| For ESL Students |
| American Slang Nouns |
| airhead -stupid person Tony says his boss is an airhead bash -big, exciting party Did you go to Dan's bash last night? brain -very intelligent person Bill Gates must be a brain chocoholic -person who loves/is addicted to chocolate I ate an entire box of chocolates and my sister says I must be a chocaholic! drip -boring person Lisa says her new roomate is a drip grub -food I'm hungry. Let's get some grub hunk -handsome man Sue thinks that Tom Cruise is a hunk knockout -beautiful woman Miss Universe is a knockout mula -money I took a lot of mula to the casino but when I returned, I didn't have as much! munchies -snacks, like potato chips, popcorn, pretzels Let's get some munchies at the baseball game penny pincher -cheap, stingy person who rarely spend money Megan never goes to restaurants because she's such a penny pincher shopoholic -person who is addicted to shopping Sandra is a shopholic. She always goes shopping! stuff -things (but used as a singular, non-count noun) I have to buy some stuff at the grocery store wacko -crazy person Some reporters say that famous pop singer is a wacko windbag -a boring person who talks too much (negative) Joe's speech was over an hour long at the meeting. His co-workers think he's a windbag. workaholic -person who is addicted to working Bob works very long hours. His wife thinks he's a workaholic. |
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