Gírias (Z) Slang

zero: an unimportant person.
"If you don't work hard, you'll end up a zero."

zip (1): nothing."I don't know zip about you."

zip (2): energy; vigor."I need something that will give me more zip. "

zit: pimple; acne.

"Teens often have a lot of zits."

Source: http://www.eslcafe.com/slang/z.html

Gírias (Y) Slang

yank (1): bother; harass.

"Stop yanking me, okay?"

Yank (2): a Yankee; an American.

"Dave is a Yank."

Source: http://www.eslcafe.com/slang/y.html

Gírias (W) Slang

wad: roll of money.

"It's dangerous to carry a big wad in your pocket."

wasted: killed.

"A lot of people get wasted in the streets of New York."

wheels: car; motorcycle.

"If you want to live in Los Angeles, you've got to get some wheels"

whitebread: plain; boring.

"That new movie is definitely not whitebread!"

whiz (1): someone who shows a special talent for something.

"Einstein was a whiz in Physics."

whiz [offensive] (2): to urinate.

"I really have to take a whiz."

wimpy: weak.

"Don't be so wimpy!"

winks, get some: sleep.

"I really need to get some winks"

wrongo: wrong.

"That is totally wrongo!"

Source: http://www.eslcafe.com/slang/w.html

Gírias (V) Slang

vanilla (1): plain.

"She drives a vanilla car."

vanilla (2): Caucasian.

"The Midwest is too vanilla for me."

Source: http://www.eslcafe.com/slang/v.html

Gírias (U) Slang

umpteen: many; countless.

"I've asked you umpteen times to show me the money!"

unlax: relax.

"Dave needs to definitely unlax with his family."

upchuck: vomit.

"She got sick and upchucked three times."

uptight: nervous; anxious.

"Why are you so uptight?"

Source: http://www.eslcafe.com/slang/u.html

Gírias (T) Slang

technicolor yawn, to do a : vomit.

"My dog just did a technicolor yawn all over the carpet!"

thou: thousand.

"I need to borrow a hundred thou."

threads: clothing.

"My wife spent $900 on new threads."

ticker (1): the heart.

"My grandfather has a bad ticker."

ticker (2): a watch.

"Wow! That's a really cool ticker!"

tints: sunglasses.

"You have to wear tints in California."

totally: really; completely.

"That's totally awesome, dude!"

to the max: maximum.

"I studied to the max."

turkey (1): failure; flop.

"Thank goodness that restaurant is not a turkey!"

turkey (2): dumb person.

"Turkeys are not allowed to work for this company."

turn-off: something that repulses a person.

"Bad breath is a real turn-off."

Source: http://www.eslcafe.com/slang/t.html

Gírias (S) Slang

scarf: to eat.

"I can easily scarf an entire banana split."

screw up: to make a mistake.

"I screwed up on the driving test, so I didn't pass."

screw-up: a person who makes a mistake.

"Why are you such a screw-up?"

scum: a despicable individual.

"Don't hang around with that kind of scum."

shades: sunglasses.

"Those are really cool shades!"

shoot some hoops: play basketball.

"Let's shoot some hoops!"

silks: clothing.

"Those are really awesome silks!"

smarts: intelligence.

"It takes a lot of smarts to become a doctor."

smurfbrain: a dumb or stupid person.

"Stop acting like a smurfbrain!"

snookered: cheated.

"I got snookered into buying swamp land in Florida."

sofa spud: a person who watches too much television.

"I'm usually a sofa spud on Sunday."

solid (1): really good; cool.

"That new movie theater is totally solid!"

solid (2): consecutive.

"It's been raining for seven solid days."

specs: eyeglasses.

"I didn't know that you wore specs."

split: to leave.

"Let's split from here now."

spunk: spirit.

"She might be small, but she's got a lot of spunk."

stoned (out): drunk from drugs or alcohol.

"I'm really stoned (out), dude!"

street smart: knowledgeable about city life.

"Since Dave is from Los Angeles, he's very street smart."

suck: to be bad and unacceptable.

"That song really sucks!

Source: http://www.eslcafe.com/slang/s.html