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Letter A
24/7
| Spell | twenty-four-seven |
| Appropriate | any |
| Meaning | All the time |
| Examples | The store is open 24/7 |
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THE 5-0
| Spell | the five-o |
| Appropriate | any |
| Meaning | police |
| Examples | I can see the 5-0 down the street, talking ti someone |
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ADORKABLE
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| Appropriate | any |
| Meaning | geeky/dorky and cute |
| Examples | You look so adorkable when you wear your glasses |
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AFTERPARTY
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| Appropriate | any |
| Meaning | a smaller, more party happens after the main party |
| Examples | He is too dunk to go to the afterparty |
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A-GAME
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| Appropriate | any |
| Meaning | your best performance |
| Examples | I did terrible today .. Definitely did not bring my A-game |
| Notes | B-game, C-game, etc. |
AIGHT
| Spell | EYE+T |
| Appropriate | any |
| Meaning | allright, all right, okay |
| Examples | Call me if you want to come with. AIGHT? |
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AN ALL NIGHTER
| Spell | spells like ‘d’ nigh_d_e |
| Appropriate | any |
| Meaning | to stay up all night and not sleep, not fo to bed |
| Examples | Lets study now, so we do not have to pull an all nighter tomorrow |
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AN ANKLE BITER
| Spell | |
| Appropriate | any |
| Meaning | a baby or child a rugrat |
| Examples | How are you and the ankle biters? There is always possibility of having a few rugrats in the future |
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TO BE/FEEL ANTSY
| Spell | AN(t)SY |
| Appropriate | any |
| Meaning | anxious, exited, fidgety, nervous |
| Examples | I am so antsy because my new computer arriving today. I am so antsy for the game to start. I am to antsy to sit still |
| Notes | Comes from insect an ant - always moving and do ing stuff. To have ants in your pants |
TO BE/GO APESHIT
| Spell | |
| Appropriate | ‘shit’ offends some people |
| Meaning | to be/go crazy, to lose your control |
| Examples | My mom went apeshit after she found my stash of weed. I am going to go apeshit if you do not shut up! |
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AN ASS; ANN ASSHAT; AN ASSHOLE; AN ASSWIPE
| Spell | |
| Appropriate | used as an insult, offensive and vulgar |
| Meaning | a jerk, to tell someone off |
| Examples | Your nw friend is an asshole he treats everyone like garbage. |
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ATTENTION WHORE
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| Appropriate | used as an insult, offensive |
| Meaning | someone who craves, desires, needs attention from others |
| Examples | He was really acting like an attention whore. |
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AWESOME SAUCE
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| Appropriate | any |
| Meaning | super awesome, the best |
| Examples | How was your weekend? It was awesome sauce. |
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TO BE AWOL
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| Appropriate | any |
| Meaning | missing or gone without permission. Absent Without Official Leave |
| Examples | So you better not be AWOL |
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Letter B
A BABY BUMP
| Spell | |
| Appropriate | any |
| Meaning | 1)a larger belly because of pregnancy 2) to simply have a large belly, gaining weight |
| Examples | Hey! Quite the baby bump you got there. ha ha. |
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A BADASS
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| Appropriate | ‘ass’ might offend soe people |
| Meaning | someone who does whatever they want, uncompromising, might be intimidating because of these characteristics; seen as cool |
| Examples | This game is so badass, it is going to be game of the year for sure |
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BAE, BOO, BABY
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| Appropriate | any |
| Meaning | boyfriend or girlfriend |
| Examples | |
| Notes | BAE, BOO - caribbean or afro |
TO BAIL
| Spell | |
| Appropriate | any |
| Meaning | 1)To leave quickly, abruptly, without warning; 2) to not show up, not attend as expected |
| Examples | He bailed out on me! |
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NOT HAVE THE BALLS
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| Appropriate | can offend, use with friends |
| Meaning | to not have the courage, commitment, determination |
| Examples | Who here has no balls to challenge authority |
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BALLS
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| Appropriate | use with friends |
| Meaning | testicles, boys, junk |
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TO GO BANANAS
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| Appropriate | any |
| Meaning | to go (become) crazy |
| Examples | That game was bananas. |
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BALLER/BALLING
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| Appropriate | any |
| Meaning | awesome, cool |
| Examples | This is the least balling game I’ve played. |
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TO BANG
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| Appropriate | seen as being dirty |
| Meaning | to have sex, to screw, fuck |
| Examples | When is the first time you ever banged someone? |
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TO BE BANGING
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| Appropriate | can be seen as being rude, dirty |
| Meaning | hit, attractive, good looking |
| Examples | Damn girl you look banging in that dress. |
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THE BASES: FIRST, SECOND, THIRD .. HOME RUN
| Spell | |
| Appropriate | use with friends |
| Meaning | to describe what you did physically/sexually with someone. First base=kiss; Second=fill someone up, above belt; Third=below belt |
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TO BE BASIC
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| Appropriate | any |
| Meaning | to be boring, dull, uninteresting, vanilla |
| Examples | That movie looks really basic |
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BATSHIT CRAZY
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| Appropriate | use with friends |
| Meaning | to go really crazy, to be insane |
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TO BE BEAT
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| Appropriate | any |
| Meaning | to be physically exhausted, really tired |
| Examples | I am just beat from work |
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TO BEAT SOMEONE/ TO BE BEATEN
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| Appropriate | any |
| Meaning | to defeat someone, win against |
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TO BEAT YOUR MEAT
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| Appropriate | very vulgar and dirty |
| Meaning | to masturbate, jerk off |
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BEER ME(HER/HIM)
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| Appropriate | any |
| Meaning | command for someone to give someone else a beer |
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NO BIGGIE
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| Appropriate | any |
| Meaning | no problem, don’t worry about it, whatever |
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A BIT
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| Appropriate | any |
| Meaning | a small amount |
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| Appropriate | any |
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Letter C
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| Appropriate | any |
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| Appropriate | any |
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| Appropriate | any |
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