Have you ever watched your favorite celebrities during interviews?
The way they talk?
It's so charismatic and it is so attractive a lot of times you wonder
how come are they able to speak so immaculately and so wonderfully.
The Intonation
Their pronunciation is also magnificent.
But do you know there's a lot of preparation that goes behind the camera.
They are trained by experts and if you want to speak English exactly like your
favorite celebrity, then today's lesson is for you because in today's lesson we'll talk
about the most used slang words used by celebrities.
And these words are with a lot of research that we found out that they use, which are quite
impressive.
So let's get started in today's lesson.
We'll look at 15 of those slang words.
The first one that we have on the list is a big gun.
You've seen a gun, Big gun.
What does big gun means?
It means the boss or a person in authority.
Let's understand this using an example.
If you work hard, you will be a big gun in any industry in no time.
Very important sentence.
A person in authority is called a big gun.
So if you want to be, let's say a manager or let's say vice
president, you can be the big gun.
If you work hard.
This was phrase number one, Number two in the list is closed fisted,
what is a fist?
This is called a fist.
So what does close fisted mean?
It means to be miser or mean with spending money.
So somebody who does not spend money easily, but how does it relate with the
actors?
Let's find out.
Actors are generally not close fisted.
They often splurge money on anything that makes them look rocking.
It is absolutely true.
I've got a lot of friends who are actors and actresses and I've seen them splurging what is the meaning of
splurging spending money without a thought?
Yeah, it's more like wasting money, but in this case it's not it's not wasting
money spending in a wasteful manner.
It means spending without giving it a thought.
So actors often spend money on clothes, on their hair,
on their entourage, which basically means the team that they are with to
make them look rocking.
It's a closed system means a miser but actors are often not misers
when they have to take care of their looks.
The 3rd 1 in the list is a man of letters.
Now, it is a very interesting phrase, man of letters
who writes a letter will somebody who's learned perhaps in times of, you know,
these days, basically, somebody who is very good at writing this phrase is sort of
related to that a learned man or a professional writer, a person who has
a lot of knowledge and has good education.
That person is referred to as a man of letters.
You can also see a woman of letters so you can use it for both agendas.
Example is you may recall his dialogue was so powerful
after all, it was written by a man of letters we often encounter, we often
see letters, not letters, dialogues and films that are very catchy and they're
very, very meaningful.
Who writes those letters?
Well, the actor gets the credit for it.
But those dialogues are in fact written by very
learned, very knowledgeable writers and these writers
are man of letters or a woman of letters.
Let's get going to the 3rd 1/4 1 that is broken read.
It means a week or unreliable person.
Let's see how we can use it, how actors have used it and how you can make use of it
Julia roberts.
Security guard is a broken reed.
I've seen him sleeping multiple times.
So I think it's a very important sentence here.
A security guard or broke or a bodyguard for any actor
doesn't have to be a broken reed and unreliable person because the security is at
stake at all points in time.
So if you want to talk about a person who is unreliable and the fact that you cannot
trust them, you can use broken read in that situation.
Number five is iron will just an important note here in this
world.
We do not pronounce.
Are we say, ah yen, please repeat after me.
Iron Will.
It means to have a strong will or intention to do something when you're
absolutely dedicated for what you want to do and not want to do and reach your
goal in the right time.
That's when you say Iron Will very, very motivated intention.
For example, you need to have an Iron Will and a genuine dedication when you prepare
for your take, what is the meaning of your take?
An actor must have used the sentence to basically talk about when it's time for their performance.
When they have to act in front of the camera, they have to have an iron Will, a strong
dedication towards their dialogues and the role that they are playing.
What what is the iron will that you have for the work that you do.
Make a sentence of the government section and let me know The 6th 1 is hush
money.
What is the meaning of hush shh and money?
The cash.
So, can you make the reference here hush money means to give someone money to
remain silent and not reveal the secret?
I think this sentence is one of the most relevant ones in this lesson.
If you see the celebrities denied the hush money, do not talk
about the casting couch incidents were all aware of the casting couch stories
that you've heard all our lives casting couch basically means to compromise on
things in order to get certain jobs.
Yeah, it could be it could be on the basis of money or it could be on the basis of
other other factors as well that we not talk about in this video.
So what is hush money money that you get to remain quiet and not reveal the secret?
Have you ever been given hush money by your parents or somebody let us know in the comments section below
number seven is laughing stock.
It's a very important one.
It means something that becomes a joke for people to laugh on.
It can be a person's look, you know, you go to med Gallas and you see people
with absolutely absurd tires that they were that of course that is for a
cause.
But then a lot of people general public laugh on it.
So anything that is laughable is called a laughing stock.
For example, critics said that the actor's performance in the biopic of the politician
was a was a real laughing stock.
Critics often comment on the performances of actors sometimes it's very critical, which
means that they often talk about the negative parts of it more than the positive parts.
So it is being said here that the performance was I'm afraid not so good.
It was a laughing stock.
The 8th 1 is an olive branch.
Very nice phrase, you know, very intriguing.
Makes you wonder what the person is trying to say.
It means to say or do something to end a disagreement with someone
to end the fight.
That particular juncture is called olive branch.
For example, the two actors offered an olive branch by accepting to
work with each other.
Again, There are so many fights that we've heard of in Bollywood and Hollywood
where actors have rivalries with each other.
For example, the salman khan and the Shah rukh khan.
But when these two actors come together to work together, it's called the Olive branch
situation, Let's move to # nine and that is Scot
free.
It is very interesting, it means to escape without receiving the
deserved punishment and the example is something that she would be able
to relate to the fan misbehaved with the cast of the film, but
eventually was left scot free out of the team's decency.
There are a lot of times when you've seen viral videos of fans misbehaving
with with the crush actors etcetera, sometimes they lose their cool
and therefore the consequences can be really bad.
But in this situation the fan that Misbehaved was left scot free, that
means was left without any punishment.
Number 10 on the list for today is moot point, just like olive branches juncture of
a situation.
So is moot point, it means an irrelevant question or a matter of no
importance.
So many times in interviews, actors are asked very irrelevant
questions.
Have you ever seen your favorite actor being asked that question by a journalist?
Well that point is called a moot point for example, it's a moot point in the
interview when you ask public figures about their private lives.
I still remember, I was watching an interview where one of the famous actresses in Bollywood
mentioned that she doesn't want to talk about and Taylor Swift as a matter of fact, there are a lot of
taylor swift fans here.
Taylor swift once said that I don't want to talk about my boyfriend because it's a public
platform and I've got a private life, I have a family.
I come from parents, I've got a reputation and I don't want to reveal my
private life in public affairs, although I'm a public figure.
Still, I don't want to do that.
So that is relevant.
An awkward situation during the interview, it's called a moot point.
Have you ever faced a an awkward situation?
Not just in an interview but anywhere in life that is called a moot point.
Would you like to give some examples in the chat box, let us know.
Number 11 is tall talk.
It means to act or an instance of exaggerating, to
act as though you're exaggerating or a situation or an instance
where you exaggerate.
It's called tall Talk.
For example.
I note tall talk when I hear it.
So there is no way earlier about a helicopter.
Well, Aaliyah, let's say we're not talking about Aaliyah, but but Aaliyah, let's say any random
actor or a person doesn't possibly make a lot of money, but if you tell me that she has
bought a helicopter.
Well, I don't think that I'll believe you because I think it's a tall talk.
It's just exaggeration.
Number 12 is slow coach.
It means a slow person, just like the one that we looked before a
slow person.
It means example.
It's important to not be a slow coach when you only have three months to finish the
film said the actor very important.
Uh, sentence there's a lot at stake.
It's not just the actors in the camera man.
There are so many people working together to make the film successful.
So to be slow during that time will not work.
So therefore it's important that you're not a slow coach.
And the fact that you're working with full dedication
with iron will.
The 13th 1 on the list is bag and baggage.
That means to travel anywhere wherever you go with all your belongings.
Example, most actors often travel bag and baggage when they must
shoot at far distant locations.
It's true when they are traveling far and distant, they often travel with their team all
together.
They have got their personal hairstylists, they've got their personal makeup
artists, they've got their personal fashion stylists as well.
So they travel bag and baggage altogether because they've got such a such
public attention that they've got to look perfect at all points in time.
Number 14 then the second last in the list is storm in a teacup.
It means an unnecessary argument or anger about a matter that is not important.
Have you ever felt that your friend just went angry or was
was arguing with you unnecessarily.
That situation is called Storm in a teacup situation.
The celebrities find the whole issue about these gender roles.
Storm in a teacup.
That means they find it absolutely is relevant to even talk about everybody deserves equal
attention.
You cannot, we cannot talk about who's more important a male actor or a
female actor, etcetera.
Number 15th.
And the last one on the list is bolt from the blue.
I'm sure you've, you've seen bolt from the blue before as well.
And a lot many other videos.
It means an unexpected bad news, something that you
did not expect.
For example, it was a bolt from the blue, one of the most famous Russians divorced.
You know who I'm talking about.
The Russian family in Bollywood.
It was a bolt from the blue.
It was an unexpected, unexpected bad news for a lot of people when they heard
that they are divorcing.
So, ladies and gentlemen, this was all about the interesting slang words that
celebrities made to use of, which were trained to them by their
perhaps linguists in the background.
You can make use of all of these to make your English sound like a celebrity take
care.
And I'll see you soon.