Slang..........

Slang, what exactly is slang ? not many people knowing what exactly is slang. Slang is replacing a common word or sentence with other words (totally different/new). It has been used for many years ago, and usually used by younger people to communicate with other. For example a word "money" we can replace that word with "cash", "dosh", "foldable Stuff" etc. We can also use Slang  to express certain currencies eg. "Poundsterling" in England currency can described as "Quid" or "Nicker". So if you have 85 Pounds, you can say  "I have 85 quid".  US dollar, we can replace also with "Buck", eg. "The price of this computer is 450 Bucks". The famous word now is "awesome" right ? it's include in Slang also. The word "awesome" made from word "great". Beside "awesome' we could say "ace" or "bona" or "Far-Out" or " radical" or "cool"  etc. Did you know that the word "cool" has been around as a slang terms for over 50 years ago. There are many kind of slang in the world for example :

• Babe : a young attractive woman
• Barbie  : a slang word from Australia means barbecue
• Berk : a stupid or foolish person
• Cancer Stick : Cigarette
• Cheerio : goodbye
• Chill-Out : relax
• Choppers : your teeth
• Dead : extremely eg. "it is dead hot today"
• Diamond : used to mean wonderful or great (used in London)
• Didle : to cheat someone or lie them
• Dish : a good looking or attractive man
• Egg-head : a clever or intelligent person
• Emo : a shy, emotional young person
• Fit : an attractive person eg. "She is really fit"
• Goggle Box : the television

Slang from USA :

• Airhead : A stupid person
• Cruise : to drive or move fast
• Dough : money
• Far-out : something that is unbelievable
• Gut-full : enough of
• Hang five : wait a moment
• Pad : your home
• Screw-up : make a big mistake
• Split : leave eg. it's time to split 
• Time-out : take a break
• Take it easy : be careful
• Out there : Perform well
• Wheels : your car eg. "can i borrow your wheel ?"

There are just some slang. With Slang an English will be colorful, so just using Slang to communicate with your friends. Cheerio...............


References : MisterDuncan