slang words: commonly used American slang

hai! kali ini saya akan membahas tentang slang words. mungkin beberapa dari kalian sudah pernah mendengar dan beberapa dari kalian juga belum.

tapi pertama-tama, sudah tahu belum apa itu slang words? slang words adalah kata yang tidak resmi (unofficial) yang dibuat oleh beberapa orang. istilah mudahnya sih, slang words itu bahasa gaulnya Amerika. sama seperti di Indonesia, kita juga punya bahasa gaul seperti gue, elo, dll.

but well, I realize that slang words isn’t a good words to say, tapi gaada salahnya kan untuk tahu?

berikut beberapa slang words yang saya ketahui.

~These are some commonly-used American slang~

  Groovy : Pleasant (enak didengar)

                Ex : “the song was very groovy!”

Gross : Disgusting (jijik/jorok)

             Ex : “how could you like that stuff? It’s really gross.”

 Goofy : Silly (konyol)

              Ex : “what a goofy joke!”

Gig : Job (pekerjaan/urusan)

         Ex : “sorry, I have a lot of gig. I’ll help you later.”

Drag : Boring (membosankan)

           Ex : “what a drag movie!”

Deep pockets : A good source of money (banyak uang)

                        Ex : “he’s really deep pockets, he can buy all what he wants.”

Couch potato : Lazy person (pemalas)

                        Ex : “he had been called couch potato, because he never did his homework.”

Cram : Study hard (giat belajar)

            Ex : “we need to cram for the national exams.”

All-nighter : Begadang untuk belajar

                     Ex : “she did all-nighter before the test.”

Beat : Exhausted, Tired (lelah)

              Ex : “It was beat me.”

Big Mouth : Talk to much (banyak bicara)

                 Ex : “shut up! You big mouth!”

Bomb : Bad (buruk)

                 Ex : “he’s so bomb.”

 Boo-boo : Mistake (masalah)

                 Ex : “do it! Or you will get some boo-boo.”

Bummer : Bad experience (pengalaman buruk)

                Ex : “she had a bummer on the beach last week.”

Catch some Z’s : Get some sleep (tidur)

               Ex : “I need to catch some Z’s before this vacation.”

Cheesy : Cheap (murahan)

               Ex : “I’m not that cheesy!”

Chicken : Coward (pengecut)

               Ex : “don’t be like chicken! Go forward.”

Get it : Understand

               Ex : “repeat again? I don’t get it.”

History : Past time (masa lalu)

               Ex : “I don’t have any idea where my old bf is. He’s history.”

In : Trendy/fashionable

               Ex : “a dress you are buying is really in.”

 Hot Chicks : gadis-gadis seksi

                 Ex : “omg look at some hot chicks there!.”

Shawty : gadis atau wanita yang umurnya jauh lebih muda

                 Ex : “how are you shawty?”