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American Slang in New England
Sporkulious Eglon Started conversation Oct 3, 1999
Well, up here in New England we have a few more slang terms (btw, how could you leave out "pray to the porcelan god" for vomit?):
Muncher- a hippie
Nark- a suit
Guilder- a skanky person
Skanky- smelly and dirty looking; also, wears clothes one
just shouldn't
Down- implies that one is "cool" with something
Wacked- crazy, not right, or to get murdered
Babe- a hot woman
Bent- stolen
Burned- illegal good
Cabbage- money
Fruit & Nut Run- having to go into the "city"
Random- not good
Crescent Fresh- cool, excellent
Bonk- crazy
Da Bomb- the place to be, cool
Cool Beans- neat
Phat- cool (does not refer only to females)
Like- #1 US slang- means absolutely nothing: just a filler
Stoked- excited beyond belief
My Bad- a mistake *apology
Dope- great
Knock- usually used "Don't knock it"; to complain about
something
Dig- to understand, a home (digs)
Greens- marijuana
Dope- cooler than cool
Herb- marijuana
Dis- to offend, disrespect
Get out- unable to understand (You're going where? Get out!)
Hello- usually a greeting, though can mean a "Are u there?"
K- okay
Jam- to study, to hang out
Rents- parents
Yo- hi
G- usually preceded by "YO"; greeting to a guy/girl
Cake Eater- homosexual
Twinkie- a thin, white gay homosexual
THEM- the government
Anywhere- to have drugs
Bitchslap- a scolding
Ghetto- basic, state of poverty
Bur-Bur- hideously ugly
Galaboo- female, sleeps around
Skate- to get out of trouble
Hoodoo- an exciting event
Fuzzy- really strong liquor or drug
Quibbledick- someone who makes a mountain out of a mole hill
Props- commendations
Shifty- doing something you didn't expect to do
Violated- having too much work
Well, I have hundreds more, but that was enough for the moment. Hope you'll use some of them.
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