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Cool American English Facts

1. there are over 540,000 words in the American English Language

2. McDonalds opens a new restaraunt every 13 hours"

3. Roughly 95% of all Americans eat at McDonalds or Burger King at least once a year

4. Roughly 4.5 million native american indians live in the United States

5. about 50 million American do not have health insurance

6. Tiger Woods earns over $35,000 every hour

7. About 1/3 of all of the money in America is in California

8. Alaska is America's largest state

9. Over half of all the black people in the US live in the South Eastern states

10. American English is the most popular form of English in the world

11.- America uses over 25% of the world's energy

12.- Roughly 90% of the Canada's population lives within 100 miles of the US border

Learn American Slang

Music Videos - A-G | H-M | N-S | T-Z


A

Idiom / Phrase American Slang Meaning
aint is not
awesome very good, great, cool, exiting, tight, enjoyable

B

Idiom / Phrase American Slang Meaning
baby('s) mama the mother of someone's child
baller 1. someone who is very good at sports (usually basketball or football)
2. someone who is very successful
bootleg something that has been recorded illegally (usually movies, DVDs, etc.)
booty a butt, rear end, buttocks
badonkadunk a butt, booty, buttocks
beezy girl, woman (could be considered rude)
bejamins $100 dollar bills
to be bent on doing something to be very determined to do something
a big deal very important
a bill $100
bizzle girl, woman (could be considered rude)
to blast music to play music very loudly
bling shiny jewelry
bogus counterfeit, fake, not real
bows elbows
brawl a physical fight involving many people
brizzle girl, woman (could be considered rude)
broad girl, woman (could be considered rude)
to be broke to have very little or no money
bubbly champagne
to bump music to play music loudly
bucks dollar bills (money)
to bust something to break something
to get busted to get in trouble for something
to buy time to stall or delay something in order to give someone more time to do something

C

Idiom / Phrase American Slang Meaning
cash a way to say money
cell, celly a cellular phone
change a lot of money
a cheap shot a hit or punch when someone is not expecting it
cheddar a way to say money
cheese a way to say money
chica a way to say girl (actually is the Spanish word for girl)
chick girl, woman (could be considered rude)
to chill out to relax, to be relaxing, to be calm
cop a police officer
to cop something to get something
crooked cop a police officer that acts illegally or unethically
crunk 1. Very fun, exciting, cool, awesome
2. To be under the alcohol and marijuana at the same time
to cut a rug to dance

D

Idiom / Phrase American Slang Meaning
to have deep pockets to have a lot of money
DJ disk jockey (person who plays the music at a party or club)
diss an offensive comment
the dirty south the states in the south east corner of the United States
to diss someone to say something offensive to someone
donque a butt, booty, buttocks
dough a way to say money
dope 1. very cool, exciting, tight, awesome
2. a way to say marijuana
drawers a way to say underwear
to drop money on something to spend money on something

E

Idiom / Phrase American Slang Meaning
to eye something to see something, to look at something

F

Idiom / Phrase American Slang Meaning
fake counterfeit, not real
fly very attractive

G

Idiom / Phrase American Slang Meaning
a G 1. $1,000
2. a gangster
to get into it with someone to start arguing or fighting with someone
getting paid making a lot of money
ghetto a very poor area of a city
gnarly very good, cool, awesome, enjoyable (pronounced "narly")
gold digger a woman that is dating someone for their money
a grand $1,000
a groupie a person (usually a girl) that follows a rock band, or rap artist with the intent of spending time with them
green a way to say money
grill 1. the front (usually metal) section on a car
2. someone's teeth

H

Idiom / Phrase American Slang Meaning
hater someone that is jealous, dislikes something, or does not approve of something
to hang out to be speding time somewhere or with someone
hangover the negative effects of alcohol the day after heavy drinking
to be high to under the influence of drugs
high tops a kind of shoe that ends just above the ankle
to hit something 1. to go somewhere
2. to eat, drink, or smoke something
home boy a friend (male)
homey a friend (male)
hustler a person that does whatever needed to make money (usually by illegal actions)

I

Idiom / Phrase American Slang Meaning
ice diamonds
to be iced out to be wearing a lot of diamonds
ill very good, cool, tight, awesome, great
to be "in" to be in style, stylish, or cool (usually used when talking about fashion)

J

Idiom / Phrase American Slang Meaning
jacked up very excited, full of energy
to jack something to steal something
a jam a song
the joint prison
junk in the trunk a butt, booty, buttocks

K

Idiom / Phrase American Slang Meaning
to keep it real to not act against ones values or beliefs, to be true
kicks a way to say shoes
to knock someone out to hit someone so hard they lose consciousness
knockoff something that is fake, not real (purse, shoes, etc.)
a knockout a very attractive female
to kick the bucket to die

L

Idiom / Phrase American Slang Meaning
legit 1. very good, cool, awesome, tight
2. real, not counterfeit, honest
loco crazy (actually Spanish word for "crazy")
locked up to be in jail
to be on lock down to be forbidden to go anywhere
to be locked in to be commited to doing something
to lock something up when something is guaranteed to happen, something will surely happen due to someone's actions

M

Idiom / Phrase American Slang Meaning
to mess something up to do something wrong, to ruin something
money maker a butt, booty, buttocks
to make bank to make a lot of money

N

Idiom / Phrase American Slang Meaning
nada nothing, none (acutally is Spanish word for zero)

O

Idiom / Phrase American Slang Meaning
to be off the chain to be very exciting, cool, enjoyable
to be off the hinges to be very exciting, cool, enjoyable
old lady wife

P

Idiom / Phrase American Slang Meaning
to be packing heat to be carrying a gun
paper a way to say money
pimp 1. very cool, tight, awesome, fun, enjoyable
2. a male that is very successful with females
player a male with many girlfriends
po po police, police officer
to pop someone to punch someone
what's popping? what's going on?
to be popping off to be very lively, exciting, fun, enjoyable
props compliments, respect, praise
to punk someone 1. to trick someone
2. to disrespect someone
to push through something to struggle through something

R

Idiom / Phrase American Slang Meaning
to rep something 1. to represent something
2. to wear something (clothes)
ride another way to say car
to take a ride to go for a drive
the rock a ball (usually basketball or football)
to rock something to wear something (clothes)
rocks diamonds
to run your mouth to (continually) say offensive things

S

Idiom / Phrase American Slang Meaning
salt shaker a butt, booty, buttocks
to sell out to act against your beleifs or values for money
to school someone to prove your dominance over someone
shoes the rims and/or wheels on a car
shorty a very attractive (good looking) female
the slammer jail or prison
to slang something to sell something (usually drugs)
slum a very poor area of a city
sick very cool, tight, hip, good, impressive, enjoyable
to get socked to get punched
to spit game to flirt, talking to get the attention or affection of the opposite sex
to sport something to wear something (clothes)
a stash a collection of something (usually secretive)
to stash something to hide something, save something
steez style
stones diamonds and other jewels
to spot someone/something 1. to lend someone something
2. to see something
3. to assist someone lifting something (usually weights)
to sweat someone to intimidate someone
to sweat something to worry about something

T

Idiom / Phrase American Slang Meaning
to talk trash to say offensive things
tight very cool, sick, hip, good, impressive, enjoyable
toe up very ugly, unattractive
to trip, to be tripping 1. to be unnecessarily mad or angry
2. to be completely wrong about something

U

Idiom / Phrase American Slang Meaning
to be up on something to know current information about something

V

Idiom / Phrase American Slang Meaning
vibe a feeling given off by a person or place

W

Idiom / Phrase American Slang Meaning
wack stupid, not cool, not right
wheels a way to say car
whip a way to say car
wimp someone who is not strong, not courageous, not daring

Numbers

Idiom / Phrase American Slang Meaning
24/7 non-stop, never stopping, never ending (pronounced "twentyfour seven")
5-0 police or police officer (pronounced "five-oh")