Post: #1

So I'm doing something of an "American slang workshop" and I need about 20 slang words I can teach. They can be a little sexual but not something like "beat it up." Most of my students are girls so I need some words that American girls use with each other.

Here's some off the top of my head...

-floss
-make it rain
-donkey
-BFF
-grenade (may not be able to teach this if there are fat girls in the workshop)
-dawg/bro/dude
-down for ("You down for going out tonight?" / "I'm down for whatever")
-bad (as in excellent)
-cheesy (not authentic/read, trying too hard)
-deep pockets
-what's going on?
-props
-lame
-all-nighter
-beemer
-bombed
-hook up
-smashed
-buzzed
-killed it

Slang involving money is good since the culture I'm in is money obsessed.

Post: #2

Money-- scratch, cash, c-note, moolah, loaded, fat cat.

Post: #3

Here's a few:

-baller(s)
-The Shit
-homie/homeboy
-"byatch"
-rolling out/rolling
-bust/nut (slang terms for ejaculation)
-butterface

Post: #4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XxnlQEDgVI

Post: #5

Please don`t teach them to say « Huh »

Post: #6

I'm going with:

Baller
Bangin'
Killer
Sick
Gnar-gnar or cray-cray (I myself cringe to these but I can't help throwing them around in irony)
Busted
Raw Dog
What's shakin'
Peace (as an exit)
Late (as an exit)
Homie
Yo
Bust a move
Tight

Post: #7

What's up?

Swag

Ballin

Post: #8

ill
chill
YOLO (please don't actually teach this one)
Plastered
Trashed
Shit-faced
Gone
let's roll/let's bounce
pothead/stoner
panties in a bunch
swag
chill out
pms
slutbag
tease
bank
guap
stacks
Paper
probably
tryna
OD
mad (adjective)
crack


Unfortunately American girls copy a lot of vulgar vocabulary they hear from guys. They think if it works for guys it works for them, like negging.

Post: #9

Shizzle
Knocking boots
I'm so money
Take a roll in the hay
Pootie Tang
Shizzle my dizzle
Loot
Main man
This is the shit
Shenanigans

Post: #10

You guys are all biting my list.

-biting

Post: #11

You can read The Manifesto blog with them. I still cannot understand a quarter of the stuff he wrote there, so this may be helpful for them too.

Post: #12

guy
what's up
our "swear words" and their many uses/meanings (i'd imagine hearing fuck used in 5 different ways would confuse a non-native speaker)

Post: #13

Dope
Fly
Buttaz
'sup up G?
Bonin'

Actually one that might be interesting to teach because of the re-appropriation and history is "nigga," but I'm sure they know if they listen to hip-hop.

DL
5.0
420
Skank-ho
Bitch-ass
Punk
Playa
Playa-hata
adding "izzle" to things
wrecked
wasted
bombed

Post: #14

slam piece
dime piece
word
chillax
shitload
assclown
poon/poontang
get laid
douchebag
hipster
slut
bomb (as in "the bomb"/awesome)
the shit
fuck (various meanings)

Post: #15

"Swoop" for sure.

Post: #16

Nizzle

Post: #17

You could teach them some slang from the 90's
Radical
Tubeular
The bomb
The bomb diggty
Wazzzz uppp
Mayne
Hey girl hey
Square
Chickens
Yayo
Like a boss
Bitch please
Tang
Kitty
P
Pubes
Butt naked
Dat ass
You mad
Bro
Gucci(Example: Hey is it cool if I swing by, I have hot fries...Yeah, that's Gucci.)

Post: #18

wifebeater. I thought that was very funny word.

Post: #19

(05-12-2012 07:23 PM)Asmodeus Wrote:  i'd imagine hearing fuck used in 5 different ways would confuse a non-native speaker

Confusion similar to trying to explain the variants their, they're, and there; or to, too, and two.

I find myself often frustrated when trying to learn a foreign language, then reflect on those learning English as a second language. Fucked up process.

Post: #20

Bullshit. I always say it to girls and they got no idea what I'm talking about.

Post: #21

Dickhead

Post: #22

cockblock

Post: #23

Oooh slang.

Word used to express anything:
-Jawn.
-Joint

Jawn, is basically like saying thing. It can be used for anything. It's similar to how people in NY say "joint", but people from Philly usually say jawn.

Used in a sentence
"Pass me that jawn!"
"That jawn is nice"

Words to express money:
-Cash
-Guap
-Duckets
-Racks
-Stacks (New rappers say this a lot)

Used in a sentence:
"I got [insert word from above]"

Insult Words:
-Tool
-Chode
-Dickhead (My favorite)
-Clown
-Tweaker/Whore/Slut

Used in a sentence:
"Stop being a [insert word from list]!"
"You're a [insert word]"

Used to express someone acting out of character
-Drawling
-Snapping

Used in a sentence:
"Ugh, he's [insert word] right now"

Positive self descriptions:
-I'm swagged out
-I'm killing it.
-I'm so fresh/clean/fly
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What you could also do is possibly teach them how to make their own slang through little exercises. Whats great about slang is that it can be invented by anyone anytime. Since they are foreign, tell them that its okay for them to add a bit of their native language to the American language as slang as long as they don't overdo it. (i.e. Spanglish)

Ask them little questions about like how would they describe a situation. Like show a picture of a guy that looks weird.
Example:
"Ladies how would you describe this guy in your language?" (lets say all of them are spanish)
"He looks stupido"

See? That spanish chick just made a slang word using her own language in an English conversation.
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Teach them more about hip-hop music. Because hip-hop music today is where most of our slang stems from. Watch this video for instance.





Slang phrase thats came from this song: That shit cray.
Which is basically used to like express something that's crazy. Also notice how the song is a bit recent so the slang isnt that much ancient.
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That's my spill on slang bro. I could go deeper if you'd like, but im tired now.

Post: #24

psyched

Post: #25

Lizard. Reptile. Iguana.

Used in context:

"Hi Roosh, I am going out tonight with a few of my lizards, feel like joining us?"

"Oh my gosh, look at that reptile, doesn't she have any self respect?"

"I don't know if I am going to go bar hopping with Diana any more, she is such an iguana!"