today I am going to blow your mind with
some popular American slang boom
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so in today's lesson I'm going to talk
to you about some popular and common
slang that Americans regularly use and
remember learning slang it's mostly
important for your listening
comprehension I've had many English
learners tell me like you know in the
classroom I understand everything
but when I go outside in the streets or
if I'm watching a movie it's really hard
to understand and that's because people
use it informally casually in colloquial
speech if you're an English Learner it's
not really necessary that you go out and
use these words but it is good for your
listening comprehension so let's talk
about some common American slang that
Americans love to use especially me the
first one that I want to talk to you
about is cool and no I'm not talking
about the temperature I'm talking about
something or someone that you like if
something or someone is cool it means
that that you are impressed by this
thing or you are impressed by this
person so cool she's the coolest girl in
school so cool you're so cool very cool
girlfriend the coolest now if you are
really impressed then you could say that
something is awesome I use this all the
time if I want to express that this is
something that I really like I really
enjoy I'm really impressed with it I say
that it's awesome awesome
she thinks you're awesome well I mean
the guy he's he's awesome
alright I'm watching mature age for
example if you guys hit that like button
that that would be awesome you guys
you'd be so cool next is the word babe
now this is used to refer to a person's
loved one ones girlfriend boyfriend
husband wife and you say babe instead of
saying their name I think it's a little
more common that
use it to refer to their girlfriend or
their wife but it is a gender-neutral
word women do use it when referring to a
man as well hey where's my popcorn BAE
what who's working for you babe that's
fine you may be aware don't just say
this to anyone not to an acquaintance
not to just a friend or a colleague
because it can be very offensive and
they might take it the wrong way why are
you calling them babe are you trying to
be romantic with them what's going on
just don't do it now younger people
might not use babe as often it's a
little bit of an older slang term
instead they may use BAE and this is an
acronym that is short for before anyone
else it's also a word that can refer to
your boyfriend or girlfriend your loved
one someone that you have a romantic
relationship with is your BAE this is
like a dress rehearsal BAE okay sup BAE
how's it hanging
next is a slang word that I like to use
and maybe I use it a little too much and
that is dude and this just refers to a
younger man a guy because if somebody
says it's a dude then they're talking
about well it's a guy it's a man now I
found a lot of fascinating information
about this slang word because it's been
around for a long time
and according to the urban dictionary
over a hundred years ago the word used
to mean a person that was very snobbish
and stuck-up then the meaning changed
and it referred to a person that moved
out west into the countryside and this
person just didn't know what the hell
they were doing and the meaning of the
word has changed again because today it
just refers to a younger man a guy a
dude dude where's my car where's your
car dude dude where's my car takes three
days to deliver pizza
hey dude how are you proud with a bunch
of dudes like sweating dude what's the
rush there's a super-pretty put you guys
next we have ripped most of us would
just think of the verb to tear something
but that's not what we're talking about
instead we're talking about somebody
that is very strong very muscular
muscles are really well defined you
would say that person is ripped for
example I think I'm pretty ripped here's
a picture of me at the gym muscles very
well defined very strong ripped damn
he's ripped I'm not kidding dude you got
rich bro you are ready for football
this slang word also has another meaning
which is to be intoxicated if somebody
is ripped then maybe they've been
drinking a lot or maybe smoking a little
too much we could say that this person
is ripped if you're talking about
somebody who's intoxicated ripped is not
the most common way that somebody would
refer to them instead the slang word
that they would probably use
this one right here which is wasted so
if somebody is very very very
intoxicated I'm sure you've probably
seen somebody who fits this description
somebody's intoxicated they've been
drinking way too much then they're
wasted we're wasted you're always wasted
people say stupid things when they're
wasted
another popular slang word is lit and no
this is not the past tense of light it
used to mean somebody who was
intoxicated however that meaning is
outdated people people don't use it
anymore
nowadays younger people use lit as an
adjective to talk about something that
is that is really awesome really
exciting or maybe even a person that
that is really cool so you could say
that movie is lit or my best friend
she's lit interactive English it's lit I
don't really use this word so I feel a
little strange saying it because I think
I'm a little too old to say it it's
mostly younger people nowadays gonna be
super creepy and scary that's why it's
gonna be look
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and it's gonna be lit another slang word
that I really like is ANSI and this
isn't adjective to refer to somebody who
is impatient somebody that just cannot
wait any longer they're they're ready to
do something else they don't want to sit
still anymore that person is an see look
I know I know you're antsy we all are
but you see things that they're about to
pick up another popular slang word and
one that is not so good is disk this is
short for disrespect and it means to
disrespect someone so it can be either a
verb to diss someone or it could be used
as a noun
disk but it means to disrespect someone
in some way you say something mean or
nasty and you diss someone we should all
be respectful you shouldn't diss anybody
it's not nice it's unnecessary
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you two dissing Troy what are you
dissing me this thing I don't know what
that means that make any sense to you
next is bromance and this is just a cute
amalgamation of the words bro and
romance and it means love or affection
shown between two heterosexual men's so
most guys out there they may be involved
in a bromance or maybe they were
involved in a bromance at one point or
another but it's when guys it's nothing
sexual and maybe you're gushing over
this other person and maybe showing a
little too much affection and expressing
it and other people see it and they
could think oh okay these guys have a
bromance going on how long just a little
bromance been going on I guess I got
caught up in the bromance
quite the break the next line word which
you might hear in TV or movies is gaydar
this is another amalgamation between two
words and those words are gay and radar
and gaydar is just the ability to tell
whether or not somebody is a homosexual
and it's not really used in a derogatory
sense at all it's it's mostly you'd hear
it in conversation if you're talking
about
some other person and you're trying to
think well maybe this person's gay maybe
they're not gay and you talk about that
person's ability to tell and you
mentioned somebody's gaydar my gaydar is
never wrong and it is pinging you've
gotta be kiddin I'm here to let you know
your gaydar is broken back has the most
finely tuned gaydar in the tri-state
area if you are in school or when you
were in school I'm sure you came across
this word and that is cram so crammed is
used as a verb to cram is to try and
learn a large amount of information in a
very very very short period of time so
things that you can cram for you can
cram for an exam you could cram for a
test creme for a quiz we've all been
there I think we've all done it we we
didn't study and we waited until the
night before and we
have to cram thanks mom sorry I'm
cramming for a Spanish exam which means
I get to cram tomorrow from his test on
Monday no just trying to get ready for
exams I always have to start cramming
before everybody else I made them myself
I've been cramming all night I hope some
of these words were new for you and that
the next time you are watching a movie
or listening to music you could try to
listen for some of these because again
it's good for your listening
comprehension now I want to hear from
all of you guys so in the comments I
want you to share with us any slang that
that you know that you are familiar with
and this could be American slang it
could be British slang Australian slang
just write the word tell us what it
means it's great to be able to expand
our list and learn more even if you
don't know of any slang we still want to
hear from you write to us tell us
something that you think is awesome
we just want to hear from you guys if
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much for watching and I'll see you next
time bye dude Americans use it a lot but
now babe is a little bit of an older
slang I keep like emphasizing all these
weird words all right