Please enable JavaScript.
Coggle requires JavaScript to display documents.
American Slang ((to bail = to leave abruptly, to feel blue = to feel sad,…
American Slang
- to bail = to leave abruptly
- to feel blue = to feel sad
-
- by the skin of my teeth = just barely
-
- stalker = somebody who is constantly following you in a n annoying way
- coach potato = a lazy person who spends the bulk of their time engaged in things that can be done while sitting on a couch
- to crash = to fall asleep abruptly
- down to Earth = and adjective for practicality and lack of pretense
- for real = a proclamation of honesty
- cold shoulder = a metaphor for deliberately ignoring someone
- plead the fifth = references the fifth amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which allows a witness in court to refuse questions on the grounds that they risk self-incrimination
- screw up = to make a mistake, i.e. mess up
- sweet = an adjective that describes something that is good, or nice
- tight = an adjective that describes closeness between competitors, i.e. a tight competition
- to trash = can be used as an intransitive verb for destruction
-
- to hang out = to spend time relaxing
-
- babe = if you refer to someone as a babe, it means that you think they’re hot and attractive
- to get busted = to get caught
- to have a blast = to enjoy doing something
- epic fail = complete disaster