DEU:Englisch:Slang

Index:DEU:Englisch:Slang

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Name des Wortschatzes	Slang
Sprache 1	Erklärung
Sprache 2	Ausdruck
Inhalt	Englischer Slang: Ausdrücke mit Beispielsätzen und Erklärung
Kommentar
Fremdsprache / Sachgebiet	Englisch
Sprache der Zielgruppe	Deutsch
Quelle	Christian Bucher
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Abschnitt 1

Erklärung	Ausdruck	Erklärung: Satz	Ausdruck: Satz	Zusatz
stupid person	airhead
~	~		Believe it or not, Dave can sometimes act like an airhead!
friend (from Spanish)	amigo
~	~		I met many amigos at Dave's ESL Cafe.
toilet paper	ammunition
~	~		Help! We're completely out of ammunition!
alcohol	antifreeze
~	~		I'm going to need a lot of antifreeze tonight!
dirty, unappealing place	armpit
~	~		This cheap motel is an absolute armpit!
backside	ass {[offensive]}
~	~		I fell on my ass on the ski slopes.
an unworthy and hated person	ass
~	~		I cannot be friends when you act like an ass.
great and impressive	awesome
~	~		Dave's ESL Cafe is truly awesome!
a person born from the end of the Second World War until the early 1960s	baby boomer
~	~		Dave Sperling was born in 1961, so he's considered a baby boomer.
a fun time	ball
~	~		I really had a ball in Dave's ESL class.
a testicle	ball {[offensive]}
~	~		After getting kicked in the balls, his voice seemed much higher.
a very powerful thing	bang
~	~		Disneyland is really a bang!
a powerful effect	bang
~	~		Japanese sake really has a bang!
vomit	barf
~	~		My dog barfed all over the carpet.
vomit	barf
~	~		Don't step on the barf!
a displeasing person or affair	barf-out
~	~		That restaurant was a real barf-out.
an infinite number of something	bazillion
~	~		Has Dennis really taught a bazillion students?
basketball	B-ball
~	~		Do you wanna play b-ball with me?
money	beans
~	~		I've worked for this company for ten years, but I still don't have beans.
tired	beat
~	~		I'm really beat because I was awake all night.
a BMW	beemer
~	~		He wants to buy a beemer when he makes more money.
something important	biggie
~	~		I was hoping to get my homework completed, but it's no biggie.
a motorcycle rider	biker
~	~		Dave used to be a biker until he got into a serious motorcycle accident.
a very unpleasant woman	bitch {[offensive]}
~	~		My boss can be such a bitch sometimes.
complain	bitch {[offensive]}
~	~		Stop bitching and finish your homework!

Abschnitt 2

Erklärung	Ausdruck	Erklärung: Satz	Ausdruck: Satz	Zusatz
moody	bitchy {[offensive]}
~	~		I like my friend Steve, even though he can be really bitchy.
body	bod
~	~		Stalone has a great bod!
crazy	bonkers; go bonkers
~	~		If Dave works too hard, he sometimes goes slightly bonkers!
a mistake	booboo
~	~		I made a booboo on the last question of the exam.
television	boob tube
~	~		Benjamin is always in front of the boob tube.
alcohol	booze
~	~		The ESL party was fun, even though there wasn't any booze.
excellent; great	boss
~	~		Dave's ESL Cafe is totally boss!
money	bread
~	~		Can I borrow some bread?
coffee	brew
~	~		Every morning Dave needs a fresh cup of brew.
beer	brew
~	~		Do you want another brew, dude?
beer	brewski
~	~		I love drinking brewskies!
bullshit; lies	B.S.
~	~		I'm tired of listening to your B.S.
bullshit; lie	bull
~	~		That's a bunch of bull!
lie; dishonesty	bullshit {[offensive]}
~	~		I don't like people that bullshit me
the rear end; buttocks	buns {[possibly offensive]}
~	~		Don't stare at my buns!
extremely tired	bushed
~	~		I'm completely bushed.
the buttocks	butt
~	~		Stop sitting on your butt and help me wash the dishes!
get some sunshine	catch some rays
~	~		Let's go to the beach and catch some rays.
cheap; outmoded	cheesy
~	~		Why are you wearing such cheesy clothes?
coward	chicken
~	~		Don't be such a chicken!
excellent; superb	cool
~	~		Dave's ESL Cafe is totally cool!
jail	cooler, the
~	~		If you drink and drive, you'll end up spending time in the cooler.
a person who watches too much television	couch potato
~	~		Why did I have to marry such a couch potato?
something worthless	crap {[offensive]}
~	~		My furniture is a bunch of cheap crap.
excrement	crap {[offensive]}
~	~		Yuck! I stepped on dog crap!

Abschnitt 3

Erklärung	Ausdruck	Erklärung: Satz	Ausdruck: Satz	Zusatz
falsehoods and lies	crap {[offensive]}
~	~		I've had enough of your crap.
to hit someone	deck
~	~		His wife almost decked him when he returned home with lipstick on his shirt.
unpredictable; risky	dicey
~	~		Gambling is a dicey occupation.
money (from Spanish)	dinero
~	~		I wish I had more dinero!
extremely bad person	dirt
~	~		My ex-boyfriend was dirt.
offensive; pornographic	dirty
~	~		Stop looking at the pictures in that dirty magazine!
strange; peculiar	dorky
~	~		If you keep acting so dorky, you'll never get a girlfriend!
a male	dude
~	~		That's really cool, dude!
powerful; excellent	dynamite
~	~		Dave gave a dynamite presentation.
something old fashioned or out of date	dinosaur
~	~		I'd love to surf the Net, but unfortunately my computer is a dinosaur.
something cheap	el cheapo
~	~		Since I don't make much money, I always purchase the el cheapo brand.
great; excellent	evil
~	~		Your car is really evil!
to stare long and hard at someone or something	eyeball
~	~		Dave eyeballed his daughter's new boyfriend.
something or someone visibly astounding	eyepopper
~	~		Wow, that girl is truly an eyepopper!
fabulous	fab
~	~		Dave's ESL Cafe is really fab!
confrontation	face-off
~	~		I think it's time we had a face-off.
to expel intestinal gas	fart {[offensive]}
~	~		It's embarrassing to fart on the first date.
small accident	fender-bender
~	~		This morning I had a fender-bender on the Ventura Freeway.
unpredictable	flaky
~	~		I waited four hours for my flaky friend to show up.
sudden memory	flashback
~	~		In Little Tokyo I had a flashback to my days living in Japan.
movie	flick
~	~		Let's go out tonight and watch a flick.
attractive, alluring person	fox
~	~		Is it true that Dave is a fox?
something that does not cost money	freebie
~	~		My trip to New York was a freebie.
kissing with the tongue	French kiss {[possibly offensive]}
~	~		Dave's dog is always trying to French kiss him!
someone who works too hard, is more intelligent than usual, and is slightly unattractive	geek
~	~		Bill Gates is kind of a geek.

Abschnitt 4

Erklärung	Ausdruck	Erklärung: Satz	Ausdruck: Satz	Zusatz
to understand something	get it
~	~		Sorry, but I just don't get it.
to completely relax and have a good time	get naked {[possibly offensive]}
~	~		Let's get naked tonight!
flaw	glitch
~	~		There must be a glitch in this softwware.
go slightly mad	go bananas
~	~		This project is causing me to go bananas!
a dumb person	gomer
~	~		Stop acting like a gomer!
a silly and foolish person	goof
~	~		What a goof you are!
make a mistake	goof
~	~		I really goofed on the test today.""
waste time	goof off
~	~		Stop goofing off and help me clean the house!
someone who wastes time and isn't serious	goof-off
~	~		A goof-off never does well in school
make a mistake	goof up
~	~		Oh no! I really goofed up!
silly	goofy
~	~		Kids always make me feel goofy!
hands	grabbers
~	~		Have you washed your grabbers, Benjamin?
one thousand dollars	grand
~	~		He's making over a hundred grand a year!
marijuana	grass
~	~		Have you ever smoked grass?
food	grub
~	~		Where's the grub?!
not clean	grubby
~	~		I always feel grubby in the morning.
unclean and stinky	grungy
~	~		Grungy people are not allowed in Dave's house!
a person's stomach; belly	gut
~	~		Dave is getting a big gut because he loves chocolate ice cream and beer!
courage	guts
~	~		It took a lot of guts to ask his boss for a raise.
the nature of something	guts
~	~		Let's get to the guts of Dave Sperling!
difficult; dangerous	hairy
~	~		The steep and windy road was really hairy.
make a left turn	hang a left
~	~		Hang a left at the next corner.
make a right turn	hang a right
~	~		Hang a right at the next corner.
toilet	head
~	~		I really need to use the head!
sensible; informed	hep
~	~		She's a really hep student.

Abschnitt 5

Erklärung	Ausdruck	Erklärung: Satz	Ausdruck: Satz	Zusatz
a love bite on the skin	hickey
~	~		Wow! Is that a hickey on your neck?
sensible; informed	hip
~	~		He really tries hard to be hip.
prostitute	hooker {[possibly offensive]}
~	~		You'll find a lot of hookers in the red light district.
sexually stimulated; in the mood for sex	horny {[possibly offensive]}
~	~		Red wine seems to make my boyfriend horny.
popular	hot
~	~		Brad Pitt is really hot now.
sexy	hot
~	~		Wow! Cindy Crawford is really hot!
really big	humungous
~	~		American supermarkets are humungous.
be hungry	hungries, to have
~	~		I don't know about you, but I've got the hungries.
overly excited	hyper
~	~		Children often get hyper when they are tired.
unpleasant	icky
~	~		The food is really icky in the school cafeteria.
identification	I.D.
~	~		If you want to order a beer, you'll need your I.D.
I'm leaving; I'm departing	I'm outta here
~	~		Sorry, but I'm outta here, dude.
fashionable	in
~	~		Ray-Ban sunglasses are really in now.
teeth	ivories
~	~		Tom Cruise has really beautiful ivories.
waste time	jack around {[possibly offensive]}
~	~		Will you please stop jacking around?
trouble	jam, in a
~	~		If you're in a jam, I promise to help you.
improvise (musically)	jam
~	~		I'd love to jam with Bon Jovi!
going well	jamming, to be
~	~		Dave's ESL Cafe is really jamming!
stupid or annoying person	jerk
~	~		How could you go out with such a jerk?
an immense number	jillion
~	~		Do you really have a jillion problems?
someone good at sports	jock
~	~		I've never been much of a jock.
toilet	john
~	~		Where's the john?
a thousand	K (k)
~	~		I could retire with 100 K (k)!
relax and enjoy	kick back
~	~		I wish I could kick back at the beach today.
die	kick off
~	~		My dog finally kicked off.

Abschnitt 6

Erklärung	Ausdruck	Erklärung: Satz	Ausdruck: Satz	Zusatz
something exceptional or great	killer
~	~		Wow, your boyfriend is killer!
condemn	knock
~	~		Don't knock it unless you've tried it.
beautiful woman; handsome man	knockout
~	~		Benjamin is already a knockout!
peculiar person	kook
~	~		Stop acting like a kook!
relaxed; calm	laid back
~	~		I always feel laid back at the beach.
incompetent	lame
~	~		Dave is really lame when is comes to fixing his car.
cheeky talk	lip
~	~		My students are always giving me lip!
a bungling and worthless person	loser
~	~		Why are you dating such a loser?
excess fat around the waist	love handles
~	~		Is it possible for Dave to lose his love handles?
to be lucky or fortunate	luck out
~	~		You really luck out by visiting Dave's ESL Cafe!
cause problems	make waves
~	~		Teachers don't like students to make waves.
maximum	max, to the
~	~		I'm happy to the max.
big	mega
~	~		American restaurants serve mega portions of food.
a large amount of money	megabucks
~	~		It takes megabucks to live in Japan.
relaxed	mellow
~	~		I'm feeling very mellow this evening.
unimportant; time-wasting	mickey-mouse
~	~		I'm sick of this mickey-mouse job.
a kiss that leaves a mark on the skin	monkey bite
~	~		I don't want any monkey bites tonight, okay?
to eat voraciously	munch out
~	~		Let's munch out on a large pizza!
nothing (from Spanish)	nada
~	~		I know nada about politics.
cool; great	neat
~	~		Isn't my new car neat?
someone that's paranoid	noid
~	~		Why are you so noid?
nuclear weapon	nuke
~	~		This world had too many nukes.
destroy; delete	nuke
~	~		Sorry, but I accidentally nuked your e-mail message.
cook something in the microwave oven	nuke
~	~		Can you nuke this frozen pizza for me?
odd or crazy person	nut
~	~		Why are you always acting like a nut?

Abschnitt 7

Erklärung	Ausdruck	Erklärung: Satz	Ausdruck: Satz	Zusatz
someone passionate about something	nut
~	~		I'm a nut about computers.
testicles	nuts {[offensive]}
~	~		Don't ever kick me in the nuts.
decent	okay
~	~		My boss is an okay person.
decent	OK
~	~		Dave is an okay person.
someone's home	pad
~	~		Can I sleep at your pad tonight?
celebrate	party
~	~		Let's party tonight!
someone that loves parties	party animal
~	~		Dave has been known to sometimes be a party animal.
hands	paws
~	~		Get your paws off me!
very little money	peanuts
~	~		I love my job, but the pay is peanuts.
to urinate	pee
~	~		I always have to pee after drinking beer.
drunk	pickled
~	~		He got pickled on vodka.
eat too much	pig out
~	~		Dave is famous for pigging out on chocolate ice cream.
to urinate	piss
~	~		My dog pissed on me!
angry; upset	pissed (off)
~	~		I'm really pissed (off) at you.
drunk	plastered
~	~		Why does he always get plastered?
someone's home	pad
~	~		Can I sleep at your pad tonight?
knowledge; information	poop, the
~	~		What's the poop on Michael Jackson?
defecation; shit	poop {[offensive]}
~	~		Be careful not to step on dog poop.
get tired and quit	poop out
~	~		I got pooped out after spending eight hours at Disneyland.
toilet	pot
~	~		Who's on the pot?
marijuana	pot
~	~		It's easy to buy pot in the big city.
someone who's good at something; professional	pro
~	~		She's really a pro at golf.
crazy person	psycho
~	~		Stay away from that psycho!
vomit	puke
~	~		Alcohol makes some people puke.
excited	pumped (up)
~	~		I'm really pumped (up) about Dave's ESL Cafe!

Abschnitt 8

Erklärung	Ausdruck	Erklärung: Satz	Ausdruck: Satz	Zusatz
the face	puss
~	~		My girlfriend slapped me right on the puss.
leader	quarterback
~	~		Dave is the quarterback of Dave's ESL Cafe.
done fast, but not well	quick and dirty
~	~		The mechanic did a quick and dirty repair on my car.
noise	racket
~	~		Small kids can make a lot of racket.
something that's dishonest or deceptive	racket
~	~		The Tobacco Industry is quite a racket.
an occupation	racket
~	~		I've been in the ESL racket for fourteen years.
give someone a difficult time	rank
~	~		She's always ranking her teacher.
a despicable person	rat
~	~		I thought I loved you, but now I know you're really a rat.
annoy someone	razz
~	~		Will you please stop razzing me?
buttocks	rear (end)
~	~		Dave fell on his rear (end).
something or someone very funny	riot, a
~	~		Jim Carrey is a riot!
stealing	rip off
~	~		Someone ripped off my car.
fraud	rip off
~	~		I paid $10,000 for my computer. What a rip off!
great; excellent	rocking
~	~		Dave's ESL class is really rocking!
nonsense; not true	rubbish
~	~		That rumor is a bunch of rubbish.
a child	rug rat
~	~		Dave has a couple of rug rats at home.
diarrhea	runs, the
~	~		Oh no! I've got the runs!
to eat	scarf
~	~		I can easily scarf an entire banana split.
to make a mistake	screw up
~	~		I screwed up on the driving test, so I didn't pass.
a person who makes a mistake	screw-up
~	~		Why are you such a screw-up?
a despicable individual	scum
~	~		Don't hang around with that kind of scum.
sunglasses	shades
~	~		Those are really cool shades!
play basketball	shoot some hoops
~	~		Let's shoot some hoops!
clothing	silks
~	~		Those are really awesome silks!
intelligence	smarts
~	~		It takes a lot of smarts to become a doctor.

Abschnitt 9

Erklärung	Ausdruck	Erklärung: Satz	Ausdruck: Satz	Zusatz
a dumb or stupid person	smurfbrain
~	~		Stop acting like a smurfbrain!
cheated	snookered
~	~		I got snookered into buying swamp land in Florida.
a person who watches too much television	sofa spud
~	~		I'm usually a sofa spud on Sunday.
really good; cool	solid
~	~		Dave's ESL Cafe is totally solid!
consecutive	solid
~	~		It's been raining for seven solid days.
eyeglasses	specs
~	~		I didn't know that you wore specs.
to leave	split
~	~		Let's split from here now.
spirit	spunk
~	~		She might be small, but she's got a lot of spunk.
drunk from drugs or alcohol	stoned (out)
~	~		I'm really stoned (out), dude!
knowledgeable about city life	street smart
~	~		Since Dave is from Los Angeles, he's very street smart.
to be bad and unacceptable	suck
~	~		That song really sucks!
vomit	technicolor yawn, to do a
~	~		My dog just did a technicolor yawn all over the carpet!
thousand	thou
~	~		I need to borrow a hundred thou.
clothing	threads
~	~		My wife spent $900 on new threads.
the heart	ticker
~	~		My grandfather has a bad ticker.
a watch	ticker
~	~		Wow! That's a really cool ticker!
sunglasses	tints
~	~		You have to wear tints in California.
really; completely	totally
~	~		That's totally awesome, dude!
maximum	to the max
~	~		I studied to the max.
failure; flop	turkey
~	~		Thank goodness that Dave's ESL Cafe is not a turkey!
dumb person	turkey
~	~		Turkeys are not allowed to work for this company.
something that repulses a person	turn-off
~	~		Bad breath is a real turn-off.
many; countless	umpteen
~	~		I've asked you umpteen times to show me the money!
relax	unlax
~	~		Dave needs to definitely unlax with his family.
vomit	upchuck
~	~		She got sick and upchucked three times.

Abschnitt 10

Erklärung	Ausdruck	Erklärung: Satz	Ausdruck: Satz	Zusatz
nervous; anxious	uptight
~	~		Why are you so uptight?
plain	vanilla
~	~		She drives a vanilla car.
Caucasian	vanilla
~	~		The Midwest is too vanilla for me.
roll of money	wad
~	~		It's dangerous to carry a big wad in your pocket.
killed	wasted
~	~		A lot of people get wasted in the streets of New York.
car; motorcycle	wheels
~	~		If you want to live in Los Angeles, you've got to get some wheels
plain; boring	whitebread
~	~		Dave's ESL Cafe is definitely not whitebread!
someone who shows a special talent for something	whiz
~	~		Einstein was a whiz in Physics.
to urinate	whiz {[offensive]}
~	~		I really have to take a whiz.
weak	wimpy
~	~		Don't be so wimpy!
sleep	winks, get some
~	~		I really need to get some winks
wrong	wrongo
~	~		That is totally wrongo!
bother; harass	yank
~	~		Stop yanking me, okay?
a Yankee; an American	Yank
~	~		Dave is a Yank.
an unimportant person	zero
~	~		If you don't work hard, you'll end up a zero.
nothing	zip
~	~		I don't know zip about you.
energy; vigor	zip
~	~		I need something that will give me more zip.
pimple; acne	zit
~	~		Teens often have a lot of zits.