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2020 Slangy Expressions

Popular Slangy Expressions Today

When you study a foreign language, one of the most challenging things is to know and tell the phrases or expressions that are most up-to-date from the ones that have become outdated or even archaic. Let us go over some slangy expressions that are currently in today.

 


   1.   to be apocalypsing: to treat every single relationship just as if it were one’s last (or final in this world) and get very serious with someone he/she just started to see

 

   2.   to cap: to tell a lie (used as a verb or a noun) No cap!= No lies!

 

   3.   fit: meaning ‘outfit’/ ‘clothes’ (The “out” was hastily removed at some point, for reasons that remain somewhat unclear)

 

   4.   basic: an insult describing someone or something that is boring and just goes with the flow rather than makes his/her own decisions or develops his/her own taste

   

   5.  Ok, boomer!: The cheeky "OK boomer" response has become a rallying call for millennials and other younger generations across the world when they are dismissing older generations. *Warning: Don't use that phrase to your boss or higherups at work. LOL

 

   6.   tea: gossip/ hot news circulating in town

 

   7.   What’s good: meaning “What’s up?”/ “What’s Gucci?”/”How’re you doin’?”

 

   8.   to bail: to fail to meet a commitment/ to cancel or ditch a plan

 

   9.   snatched: adjective meaning ‘Cool!’, ‘Very good!’

 

   10. a third wheel: Someone who is not needed or wanted in a situation, typically with a romantic couple

 

Time to put the above into practice in sentences!

   1.  OMG! How I love your new ashy blonde highlights! That’s ____________!!

 

   2.  Uncle: Hey, Jo, when I was your age, I had to walk all the way to school and back home. It was literally 10 miles in total. Why would you need a car to commute?

   Jo: Ugh, ok, ______________! I’m not living in your primitive ages.

 

   3.  I hate to join that afternoon tea party held by those gossip mongering moms. They meet twice a week just to spill the ___________. Pathetic!

 

 

   4.  A: Sorry, guys, I need to ____________ tonight ‘cause my paper is         due tomorrow.

   B:  Don’t worry about the party. We’re not going to the lame           birthday party. It’s gonna be so ___________ and boring.

 

 

   5.  Luke is such a womanizer who keeps ________________ each time he dates a new girl.

 

   6.  Where did you get that cute ________, Jess? It’s a perfect match      with your purse.

 

   7.  You know who I ran into at the mall yesterday? No _______,  I saw the legendary Michael Jordan!

 

   8.  A: Hey, what’s ________? 

   B: Just doing well. How about yourself?

    

   9.  A: Wanna join us for dinner tonight?

   B: Are you kidding me? I hate being a ____________ wheel! Two’s           company, but three’s a crowd.

 




Answer Keys

    1.  snatched

    2.  boomers

    3.  tea

    4.  bail, basic

    5.  apocalysing

    6.  fit

    7.  cap

    8.  good

    9.  third


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