When the pioneers living in the new world had children， they taught their children to pronounce words the way they were written， in order to keep things simple. This was the first break from British English.

　　As the nation grew，so did its own casual variety of the English language，which was influenced by cowboys，sports，the building of the railroad，the card game of poker，African-American culture，immigrants，natives，etc.

　　The words of this website are not bad words or swear words - they are common American slang words that are acceptable in any conversation

　　AMERICAN SLANG ADJECTIVES

　　1. awesome （or wicked） = amazing

　　That was an awesome movie.

　　That was a wicked movie.

　　2. beat = tired

　　Sam is beat today because he didn't sleep much last night.

　　3. blue （or down） = sad， depressed

　　Mary is feeling blue because her cat died.

　　Mary is down because her cat died.

　　4. brainy = very intelligent， like a genius

　　Sue always does well on tests because she's brainy.

　　5. broke = without money

　　Lou spent all his money at the casino so now he's broke

　　6. fishy = suspicious

　　Mrs. Smith thought it was fishy that her neighbor had so many visitors at night

　　7. hammered = drunk

　　Jim had nine beers so now he's hammered.

　　8. hot = sexy or stolen！

　　= sexy

　　Sam says his new girlfriend is hot.

　　= stolen

　　That stereo is hot！

　　9. hungover = tired from drinking too much the day before

　　Al's bachelor party was last night. He's really hungover！

　　10. loaded = rich

　　Many people who live in Beverly Hills are loaded

　　11. nuts （or nutty） = crazy

　　That lady keeps talking to herself. Do you think she's nuts？

　　12. on cloud nine = very very happy

　　Chris just won a million dollars so he's on cloud nine！

　　13. super = great

　　Tom is a super singer.

　　14. ticked = angry

　　He's really ticked because his friend had a party but didn't invite him.

　　15. upbeat = positive

　　Theresa is very upbeat

　　16. ace = to finish something easily， with success

　　Tammy aced her math test！

　　17. boogie = to dance

　　Rick likes to boogie for hours！

　　18. check out = to look at， watch， examine

　　We're going to check out that new movie tomorrow after work.

　　19. chicken out = to lose the courage to do something

　　Mary was planning to enter the car race but then she chickened out.

　　20. gab = to chat

　　Amy likes to gab on the phone with her best friend.

　　21. grab a bite to eat = to go out to a restaurant

　　I'm hungry. Let's grab a bite to eat somewhere.、

　　22. kick the bucket = to die

　　John's neighbor just kicked the bucket！

　　23. lift = to steal

　　While Bob was on the train， someone lifted his wallet.

　　24. take off = to leave

　　Ann took off before the meeting was announced.

　　25. snooze = to sleep

　　I snoozed on the bus for a few minutes this morning！

　　26. whine = to complain

　　I wouldn't want to work with Chris because he always whines about everything！

　　27. He who laughs last laughs longest！

　　= the person who plays the last joke （trick） has the longest laugh！

　　Bob made fun of Lou's pronunciation but the next day， Lou put a toy snake on Boob's chair.

　　Bob thought it was real and screamed when he sat on it. Lou thought it was really funny. He who laughs last laughs longest！！！