DAILY UPDATED SLANG WITH PICTURES. ABS

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Meaning: abdominal or stomach muscles

For example:

• If I do 100 sit-ups a day my abs should be rippling in a couple of months.
• Your chest and your arms look good, but your abs need a bit of work.

Origin: short for "abdominals"

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Quick Quiz:

If someone says you've got nice abs, they've been looking at

your exam results your medical records your midsection or midriff Source: www.englishclub.com

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Slang with picture: Mickye Finn

Mickey Finn | Mickey | mickey

Meaning: a drink to which a drug has been added to make the drinker sleepy or unconscious
For example:

·                           Date rape has become more common since the drugs used to make Mickey Finns have been easier to get.

·                           When I was in the Philippines, some guy slipped me a mickey and robbed me.

Quick Quiz:

If someone gives you a Mickey Finn, you'll probably

a.  go to sleep b.  feel great c.   thank them SOURCE: ENGLISHCLUB.COM

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horny

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Meaning: in the mood for sex; sexually excited
For example:

• Fran told us how her boyfriend gets horny after two or three drinks. But if he has any more than that, all he wants to do is sleep.
• The nurses say they get sick of pushing away the hands of horny male patients.

Quick Quiz:

Ben got really horny while he was

mowing the lawn doing his tax return watching a wet T-shirt contest englishclub.com

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Daily slang: up time

up time

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Meaning: time a computer system is operating

For example:

• Before choosing a host for your website, check the average up time for their servers.
  
• They claim to have an up time of 99.99 per cent, but I doubt that somehow.
  

Quick Quiz:

If a computer network isn't working for a couple of hours, the network's average up time will have

increased decreased stayed the same

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MOSH PIT

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Meaning: an area in front of the stage at a rock concert where people dance energetically, or "mosh"

For example:

• The best concert I've ever been to was a Nirvana gig in the early nineties when Kurt Cobain jumped into the mosh pit.
• Keep an eye on the kids in the mosh pit in case any of them faints or gets hurt.

Quick Quiz:

If you're in a mosh pit, you're probably at

a children's playground a rock concert a gold mine englishclub.com

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Slang with pictures: fix

fix (1)

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Meaning: to influence the result of a contest, a vote, or a race by illegal or unethical means

For example:

• The result of the football game was fixed by a group of gamblers who bribed the referee to make decisions that favoured one team.
• The fixing of matches, or match-fixing, has been a problem in sports such as boxing and soccer.

Quick Quiz:

The judges who were involved in fixing the boxing match were

congratulated on their work proud of their achievement arrested and sent to jail www.englishclub.com

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wasted (1)

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Meaning: killed, murdered

For example:

• Jimmy the Snitch says he's gonna get wasted by the mob if he doesn't get police protection.
• Pete said more people get wasted in the U.S.A. every year than in any other country, and he reckons it's because of all the guns there.

Quick Quiz:

Did you know that Johnny's brother is dead? I heard he was wasted

by a heart attack by a crazy guy with a gun in a car crash

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SCARPER

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For example:Meaning: to run away

• Here comes that dopey twit Barnes. Let's scarper before he sees us.
• When they heard the police siren in the distance, the burglars got out of the house they were robbing and scarpered. They were very grateful to the police for giving them the warning.

Origin: from British cockney rhyming slang "scarpa flow", meaning "go" 

Variety: This slang is typically used in British English but may be used in other varieties of English too.

Quick Quiz:

The kids who were smoking scarpered because

the cigarettes were really strong a teacher was coming they didn't want to smell of smoke

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NERD. SLANG.

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Meaning: a studious person with few social skills

For example:

• The nerds at our school spent lunchtime in the library or in the computer lab.
  
• Bill might have been a nerd in high school, but he's certainly done well in his career.
  

Quick Quiz:

If you'd like to see a large number of nerds, you should go

on a wildlife safari to an information technology fair to a beauty pageant

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balls (2)

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Meaning: courage, fortitude

For example:

• It took a lot of balls for Hank to come out and tell his family and friends that he was gay.
  
• No-one had the balls to stand up to the president and tell him he was doing the wrong thing.
  

Quick Quiz:

The protesters sure had balls. They refused to stop marching even when

it started to rain they were told to go home the soldiers started firing their weapons englishclub.com

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kooky

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Meaning: strange or eccentric

For example:

• I love kooky characters like that crazy French detective in the Pink Panther movies.
  
• Do you have one of those kooky old aunts who lives with lots of cats and wears floral-patterned dresses with shoes and socks?
  

Variety: This slang is typically used in American English but may be used in other varieties of English too.

Quick Quiz:

My great uncle Julian is a kooky old guy. He likes

eating in restaurants reading in libraries tap dancing in railway stations www.englishclub.com

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blab

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Meaning: to talk too much and carelessly reveal a secret

For example:

• Madonna's wedding was supposed to be a secret, but someone blabbed to the media.
• Whatever you do, don't tell Susie any secrets. She can't help blabbing.

Quick Quiz:

The name of the winner was supposed to be a secret, but someone blabbed and

told us who it was kept the secret changed the result Source: www.englishclub.com

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Objective Proficiency 15 The daily grind

Slang Dictionary

daily grind definition n.  the tedious pattern of daily work. (See also rat race.) : Well, it'sMonday. Time to start another week of the daily grind.

Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.

Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.

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Main Entry:	daily grind
Part of Speech:	n
Definition:	everyday routine, esp. monotonous
Example:	The daily grind was starting to get to her.
Usage:	slang

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Couch potato

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Meaning: someone who watches too much television

For example:

• When I was young I was a bit of a couch potato - mostly because I didn't have much money and TV was cheap.
  
• Most couch potatoes are overweight because they don't get enough exercise.
  

Quick Quiz:

Bernie is a real couch potato. He loves

eating potatoes making couches watching TV Source: www.englishclub.com

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Narc/nark

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Meaning: a narcotics officer, a police officer working in drug trade suppression

For example:

• The narcs raided the dealer's apartment after being tipped off by his neighbours.
  
• There are a lot of narks working at the airport.
  

Origin: short for "narcotic", meaning a powerful pain-relieving drug like heroin or morphine 

Quick Quiz:

A narc is someone who

sells narcotic drugs uses narcotic drugs arrests sellers and users of narcotic drugs Source: www.englishclub.com

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Slang: juice

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juice

Meaning: energy, power

For example:

• These batteries have run out of juice. We'll have to get some new ones.
• Roger was running low on juice in the last few minutes, so Rafael overpowered him and won the game.

Quick Quiz:

Nigel ran out of juice on the last lap, so he

won the race easily had to buy some more lost the race Source: www.englishclub.com

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DAILY UPDATED SLANG WITH PICTURES. YAKUZA

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Meaning: a Japanese criminal organisation, or a member of such an organisation

For example:

• Many members of the yakuza have amazing tattoos that cover nearly every part of their body.
  
• Everyone knew Hideki was a yakuza because the tip of his left little finger had been cut off.
  

Quick Quiz:

The yakuza are criminal organisations in

Korea Hong Kong Japan Source: www.englishclub.com

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Daily Slang: Virus

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Meaning: a harmful computer program that can spread from one machine to another

For example:

• Most viruses are spread when sent as email attachments, and they're activated when the recipient clicks on the program's icon.
  
• If you want to avoid the hassle of dealing with computer viruses, get a Mac computer. Very few viruses target Macs.
  

Origin: These programs are called viruses because they act in ways very similar to biological viruses, in that they damage the host and they can spread from host to host.

Quick Quiz:

If a virus attacks a computer, a good strategy is to

take it to a hospital throw the computer away do a system restore or OS reinstallation SOURCE: www.englishclub.com

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Bimbo

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Meaning: a pretty, but empty-headed, young lady

For example:

• Linda says most of the women who marry professional golfers or footballers look like bimbos whose main interest in life is shopping.
• Cindy said she wasn't a bimbo, and proved it by saying the word itself reflected the oppressive stereotyping that attractive women were still subject to despite the gains made by the feminist movement.

Quick Quiz:

Bimbos can be seen in large numbers

roaming the African grasslands swimming near the Arctic Circle flocking to Parisian boutiques Source: www.englishclub.com

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Slang daily updated: bling

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Meaning: flashy jewellery worn to create the impression of wealth

For example:

• Check out all the bling around that guy's neck. It must weigh a ton!
  
• Most people have gold bling or silver bling, but they don't usually mix it up.
  

Note: "bling-bling" means the same thing

Origin: Originally used in U.S. hip-hop and rap culture, and possibly derived from the sound of heavy necklaces hitting one another. 

Variety: This slang is typically used in American English but may be used in other varieties of English too.

Quick Quiz:

If someone wears a lot of bling, they want to

look rich smell good feel warm englishclub.com

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