Here are the words that I talk about in this video: 1. to bail = to leave abruptly 2. to feel blue = to feel sad 3. buck = dollar 4. by the skin of my teeth = just barely 5. creep = strange person 6. stalker = somebody who is constantly following you in a n annoying way 7. coach potato = a lazy person who spends the bulk of their time engaged in things that can be done while sitting on a couch 8. to crash = to fall asleep abruptly 9. down to Earth = and adjective for practicality and lack of pretense 10. for real = a proclamation of honesty 11. cold shoulder = a metaphor for deliberately ignoring someone 12. plead the fifth = references the fifth amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which allows a witness in court to refuse questions on the grounds that they risk self-incrimination 13. screw up = to make a mistake, i.e. mess up 14. sweet = an adjective that describes something that is good, or nice 15. tight = an adjective that describes closeness between competitors, i.e. a tight competition 16. to trash = can be used as an intransitive verb for destruction 17. to wrap up = to finish 18. to hang out = to spend time relaxing 19. wheels = car 20. babe = if you refer to someone as a babe, it means that you think they’re hot and attractive 21. to get busted = to get caught 22. to have a blast = to enjoy doing something 23. epic fail = complete disaster
Hello, Linguamarina. Thank you for this video. I have a blast it but could you please explain more what plead the fifth is and give me an example. Once again thank you very much :D Have a nice day
I'm a native English speaker and I really didn't realize how much I actually use slang words until I watched this video lmao Edit: Why does this have likes lol
I'm a native teenage English speaker and I use maybe half of these words and not trying to be rude but she is using some of he words in the wrong context- I have never heard someone said "oh, I gotta bail" People usually say "hey I've gotta go" But me and my friend were talking and she said that one of our friends had bailed on us and stopped talking to us. That is how I personally would use it saying that someone has already left.
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There is also "trash talk" and "talking trash" Trash talk is often used in sports when you're trying to verbally intimidate your opponent by saying things to them that are rude or disrespectful. Talking trash is similar and is used when you're being saying really negative things about someone. "I heard you were talking trash about me" means I heard you were saying mean things about me behind my back.
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that's one meaning of slang: everyday(informal) speech. Some of these(e.g. cold shoulder) are idioms & not "lazy speech"(main definition for what's slang) at all, but higher use of language.
She's teaching people things which aren't true. She's wrong in every video she makes. Without exaggeration, she's wrong about 40% of things she tells people. I mean no disrespect to her, but she shouldn't be explaining language if she can't use it properly and knows nothing of what she's saying. People will be so confused if they believe her and then visit an english-speaking country.
As an American, I didn't realize how slang these words and phrases were! :o I use a lot of them all the time without thinking twice -- I hope I haven't confused anyone too much! =( I try to be careful of using too much slang around foreigners, but this showed me how much it's ingrained in my everyday speaking. x_x The only word that might have a slightly different definition (perhaps regionally?) is the "trash" definition. In Colorado, "to trash" usually means "to deliberately vandalize something" (but most people would still understand what someone meant if they were using the word to refer to a car accident). "To trash a car" might mean someone put a bunch of spray paint on a car, keyed a car, slashed the tires, ripped up the seats, etc.. Some mean person was on a mission to deliberately mess up the car rather than there being an accident. :o In Colorado, people usually use the word "totaled" to mean "car accident." So, "I totaled my car" would mean I crashed my car into something and the car needs major repairs. Sometimes I feel really thankful that I grew up learning a lot of slang, because I can only imagine how confusing it must be for those who are learning the language as adults! :o
Yeah, "trashed" can also mean "drunk." ^_^ I forgot about that definition lol! and regarding the totaled thing, I agree that I think the word originated from having a complete "total loss" of a car, but I've been noticing more and more people using the word to mean a "medium/bad car accident" instead of what I tend to imagine a "total loss" might be (or maybe I watch too many action movies lol). I think this shift might be because most people my age drive old cars that aren't valued enough for insurance companies to actually cover any accident repair costs -- so they just pay the value of the car, even for a more minor accident. It would be so much better if insurance companies would pay the cost to *replace* the car. But, they just pay what the car is valued -- and sometimes it's not enough money to buy a used car if the wrecked car is valued low... x_x
Hey fellow Coloradan! (Denver native here ) Regarding your hesitancy to use slang words around foreigners - it's better if you don't hold back. The goal for language learners is to sound as much like a native speaker as possible, and what better way for them to learn than to hear slang words/terms by native speakers in everyday speech 😊 Just my 2 cents
Sameee I'm from America too and I never really thought as these terms as "slang" 😂😂 these are like so normal for me ig u just assumed these are normal for everyone around the world but ig not😂
That's why it's difficult for non native speaker like me to understand what native speakers are saying. Slang words, idioms, phrasal verbs + too fast speaking + connected speech just like hell to my ears
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Hey Sam Graham Cartoons right, thats what i thought after hearing what she said. “going to the cinema” is said more in England, but here in the US we say “going to go see a movie” or “going to the movie theaters” or even “going to the movies”
I really have a blast when seeing this video. American English is the first foreign language i studied, when i was little. Then i started studying British English, i mean how to be more British. Today seeing your video makes me know how i love American accent, thankyou!
I am an author, who writes in English even though I am not a native speaker. I love the American version of it. I have watched tens of videos like these. However, most of the time, they were sad: hard to follow with enthusiasm. The person speaking, so-called teacher, acted like a balloon and it looked like all they wanted was attention on themselves rather than the quality of their message. I am highly impressed by how natural You are while speaking. It was amazing to watch you teach us these phrases! I promise to make a use of them :) Thank you so much. Best, Wiktor S.
Yeah, it's a late 90's slang. You can still hear Marine Corps Drill Instructors using it sarcastically, though. "WE WANNA HAVE OUR HANDS IN OUR POCKETS? TIGHT." Usually followed by horrible punishment. A lot of Marines use it in the Fleet because of this but we use it as much more of a joke.
I started to hear "tight" when I was around 12 in 1998. I think it's a word you learn when you hit that age (at least for me), because all my friends were getting into skating at that age. I stopped using it pretty quickly and didn't really hear anyone using it by the time I was wrapping up college in 2008.
Thank you so much by watching your videos I had a blast .you got me the new vocabularies and as slangs that this help me a lot .I thought watching your videos I'll be get next level up soon.
This is very interesting to know. I'm learning English and all the time I hear american people say many words that doesn't make sense for me because I'm learning the formal words but I never imagined that they make use of slang words in their daily conversation. I just realized that is important to learn slang words this way you can better understand any native English speaker, these are patterns for communicating. Pst: This is the best way I could wrote this comment in my poor English lol
That's a great path to take, but don't overdue it. Using too much slang can be seen as offensive to other groups and very disrespectful in certain situations.
Do NOT listen to her and believe what she says to be true. She is consistently wrong and doesn't listen to the hundreds telling her in every video she creates. Her videos are always, (no exaggeration), with multiple errors, yet she keeps them up, regardless. She knows less than about 95% of native English-speakers. Not be one video is error free, it's madness!
Firstly sorry my English. I wanna say thank you so much. I almost understand every single word which was speak. I'm Turkish but you make me feel like native spearkers. You speak perfecly clear. I wish I speak like you.
Patty CANDLE She was terrible. She doesn't have a good grasp of English. Yet, she's churning out videos. It's a disaster. She's not a reliable source of information.
I'm just gonna touch up (add too) on some of the slang you mentioned because some of them have multiple meaning depending on how it's used. Feeling Blue: It does mean sad, but it can also mean sick. Example: "I'm feeling blue (sick), i'm going to stay in tonight. Down To Earth: Someone who's Down to Earth is typically the type of person that's usually always very calm, relaxed, and down to do anything. Whatever plans you make, he/she will usually agree to join you if you ask, and they rarely say no unless they're busy. They're good people to have around because they almost never bring negativity into anything and are always positive. For Real: For real does mean Honestly, but it can also be used as "really/seriously". For example "I For Real want some ice-cream right now" I Plead The Fifth: You really only use this as slang when you know you did something, but you don't want to directly admit to it but you still kind of want to tell the truth at the same time. You usually say it as a question also. For example: Person A: Did you eat all my ice-cream? Person B: I plead the fifth? Person A: I knew it! You're always eating my stuff. It can also be use as "I'm not telling you" but no one really uses it like too much. Sweet: This as a couple meanings. It does mean nice as in "Aww you're a sweet person", but it also means "that's cool" or just "cool" For Example: Person A: Dude, look at this new car that was just released. Person B: Wow, that's sweet looking. Tight: Tight also has a couple meaning. Tight can be used as "close". Fore example, if someone is driving and they come close to crashing, they might say. "Thank god, that was tight" Tight can also mean cool or good looking. For example: "That new outfit you have is tight(good looking)" or "This new phone feature is tight(cool)". It's also used to describe confined spaces. Tight can also mean close friends. For Example: Person A: "Have you guys been friends for a long time?" Person B: "Yeah, we're tight" Trash: Trash does mean to destroy something. "i trashed my car". It can also used to tell someone they're bad at something. "Dude, you're trash at driving" It can also be used as "that sucks" or "that's stupid" For example: Person A: "Did you hear that you can't plug regular earphones into the new IPHONE" Person B: "For real? That's trash(That's stupid/sucks) Babe: This one is used in a lot of different ways. One way is to describe a woman as attractive. Example: "That girl was a babe" Another way it's used is by close female friends (best friends) referring to each. For Example: Female A: "Hey, how are you?" Female B: "Hey babe! I'm good, how are you?" Another way babe is used is by two partners in a relationship. It's very common here that a boyfriend and girlfriend or whatever will call each other Babe instead of calling each other by their birth names. Another way babe is used is by Mothers calling their daughter and or son babe. A father will only call his daughter babe and partner babe. Example: Mother: "Hey babe what's wrong? Why are you crying" Mother could be talking to her son or daughter Father: "Hey babe what's wrong? Why are you crying" Father only calls daughter and partner babe, not his son. Babe can also be used by an older women talking to someone who's younger. For example: Younger customer: "Hey, can you tell me what isle the tool kits are in?" Older woman at work: "Sure babe, they're right over here:" Babe can also be used by creeps to refer to a female. For example: Creep: "Hey there babe, what're you doing later tonight?" Female: "Nothing that involves you" So yeah, it has quite a lot of meanings. Just gotta be careful how you use it, and pay attention to how it's used towards you. Hope this helped anyone. But just be aware. We have a LOT of slang. And a LOT of those slangs have multiple meanings. Some slang words have a bad and good meaning. For example: "Dummy" Dummy is how some friends refer to each other, but it can also be used as an insult. Example Friend A: "Hey dummy, you coming out tonight" referring to his friend Friend B: "Yeah bro, send me the cords(coordinates)" Example 2: Friend A: "He threw a ball through my window" Friend B: "Yeah, he's a real dummy" used as an insult. Just keep in mind that you might hear things that sound like insults, but really aren't. Us Americans try to replace as much words as we can with slang. So sometimes you might hear sentences that sounds like it made absolutely no sense.
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I m a college potato. I can crash everywhere. So everybody call me " creep". For real I feel blue about that.but now I ignore them on purpose( I give them a cold shoulder)
creep is a word you never want to be called. It usually means that you are a person you shouldnt be around. An example is someone who is a pervert is called a creep
Love this video, but a couple comments: 1. In the video sample for "How's that feel, blue?", he's just cheering against the "blue" team in the blue shirts - it's not related to "feeling blue". 2. "By the skin of my teeth" means (as you correctly said, just barely) but we would never use it in that context ("Did you hurt yourself?"). It's only used when the result is positive, for example, "Did you pass the test? By the skin of my teeth," but never in the negative, such as, "Did you fail the test? By the skin of my teeth."
Babe, is mostly used as a nickname for a girlfriend/wife, it can be used for a random stranger but that is considered rude. wheels I don't hear often, I have heard it but its not something too common here in the midwest, I hear ride alot more, as in "I brought my own ride today." meaning I drove my car today.
mason depends on where you live. In the south people use it loosely at least where I am at, it can mean friend. You can sort of use it interchangeably with hun. Of course it’s more common among older folks.
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Thanks for the video! As a native speaker, it's fun to hear things I've grown up with explained in such basic terms. Just wanna add something in the interest of accuracy. On #3, "by the skin of my teeth," Marina's contextual usage, "I hurt myself by the skin of my teeth" is not correct. "By the skin of my teeth" does mean "just barely" but it's only applicable in specific contexts. Unfortunately, it's hard for me to nail down a type of context where it would work. The best I can think of is that it applies when you "accomplished" something in some way, such as winning a race, getting a job, or even escaping an accident. It's meant to downplay a "victory" of sorts. Therefore, the cinematic example of James Bond passing a test "by the skin of his teeth" does work, but Marina hurting herself "by the skin of her teeth" does not work.
I was “feeling blue” and just being “a couch potato” since I didn’t have “my own wheels”, so I thought I’d “hang out” with RU-vid, and your video “was sweet” and “I had a blast.” 🙂👍
As an american we would say "hangout on RU-vid" rather than with RU-vid because you're on something to do it. Hanging out on the Xbox, hanging out on Netflix. We say with to refer to someone. Hangout with my dog, hangout with my friends, hangout with myself (or by myself) or just simply, hanging out watching RU-vid.
the word “tight” also means closeness between friends in a good way. Like someone you’re really good friends with and spend a lot of time with. For example “yeah me and john are super tight.” I’ve also seen examples of people who used to be enemies that are not enemies anymore using the word tight. For example “yeah me and john used to hate each other but we’re tight now.” this doesn’t necessarily mean they are super good friends but they don’t hate each other anymore.
"Tight" - is typically used when referring to some that is "cool", very rarely tight competition. For instance, if someone was telling you that he scored some tickets to a game/concert, your response could be "tight" meaning that's awesome. Also "scored" in this scenario just means he had the opportunity to receive/purchase them.
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Wait until you go by region slang, depending on what state your from, your slang can be similar or entirely different! It took me years to realize this because my family is from the south, so not all slang is similar to those who live up north or out further west. Since my father is from New York and my mother is from Alabama, I got a mixture of both, but occasionally I throw one out that confuses my friends.
5:15 'Tight' is also (slightly dated) slang meaning cool. It was used in the 90s and 2000s, along with sick which I personally still use. Dope is also used a lot now to mean cool.
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Gamer Revolution yeah not really. Some of the words came from the US, some came from the Bible, and some came from the UK. English speaking countries pretty much share the same slang. American TV has influenced other English speaking countries slang, and British, Australian, and Canadian TV has influenced American slang. By the skin of my teeth came from the Bible. Job 19:20 says My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth." The word the earliest written proof for the word buck came from the US. Conrad Weiser coined the term while traveling through what is now Ohio. He said "while traveling through Indian country I was robbed of 300 bucks."
Whoa people, I just found a word that perfectly suits me "coach potato" - Thanks linguamarina - so sweet! P.S. I'm just lying on the couch on the right side and writing this comment with my left hand 😉
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While "by the skin of my teeth" does mean "just barely" you wouldn't use it like that. Its more like "I missed hitting that care by the skin of my teeth" or "I survived that fall by the skin of my teeth." More like a "near miss" situation.
Hey marina your video helped me alot and I had it blast 😂 ...did I use it correctly ?😂 Honestly you are a good teacher Thank you for all the lessons they do make a difference🙏
