- Airhead. Meaning: stupid person.
- Example:
- “My sister’s boyfriend is a real airhead.”
- “My sister’s boyfriend is a real airhead.”
- Example:
- All-nighter. Meaning: after studying all night.
- Example:
- “I felt sleepy during the test after an all-nighter.”
- Also for work. Commonly paired with “pull”, to pull an all-nighter. – @miss_qiak
- Example:
- Armpit. Meaning: undesirable place.
- Example:
- “My town is an armpit now.”
- Example:
- Beat. Meaning: exhausted.
- Example:
- “I am really beat after working out on the afternoon.”
- Example:
- Bread. Meaning: money.
- Example:
- “I need some bread to pay my study.”
- Example:
- Bummed. Meaning: depressed.
- Example:
- “She was bummed after she knew the truth.”
- Example:
- Can. Meaning: bathroom.
- Example:
- “Excuse me, do you know where the can is?”
- Example:
- Couch potato. Meaning: lazy person.
- Example:
- “My brother is a couch potato.”
- Example:
- Cream. Meaning: beat, defeat.
- Example:
- “M. Hasan and Bona S. creamed A. Cwalina and M. Logosz in Olympic Games 2012.”
- Example:
- Dead. Meaning: quiet.
- Example:
- “This café is dead in the afternoon.”
- Example:
- Drag. Meaning: boring.
- Example:
- “Can you change the channel? The show is drag.”
- Example:
- Egghead. Meaning: An overly intellectual person; someone who thinks too much.
- Example:
- “William can’t order lunch without using an algebraic formula. What an egghead!”
- Example:
- Fox. Meaning: very attractive.
- Example:
- “Jennifer Aniston is a fox.”
- Example:
- Foxy. Meaning: sexy.
- Example:
- “Megan Fox is a foxy woman.”
- Example:
- Freebie. Meaning: a free thing.
- Example:
- “This gadget is so expensive but luckily I get it as a freebie.”
- Example:
- Grungy. Meaning: dirty.
- Example:
- “Your jacket is so grungy.”
- Example:
- Hairy. Meaning: dangerous.
- Example:
- “That was a hairy plane trip. I am so glad the storm is over.”
- Example:
- Hang it up. Meaning: quit.
- Example:
- “I have decided to hang up my football career.”
- Example:
- On cloud nine. Meaning: extremely happy, elated.
- Example:
- “Lisa was on cloud nine after she got the job.”
- Example:
- Zip. Meaning: nothing.
- Example:
- “The boss knew zip about running the company.”
- Example:
Compiled and written by @fabfebby at @EnglishTips4U on Saturday, August 4, 2012
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