🔰10 American Slang Words You Need to Know (Part 1)
✍🏻For many international students, moving to the United States can be daunting. Not only are they exposed to a myriad of unfamiliar customs, they are also bombarded with a myriad of unfamiliar American slang words. Because these words are often not included in a formal English education, it can be grueling for international students to grow accustomed to their widespread, and arguably excessive, use. Here’s a run down on some of the most common slang. It will help you understand your friends better, it will help you fit in and of course it will help you avoid any more embarrassing situations.
#1. Cool (adj)
✍🏽Cool (adj) means ‘great’ or ‘fantastic’. It also shows that you’re okay with an idea.
🔺“Okay, cool! I'll be there at 7:00”(okay with an idea)
🔺“He passed the exam, Cool!”(means “great!”)
#2. To be beat (adj)
✍🏽To be beat (adj) If you hear a friend saying I’m beat, it means he or she is very tired or exhausted.
“Will you attend the football match with Tiger School?”
“Sorry, I can’t. I’m beat. I did not sleep last night”
#3. Awesome (adj)
✍🏽Awesome (adj) like “Cool”, it means “excellent”, “great” or “remarkable”. It can be used in a sentence or it could be used in a one word reply.
“That was awesome!”
“Awesome, dude!”
#4. To hang out (verb)
✍🏽To hang out (verb) means to spend time doing nothing in particular.
“After this is over, do you want to go hang out?”
“He hung out with his friends all day yesterday.”
#5. To Chill Out (verb)
✍🏽To Chill Out (verb) simply means to relax. Usually it can be used with or without the word ‘out’. It also means to calm down.
“Since I'm between projects, I think I'll just chill out.”
“I wish I could chill out about the neighbor's barking dog, but it wakes me up every night.”
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