarcastic or snide way; usually because you are irritated, but also sometimes to be funny.

I was asking you a serious question. There's no reason to be snarky with me.

I don't know what's wrong with Joan. I told her it was raining outside and she said, "Thanks for the news flash" in a really snarky way.


zapper

A zapper is a remote control for a television.

Please pass me the zapper, my show is starting on the other channel.


zilch

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wag

wag (canonical)
wags (third-person singular)
wagged (past)
wagged (past participle)
wagging (present participle)

A person who wags does not go to school when they are supposed to be.

He's wagging school.


lolly

A lolly is a shortened word for a lollipop.


terrific

terrific (positive)
more terrific (comparative)
most terrific (superlative)

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She's a terrific tennis player.

The aircraft landed at a terrific speed.

The racing cars drive at terrific speeds.


barf

There is barf all over the floor!


barf

barf (canonical)
barfs (third-person singular)
barfed (past)
barfed (past participle)
barfing (present participle)

He was sick, so he barfed.


couch potato

A couch potato is a person who sits in front of the TV for a really long time.

Usually, kids your age are couch potatos, but you are different. Your active kids!


hitch

hitch (canonical)
hitches (third-person singular)
hitched (past)
hitched (past participle)
hitching (present participle)


ginger

A ginger is someone with reddish brown hair.

Many gingers have freckles.


blah

A feeling of discomfort, boredom, depression etc.


blah

blah (positive)
more blah (comparative)
most blah (superlative)


chatterbox

A chatterbox is someone who talks a lot or talks too much.


crackpot

A crackpot is someone that is crazy and foolish, someone that is eccentric.

That person must be a crackpot for giving an idea that does not work!

A crackpot refers to a person that is addicted to crack cocaine. A crackpot is a drug addict.


bleat

bleat (canonical)
bleats (third-person singular)
bleated (past)
bleated (past participle)
bleating (present participle)

When a person bleats, the person is complaining about something.

Working in customer service is difficult as you always get people bleating to you about things that you cannot do.


fascist

fascist (positive)
more fascist (comparative)
most fascist (superlative)

A fascist person is someone that is unfairly strict, even though he/she does not have to be.

We have got a fascist teacher who always demands homework to be done within a day.


reverend

A reverend is a religious person who is the head of his church.


nana

Nana is a nickname that a person uses to call his/her grandmother.


's

do (canonical)
do (present)
does (third-person singular)
did (past)
don't (present negative)
doesn't (third-person singular negative)
didn't (past negative)

What's he want?


'em

stick 'em up.


zit

Zit is a small red and painful spot on the skin.

Zit is a person that annoys and bothers other people.


carbs

I'm gonna eat less carbs as part of my diet.


glitch

A glitch is a type of problem that causes a computer program or game to not work properly.

I don't like glitches because they do a lot of unexpected things that can do damage to my work or game progress.

This game has got a lot of glitches in it and may cause problems to your computer.

A glitch can refer to any type of problem in a computer program or game.

There is a glitch in this program where the enemy characters can pass through walls in the maze.


groove

groove (canonical)
grooves (third-person singular)
grooved (past)
grooved (past participle)
grooving (present participle)


nuke

A nuke is another word for nuclear bomb.

North Korea launched another nuke yesterday.


nuke

nuke (canonical)
nukes (third-person singular)
nuked (past)
nuked (past participle)
nuking (present participle)

When you nuke something, you totally destroy it and have it completely removed.

It is not possible to nuke anything that is posted on the Internet, so be careful when posting something on Facebook.


vibe

A vibe is a person's emotions or feelings because of their surroundings.

I'm getting bad vibes from this place.


memo

I have an urgent memo from the CEO.


flick

The newest flick is Solo: A Star Wars Story.

My favourite flick is It's a Wonderful Life.


skewer

skewer (canonical)
skewers (third-person singular)
skewered (past)
skewered (past participle)
skewering (present participle)

If you skewer someone, you criticize them strongly, often in a humorous way.


toasty

toasty (positive)
toastier (comparative)
toastiest (superlative)

If you feel toasty, you feel comfortably warm.

I am feeling toasty with that new fireplace.


pricey

pricey (positive)
pricier (comparative)
priciest (superlative)

If something is pricey, it costs a lot of money.


rip-off

A rip-off is something that costs much more than it is actually worth.

$200 for a pair of shoes!? That is a rip-off.

A rip-off of something is a poor imitation of it.

This cheap company produces rip-offs of the popular Nike shoes.


eon

It feels like it's been an eon since we last saw each other.


lawyer up

lawyer up (canonical)
lawyers up (third-person singular)
lawyered up (past)
lawyered up (past participle)
lawyering up (present participle)

If a person, company, etc. lawyers up, they get a lawyer to represent them when doing something, usually in court.

The oil companies lawyered up and sued the government.


cheesy

cheesy (positive)
cheesier (comparative)
cheesiest (superlative)

If something is cheesy, it is too dramatic, emotional, or cliché.

The movie showing in theatres was fairly cheesy for a children's movie.


punching bag

A punching bag is a person that is abused or bullied.

The bully uses Tim as a punching bag whenever he is upset.


spew

spewed (past participle)
spew (canonical)
spews (third-person singular)
spewed (past)
spewn (past participle)
spewing (present participle)


loony

loony (positive)
loonier (comparative)
looniest (superlative)

If someone is loony, he or she is an insane person.


bouncer

A bouncer is a security personnel employed by bars, or clubs to maintain order.


chatty

chatty (positive)
chattier (comparative)
chattiest (superlative)

If a person is chatty, they like to talk a lot.


goody

Oh goody! We can have cake for dessert.


goody

Goody is a small amount of something nice to eat.

All the participants were given a bag of goodies.


brainteaser

A brainteaser is a difficult problem or puzzle.


splurge

splurge (canonical)
splurges (third-person singular)
splurged (past)
splurged (past participle)
splurging (present participle)

If you splurge, you spend money lavishly.

They decided to splurge on the biggest banana split for dessert.


hard up

If you are hard up for something, such as money, you really need it.

I didn' t realize he's that hard up for cash.


sure as eggs is eggs

Something that is most certainly going to happen.

At this time of year, sure as eggs is eggs, the TV starts filling with Christmas ads for toys.


thick as two short planks

If a person is as thick as two short planks, they are very stupid.


strawberry blonde

If hair is strawberry blonde it is light red, or a color between red and blonde.

If you are strawberry blonde you have this color hair.


blockbuster

A blockbuster is a film or book that has exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales.


crappy

crappy (positive)
crappier (comparative)
crappiest (superlative)

If something is crappy, it is of very poor quality.

That is such a crappy car.

The referee just made a really crappy call.

The food at this restaurant used to be good but now it's crappy.


puff

A puff is an act of inhaling smoke from a cigarette, cigar or pipe.


anglo

An anglo is an American, especially a white one (regardless of actual ethnicity), whose native language is English.

I'm not an "anglo"; my grandparents are from Lithuania.


spook

The building was haunted by a couple of spooks.

The big spider gave me a spook.


sidekick

A sidekick is someone who regularly travels with, and helps, another person.


hogwash

Hogwash is a word that describes something that is foolish or ridiculous. It is often used as an exclamation.

"You think I should spend all my money on lottery tickets? Hogwash!"


Brummie

A Brummie is someone from Birmingham, England.

Brummie is the accent and dialect of Birmingham, England.


Brummie

Brummie (positive)
Brummier (comparative)
Brummiest (superlative)

If someone or something is Brummie, it is from, or relating to, Birmingham, England.


Brummies

The plural form of Brummie; more than one (kind of) Brummie.


Brummier

The comparative form of Brummie; more Brummie.


Brummiest

The superlative form of Brummie; most Brummie.


nifty

nifty (positive)
niftier (comparative)
niftiest (superlative)

If something is nifty, it is good, smart or useful.

a nifty trick for reducing your household energy bill


staycation

A staycation is a vacation a person spends within their own country or home.


spitting image

/ˈspɪtɪŋ ˈɪmɪdʒ/

If person A is a spitting image of person B, they look exactly the same.

You're the spitting image of my brother.


zap

A zap is the sound made by a sudden release of electricity.


jiffy

I'll be there in a jiffy.


scorch

scorch (canonical)
scorches (third-person singular)
scorched (past)
scorched (past participle)
scorching (present participle)

If you scorch, you move at very high speed.


crummy

crummy (positive)
crummier (comparative)
crummiest (superlative)

If something is crummy, it is bad or of poor quality.


crumby

crumby (positive)
crumbier (comparative)
crumbiest (superlative)

If something is crumby, it is bad or of poor quality.


Londoner

A Londoner is someone from London, England.


Londoners

The plural form of Londoner; more than one (kind of) Londoner.


nite

The family went to a nite at the opera.


party pooper

A party pooper is a person who spoils the fun and excitement in something.


badmouth

badmouth (canonical)
badmouths (third-person singular)
badmouthed (past)
badmouthed (past participle)
badmouthing (present participle)

If you badmouth someone, you criticize them without them knowing.


lanky

lanky (positive)
lankier (comparative)
lankiest (superlative)

A lanky person is someone who is tall and slim in an ungraceful way.


ungraceful

ungraceful (positive)
more ungraceful (comparative)
most ungraceful (superlative)

If a person is ungraceful, they are clumsy and lacks grace.


scrutable

scrutable (positive)
more scrutable (comparative)
most scrutable (superlative)

If something is scrutable, it can be understood or can be comprehended.


cheeky

cheeky (positive)
cheekier (comparative)
cheekiest (superlative)

If a person is cheeky, they show a lack of respect in a way that is considered amusing.


slosh

slosh (canonical)
sloshes (third-person singular)
sloshed (past)
sloshed (past participle)
sloshing (present participle)


Pinoy

A Pinoy is the citizen of the Philippines.


earful

If you give someone an earful, you scold or reprimand them.


scrumptious

scrumptious (positive)
more scrumptious (comparative)
most scrumptious (superlative)

If something is scrumptious, it is delicious.


crusty

A crusty is a young homeless person with poor cleanliness.


munge

munge (canonical)
munges (third-person singular)
munged (past)
munged (past participle)
munging (present participle)

If you munge data, you transform it from one format to another so as to destroy it.


mung

mung (canonical)
mungs (third-person singular)
munged (past)
munged (past participle)
munging (present participle)

If you mung data, you transform it from one format to another so as to destroy it.


Jersey

Jersey is a way to refer to New Jersey, a US state.

Pete lives in New York, but he's from Jersey.


rambunctious

rambunctious (positive)
more rambunctious (comparative)
most rambunctious (superlative)

If a place is rambunctious, it is energetic, noisy, and difficult to control.


freebie

Freebies are things that are given for free.

I didn't buy a thing, but they were handing out some neat freebies and samples.


pee-pee

Pee-pee is another name of the penis or vagina.


bromance

Bromance is a strong, non-romantic bond between two men.


hoopla

Hoopla is excited, chatty talk about something.

Sounds like a lot of hoopla to make over a sandwich.


silver fox

A silver fox is an attractive person with greying hair.


rhetorical question

rhetorical question
rhetorical questions (plural)

A rhetorical question is a question which the person asking it doesn't expect an answer to.

Are you nuts? Don't answer that – it's a rhetorical question.


yeet

"Yeet!" is an interjection said while throwing something, especially when throwing it far, suddenly, and with force.


yeet

yeet (canonical)
yeets (third-person singular)
yeeted (past)
yeeted (past participle)
yeeting (present participle)

If you yeet something, you throw it a long distance with a sudden, forceful motion.

She yeeted the empty soda can into the recycling bin.


This symbol is sometimes used to replace the letter "S" as a way of bringing to mind money, wealth, or greed.

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handyman

A handyman is a person who does small tasks and odd jobs.


mod

mod (canonical)
mods (third-person singular)
modded (past)
modded (past participle)
modding (present participle)

If you mod something, you modify it from its original condition to individualize and/or enhance the performance of the object.

His friends were particularly impressed with the way he modded his Honda Civic.

If you mod an online forum, you act as a moderator to silence or punish a rule-breaking user on the forum.

Don't break the rules or you'll be modded.

I used to mod that forum.


tipsy

tipsy (positive)
tipsier (comparative)
tipsiest (superlative)

If a person is tipsy, they are slightly drunk from drinking alcoholic beverages.


foodie

A foodie is a person who has a special interest in or knowledge of food.


hefty

hefty (positive)
heftier (comparative)
heftiest (superlative)

If the price of something is hefty, it is very costly.

He was slapped with a hefty fine for speeding.


doable

doable (positive)
more doable (comparative)
most doable (superlative)

If a person is doable, they are worthy for you to have sex with.

Look at that chick – she's so doable!


grump

grump (canonical)
grumps (third-person singular)
grumped (past)
grumped (past participle)
grumping (present participle)

If a person grumps, they sulk and complain.


squish

squish (canonical)
squishes (third-person singular)
squished (past)
squished (past participle)
squishing (present participle)

If you squish something, you squeeze or crush it.


unreal

unreal (positive)
more unreal (comparative)
most unreal (superlative)

If something is unreal, it is very impressive and incredible.

The view was unreal.


moronic

moronic (positive)
more moronic (comparative)
most moronic (superlative)

If a person behaves in a moronic, they behave like a moron.


java

Java is a type coffee imported from the Indonesian island of Java.

I'm dying for a cup of java


peek

peek (canonical)
peeks (third-person singular)
peeked (past)
peeked (past participle)
peeking (present participle)

If you peek at something, you look at it quickly.


brolly

An informal word for umbrella (a tool to keep you dry when it rains).


dotty

dotty (positive)
dottier (comparative)
dottiest (superlative)

A dotty person is someone who is mildly insane or eccentric.


sync

synced (past)
synced (past participle)
syncing (present participle)
sync (canonical)
syncs (third-person singular)
synched (past)
synched (past participle)
synching (present participle)

If A syncs with B, A synchronizes with B, usually used for data, time, or music synchronization.


call girl

A call girl is a female prostitute who is hired by telephone.


prehistoric

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If something is prehistoric, it is very old.


biff

A biff is a sudden, sharp blow or punch.


biff

biff (canonical)
biffs (third-person singular)
biffed (past)
biffed (past participle)
biffing (present participle)

If you biff a person, you punch or hit them.


fumfer

fumfer (canonical)
fumfers (third-person singular)
fumfered (past)
fumfered (past participle)
fumfering (present participle)

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If a person fumfers, they speak in an awkward or evasive way.


jimmy

jimmy (canonical)
jimmies (third-person singular)
jimmied (past)
jimmied (past participle)
jimmying (present participle)

If you jimmy a lock, you pry it open with something such as a crowbar.


con

A con is a something that is done with the intention of deceiving


con

con (canonical)
cons (third-person singular)
conned (past)
conned (past participle)
conning (present participle)

If you con people, you trick them for personal gain.


scat

scat (canonical)
scats (third-person singular)
scatted (past)
scatted (past participle)
scatting (present participle)


bandwidth

Bandwidth is the speed of data flow in digital networks measured in bits per second.


hardball

hardball (canonical)
hardballs (third-person singular)
hardballed (past)
hardballed (past participle)
hardballing (present participle)

If a person hardballs, they exhibit tough and ruthless behavior towards others.


cinch

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snooty

snooty (positive)
snootier (comparative)
snootiest (superlative)

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A snooty person is someone who shows disapproval or contempt towards others.

Tom is such a snooty person.


snoot

A snoot is someone who looks down upon lower social classes.


kerfuffle

A kerfuffle is a disorderly outburst or commotion.


kerfuffle

kerfuffle (canonical)
kerfuffles (third-person singular)
kerfuffled (past)
kerfuffled (past participle)
kerfuffling (present participle)

If a person kerfuffles, they make a disorderly outburst or commotion.


huffy

huffy (positive)
huffier (comparative)
huffiest (superlative)

A huffy person is someone who is easily offended.

A huffy person is someone who is angry, annoyed, or irritated.


zinger

A zinger is a surprising or humorous remark or insult.


deli

A deli is a shop that sells cooked or prepared foods ready for serving.


snappy

snappy (positive)
snappier (comparative)
snappiest (superlative)

If a person is snappy, they are irritable and more likely to speak harshly.

A snappy person is someone who is tidy and sharp.


chute

chute (canonical)
chutes (third-person singular)
chuted (past)
chuted (past participle)
chuting (present participle)


copycat

A copycat is a person who imitates or plagiarizes other people's work.


shingles

Shingles is a viral disease that causes a person to have a painful skin rash with blisters in a localized area.


birdbrain

A birdbrain is someone who is not intelligent.


eager beaver

An eager beaver is a person who is very excited or enthusiastic to begin a task.


shellac

shellac (canonical)
shellacs (third-person singular)
shellacked (past)
shellacked (past participle)
shellacking (present participle)

{{transitive} (informal) If you shellac someone, you defeat them decisively.


clingy

clingy (positive)
clingier (comparative)
clingiest (superlative)

A clingy person is someone who is possessive of or will not let someone get away.

Is it normal for a child his age to be so clingy with his mother?


snazzy

snazzy (positive)
snazzier (comparative)
snazziest (superlative)

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A snazzy person is someone who is stylish and attractive.


swipe

swipe (canonical)
swipes (third-person singular)
swiped (past)
swiped (past participle)
swiping (present participle)

If you swipe something, you steal or snatch it.


frisky

frisky (positive)
friskier (comparative)
friskiest (superlative)

A frisky person is someone who is sexually aroused.


jack-knife

A jack-knife is a semi-trailer truck accident where the vehicle mimics the closing of a jack-knife.


jack-knife

jack-knife (canonical)
jack-knifes (third-person singular)
jack-knifed (past)
jack-knifed (past participle)
jack-knifing (present participle)

If a a semi-trailer truck jack-knifes, it folds like a jack-knife in a traffic accident.


jackknife

A jackknife is a semi-trailer truck accident where the vehicle mimics the closing of a jackknife.


jackknife

jackknife (canonical)
jackknifes (third-person singular)
jackknifed (past)
jackknifed (past participle)
jackknifing (present participle)

If a a semi-trailer truck jackknifes, it folds like a jackknife in a traffic accident.


prep

prep (canonical)
preps (third-person singular)
prepped (past)
prepped (past participle)
prepping (present participle)

If you prep for something, you prepare yourself for it.


DLL hell

DLL hell is a problem in computers made by the difference of the versions of DLL (dynamic-link library).


dreamy

dreamy (positive)
dreamier (comparative)
dreamiest (superlative)


flossy

flossy (positive)
flossier (comparative)
flossiest (superlative)

If something is flossy, it is excessively showy.


truthy

truthy (positive)
truthier (comparative)
truthiest (superlative)

If something is truthy, it is only superficially true.


finicky

finickier (comparative)
finickiest (superlative)
finicky (positive)
more finicky (comparative)
most finicky (superlative)

A finicky person is someone who is fussy.


You use / to mean as well as or and, used to separate two items in a list.

She's the cook / waitress.


cornball

A cornball is an unsophisticated person.

A cornball is something or someone excessively corny.


cornball

cornball (positive)
more cornball (comparative)
most cornball (superlative)

Something that is cornball is naive or corny.


gutsy

gutsy (positive)
gutsier (comparative)
gutsiest (superlative)

A gutsy person is someone who shows courage and determination when they are facing difficulties or danger.


bubbly

bubbly (positive)
bubblier (comparative)
bubbliest (superlative)


sleaze

A sleaze is a person of low moral standards.


scrunchy

scrunchy (positive)
scrunchier (comparative)
scrunchiest (superlative)

If something is scrunchy, it has been scrunched up. .


knock out

If you knock out someone, you surprise and impress them very much

The movie just knocked me out.


knock oneself out

If you knock yourself out, you go ahead and do what you want.


lob

lob (canonical)
lobs (third-person singular)
lobbed (past)
lobbed (past participle)
lobbing (present participle)


slowpoke

A slowpoke is someone who moves slowly or takes a long time to do something.


divvy

divvy (canonical)
divvies (third-person singular)
divvied (past)
divvied (past participle)
divvying (present participle)

If you divvy something, you divide it into portions.


laggy

laggy (positive)
laggier (comparative)
laggiest (superlative)

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If something is laggy, it responds slowly because of network connectivity issues.


comfy

comfy (positive)
comfier (comparative)
comfiest (superlative)

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If something is comfy, it is comfortable.


doddle

A doddle is a task or activity that is easy to complete.


mucky

mucky (positive)
muckier (comparative)
muckiest (superlative)

If something is mucky, it is covered with dirt or muck.


omnishambles

An omnishambles is a situation that has been managed badly in every way.

The project turned into an omnishambles because of poor planning.


gob

He told him to shut his gob.

A gob is a large amount or lump of something.

There was a big gob of mud on his shoe.


gob

gob (canonical)
gobs (third-person singular)
gobbed (past)
gobbed (past participle)
gobbing (present participle)

If you gob on something, you spit on it.

He gobbed on the ground.


tech

Tech is technology, especially modern computing or advanced technology.

The company is known for its cutting-edge tech.


judgey

judgey (positive)
more judgey (comparative)
most judgey (superlative)

A judgey person is someone who is overly judgmental.


judgy

judgy (positive)
judgier (comparative)
judgiest (superlative)

A judgy person is someone who is overly judgmental.


bumper

A bumper is something unusually large or abundant.

The farmers celebrated a bumper crop of apples this year.


beefy

beefy (positive)
beefier (comparative)
beefiest (superlative)

A beefy person is someone who is strong or muscular.


slutty

slutty (positive)
sluttier (comparative)
sluttiest (superlative)

A slutty person is someone who resembles or acts like a slut.


homebrew

A homebrew is a change made to games or equipment by amateurs.


homebrew

homebrew (canonical)
homebrews (third-person singular)
homebrewed (past)
homebrewed (past participle)
homebrewing (present participle)

When a person homebrews, they jailbreak a video game console to run unofficial programs.


ditzy

ditzy (positive)
ditzier (comparative)
ditziest (superlative)

A ditzy is a person who is silly or scatterbrained.


ditsy

ditsy (positive)
ditsier (comparative)
ditsiest (superlative)

A ditsy is a person who is silly or scatterbrained.


mansplain

mansplain (canonical)
mansplains (third-person singular)
mansplained (past)
mansplained (past participle)
mansplaining (present participle)

If a male mansplains to a female, he explains something the she already knows as he assumed that she does not have a good understanding of the topic or explains it merely because she is female.


postal

If someone goes postal, they become very angry or violent.

He almost went postal when he heard about the delay.


shoo

shoo (canonical)
shoos (third-person singular)
shooed (past)
shooed (past participle)
shooing (present participle)

If you shoo someone, you make them leave the place or away from you.


sideboob

The sideboob of a woman is the view of her breast that is seen from the side.


underboob

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The underboob of a woman is the view of her breast that is seen from the side.


mosey

mosey (canonical)
moseys (third-person singular)
moseyed (past)
moseyed (past participle)
moseying (present participle)

If a person moseys, they walk around in a leisure way.


pawrent

A pawrent is the owner of a pet dog or cat.


ballsy

ballsy (positive)
ballsier (comparative)
ballsiest (superlative)

A ballsy person is someone who is tough and courageous.


aah

aah (canonical)
aahs (third-person singular)
aahed (past)
aahed (past participle)
aahing (present participle)

When a person aahs, they express amazement, joy, or surprise by saying aah.


kinky

kinky (positive)
kinkier (comparative)
kinkiest (superlative)

If you describe something, usually a sexual practice or preference, as kinky, you mean that it is unusual and would be considered strange by most people.

kinky sex


morning wood

Morning wood is an erection of the penis when a male wakes up.


modder

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A modder is someone who modifies something, such as a game or a car.