gangs

gadin : chute (billet de parterre, gamelle)
gaffer (se) : s'apercevoir ou se douter
gagneur, gagneuse : conjoint assurant la subsistance
gagneuse : prostituée (pour le proxénète) (écrèmeuse, horizontale, pouffe, pute, radasse, radeuse, tapin, tapineuse)
galimafrer : manger (becqueter, bouffer, boulotter, briffer, casser la croûte, casser la graine, claper, croûter, grailler, jaffer, mastéguer)
galoche : baiser (gamelle, pelle, patin)
galure, galurin : chapeau (bada, bitos)
gamberge : réflexion (imagination)
gamberger : réfléchir
gambette : jambe (canne, échasse, fumeron, guibole, guitare)
gambille(r) : danse(r)
gamelle : automobile (bagnole, bahut, caisse, calèche, chignole, guinde, os, tire, tombereau) + baiser (galoche, pelle, patin) + chute (billet de parterre, gadin)
gapette : casquette (bâche)
gargane : gorge
gastos : restaurant
gauffrer (se) : tomber (se casser la gueule, la tronche, la hure..., se fraiser)
gaye : cheval (bourrin, canasson)
gerber : vomir (aller au refile)
gerce : femme (frangine, gisquette, gonzesse, greluche, greluse, grognace, nière, polka, soeur, souris)
gigot à l'ail : saphisme
giries : mensonges (charres)
gisquette : femme (frangine, gerce, gonzesse, greluche, greluse, grognace, nière, polka, soeur, souris)
gland : homme (péjoratif) (branque, cave, hottu, lavedu, pégreleu)
glass : verre (godet, guindal)
glave, glaviot : crachat (molard)
glavioter : cracher (molarder)
gnace : homme (gnard, gonze, mec)
gnard : enfant (chiare, morbach, morpion, moujingue, moufflet) + homme (gnace, gonze, mec)
gnon : coup de poing (atout, bourre-pif, châtaigne, chtar, marron, pain, parpaing, taquet)
gnouf : prison (ballon, cabane, chetard, placard, taule)
gobille : oeil (carreau, châsse, lampion, loto, robert, wonder)
godasse : chaussure (écrase-merde, grolle, latte, péniche, pompe, riboui, targette, tartisse)
godet : verre (glass, guindal)
gogues : WC (cagouinsses, chiches, chichemanes, chiottes, tartisses)
gondoler (se) : rire (se fendre la gueule, la tronche, etc., se poirer)
gonze : homme (gnard, gnace, mec)
gonzesse : femme (frangine, gisquette, gerce, greluche, greluse, grognace, nière, polka, soeur, souris)
gorgeon : gorgée
gougne, gougnotte, gouine : lesbienne
graille : nourriture (becquetance, bouffe, bouffement, boustifaille, briffe, croque, jaffe, tambouille (cuisine), tortore)
grailler : manger (becqueter, bouffer, boulotter, briffer, casser la croûte, casser la graine, claper, croûter, galimafrer, jaffer, mastéguer)
gravos : gros (mastar, mailloche)
greffier : chat
grelot : téléphone (bigophone, biniou, passe-sirop, tube, turlu)
grelotter : téléphoner (bigophoner, tuber)
greluche, greluse : femme (frangine, gerce, gisquette, gonzesse, grognace, nière, polka, soeur, souris)
grimpant : pantalon (bénard, bénouze, falzar, froc, futal)
grisbi : argent (artiche, auber, blé, flouze, fraîche, fric, oseille, osier, pépètes, pognon, tune)
grognace : femme (frangine, gerce, gisquette, gonzesse, greluche, greluse, nière, polka, soeur, souris)
grolle : chaussure (écrase-merde, godasse, latte, péniche, pompe, riboui, targette, tartisse)
guibole : jambe (canne, échasse, fumeron, gambette, guitare)
guindal : verre (glass, godet)
guinde : automobile (bagnole, bahut, caisse, calèche, chignole, gamelle, os, tire, tombereau)
guitare : jambe (canne, échasse, fumeron, gambette, guibole)


hareng : proxénète (barbeau, mac, maquereau, marlou)
horizontale : prostituée (écrèmeuse, gagneuse, pouffe, pute, radasse, radeuse, tapin, tapineuse)
hottu : homme (péjoratif) (branque, cave, gland, lavedu, pégreleu)
hure : visage (frime, frite, tronche, vitrine)
hurf ou hurff : chic

icigo : ici
illuses : illusions

jacter : parler (moufter)
jaffe : nourriture (becquetance, bouffe, bouffement, boustifaille, briffe, croque, graille, tambouille (cuisine), tortore)
jaffer : manger (becqueter, bouffer, boulotter, briffer, casser la croûte, casser la graine, claper, croûter, galimafrer, grailler, mastéguer)
jaja : vin rouge (kroutchev, rouquin)
jalmince : jaloux
jambon : cuisse
jonc : or (métal)
joufflu : fesses (dargeot, dargif, dargiflard, derche, meules, miches, noix, pétard, pétrusquin, prose, train, valseur)
jouge (en moins de) : rapidement (en moins de deux, fissa)
joyeuse : testicule (burette, burne, claoui, roupette, rouston, valseuse)

abouler : donner (cloquer, refiler)
adjas (mettre les) : partir (se barrer, se bouger, se casser, décambuter, s'esbigner, foutre le camp, jouer cassos, se natchaver, se tirer, se trisser, mettre les bouts)
affaler (s') : avouer (se déboutonner, se mettre à table)
affurer : gagner de l'argent
allouf ou alouf : allumette
alpaguer, arquepincer : arrêter (police)
archer : policier (bourdille, condé, drauper, flic, matuche, pandore, perdreau, poulardin, pouleman, poulet)
armoire : costaud (balaise, mahousse, mailloche, mastar)
arpion : pied (nougat, paturon, pinceau)
arquer : marcher
artiche : argent (auber, blé, flouze, fraîche, fric, grisbi, oseille, osier, pépètes, pognon, tune)
assiettes : cour d'assises
asperges : prostitution (pain de fesse, ruban, tapin, turbin, turf)
atout : coup de poing (bourre-pif, châtaigne, chtar, gnon, marron, pain, parpaing, taquet)
auber : argent (artiche, blé, flouze, fraîche, fric, grisbi, oseille, osier, pépètes, pognon, tune)


babasse : sexe féminin (chaglatte, chatte, cramouille, frifri, moniche, moule)
bacchantes : moustache (baffies)
bâche : casquette (gapette)
bada : chapeau (bitos, galure, galurin)
baffies : moustache (bacchantes)
baffle : oreille (cage à miel, esgourde, étagère à crayon, à mégot..., éventail à moustiques, feuille, manette, portugaise, trompe d'Eustache)
bagnole, bahut : automobile (caisse, calèche, chignole, gamelle, guinde, os, tire, tombereau)
bahut : lycée (boîte) + taxi (sapin)
baise : copulation (bouillave, brosse, radada)
baiser : copuler (bouillaver, brosser, limer, loncher)
balai : an (pige)
balaise : costaud (armoire, mahousse, mailloche, mastar)
balancer (s'en) : être indifférent (en avoir rien à battre, à cirer, à secouer..., s'en battre l'oeil, s'en tamponner, s'en taper)
balayeur : valet (d'un jeu de carte)
ballepeau : rien (nib, que dalle, que pouic, que t'chi)
ballon : prison (cabane, chetard, gnouf, placard, taule)
ballon (faire) : priver ou être privé
banquer : payer (carmer, casquer, cigler, douiller, raquer)
baquet : ventre (bide, bidon, buffet, burlingue, placard)
baraka : chance (bol, pot)
barbeau : proxénète (hareng, mac, maquereau, marlou)
barlu : bateau
baron : compère (de camelot)
barouf : bruit (chabannais, raffut, ramdam, viorne)
barrer (se) : partir (se bouger, se casser, décambuter, s'esbigner, foutre le camp, jouer cassos, se natchaver, se tirer, se trisser, mettre les bouts, mettre les adjas)
bascule à charlot : guillotine (massicot)
bastos : balle (arme à feu) (dragée, olive, praline, prune, quetsche)
battant : coeur (palpitant)
battoir : main (louche, manette, pogne)
battre à niort : nier
battre (en avoir rien à) : indifférent (être) : s'en balancer, en avoir rien à cirer, à secouer..., s'en battre l'oeil, s'en tamponner, s'en taper
bavard : avocat (débarbot)
baveux : journal (canard)
becquetance : nourriture (bouffe, bouffement, boustifaille, briffe, croque, graille, jaffe, tambouille (cuisine), tortore)
becqueter : manger (bouffer, boulotter, briffer, casser la croûte, casser la graine, claper, croûter, galimafrer, grailler, jaffer, mastéguer)
bédoler : déféquer (caguer, couler un bronze, dépoter)
bénard, bénouze : pantalon (falzar, froc, futal, grimpant)
bénef : bénéfice
bergère : épouse (bourgeoise, brancard, régulière)
berlingue : pucelage
berlurer : duper
berzingue (à tout) : sans arrêt
beurré(e) : ivre (pété(e), pionardé(e), schlass)
bézef : beaucoup (lerche)
bicoque : maison
bide : échec (foirade)
bide, bidon : ventre (baquet, buffet, burlingue, placard)
bidon : faux + problème personnel
bieurler : crier
bignole : concierge (pipelet(te))
bigophone, biniou : téléphone (grelot, passe-sirop, tube, turlu)
bigophoner : téléphoner (grelotter, tuber)
bigorner (se) : se bagarrer (se castagner, se foutre une peignée)
biller : cogner
billet de parterre : chute (gadin, gamelle)
biroute, bite, bitoune : sexe masculin (braque, chibre, noeud, paf, polduk, zob)
bitos : chapeau (bada, galure, galurin)
blaire : nez (pif, tarbouif, tarin)
blanche : cocaïne (coco, farine, neige)
blaud : totalité
blaze : nom (centre)
blé : argent (artiche, auber, flouze, fraîche, fric, grisbi, oseille, osier, pépètes, pognon, tune)
bocal : crâne (cafetière, calebasse, cigare, coiffe, coloquinte, corgnolon, rotonde, théière)
boîte : lycée (bahut)
bol : chance (baraka, pot)
bonnard : bon
bonnir : raconter (déballer, dégoiser, tartiner)
borniquer : être dans l'obscurité
bouc : menton
boudin : pneu
bouffe, bouffement : nourriture (becquetance, boustifaille, briffe, croque, graille, jaffe, tambouille (cuisine), tortore)
bouffer : manger (becqueter, boulotter, briffer, casser la croûte, casser la graine, claper, croûter, galimafrer, grailler, jaffer, mastéguer
bouger (se) : partir (se barrer, se casser, décambuter, s'esbigner, foutre le camp, jouer cassos, se natchaver, se tirer, se trisser, mettre les bouts, mettre les adjas)
bouif : cordonnier
bouillave : copulation (baise, brosse, radada)
bouillaver : copuler (baiser, brosser, limer, loncher)
boulotter : manger (becqueter, bouffer, briffer, casser la croûte, casser la graine, claper, galimafrer, grailler, jaffer, mastéguer)
bourdille : policier (archer, condé, drauper, flic, matuche, pandore, perdreau, poulardin, pouleman, poulet)
bourgeoise : épouse (bergère, brancard, régulière)
bourre-pif : coup de poing (atout, châtaigne, chtar, gnon, marron, pain, parpaing, taquet)
bourrer le mou : mentir (chambrer)
bourrin : cheval (canasson, gaye)
bouseux : paysan (nabus, péquenot, plouc)
boustifaille : nourriture (becquetance, bouffe, bouffement, briffe, croque, graille, jaffe, tambouille (cuisine), tortore)
bouts (mettre les) : partir (se barrer, se bouger, se casser, décambuter, s'esbigner, foutre le camp, jouer cassos, se natchaver, se tirer, se trisser, mettre les adjas)
brancard : épouse (bergère, bourgeoise, régulière) + époux
branque : homme (péjoratif) (cave, gland, hottu, lavedu, pégreleu)
braque : sexe masculin (biroute, bite, bitoune, chibre, noeud, paf, polduk, zob) + fou (louf, maboule)
braquer : faire un hold-up (attaque à main armée)
braquage : attaque à main armée
brème : carte à jouer
briffe : nourriture (becquetance, bouffe, bouffement, boustifaille, croque, graille, jaffe, tambouille (cuisine), tortore)
briffer : manger (becqueter, bouffer, boulotter, casser la croûte, casser la graine, claper, croûter, croûter, galimafrer, grailler, jaffer, mastéguer)
brignolet, brutal : pain
bronze (couler un) : déféquer (bédoler, caguer, dépoter)
broque, broquille : minute
brosse : copulation (baise, bouillave, radada)
brosser : copuler (baiser, bouillaver, limer, loncher)
buffet : ventre (baquet, bide, bidon, burlingue, placard)
bulbe : cerveau
burette, burne : testicule (claoui, joyeuse, roupette, rouston, valseuse)
burlingue : bureau + ventre (baquet, bide, bidon, buffet, placard)
buter : tuer (crounir, dégommer, descendre, dessouder, effacer, mataver, repasser, scrafer)


cabane : prison (ballon, chetard, gnouf, placard, taule)
cadènes : menottes (police) (poussettes)
cador : chien (clébart, clebs (de kleb, pluriel de kelb=chien, en arabe)) + champion (épée)
cafetière : crâne (bocal, calebasse, cigare, coiffe, coloquinte, corgnolon, rotonde, théière)
cage à miel : oreille (baffle, esgourde, étagère à crayon, à mégot..., éventail à moustiques, feuille, manette, portugaise, trompe d'Eustache)
cage à soufflets : côtes (cerceaux)
cagouinsses : WC (chiches, chichemanes, chiottes, gogues, tartisses)
caguer : déféquer (bédoler, couler un bronze, dépoter)
caisse : automobile (bagnole, bahut, calèche, chignole, gamelle, guinde, os, tire, tombereau)
calbard, calbute : caleçon (calcif) + slip (homme) (kangourou, slibard)
calbombe : lampe
calebasse : crâne (bocal, cigare, coiffe, coloquinte, corgnolon, rotonde)
calcif : caleçon (calbard, calbute)
calèche : automobile (bagnole, bahut, caisse, chignole, gamelle, guinde, os, tire, tombereau)
calencher : mourir (canner, claboter, clamser, claquer, passer l'arme à gauche)
calfouette : caleçon (calbard, calbute, calcif)
cambrousse : campagne (parpagne)
came : drogue (dope, chnouf ou schnouffe, stup)
camé : drogué (chargé)
camp (foutre le) : partir (se barrer, se casser, décambuter, s'esbigner, jouer cassos, se bouger, se natchaver, se tirer, se trisser, mettre les bouts, mettre les adjas)
canard : journal (baveux)
canasson : cheval (bourrin, gaye)
canne : jambe (échasse, fumeron, gambette, guibole, guitare)
canner : mourir (calencher, claboter, clamser, claquer, passer l'arme à gauche)
caoua : café (boisson)
carante : table
carmer : payer (banquer, casquer, cigler, douiller, raquer)
caroube, carouble : clé (chiave)
carreau : oeil (châsse, gobille, lampion, loto, robert, wonder)
carrée : chambre (piaule)
casba : logement (crèche, taule)
casquer : payer (banquer, carmer, cigler, douiller, raquer)
casse : cambriolage
casse-dalle : casse-croûte
casser : cambrioler
casser (se) : partir (se barrer, se bouger, décambuter, s'esbigner, foutre le camp, jouer cassos, se natchaver, se tirer, se trisser, mettre les bouts, mettre les adjas)
casser la cabane à... : ruiner les efforts de...
casser la croûte, la graine : manger (becqueter, bouffer, boulotter, briffer, claper, croûter, galimafrer, grailler, jaffer, mastéguer)
casser (se) la gueule, la tronche, la hure... : tomber (se fraiser, se gauffrer)
cassos (jouer) : partir (se barrer, se bouger, se casser, décambuter, s'esbigner, foutre le camp, se natchaver, se tirer, se trisser, mettre les bouts, mettre les adjas)
castagne : bagarre (peignée, rebecca, rififi, suif)
castagner (se) : se bagarrer (se bigorner, se foutre une peignée)
cave : homme (péjoratif) (branque, gland, hottu, lavedu, pégreleu)
cécolle, cégnace, cézigue : lui
centre : nom (blaze)
cerceaux : côtes (cage à soufflets)
ceuss (les) : ceux
chabannais : bruit (barouf, raffut, ramdam, viorne)
chaglate, chatte : sexe féminin (babasse, cramouille, frifri, moniche, moule)
chaille : dent (croc, domino, ratiche)
chambrer : mentir (bourrer le mou)
chargé : drogué (camé)
charres : mensonges (giries)
châsse : oeil (carreau, gobille, lampion, loto, robert, wonder)
châtaigne : coup de poing (atout, bourre-pif, chtar, gnon, marron, pain, parpaing, taquet)
chateau-la-pompe : eau du robinet
chetard : prison (ballon, cabane, gnouf, placard, taule)
chialer : pleurer (chougner)
chiare : enfant (gnard, morbach, morpion, moujingue, moufflet)
chiave : clé (caroube, carouble)
chiches, chichemanes, chiottes : WC (cagouinsses, chiottes, gogues, tartisses)
chignole : automobile (bagnole, bahut, caisse, calèche, gamelle, guinde, os, tire, tombereau)
chnouf (ou schnouff): drogue (came, dope, stup)
chocottes : peur (copeaux, flubes, foies, pétoche, traczir, trouille, trouillomètre à zéro)
chômedu : chômage
choucard(e) : joli(e)
chouf, chou-fleur : cancer
chougner : pleurer (chialer)
chouraver : voler (engourdir, tirer)
chtar : coup de poing (atout, bourre-pif, châtaigne, gnon, marron, pain, parpaing, taquet)
cibiche : cigarette (clope, cousue, tige)
cigare : crâne (bocal, cafetière, calebasse, coiffe, coloquinte, corgnolon, rotonde, théière)
cigler : payer (banquer, carmer, casquer, douiller, raquer)
cigogner : briser
cirage (dans le) : évanoui (dans le coltar, envapé, dans le sirop)
cirer (en avoir rien à) : être indifférent (s'en balancer, en avoir rien à battre, à secouer..., s'en battre l'oeil, s'en tamponner, s'en taper)
claboter, clamser : mourir (calencher, canner, claquer, passer l'arme à gauche)
claoui : testicule (burette, burne, joyeuse, roupette, rouston, valseuse)
clape, clapoir : bouche (margoule)
claper : manger (becqueter, bouffer, boulotter, briffer, casser la croûte, casser la graine, croûter, galimafrer, grailler, jaffer, mastéguer)
claquer : mourir (calencher, canner, claboter, clamser, passer l'arme à gauche)
clavier : denture (jeu de domino)
clébart, clebs (de kleb, pluriel de kelb=chien, en arabe) : chien (cador)
clille : client
clope : cigarette (cibiche, cousue, tige)
cloque (en) : enceinte
cloquer : donner (abouler, refiler)
coco : cocaïne (blanche, farine, neige) + essence (tisane)
cocotter : puer (dauber, fouetter, repousser, schlinguer)
coiffe, coloquinte : crâne (bocal, cafetière, calebasse, cigare, corgnolon, rotonde, théière)
coltiner : porter
commak : comme ça
coltar (dans le) : évanoui (dans le cirage, envapé, dans le sirop) + mal à l'aise (à côté de ses pompes)
condé : passe-droit (administration, police) + policier (archer, bourdille, drauper, flic, matuche, pandore, perdreau, poulardin, pouleman, poulet)
contre-carre : adultère
copeaux : peur (chocottes, flubes, foies, pétoche, traczir, trouille, trouillomètre à zéro)
corgnolon : crâne (bocal, cafetière, calebasse, cigare, coiffe, coloquinte, rotonde, théière)
cousue : cigarette (cibiche, clope, tige)
cracra, crade, crado, craspect, craspouille : sale
cramouille : sexe féminin (babasse, chaglatte, chatte, frifri, moniche, moule)
crapaud : portefeuille (larfeuille, larfouillet)
crasseux : peigne
cravetouze : cravate (étrangleuse)
crèche : logement (casba, taule)
crècher : habiter (pioger)
crins : cheveux (douilles, tifs)
croc : dent (chaille, domino, ratiche)
crocs (avoir les) : avoir faim (avoir la dalle, la dent, crever la dalle, la sauter)
croque : nourriture (becquetance, bouffe, bouffement, boustifaille, briffe, graille, jaffe, tambouille (cuisine), tortore)
croum (à) : à crédit
crounir : tuer (buter, dégommer, descendre, dessouder, effacer, mataver, repasser, scrafer)
croûter : manger (becqueter, bouffer, boulotter, briffer, casser la croûte, casser la graine, claper, galimafrer, grailler, jaffer, mastéguer)
cuiter (se) : se saoûler (se noircir, se pionarder, prendre une mufflée, se ramasser une malle)
culbuter : copuler avec... (s'agissant d'un homme) (embourber, embroquer, mettre, pointer, sabrer, sauter, tirer, tringler, verger)
cure-dents : couteau (eustache, lingue, navaja, rapière, saccagne, schlass, surin, ya)

airhead: stupid person.
"Believe it or not, Dave can sometimes act like an airhead!"
amigo: friend (from Spanish).
"I met many amigos at Dave's ESL Cafe."
ammunition: toilet paper.
"Help! We're completely out of ammunition!"
antifreeze: alcohol.
"I'm going to need a lot of antifreeze tonight!"
armpit: dirty, unappealing place.
"This cheap motel is an absolute armpit!"
ass [offensive] (1): backside.
"I fell on my ass on the ski slopes."
ass (2): an unworthy and hated person.
"I cannot be friends when you act like an ass."
awesome: great and impressive.
"Dave's ESL Cafe is truly awesome!"
baby boomer: a person born from the end of the Second World War until the early 1960s.
"Dave Sperling was born in 1961, so he's considered a baby boomer."
ball (1): a fun time.
"I really had a ball in Dave's ESL class." ball [offensive] (2): a testicle.
"After getting kicked in the balls, his voice seemed much higher."
bang (1): a very powerful thing.
"Disneyland is really a bang!"
bang (2): a powerful effect.
"Japanese sake really has a bang!"
barf (1): vomit.
"My dog barfed all over the carpet."
barf (2): vomit.
"Don't step on the barf!"
barf-out: a displeasing person or affair.
"That restaurant was a real barf-out."
bazillion: an infinite number of something.
"Has Dennis really taught a bazillion students?"
B-ball: basketball.
"Do you wanna play b-ball with me?"
beans: money.
"I've worked for this company for ten years, but I still don't have beans."
beat: tired.
"I'm really beat because I was awake all night."
beemer: a BMW.
"He wants to buy a beemer when he makes more money."
biggie: something important.
"I was hoping to get my homework completed, but it's no biggie. "
biker: a motorcycle rider.
"Dave used to be a biker until he got into a serious motorcycle accident."
bitch [offensive] (1): a very unpleasant woman.
"My boss can be such a bitch sometimes."
bitch [offensive] (2): complain.
"Stop bitching and finish your homework!"
bitchy [offensive]: moody.
"I like my friend Steve, even though he can be really bitchy."
catch some rays: get some sunshine.
"Let's go to the beach and catch some rays."
cheesy: cheap; outmoded.
"Why are you wearing such cheesy clothes?"
chicken: coward.
"Don't be such a chicken!"
cool: excellent; superb.
"Dave's ESL Cafe is totally cool!"
cooler, the: jail.
"If you drink and drive, you'll end up spending time in the cooler."
couch potato: a person who watches too much television.
"Why did I have to marry such a couch potato?"
crap [offensive] (1): something worthless.
"My furniture is a bunch of cheap crap."
crap [offensive] (2): excrement.
"Yuck! I stepped on dog crap!"
crap [offensive] (3): falsehoods and lies.
"I've had enough of your crap."

deck: to hit someone.
"His wife almost decked him when he returned home with lipstick on his shirt."
dicey: unpredictable; risky.
"Gambling is a dicey occupation."
dinero: money (from Spanish).
"I wish I had more dinero!"
dirt: extremely bad person.
"My ex-boyfriend was dirt."
dirty: offensive; pornographic.
"Stop looking at the pictures in that dirty magazine!"
dorky: strange; peculiar.
"If you keep acting so dorky, you'll never get a girlfriend!"
dude: a male.
"That's really cool, dude!"
dynamite: powerful; excellent.
"Dave gave a dynamite presentation."
dinosaur: something old fashioned or out of date.
"I'd love to surf the Net, but unfortunately my computer is a dinosaur."
el cheapo: something cheap.
"Since I don't make much money, I always purchase the el cheapo brand."
evil: great; excellent.
"Your car is really evil!"
eyeball: to stare long and hard at someone or something.
"Dave eyeballed his daughter's new boyfriend."
eyepopper: something or someone visibly astounding.
"Wow, that girl is truly an eyepopper!"

fab: fabulous.
"Dave's ESL Cafe is really fab!"
face-off: confrontation.
"I think it's time we had a face-off."
fart [offensive]: to expel intestinal gas.
"It's embarrassing to fart on the first date."
fender-bender: small accident.
"This morning I had a fender-bender on the Ventura Freeway."
flaky: unpredictable.
"I waited four hours for my flaky friend to show up."
flashback: sudden memory.
"In Little Tokyo I had a flashback to my days living in Japan."
flick: movie.
"Let's go out tonight and watch a flick."
fox: attractive, alluring person.
"Is it true that Dave is a fox?"
freebie: something that does not cost money.
"My trip to New York was a freebie."
French kiss [possibly offensive]: kissing with the tongue.
"Dave's dog is always trying to French kiss him!"
geek: someone who works too hard, is more intelligent than usual, and is slightly unattractive.
"Bill Gates is kind of a geek."
get it: to understand something.
"Sorry, but I just don't get it."
get naked [possibly offensive]: to completely relax and have a good time.
"Let's get naked tonight!"
glitch: flaw.
"There must be a glitch in this softwware."
go bananas: go slightly mad.
"This project is causing me to go bananas!"
gomer: a dumb person.
"Stop acting like a gomer!"
goof (1): a silly and foolish person.
"What a goof you are!"
goof (2): make a mistake.
I really goofed on the test today."
goof off (1): waste time.
"Stop goofing off and help me clean the house!"
goof-off (2): someone who wastes time and isn't serious.
"A goof-off never does well in school"
goof up: make a mistake.
"Oh no! I really goofed up!"
goofy: silly.
"Kids always make me feel goofy!"
grabbers: hands.
"Have you washed your grabbers, Benjamin?"
grand: one thousand dollars.
"He's making over a hundred grand a year!"
grass: marijuana.
"Have you ever smoked grass?"
grub: food.
"Where's the grub?!"
grubby: not clean.
"I always feel grubby in the morning."
grungy: unclean and stinky.
"Grungy people are not allowed in Dave's house!"
gut: a person's stomach; belly.
"Dave is getting a big gut because he loves chocolate ice cream and beer!"
guts (1): courage.
"It took a lot of guts to ask his boss for a raise."
guts (2): the nature of something.
"Let's get to the guts of Dave Sperling!"
hairy: difficult; dangerous.
"The steep and windy road was really hairy."
hang a left: make a left turn.
"Hang a left at the next corner."
hang a right: make a right turn.
"Hang a right at the next corner."
head: toilet.
"I really need to use the head!"
hep: sensible; informed.
"She's a really hep student."
hickey: a love bite on the skin.
"Wow! Is that a hickey on your neck?"
hip: sensible; informed.
"He really tries hard to be hip."
hooker [possibly offensive]: prostitute.
"You'll find a lot of hookers in the red light district."
horny [possibly offensive]: sexually stimulated; in the mood for sex.
"Red wine seems to make my boyfriend horny. "
hot (1): popular.
"Brad Pitt is really hot now."
hot (2): sexy.
"Wow! Cindy Crawford is really hot!"
humungous: really big.
"American supermarkets are humungous."
hungries, to have: be hungry.
"I don't know about you, but I've got the hungries."
hyper: overly excited.
"Children often get hyper when they are tired."

icky: unpleasant.
"The food is really icky in the school cafeteria."
I.D.: identification.
"If you want to order a beer, you'll need your I.D."
I'm outta here: I'm leaving; I'm departing.
"Sorry, but I'm outta here, dude."
in: fashionable.
"Ray-Ban sunglasses are really in now."
ivories: teeth.
"Tom Cruise has really beautiful ivories."

jack around [possibly offensive]: waste time.
"Will you please stop jacking around?"
jam, in a (1): trouble.
"If you're in a jam, I promise to help you."
jam (2): improvise (musically).
"I'd love to jam with Bon Jovi!"
jamming, to be : going well.
"Dave's ESL Cafe is really jamming!"
jerk: stupid or annoying person.
"How could you go out with such a jerk?"
jillion: an immense number.
"Do you really have a jillion problems?"
jock: someone good at sports.
"I've never been much of a jock."
john: toilet.
"Where's the john?"

K (k): a thousand.
"I could retire with 100 K (k)!"
kick back: relax and enjoy.
"I wish I could kick back at the beach today."
kick off: die.
"My dog finally kicked off."
killer: something exceptional or great.
"Wow, your boyfriend is killer!"
knock: condemn.
"Don't knock it unless you've tried it."
knockout: beautiful woman; handsome man.
"Benjamin is already a knockout!"
kook: peculiar person.
"Stop acting like a kook!"


laid back: relaxed; calm.
"I always feel laid back at the beach."
lame: incompetent.
"Dave is really lame when is comes to fixing his car."
lip: cheeky talk.
"My students are always giving me lip!"
loser: a bungling and worthless person.
"Why are you dating such a loser?"
love handles: excess fat around the waist.
"Is it possible for Dave to lose his love handles?"
luck out: to be lucky or fortunate.
"You really luck out by visiting Dave's ESL Cafe!"

make waves: cause problems.
"Teachers don't like students to make waves."
max, to the : maximum.
"I'm happy to the max."
mega: big.
"American restaurants serve mega portions of food."
megabucks: a large amount of money.
"It takes megabucks to live in Japan."
mellow: relaxed.
"I'm feeling very mellow this evening."
mickey-mouse: unimportant; time-wasting.
"I'm sick of this mickey-mouse job."
monkey bite: a kiss that leaves a mark on the skin.
"I don't want any monkey bites tonight, okay?"
munch out: to eat voraciously.
"Let's munch out on a large pizza!"


nada: nothing (from Spanish).
"I know nada about politics."
neat: cool; great.
"Isn't my new car neat?"
noid: someone that's paranoid.
"Why are you so noid?"
nuke (1): nuclear weapon.
"This world had too many nukes."
nuke (2): destroy; delete.
"Sorry, but I accidentally nuked your e-mail message."
nuke (3): cook something in the microwave oven.
"Can you nuke this frozen pizza for me?"
nut (1): odd or crazy person.
"Why are you always acting like a nut?"
nut (2): someone passionate about something.
"I'm a nut about computers."
nuts [offensive]: testicles.
"Don't ever kick me in the nuts."

okay: decent.
"My boss is an okay person."
OK: decent.
"Dave is an okay person."


pad: someone's home.
"Can I sleep at your pad tonight?"
party: celebrate.
"Let's party tonight!"
party animal: someone that loves parties.
"Dave has been known to sometimes be a party animal."
paws: hands.
"Get your paws off me!"
peanuts: very little money.
"I love my job, but the pay is peanuts."
pee: to urinate.
"I always have to pee after drinking beer."
pickled: drunk.
"He got pickled on vodka."
pig out: eat too much.
"Dave is famous for pigging out on chocolate ice cream."
piss: to urinate.
"My dog pissed on me!"
pissed (off): angry; upset.
"I'm really pissed (off) at you."
plastered: drunk.
"Why does he always get plastered?"
pad: someone's home.
"Can I sleep at your pad tonight?"
poop, the (1): knowledge; information.
"What's the poop on Michael Jackson?"
poop [offensive] (2): defecation; shit.
"Be careful not to step on dog poop."
poop out: get tired and quit.
"I got pooped out after spending eight hours at Disneyland."
pot (1): toilet.
"Who's on the pot?"
pot (2): marijuana.
"It's easy to buy pot in the big city."
pro: someone who's good at something; professional.
"She's really a pro at golf."
psycho: crazy person.
"Stay away from that psycho!"
puke: vomit.
"Alcohol makes some people puke."
pumped (up): excited.
"I'm really pumped (up) about Dave's ESL Cafe!"
puss: the face.
"My girlfriend slapped me right on the puss."

quarterback: leader.
"Dave is the quarterback of Dave's ESL Cafe."
quick and dirty: done fast, but not well.
"The mechanic did a quick and dirty repair on my car."

racket (1): noise.
"Small kids can make a lot of racket."
racket (2): something that's dishonest or deceptive.
"The Tobacco Industry is quite a racket."
racket (3): an occupation.
"I've been in the ESL racket for fourteen years."
rank: give someone a difficult time.
"She's always ranking her teacher."
rat: a despicable person.
"I thought I loved you, but now I know you're really a rat."
razz: annoy someone.
"Will you please stop razzing me?"
rear (end): buttocks.
"Dave fell on his rear (end)."
riot, a : something or someone very funny.
"Jim Carrey is a riot!"
rip off (1): stealing.
"Someone ripped off my car."
rip off (2): fraud.
"I paid $10,000 for my computer. What a rip off!"
rocking: great; excellent.
"Dave's ESL class is really rocking!"
rubbish: nonsense; not true.
"That rumor is a bunch of rubbish."
rug rat: a child.
"Dave has a couple of rug rats at home."
runs, the: diarrhea.
"Oh no! I've got the runs!"

scarf: to eat.
"I can easily scarf an entire banana split."
screw up: to make a mistake.
"I screwed up on the driving test, so I didn't pass."
screw-up: a person who makes a mistake.
"Why are you such a screw-up?"
scum: a despicable individual.
"Don't hang around with that kind of scum."
shades: sunglasses.
"Those are really cool shades!"
shoot some hoops: play basketball.
"Let's shoot some hoops!"
silks: clothing.
"Those are really awesome silks!"
smarts: intelligence.
"It takes a lot of smarts to become a doctor."
smurfbrain: a dumb or stupid person.
"Stop acting like a smurfbrain!"
snookered: cheated.
"I got snookered into buying swamp land in Florida."
sofa spud: a person who watches too much television.
"I'm usually a sofa spud on Sunday."
solid (1): really good; cool.
"Dave's ESL Cafe is totally solid!"
solid (2): consecutive.
"It's been raining for seven solid days."
specs: eyeglasses.
"I didn't know that you wore specs."
split: to leave.
"Let's split from here now."
spunk: spirit.
"She might be small, but she's got a lot of spunk."
stoned (out): drunk from drugs or alcohol.
"I'm really stoned (out), dude!"
street smart: knowledgeable about city life.
"Since Dave is from Los Angeles, he's very street smart."
suck: to be bad and unacceptable.
"That song really sucks!"

technicolor yawn, to do a : vomit.
"My dog just did a technicolor yawn all over the carpet!"
thou: thousand.
"I need to borrow a hundred thou."
threads: clothing.
"My wife spent $900 on new threads."
ticker (1): the heart.
"My grandfather has a bad ticker."
ticker (2): a watch.
"Wow! That's a really cool ticker!"
tints: sunglasses.
"You have to wear tints in California."
totally: really; completely.
"That's totally awesome, dude!"
to the max: maximum.
"I studied to the max."
turkey (1): failure; flop.
"Thank goodness that Dave's ESL Cafe is not a turkey!"
turkey (2): dumb person.
"Turkeys are not allowed to work for this company."
turn-off: something that repulses a person.
"Bad breath is a real turn-off."

umpteen: many; countless.
"I've asked you umpteen times to show me the money!"
unlax: relax.
"Dave needs to definitely unlax with his family."
upchuck: vomit.
"She got sick and upchucked three times."
uptight: nervous; anxious.
"Why are you so uptight?"

vanilla (1): plain.
"She drives a vanilla car."
vanilla (2): Caucasian.
"The Midwest is too vanilla for me."

wad: roll of money.
"It's dangerous to carry a big wad in your pocket."
wasted: killed.
"A lot of people get wasted in the streets of New York."
wheels: car; motorcycle.
"If you want to live in Los Angeles, you've got to get some wheels"
whitebread: plain; boring.
"Dave's ESL Cafe is definitely not whitebread!"
whiz (1): someone who shows a special talent for something.
"Einstein was a whiz in Physics."
whiz [offensive] (2): to urinate.
"I really have to take a whiz."
wimpy: weak.
"Don't be so wimpy!"
winks, get some: sleep.
"I really need to get some winks"
wrongo: wrong.
"That is totally wrongo!"

yank (1): bother; harass.
"Stop yanking me, okay?"
Yank (2): a Yankee; an American.
"Dave is a Yank."

zero: an unimportant person.
"If you don't work hard, you'll end up a zero."
zip (1): nothing.
"I don't know zip about you."
zip (2): energy; vigor.
"I need something that will give me more zip. "
zit: pimple; acne.
"Teens often have a lot of zits."