She was 100% wrong about "by the skin of my teeth". It doesn't mean to barely get hurt. It means to just barely manage to escape a situation without any harm.
Yeah, she messed up a lot of them to be honest. I don't know her or her channel but she's 100% Russian so maybe not the best source to learn American English slang.
Yes, King is correct. It is in the Cambridge dictionary and Collins dictionary, giving three sentences from The Sunday Times and The Guardian so it is used in Britain. In both countries it means to barely get by or barely manage to do something.
"I hurt myself by the skin of my teeth." No. Nobody ever says that. It's used in the context of narrow avoidance of something dangerous, or at least unpleasant.
I am from the USA. I never considered the word, "stalk" as slang. It is an actual verb in the English dictionary (to follow someone). It is also a noun (stalk of corn or stalk of grass).
“By the skin of my teeth” means more like, oh, I just barely finished my project. Or I just made it to school in time. As in; ‘whew I made it to school by the skin of my teeth’ or ‘I finished my school paper by the skin of my teeth.’ At least that’s how I’ve always understood it.
It's not just used for stingy "He is such a tight wad, he won't lend me the money even though he can afford it", it is used for cool "that fireworks show was tight", as well as a close competition "He was involved in a very tight race."
She used Plead The Fifth wrong. The origin is certainly the Fifth Amendment against self incrimination but in slang it’s typically used as a joke about not wanting to admit to something comical or embarrassing. It “Did I see you drinking at the club with that trashy looking woman last night?” Smilingly say … “I plead the fifth!” I was a police officer for 37 years and never heard someone say they pleaded the fifth. They might say I want a lawyer…… 🤣 Heck, half of the people know that they don’t have to talk but are unsure why.
There's a whole genre of music called "Blues". "By the skin of my teeth" - I going on 80. How old do you have to be not to use this? I have heard it commonly since childhood. These expressions all seem kind of old fashioned in fact. For example, I suspect younger people wouldn't use "cold shoulder" but would say they "ghosted" someone. Going through the list, it just seemed like there's probably more recent slang I don't even know for most of it. And some of these expressions have been modified like "wrap up" might today just be "wrap" as in "that's a wrap" or "let's wrap it".
Tight has different meanings depending on the context; tight can mean cheap, close, as she said, or you're close to someone: He's by brother from another mother, we tight
The Blues is also a genre of American music similar to Jazz. Many of the slang words are both used in UK and USA.. This video target audience is English as a Second Language -Non Native English speakers.. I can tell that the presenter as a slight non-native English accent. Very good and useful information for that target audience, I must say.
The use of a "buck" to denote one dollar may have come from the fur trading industry. For many years, a good buckskin would fetch the price of a dollar. You could make boots, shoes and coats out of buckskin, and it is a beautiful light tan color.
People use color to describe different emotions. "Seeing red" means angry, or you can be green with envy. Blue is depressed. A lot of the slang she is describing is stuff that's not really used. It more regional slang really.
Hang out means to stay in one place. As a noun, a hangout is an informal regular place of gathering where people of a particular association or purpose.
"Trashed" can also mean drunk. "He's trashed." "They got trashed." "Tight" can also mean something is really cool. "That's tight." "Epic" can mean VERY or BIG, as in "epic fail". It can also mean AWESOME or really COOL, as in, "That's epic!"
If you remember the old 70's cop show _Kojak,_ you'll remember his catchphrase was "Who loves you babe." He used it to everyone. In the 60's and 70's it was a way to show affection, or just another way to acknowledge someone. As things rolled along it became a bit of hippy slang. "Hey babe" is roughly equivalent to "hey man." That fell out of favor towards the late 70's and in the 80's and 90's it was replaced by "dude."
Plead the 5th is often used in an informal way, such as if Millie asked me “were you out with Nick when he met that girl?” I could say I plead the 5th so that neither me nor Nick gets “busted” 😂 love from NM USA
I have, but it is more colloquial than proper slang. I have even heard other variations on the theme, such as "wheels roll/wheels up" when referencing that the car will be departing, especially for a more lengthy trip.
@@Boethius4748 It could be. I have lived in Illinois/Iowa for about twenty years, so I can not speak to other regions. I do know that while it is said, it is not necessarily particularly common.
One of my favorite Americanisms is the Southern way of telling someone they just said something really dumb, "Oh, aren't you sweet," or even worse, "Bless your heart." "Whip" has replaced wheels, for the most part. "I parked my whip in the back."
Most of our more modern slang is probably more well known out of the US than most of the older slang, thanks to the “cultural exports” of Hollywood. An example of older slang would be something like “the cat’s pajamas”. To be honest I have never used this one because it comes from well before my time. FYI the phrase means “highly admired or an exceptional person or thing”. Of course context is everything, so how a person says it can completely change the mean. Using the example above a sentence like, “His new car is the cat’s pajamas.” Means he has an exceptional car. Meanwhile when saying something sarcastically changes it. For example saying, “Aren’t you just the cat’s pajamas?” with a little sarcasm (either subtly or very obviously) means that you are a moron. Some slang terms or phrases only have one meaning, and are usually said the same way. For example the southern phrase “Bless your heart.” sounds nice and polite, however it is actually an insult. So let’s say your friend is telling you a story about a person you don’t particularly like, and that person made a big mistake. At that point you would look at your friend and say, “Well bless his heart.” with a smile. FYI the phrase is more common to hear from southern women than men.
I’m from the south and we say, “Bless his/her heart,” quite often in an UN-sarcastic way. For instance, “Did hear hear that Joe’s mama passed away? He’s taking it pretty rough.” “Oh no! Well bless his heart, we’ll have to go by and see him today.” Or “Jane’s having surgery on her hip because she fell.” “Oh, bless her heart. I hope she heals quickly.” Even when kids do sweet or cute things we say it. “Sally loves that puppy so much, she carries it everywhere. Look, she’s toting it around in her backpack, bless her heart!” In all honesty, it’s become a new thing to use it sarcastically. I think social media has made it into a put down and more of a “I’m going to politely call you dumb.” type of comment. We normally don’t use it as a derogatory phrase.
7:00 Crash is used often for sleep but also you can crash your emotions too. Also, you can say you are crashing a party. Meaning you going to the party even without being invited.
Our slang for tight in the US usually means like “Oh that’s tight” ie: Awesome, sweet, dope , rad, cool . 5th amendment is actually- it’s a used term if you refuse to speak to the police it’s mainly the “right to remain silent” The Fifth Amendment breaks down into five rights or protections: the right to a jury trial when you're charged with a crime, protection against double jeopardy, protection against self-incrimination, the right to a fair trial, and protection against the taking of property by the government without compensation
Did a little research and she got the origins right, all these do come from American slang. She did get "tight" wrong tho, it means the same as words like "cool" or "sweet" or "that was close" or "upset/mad"
Tight when it comes to money is short for tightwad. You still may hear some older people using the word tightwad or saying someone is tight with money but most people say someone is cheap, which itself is short for cheapskate. Another older phrase you might hear is penny-pincher. Skinflint is another one that's not used as much anymore.
“The cold shoulder” is an old expression: "how she felt about all the cold shoulders that were turned toward her” in "Daisy Miller” (1878) by Henry James, and American (later British) author..”Crash” also means collapse, as in stock market crash.
It has been used fairly recently and probably still in use some. (I admit I'm a boomer, but...) "I tried to chat her up but she gave me the cold shoulder." (She rejected his advances, in other words.)
What makes American English different from all other English speaking countries is so many people in America descended from migrates from other countries we have incorporated words from all other languages into our version of English we have many words that mean the same thing and we have single words that mean different things according to the context of the sentence sometimes we use the wrong word to mean something else just because it sounds cool but once you get the hang of the way we use words you can communicate with almost everyone in America
Since it seems you're starting to see repeats of the same slang words, here are some I've used or heard mixed in with some from the Boston area. Some slang is very regional or generational so Americans are usually running into new regional slangs as well. -Couch surfing -Shoulder tap -Snowbirds -Pre-funk -Janky -Wicked pissa -Rotary -Leaf peepers -Moxie -Benedict Arnold -Bubbler
Word of advice. Don’t use Marina as a source for American English/slang education. Yeah, she speaks pretty good English but is definitely not an authority.
Hot Wheels is a brand of tiny realistic toy car. I rarely hear cars referred to as wheels. what is more common is to hear someone say. "that ride is tight" lol see what I did there. lol
Now the current slang words are slaps, sus, rizz, skibidi, ohio, toilet, bussin', drip, dip, extra, salty, shook, vibe, bop, bet, cap, delulu, facts, and gyatt
Babe is a multi use word. People don’t only say it to their significant others, but also use it towards people who they care about such as friends and family. Sometimes they will use it if they are just trying to be friendly. I am in the U.S and women who I do not know will say it to me, also men will say baby girl. It depends on the person, but I personally do not care. I find it endearing, lovely.
Some of her definitions are slightly off, and then some of the words aren't slang at all. I have a feeling a number of these examples might be from Shakespeare. I know there are quite a few slang words and phrases that come from Shakespeare. Sure, we say someone is tight with their money, but we also can use it to mean something is cool--like a song or someone playing a riff on the guitar, or a film...you can say 'it's 'tight'. Tight competition isn't slang.
So many of these words have more meanings than what she explained. Like "tight" as a slang word is used more for something that is cool. Like someone would say "that's tight" meaning "that's cool" or even "that's sweet". If you're referring to someone who is "tight" with their money we would say they're a "tightwad". And crash doesn't necessarily mean fall asleep fast. Crash could just mean you've lost all energy and motivation, but not necessarily falling asleep. It also could mean where someone plans on staying the night. Like I might tell my parents I'm going to crash at their house when I visit my hometown. I also only used the word "trash" in the past tense (trashed) if I'm referring to damaging something. It's very popular slang term from being extremely drunk or if something is of poor quality. Like if something is very low quality and not very effective I would say it's "trash". Basically means it's useless and might as well be thrown in the trash.
She is wrong as others have said about skin of my teeth. That has nothing to do with being hurt. Means I just barely, BARELY made it, got there, whatever it is you just barely did by the skin of your teeth.
American TV and movies have probably spread a lot of these to the English speaking world. Most Americans probably don't know what a lorry or quid is, or what y'all are referring to when you say trolly.
You can also trash a person or a thing. As in saying something bad about someone or negatively criticizing something like a movie or a song. You can even use it to describe someone who is very drunk.
I've got one for you Brits: "Bougie". I follow several British reactors and they are always saying something is "so bougie" (as in "bourgeois"). I laugh every time this happens because bougie is actually a very legitimate name for "a thin, flexible surgical instrument for exploring or dilating a passage of the body." You can imagine the passages referred to.
Formerly ‘with’, but now ‘by the skin of my teeth’, is Biblical (Job 19:20). First citation of ‘cold shoulder’ is from 1816 in the work of the British writer Walter Scott.
"a buck" aka "keeping it 100" also means to be honest or truthful. "I'm just keeping things a buck". Also, "tight" usually means cool as in "my new car looks tight". for competition we usually say "stiff competition" not tight.
Tight is slang for cool not broke😂. If something's cool or nice you say oh that's tight. Or in certain situations let's say somebody dropped something and you caught it before it broke then I would say oh that was so tight....
Tight has many meanings Two close friends are tight Clothing that is a little too small is tight The pants worn in ballet are tights A close race can be said was a tight race. Always in past tense. “Money is tight” meaning you don’t have a lot of money
Also, "The band is tight tonight," meaning you're watching a band perform either live or on TV/video and they're really playing virtually mistake free.
The word tight isn’t used too much anymore. It means the same as over there, someone is cheap. The younger generation may not know of the word. It can be used in other ways such as in sports etc., like “let’s tighten up that line,”.
A lot of the US slang varies by region. Example: slang we use in NY, isn't commonly use in a place like Kansas and vice versa. Each region uses it's own slang. Her examples were very basic. Slang also changes constantly.
I lived in a small farming community most my life with a prison the next town 4 miles away. So Bail was either Hay Bales or Bail Bondsman to get you out of jail. Me and my friends would only use Bail if it was in a new rap song. Normally we would say bolt, jam, skedaddle, get the hell out of dodge, and I'm going to get out of here, see yah later.
Having baby blues in America refers to someone's blue eyes - "She flashed her baby blues my way." "Paul Newman's most distinct feature was his baby blues."
She was 100% wrong about "by the skin of my teeth". It doesn't mean to barely get hurt. It means to just barely manage to escape a situation without any harm.
Yeah, she messed up a lot of them to be honest. I don't know her or her channel but she's 100% Russian so maybe not the best source to learn American English slang.
She wasn't 100% wrong, just not that clear. I truly hate people that over exaggerate to enforce their arguments.
King is correct
Yes, King is correct. It is in the Cambridge dictionary and Collins dictionary, giving three sentences from The Sunday Times and The Guardian so it is used in Britain. In both countries it means to barely get by or barely manage to do something.
"Crash" also means stay at somebody's home: "Hey, can I crash at your place tonight?"
Your 100 percent right I actually forgot about that
Crash also means a crash. 😅
Another one is crashing a party.
Crash can mean coming down hard from a drug.
exactly
"I hurt myself by the skin of my teeth." No. Nobody ever says that. It's used in the context of narrow avoidance of something dangerous, or at least unpleasant.
Exactly, “I thought I was going to miss my flight, but I made it by the skin of my teeth.”
That is when the instructor doesn’t know what she is instructing….. 🤔
I am from the USA. I never considered the word, "stalk" as slang. It is an actual verb in the English dictionary (to follow someone). It is also a noun (stalk of corn or stalk of grass).
Just remember, be careful
The celery stalks at midnight
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“By the skin of my teeth” means more like, oh, I just barely finished my project. Or I just made it to school in time. As in; ‘whew I made it to school by the skin of my teeth’ or ‘I finished my school paper by the skin of my teeth.’ At least that’s how I’ve always understood it.
Yes.. that's perfect. A very close call on something.
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Tight has so many uses. We use it for money, a close competition, drunk, cool, as well as the usual meaning of too close fitting.
It can also mean that you have a close friendly relationship with someone, as in "We're tight."
@@HermanVonPetri forgot that one. There are probably more.
Like a tight neck community.
@@runrafarunthebestintheworld Tight knit*
We use tight for stingy, especially the phrase tight wad.
It's not just used for stingy "He is such a tight wad, he won't lend me the money even though he can afford it", it is used for cool "that fireworks show was tight", as well as a close competition "He was involved in a very tight race."
@@shadowkissed2370 I haven't heard anyone use the phase, 'tight wad' since the 90s. LOL.
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You guys are correct. We used the word "tight" for being cheap as well.
That guy’s a tightwad…..
Also that is a really tight car, meaning cool, nice or decked out. Tight spender, and a close race (tight race).
To trash is to disparage someone
so to trash someone? ive never heard that
@@caligal1090 just because you never heard it doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist
In the 80s we said trashed for drunk..."I got so trashed lastnight"
I still hear or use it.
You don't give "a" cold shoulder. You give "the" cold shoulder.
I was using most of these as a kid in the 70s/80s...her list is almost like a tutorial for undercover Fed's to talk to people 🤣
Ah, the internet; where men are men, women are sometimes men, and little boys are FBI agents.
Bail as in putting up money for release from jail until your trial. Or to throw rising water out of a boat with a bucket. "I'm out."
Creep isn’t just weird or strange. Creep is weird and strange and SLIMY.
She used Plead The Fifth wrong.
The origin is certainly the Fifth Amendment against self incrimination but in slang it’s typically used as a joke about not wanting to admit to something comical or embarrassing. It
“Did I see you drinking at the club with that trashy looking woman last night?”
Smilingly say … “I plead the fifth!”
I was a police officer for 37 years and never heard someone say they pleaded the fifth. They might say I want a lawyer…… 🤣
Heck, half of the people know that they don’t have to talk but are unsure why.
"Tight" can also mean drunk, or stingy with money - these are old fashioned. It can also mean really cool or really neat. That is really "tight".
There's a whole genre of music called "Blues".
"By the skin of my teeth" - I going on 80. How old do you have to be not to use this? I have heard it commonly since childhood. These expressions all seem kind of old fashioned in fact. For example, I suspect younger people wouldn't use "cold shoulder" but would say they "ghosted" someone. Going through the list, it just seemed like there's probably more recent slang I don't even know for most of it. And some of these expressions have been modified like "wrap up" might today just be "wrap" as in "that's a wrap" or "let's wrap it".
tight has multiple meanings
Yeah, it can also mean "cool". Must be weird as a foreigner. "Damn, those shoes are tight!"
Foreigner, "Should I loosen them up?"
Tight has different meanings depending on the context; tight can mean cheap, close, as she said, or you're close to someone: He's by brother from another mother, we tight
Or it's cool..."Your car? Man, that's tight."
@@tobaobokoomi1693 yes sir
Tight can also mean in American English very close…like I’m really tight with whoever
Bail is also the money you pay the court to go free until your trial date.
The Blues is also a genre of American music similar to Jazz. Many of the slang words are both used in UK and USA.. This video target audience is English as a Second Language -Non Native English speakers.. I can tell that the presenter as a slight non-native English accent. Very good and useful information for that target audience, I must say.
Using Wheels to describe a car was used in the 70's. Man, check it out msn, nice wheels. LoL
The use of a "buck" to denote one dollar may have come from the fur trading industry. For many years, a good buckskin would fetch the price of a dollar. You could make boots, shoes and coats out of buckskin, and it is a beautiful light tan color.
People use color to describe different emotions. "Seeing red" means angry, or you can be green with envy. Blue is depressed. A lot of the slang she is describing is stuff that's not really used. It more regional slang really.
I'm born and raised American, 30 seconds into this video, and questioning this girl in the video. not cool
Sounds like English is her second language. Her understanding of these words was very hit an miss.
An old meaning of tight is also describing being drunk.
Thats tight.
Hang out means to stay in one place. As a noun, a hangout is an informal regular place of gathering where people of a particular association or purpose.
2 friends can be very tight or close.
"Trashed" can also mean drunk. "He's trashed." "They got trashed."
"Tight" can also mean something is really cool. "That's tight."
"Epic" can mean VERY or BIG, as in "epic fail". It can also mean AWESOME or really COOL, as in, "That's epic!"
Babe is not necessarily female only
If you remember the old 70's cop show _Kojak,_ you'll remember his catchphrase was "Who loves you babe." He used it to everyone. In the 60's and 70's it was a way to show affection, or just another way to acknowledge someone. As things rolled along it became a bit of hippy slang. "Hey babe" is roughly equivalent to "hey man." That fell out of favor towards the late 70's and in the 80's and 90's it was replaced by "dude."
@@tarmaqueYep only when it's boyfriend and girlfriend they use babe to respond to each other and just a married couple.
Using the word "buck" for currency goes back to native American when buck skins were used as currency.
Tight can also be used interchangeably with the slang "sweet". Such as that car is "tight".
Sweet wheels, it's tight!
@Roadtrip635 More like, "those wheel tight" "yeah they're sweet"
Actually, I've never said, "Let's wrap up". I would say, "Let's wrap IT up" or "that's a wrap'.
I've heard Let's wrap up before though.
Plead the 5th is often used in an informal way, such as if Millie asked me “were you out with Nick when he met that girl?” I could say I plead the 5th so that neither me nor Nick gets “busted” 😂 love from NM USA
She has really highlighted some seriously old slang. I don’t think I’ve heard anyone use wheels unironically since 1982
I have, but it is more colloquial than proper slang. I have even heard other variations on the theme, such as "wheels roll/wheels up" when referencing that the car will be departing, especially for a more lengthy trip.
@@jayt9608 maybe regional? I definitely hear wheels up every now and then
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It could be. I have lived in Illinois/Iowa for about twenty years, so I can not speak to other regions. I do know that while it is said, it is not necessarily particularly common.
To many people, 1982 is practically like yesterday..
One of my favorite Americanisms is the Southern way of telling someone they just said something really dumb, "Oh, aren't you sweet," or even worse, "Bless your heart."
"Whip" has replaced wheels, for the most part. "I parked my whip in the back."
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People never mention that the Fifth amendment was to prevent the use of torture to get confessions which was still a problem in countries.
Tight in the USA is used as “that is really nice.” Your new car is “tight”.
Most of our more modern slang is probably more well known out of the US than most of the older slang, thanks to the “cultural exports” of Hollywood. An example of older slang would be something like “the cat’s pajamas”. To be honest I have never used this one because it comes from well before my time. FYI the phrase means “highly admired or an exceptional person or thing”. Of course context is everything, so how a person says it can completely change the mean. Using the example above a sentence like, “His new car is the cat’s pajamas.” Means he has an exceptional car. Meanwhile when saying something sarcastically changes it. For example saying, “Aren’t you just the cat’s pajamas?” with a little sarcasm (either subtly or very obviously) means that you are a moron. Some slang terms or phrases only have one meaning, and are usually said the same way. For example the southern phrase “Bless your heart.” sounds nice and polite, however it is actually an insult. So let’s say your friend is telling you a story about a person you don’t particularly like, and that person made a big mistake. At that point you would look at your friend and say, “Well bless his heart.” with a smile. FYI the phrase is more common to hear from southern women than men.
I’m from the south and we say, “Bless his/her heart,” quite often in an UN-sarcastic way. For instance, “Did hear hear that Joe’s mama passed away? He’s taking it pretty rough.” “Oh no! Well bless his heart, we’ll have to go by and see him today.” Or “Jane’s having surgery on her hip because she fell.” “Oh, bless her heart. I hope she heals quickly.” Even when kids do sweet or cute things we say it. “Sally loves that puppy so much, she carries it everywhere. Look, she’s toting it around in her backpack, bless her heart!” In all honesty, it’s become a new thing to use it sarcastically. I think social media has made it into a put down and more of a “I’m going to politely call you dumb.” type of comment. We normally don’t use it as a derogatory phrase.
Tight can mean a number of things. Tight friends, for example, means the friendship is strong or close.
7:00 Crash is used often for sleep but also you can crash your emotions too. Also, you can say you are crashing a party. Meaning you going to the party even without being invited.
Our slang for tight in the US usually means like “Oh that’s tight” ie: Awesome, sweet, dope , rad, cool .
5th amendment is actually- it’s a used term if you refuse to speak to the police it’s mainly the “right to remain silent” The Fifth Amendment breaks down into five rights or protections: the right to a jury trial when you're charged with a crime, protection against double jeopardy, protection against self-incrimination, the right to a fair trial, and protection against the taking of property by the government without compensation
Most of these phrases are very old and came to England in the first two world wars. Long before the 2000s lol.
Did a little research and she got the origins right, all these do come from American slang. She did get "tight" wrong tho, it means the same as words like "cool" or "sweet" or "that was close" or "upset/mad"
Tight can also be used for very close friends. 'They are really tight'.
"tight" can have a few meanings---- [1] no room for maneuver, [2] a financial miser, [3] a drunk, and [4] "up-tight" means very anxious.
Tight when it comes to money is short for tightwad. You still may hear some older people using the word tightwad or saying someone is tight with money but most people say someone is cheap, which itself is short for cheapskate. Another older phrase you might hear is penny-pincher. Skinflint is another one that's not used as much anymore.
“The cold shoulder” is an old expression: "how she felt about all the cold shoulders that were turned toward her” in "Daisy Miller” (1878) by Henry James, and American (later British) author..”Crash” also means collapse, as in stock market crash.
It has been used fairly recently and probably still in use some. (I admit I'm a boomer, but...) "I tried to chat her up but she gave me the cold shoulder." (She rejected his advances, in other words.)
What makes American English different from all other English speaking countries is so many people in America descended from migrates from other countries we have incorporated words from all other languages into our version of English we have many words that mean the same thing and we have single words that mean different things according to the context of the sentence sometimes we use the wrong word to mean something else just because it sounds cool but once you get the hang of the way we use words you can communicate with almost everyone in America
screwed the pooch
Wheels can also be used this way; "That idea has serious wheels on it."
We also use Tight in a way to say something is nice looking, like when someone wears a new outfit, one might say they look tight
Since it seems you're starting to see repeats of the same slang words, here are some I've used or heard mixed in with some from the Boston area. Some slang is very regional or generational so Americans are usually running into new regional slangs as well.
-Couch surfing
-Shoulder tap
-Snowbirds
-Pre-funk
-Janky
-Wicked pissa
-Rotary
-Leaf peepers
-Moxie
-Benedict Arnold
-Bubbler
Word of advice. Don’t use Marina as a source for American English/slang education. Yeah, she speaks pretty good English but is definitely not an authority.
Yeah she’s definitely a good speaker but there’s a bunch of stuff she missed with this
Hot Wheels is a brand of tiny realistic toy car. I rarely hear cars referred to as wheels. what is more common is to hear someone say. "that ride is tight" lol see what I did there. lol
tight is used as describing something like a car as unique and impressive at the same time. Thats a tight ride. Thats a cool car.
this girl is obviously an instructor for non-english speakers, trying to teach them to sound more like a native English speaker,
Now the current slang words are slaps, sus, rizz, skibidi, ohio, toilet, bussin', drip, dip, extra, salty, shook, vibe, bop, bet, cap, delulu, facts, and gyatt
Babe is a multi use word. People don’t only say it to their significant others, but also use it towards people who they care about such as friends and family. Sometimes they will use it if they are just trying to be friendly. I am in the U.S and women who I do not know will say it to me, also men will say baby girl. It depends on the person, but I personally do not care. I find it endearing, lovely.
Tight is also used to describe something in a positive light. That's tight. That's sweet. That's cool.
Some of her definitions are slightly off, and then some of the words aren't slang at all. I have a feeling a number of these examples might be from Shakespeare. I know there are quite a few slang words and phrases that come from Shakespeare. Sure, we say someone is tight with their money, but we also can use it to mean something is cool--like a song or someone playing a riff on the guitar, or a film...you can say 'it's 'tight'. Tight competition isn't slang.
So many of these words have more meanings than what she explained. Like "tight" as a slang word is used more for something that is cool. Like someone would say "that's tight" meaning "that's cool" or even "that's sweet". If you're referring to someone who is "tight" with their money we would say they're a "tightwad". And crash doesn't necessarily mean fall asleep fast. Crash could just mean you've lost all energy and motivation, but not necessarily falling asleep. It also could mean where someone plans on staying the night. Like I might tell my parents I'm going to crash at their house when I visit my hometown. I also only used the word "trash" in the past tense (trashed) if I'm referring to damaging something. It's very popular slang term from being extremely drunk or if something is of poor quality. Like if something is very low quality and not very effective I would say it's "trash". Basically means it's useless and might as well be thrown in the trash.
She is wrong as others have said about skin of my teeth. That has nothing to do with being hurt. Means I just barely, BARELY made it, got there, whatever it is you just barely did by the skin of your teeth.
"Times are bad, money's tight."
term buck comes from trading deer hide as currency, Buck ,a male deer, this give me a buck😁
American TV and movies have probably spread a lot of these to the English speaking world. Most Americans probably don't know what a lorry or quid is, or what y'all are referring to when you say trolly.
Quid pro quo. 😅
You can also trash a person or a thing. As in saying something bad about someone or negatively criticizing something like a movie or a song. You can even use it to describe someone who is very drunk.
I think Europeans use trash a lot as slang I don't think it's just American slang.
You can use tight instead of sweet.
Tight means three things depending on exact usage. The money, timeline,or another word for Awesome.
And the phrase "passing the buck" means passing the blame to someone else.
I don't like the word "creep". Mom always told me that in every group of people there's always one creep, but I could never spot him.
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Trashed is also used to describe how drunk you are. " Man I'm trashed." Meaning that you are VERY drunk.
I've got one for you Brits: "Bougie". I follow several British reactors and they are always saying something is "so bougie" (as in "bourgeois"). I laugh every time this happens because bougie is actually a very legitimate name for "a thin, flexible surgical instrument for exploring or dilating a passage of the body." You can imagine the passages referred to.
Instead of using the word bail when leaving I like to go to my old go-to... I got to get my hat!
My mother-in-law, who would be almost 110 - used to say "I'm gonna get my hat and hatpin" when she was leaving.
@@jmace1957 I picked up on "get my hat" From an old buddy of mine who was in Vietnam for about 6 years. Peace! And rest in peace, Tommy.
Sometimes we use tight for money to indicate we have little money to spend. For a person who doesn't want to spend, we call that person a tight-wad.
I'm from America and I have learned so much middle school slang from my kid, and it's crazy😅
the zoomer teaching the boomer 😂😂
Tight means "cool" in slang. St least where I'm from in Northern Cali
Formerly ‘with’, but now ‘by the skin of my teeth’, is Biblical (Job 19:20). First citation of ‘cold shoulder’ is from 1816 in the work of the British writer Walter Scott.
"a buck" aka "keeping it 100" also means to be honest or truthful. "I'm just keeping things a buck". Also, "tight" usually means cool as in "my new car looks tight". for competition we usually say "stiff competition" not tight.
I haven’t used some of these words in years.
Tight can also mean you are close to someone as a close friend. My friend and I are tight.
Tight is slang for cool not broke😂. If something's cool or nice you say oh that's tight. Or in certain situations let's say somebody dropped something and you caught it before it broke then I would say oh that was so tight....
Let's wrap this shi# up....😂
Tight you’re thinking about tight wad meaning not wanting to part with your bundle of cash.
Tight can also mean being very close friends with someone
The only word that I know that came over to the US from the U. K was during the pandemic people started saying they are going to get the jab.
Tight has many meanings
Two close friends are tight
Clothing that is a little too small is tight
The pants worn in ballet are tights
A close race can be said was a tight race. Always in past tense.
“Money is tight” meaning you don’t have a lot of money
Also, "The band is tight tonight," meaning you're watching a band perform either live or on TV/video and they're really playing virtually mistake free.
"Tight" also is a word for "sweet".
Like, you're seeing a band live, and they're good. You'd say, "This band is tight!"
"tight" can also mean "cool"
Yo, that jacket is tight!
The word tight isn’t used too much anymore. It means the same as over there, someone is cheap. The younger generation may not know of the word. It can be used in other ways such as in sports etc., like “let’s tighten up that line,”.
I think the younger generation knows but prefer using other slang words now.
"to be busted" also means "ugly." At least in NYC, idk
A lot of the US slang varies by region. Example: slang we use in NY, isn't commonly use in a place like Kansas and vice versa. Each region uses it's own slang. Her examples were very basic. Slang also changes constantly.
I lived in a small farming community most my life with a prison the next town 4 miles away. So Bail was either Hay Bales or Bail Bondsman to get you out of jail. Me and my friends would only use Bail if it was in a new rap song. Normally we would say bolt, jam, skedaddle, get the hell out of dodge, and I'm going to get out of here, see yah later.
Pro athletes TRASH TALK their opponents all the time. It's fun to hear.
He is tight with his money.
They are tight friends.
People used to say tight wad and then it got shortened.
Most people don't say this stuff, it's so old school.
Tight can also be used as really good friends. I'm tight with him or her.
Having baby blues in America refers to someone's blue eyes -
"She flashed her baby blues my way."
"Paul Newman's most distinct feature was his baby blues."
There's Tite and then there's Being a Tight Wad ,meaning you don't spend your own money