Slangs..American Slang..Slangs
poke war
A back and forth battle utilizing Facebook's poking mechanism.
Ben will never win the poke war.
gravy train
A job where no work is involved. To get paid for doing nothing. Standing around at work and talking all day.
Look over there, Brian is riding the gravy train again.
Winge
Bitching about something, or having a bitch. Getting on other people's nerves by complaining a lot.
The little boy continued to winge while waiting for his mother to finish the grocery shopping.
bluewalls
The female equivalent of blue balls.
Andre gave Christina bluewalls...and then he drove to Taco Bell to eat a grande meal.
fire hazard
A man who is utterly in denial of his homosexuality(in the closet) despite the fact that he is clearly gay to the objective observer(flaming).
Hey Mike, Jessica's fire hazard of a husband was checking out your ass again.
pop off
to die
Unfortunately for Zuzu, her elderly boyfriend popped off before changing his will in her favor.
high yeller/yaller/yellow/yella
a light skinned African American, usually an attractive female
In the classic film Imitation of Life, Annie Johnson’s high yeller daughter Sarah Jane takes advantage of her light complexion to pass for white and avoid racism; in doing so, she rejects her own mother.
idiotarod
The daily commute to school, work, home, etc.
After five, time to commence the idiotarod sled race to home.
jackass of all trades
A person who is exceptionally bad at everything.
Stefan is a dork. Give him anything to do and he'll screw it up. Jackass of all trades.
flintstoning
The act of moving your desk with your feet, without getting out of it.
Anchor
A person who can slow down an entire group.
A person who requires constant help or attention from some one else.
delurk
Entering an online discussion after a time spent lurking, esp. if suddenly prompted to do so.
pizza tumor
A large burned air bubble that sometimes forms in the crust of a pizza, rendering the slice that contains it significantly less appealing.
Tramp Stamp
A tattoo above a woman's ass crack.
Her pants were so low cut, you could see her tramp stamp.
rock up
to attend, or be present. bring interest to a place
Yeah, she said we could just rock up at her house any time we like.
We'll rock up that place like no other.
business time
Time to get it on. A predetermined time in which couples engage in carnal relations. Preferably a wednesday night (hump day). From Flight of the Conchords.
Baby, it's business time. Do you know how I know? Because it's wednesday, and wednesday is the night that we make love. Thursday we visit your mother but wednesday is the night that we make love. I'll wear my business socks and you will wear that old t-shirt from that team building retreat your work took.
1661
1661, n., a woman who is said to look 16 years old from the back but 61 years old from the front; an older woman who dresses in fashions meant for young women.
stack it
To fall over in a spectacular or amusing fashion, often to the immense amusement of the people around you.
I can't believe I stacked it up the stairs and passed out. I'm such a klutz.
Man Stand
The act of a man standing outside a shop while his wife/girlfriend/partner shops inside. Man Standing involves looking into space, at other women, or in the case of multi story shopping centers, leaning on the railings of an upper floor watching the people below.
Ive been doing the Man Stand outside New Look for an hour!
sissy
a weak and/or feminine male (from "sister")
Example: Jebediah was so macho, he thought men who cried when they lost a limb were sissies.
smell check
Double checking the clothes you put on for any funky odors before getting dressed and leaving the house.
Damn, homeboy should have run a smell check on his pants before he came to work today. Dude smells like funky taint.
stripper wallet
When you're carrying a wallet with only $20s and $1s. Twenties for the pay, and $1s for the tips.
dead-check
dead-check, v. phr., to verify or ensure that a wounded enemy combatant is dead. Also as a noun.
jitney (adjective phrase)
1. an unlicensed taxi 2. a bus that shuttles between New York City and the Hamptons
After the sticky heat of the city and the sweaty passenger next to her on the jitney, Marian was happy to finally get to Montauk.
halo2sis
An oral problem amongst some Halo 2 fanatics.
Dude, I was so tired from playing H2 all night I forgot to brush my teeth before I went to bed.
Again. I need some Listerine for this halo2sis or I'll never get laid.
identity crash
Sudden and catastrophic collapse of an individual's ability to keep all the threads of his or her online identity straight when the individual joins one too many social networks.
hump day
The middle of a work week (Wednesday)
check my spam
Checking one's email though certain one has received no important communication. Compulsively and frequently checking one's email when one is not expecting an important message.
nillionaire
Person without any money of their own.
Everything's in his wife's name, he's just a nillionaire.
whole paycheck
A nickname for Whole Foods Market, the now-famous purveyor of (rather high-priced) organic and fresh foods and sundries.
i'm headed to Whole Paycheck to pick up a dozen organic, cage-free, range-free, vegetarian-fed eggs and some sustainably farmed, sprouted quinoa; good thing i just completed that second mortgage.
daggy
Australian origin.
adj. not stylish, out of fashion, not trendy, not cool, untidy, unclean, not neat. v. to have no style.
That haircut/outfit makes you look daggy.
Clicking Teeth
An awkward make out session, in which the two participants both are bad kissers and have their mouths open so wide that their teeth hit each other, thus clicking.
Man, Kyle and Nikki were totaly clicking teeth last night at the movies, I hope neither of them chipped a tooth.
yarr
a word often used by pirates whenever they have experienced a loss or pain
Yarr! My pirate's booty has been stolen.
pie hole
the mouth
Example: At the fruit festival, Martine was horrified when a key lime came sailing into her open pie hole.