blast or It’s going to be a blast!

Common American Slang

WORD / PHRASE

MEANING

awesome

very good, interesting, or appealing

big deal

important event; may be used sarcastically to refer to something that is not important

blast or It’s going to be a blast!

It’s going to be a lot of fun

bomb

to be unsuccessful

blow it off

to ignore or avoid someone or something

blue or have the blues

feel depressed

bogus

1) nonexistent, fake 2) bad, awful, unsatisfactory

to book

1) to hurry up or do something very quickly 2) to reserve a ticket to an event or on transportation

born again

to hold strong, fundamentalist, Christian beliefs

bounce a check

to overdraw a checking account

broke

having no money

buddy

friend

bum a cigarette

to borrow a cigarette

bummed out

depressed

bummer

unpleasant experience

burned

rejected, insulted, or otherwise negatively treated

burned out

1) exhausted 2) dull or lifeless as a result of excessive work or drug use

busted

1) to be caught by anyone in authority while misbehaving, or by the police while using drugs 2) to be “broke” or out of money

check out

1) to sign out materials from a library 2) to try to find out something

check it out

to look over a situation

chill out or cool it

a command to stop what you are doing, relax

cop out

to not face the issue

couch potato

a lazy person who spends a large amount of time (perhaps on a couch) watching television

cram

To study frantically the night before a test

crash

1) to stay overnight in someone else’s dwelling, usually without notice or formal arrangement 2) to go to sleep after becoming extremely tired