sábado, 30 de janeiro de 2010

Gírias (I) Slang

icky: unpleasant.
"The food is really icky in the school cafeteria."

I.D.: identification.
"If you want to order a beer, you'll need your I.D."

I'm outta here: I'm leaving; I'm departing.
"Sorry, but I'm outta here, dude."

in: fashionable.
"Ray-Ban sunglasses are really in now."

ivories: teeth.
"Tom Cruise has really beautiful ivories."


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

sábado, 12 de setembro de 2009

Gírias (H) Slang

hairy: difficult; dangerous.
"The steep and windy road was really hairy."

hang a left: make a left turn.
"Hang a left at the next corner."

hang a right: make a right turn.
"Hang a right at the next corner."

head: toilet.
"I really need to use the head!"

hep: sensible; informed.
"She's a really hep student."

hickey: a love bite on the skin.
"Wow! Is that a hickey on your neck?"

hip: sensible; informed.
"He really tries hard to be hip."

hooker [possibly offensive]: prostitute.
"You'll find a lot of hookers in the red light district."

horny [possibly offensive]: sexually stimulated; in the mood for sex.
"Red wine seems to make my boyfriend horny. "

hot (1): popular.
"Brad Pitt is really hot now."

hot (2): sexy.
"Wow! Cindy Crawford is really hot!"

humungous: really big.
"American supermarkets are humungous."

hungries, to have: be hungry.
"I don't know about you, but I've got the hungries."

hyper: overly excited.
"Children often get hyper when they are tired."

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

segunda-feira, 2 de fevereiro de 2009

Gírias G (Slang)

geek: someone who works too hard, is more intelligent than usual, and is slightly unattractive.

"Bill Gates is kind of a geek."

get it: to understand something.

"Sorry, but I just don't get it."

get naked [possibly offensive]: to completely relax and have a good time.

"Let's get naked tonight!"

glitch: flaw.

"There must be a glitch in this software."

go bananas: go slightly mad.

"This project is causing me to go bananas!"

gomer: a dumb person.

"Stop acting like a gomer!"

goof (1): a silly and foolish person.

"What a goof you are!"

goof (2): make a mistake.

I really goofed on the test today."

goof off (1): waste time.

"Stop goofing off and help me clean the house!"

goof-off (2): someone who wastes time and isn't serious.

"A goof-off never does well in school"

goof up: make a mistake.

"Oh no! I really goofed up!"

goofy: silly.

"Kids always make me feel goofy!"

grabbers: hands.

"Have you washed your grabbers, Benjamin?"

grand: one thousand dollars.

"He's making over a hundred grand a year!"

grass: marijuana.

"Have you ever smoked grass?"

grub: food.

"Where's the grub?!"

grubby: not clean.

"I always feel grubby in the morning."

grungy: unclean and stinky.

"Grungy people are not allowed in Dave's house!"

gut: a person's stomach; belly.

"Dave is getting a big gut because he loves chocolate ice cream and beer!"

guts (1): courage.

"It took a lot of guts to ask his boss for a raise."

guts (2): the nature of something.

"Let's get to the guts of Dave Sperling!"

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

domingo, 20 de abril de 2008

Gírias - F (Slang)

fab: fabulous.

"This restaurant is really fab!"

face-off: confrontation.

"I think it's time we had a face-off."

fart [offensive]: to expel intestinal gas.

"It's embarrassing to fart on the first date."

fender-bender: small accident.

"This morning I had a fender-bender on the Ventura Freeway."

flaky: unpredictable.

"I waited four hours for my flaky friend to show up."

flashback: sudden memory.

"In Little Tokyo I had a flashback to my days living in Japan."

flick: movie.

"Let's go out tonight and watch a flick."

fox: attractive, alluring person.

"Is it true that John is a fox?"

freebie: something that does not cost money.

"My trip to New York was a freebie."

French kiss [possibly offensive]: kissing with the tongue.

"Andrew's dog is always trying to French kiss him!"

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terça-feira, 8 de abril de 2008

Gírias - E (Slang)

el cheapo: something cheap.

"Since I don't make much money, I always purchase the el cheapo brand."

evil: great; excellent.

"Your car is really evil!"

eyeball: to stare long and hard at someone or something.

"Dave eyeballed his daughter's new boyfriend."

eyepopper: something or someone visibly astounding.

"Wow, that girl is truly an eyepopper!"