Cool Slang

What  Kids Are Saying ENGLISH!


Awesome: really great! Cool!

Big Time: large amount

Bogus: fake; false; unreal

Bummer: the feeling of sadness; pertaining to something which is sad

Chillin' out: to relax; the act of relaxing, "taking it easy"

Chow: food

Ciao: a greeting -hello or goodbye, borrowed  from Italian language

Cool: approval; a positive response; a person who is accepted by their peers, something you like is "cool"

Dig it: a 1960's American slang term meaning: to understand; to recognize, dig can also means you like it.

Down with it: unacceptable; don't like it

Dude: a male person

Dudette: a female person

Dunno: directly translated to English means "don't know"

Dweeb: a person who is not accepted among those who are cool

Funky: good; pertaining to music which has a certain type of beat, also things can be "funky" which means they are "unusual"

Geek: a person who may be very smart yet lacks the social graces of those who are considered cool , a "computer geek" is someone who spends too much time on the computer and has no social life.

Gotta: an abbreviation for the words "got to" , must get or must do; have to.

Gnarly: to be very good; great

Hot: in, cool, awesome,

Hangin': waiting; to wait as in "Hangin' around"

Homey: (also know as a "home boy"): One's close friends. Usually from the neighborhood

In:  the present style, what's "in"

Jammin': music which is enjoyable, makes you want to dance; playing of a musical instrument

Jive: slang English used by those who are usually attuned to the people who are cool

Jipped: like being ripped off; to be shorted or receive less that you paid for

Main Rig: the best music reproduction system in a persons home

Nasty: Cool

No FX: No special effects

Phat (fat): very good
Psycho: agressive anti-social behavior (used in punk)

Poser: fake; false

Rage: anger or what's" IN" is the rage
Rad: Radical

Radical: Very good; to be excellent

Ripped Off: to steal or be stolen from

Rules: the best; being the best

Sick: Cool

Slammatocious: a feeling of joy; a giving of one's approval

Spreck: To move or go to; moving

Stoked: to be happy or joyous; a feeling of pleasure

Stuff: an item or items, "things"

Subschnauser: a subwoofer
Sublime: extreme,person who does not fear consequence

Tease: provoking

The Man: the "COOL GUY" as in "I am the Man"

Thingies: items; a grouping of "things" "stuff"

Totally: all, everything as in "totally cool"

Wild: if something is wild it's great, if someone is wild they are out of control

Ya: you

YO: "what's up?"

Yummies: specially enjoyed food.  Usually of the sugar filled variety