作者序



每一種語言皆有其非正式的通俗用法，英語自然也不例外。無論是從文化或語言的層面，為了能與外籍人士真正的交流溝通，英語學習者應超越課堂上正統英語形式的限制，放眼無垠的俚語和慣用語世界。

英語人士在日常對話、社交場合中都會使用大量的俚語，因而以英語為第二外語的學習者至少要對這些俚語有些概念，知道這些俚語的基本發音。以英語人士的立場來看，若那些英語學習者願意下點功夫學習，以更口語的方式與他們對話，而不光是使用課堂上所學的那些硬繃繃的英語，他們往往會覺得很感激。

俚語是文字的不標準用法，它可能是個新創造的字彙，也可能是從其他語言轉化而來的。它是一種是隨性或幽默的文字，流行的時間不是很長，使用起來會表現出幽默感、不那麼禮貌，或達到引人注目的效果。

俚語往往只在短期流行，個別用語更是很難通過時間的考驗。一個通俗用語會隨另一個用語的興起而退流行。俚語通常是從某個次級團體的專門用語中出現，例如某個種族、職業、以及其他的次文化團體，像是會嗑藥的人、衝浪、滑板和滑雪板的愛好者、音樂家和大學生等等。

在個人所屬的小團體中，用俚語來表達情緒與意見是最簡單的方式，而從各人使用的俚語中，也能區分出他們所屬的社會階級、種族性別。此外俚語也常用來討論一些比較禁忌，像是嗜酒、性器官、性行為和嗑藥等話題。

每一種文化皆有自己的俚語，由一些慣用語和片語所構成，本書出版的目的，即為讀者導覽一些英語中最常見常用的俚語。讀者可以把它當作一本教科書，一頁一頁往下讀，也可以把它當作一本參考用的辭典，遇到陌生的用語時拿起來翻閱查詢。

全書是以字母順序排列，方便讀者迅速搜尋，每一個俚語都有好幾種意義，而每一種意義都會有參考的例句，讓讀者明白其用法，內容的編排是先列出各俚語的定義，再讓讀者從選擇題中了解正確的用法。

每一個俚語的定義後面，都會有一些練習句，請讀者將正確的答案填上，其中某些的答案不只一個，因為一些俚語用法是可以互通的，藉由這些例句練習，讀者可以更清楚了解該如何將這些字眼放在對話中。

如果在做完練習後，還是不清楚該如何正確應用，那麼讀者可以繼續閱讀緊接著的文字說明，在說明段落中會更進一步解釋這些俚語的來源，該怎麼運用在句中，以及通常為哪一些特定人士所使用。

身為一名英語人士，我很訝異於在日常生活中會遇到那麼多新發明的字彙用語。雖然比起那些以英語為第二語言的學習者，我有一些優勢，但我還是發現，使用參考書籍能讓我對新的俚語有更深入的了解。

讀者們，身為新加入的英文俚語使用者，我希望你們會覺得本書對英語學習很有幫助。

Lili Amanda Crum

作者序



每一種語言皆有其非正式的通俗用法，英語自然也不例外。無論是從文化或語言的層面，為了能與外籍人士真正的交流溝通，英語學習者應超越課堂上正統英語形式的限制，放眼無垠的俚語和慣用語世界。

英語人士在日常對話、社交場合中都會使用大量的俚語，因而以英語為第二外語的學習者至少要對這些俚語有些概念，知道這些俚語的基本發音。以英語人士的立場來看，若那些英語學習者願意下點功夫學習，以更口語的方式與他們對話，而不光是使用課堂上所學的那些硬繃繃的英語，他們往往會覺得很感激。

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Contents
Preface 0-3
作者序 0-6
前言 0-8



Ace 1
Ain掐 3
Airhead 5
Amped 7
Ass 9
Awesome 12


Bag 14
Ball/Ballin/Balls 17
Banana 19
Bang 21
Beast 23
Beastie 26
Beef 28
Belch/Belcher 29
Bent 31
Bitch/Bitchin/Bitchy 33
Blast/Blasted 35
Blow 37
Blow Out (Blowout)/Blown Out 39
Boff 41
Bone 43
Bop/Bopping 46
Bounce/Bounced 48
Bow-Wow 50
Box 52
Bucket 54
Buff 56
Bust/Buster/Bustin 58
Buzz 60


Can 63
Cool 66
Crap Out/Crap 69
Cream 72
Cunt 74


Deadhead 77
Deck 80
Deep Six 82
Dick/Dickhead 84
Dip 86
Dish 88
Dog 90
Dope 92
Drill 94
Drop 96
Dump/Dump On 98


Easy 100
Eh 102


Fart/Fart About 104
Filth/Filthy 106
Fired Up 108
Fix 110
Flake/Flaked Out/Flaky 112
Flip/Flip Out 114
Freak/Freak Out/Freaky/ Freak On 116
Fresh 118
Frost/Frosty 121
Fuck/Fuck Around/Fuck Off/ Fuck Up/
Fuck a Duck/Fucked/ Fucked Up/Fucker 123
Funky 127


Gab/Gabby/Gabfest 129
Gear 131
Geek/Geek Out 133
Get It On/Get It Through Your Head/
Get It Together/Get It Up 135
Get Loose 137
Get Off/Get Off Easy/Get Off On/
Get Off One掇 Back 139
Get On the Ball/Get One掇 Act Together/
Get One掇 Arse(ass) in Gear/Get Real 141
Goof 144
Goof Off 146
Green 148
Grind 150
Groove/Groovy 152
Gutsy 155


Hack/Hacked/Hack It/Hack Into 157
Hairy 159
Ham 161
Hammer/Hammered 163
Handle 165
Hardcore 167
Hassle 169
Headtrip 171
Heavy 173
Hit 175
Horn 177
Hot 179
Hump/Hump Day 181
Hung Up/Hung Up On 183



Icky 185
Illin? 187
In the Bag 189


Jack 191
Jacked Off/Jacked Up 193
Jam 195
Jazz/Jazz Up/Jazzy 197
Jerk/Jerk Someone Around/Jerk Off 199
Jol 202
Juice/Juiced Up/Juicy 203
Junker/Junkie 205


Keep (emotional sayings) . . . 207
Keep (information) 209
Key 211
Kick Around 213
Kick Ass 214
Kick Back/Kick In/Kicking It/Kick It/
Kicked to the Curb 216
Kick Off 218
Kicker 220
Kicks 222
Kill/Kill It/Kill the Noise 223
Killer 225
Knacker/Knackered/Knackers 226
Knock Off 228


Laid Back/Laid Out 230
Lash 232
Lay 234
Lay Down/Lay One On Someone/Lay Out 236
Leery 238
Lemon 240
Lid 242
Load 244
Loose 246
Lose It/Lose One掇 Cool/Lose One掇 Marbles 248
Lush 251


Make 253
Marbles 255
Mega 257
Mellow/Mellow Out 258
Mob/Mob Scene 260
Monkey Around/Monkey Business 262
Moody 264
Muck 266
Muck About/Muck In/Mucker 267
Muck Up/Mucky 268



Nab 270
Nail 272
Nut 274
Nut-Rock/Nutcase/Nutter/Nutty 276


Off/Off One掇 Block/Off One掇 Box/
Off One掇 Face/Off One掇 Head 278
Off the Hook/Off the Wall 281


Payoff 284
Peck 286
Phat 288
Piece 290
Pig 292
Piss 294
Piss in the Wind/Piss On It/Piss Oneself 295
Piss Off/Piss Someone Off/Pissed/Pissed Off 297
Pissing/Pissing Down 299
Pissy 300
Plant 302
Plaster/Plastered 304
Plug 306
Pot/Pothead 308
Psych Oneself Up/Psych Someone Out 309
Punk 311
Put Someone Away/Put Someone Down/
Put Someone On/
Put One掇 Nose Out of Joint/Put On 313


R and R 316
Rack One掇 Brains/Rack Out/Racked Off/
Racked Up 318
Rad/Radical 320
Rag 322
Rage 324
Raghead/Rag-Top/Raggedy Arse/
Raggedy-Ass/Rags 326
Rake/Rake It In/Rake Over the Coals 328
Random 330
Rank 332
Rap 334
Rat On/Rat Out/Rat Pack/Rat Race 336
Rave 338
Raver/Raving 340
Raw/Raw Deal/Raw Meat 341
Right On/Righteous 343
Ringer 345
Rip Off 347
Ripe 349
Rocks 351
Rolling 353
Rub/Rub Down/Rub Out 355

Run of the Mill/Run Off at the Mouth
(Running Off One掇 Mouth)/Run In/
Run Out/Run Around 357


Sack/Sack Out/Sack It 360
Salted/Salty 362
Scalp/Scalper/Scalping 364
Scene 366
Schizzed Out/Schizzo 367
Schlub/Schluck/Schmo/Schmuck 369
Schmooze 371
Score 373
Screw/Screw Around 375
Screw Loose/Screw Up/Screwball 378
Screw Someone Around/Screw You/Screwed 380
Screwy 383
Scum/Scumsucker/Scum Sucking/
Scumbag/Scumwad 385
Scuzz/Scuzzed Out/Skuzzy 387
Seedy 389
Sexing/Sexpert/Sexpot 391
Shack/Shack Up 393
Shades/Shady 396
Shaft/Shafted 398
Shag/Shagged/Shagged Out/Shagnasty 400
Shark 402
Scheister 404
Schelpper 406
Schlep 408
Shit 410
Shit a Brick/Shit One掇 Pants (Shit Oneself)/
Shitless 413
Shit On/Shit or Get Off the Pot/Shit Out 415
Shithead/Shit-Bag/Shit for Brains 417
Shithole/Shitlist/Shitfaced/Shits 419
Shoot One掇 Load/Shoot Up 421
Shoot One掇 Mouth Off/Shoot the Breeze/
Shoot the Bull/Shoot the Shit 423
Shot 426
Shove It/Shove Off 428
Shtick 430
Skank/Skanky 431
Skitters 433
Slag 435
Slag Down/Slag Off/Slagger/Slagging 437
Slam (Slammed/Slamming)/Slammed/
Slammer 439
Sleaze/Sleazebag/Sleazeball/Sleazebucket/
Sleazy 441
Slime/Slimebag/Slimeball/Slimebucket 443
Smack/Smack Off/Smacked Out/Smacker 445
Smart Ass (Arse)/Smart Mouth 448
Smashed/Smashing 451
Smoke(ing) 453
Snatch 455
Snot Rag/Snot Nosed/Snotty 457
Snuff(ed)/Snuff Out/Snuff It 460
Son of a Bitch/Son of a Gun 462
Sore/Sorehead/Sore loser 464
Sort/Sort Out/Sorted 467
Space Cadet/Space(d) Out/Spacecake/Spacey 469
Spew/Spew Chunks/Spew Up 472
Spill(ed)/Spill One掇 Guts/Spill the Beans 474
Split 476
Spook/Spooked 478
Spunk/Spunky 480
Stiff 482
Stonebroke/Stoned/Stonefaced 485
Straight/Straightedge 487
Strung out 490
Suck 492
Suck Face/Suck Up/Sucker/Sucker Punch/
Sucky 494
Surf/Surf Bum/Surfboard/Surfie 497
Sweet/Sweet Pea/Sweet Talk/Sweetie 499
Switch On/Switched On/Switcheroo 501


Tact/Tackiness/Tacky 504
Take a Chill Pill/Take Five/Take It Easy/
Take a Raincheck/Take the Piss 506
Take Down/Take Names/Take Out 509
Tick Off/Ticked Off 511
Ticker 512
Tickle the Ivories/Tickle the Ovaries/
Tickle Your Pickle/Tickle Your Fancy/
Tickled Pink 513
Tight/Tight Ass/Tight Assed/Tightwad 515
Tight/Tightlip 517
Toss 519
Toss Your Cookies (Tossing Cookies)/
Tossed/Tosser 521
Tough Break/Tough Luck/Tough Shit/
Tough Titty 523
Tough Cookie/Tough Guy/Tough Nut 526
Trash/Trashed/Trashed Out 528
Tuck/Tuck In/Tucker 531
Tuckered/Tuckered Out 533
Turn Off/Turn On/Turned On 534
The Ax/The Shove/The Order of the Boot/
The Boot 537
The Boondocks/The Burbs/The Sticks 539
The Can/The Heat/The Joint/The Slammer/
The Third Degree 542
The Can/The Shitter/The Runs/The Shits 544
The Greatest/The Pits/The Worst 546
The Man/The Man Upstairs 547
The Real McCoy/The Real Thing 551
Thrash 552
Throw/Throw Dinner/Throw a Mental/
Throw A Sickie/Throw Up 554
Tongue Bath/Tongue Job/Tongue Sushi/
Tongue Wrestle 557
Tool/Tool Along/Tool Around 560
Top Banana/Top Dog 563
Total/Totally 565
Turn Over/Turn Someone Over 568
Twig 570


Under the Table/Under the Weather 572
Unhealthy/Unhinged/Unstrung/Unstuck/
Untied/Unwrapped 574
Up the Wall/Uptight/Up Shit Creek/
Up the Creek Without a Paddle 577


Wack Off/Wacked/Wacko/Wacky 581
Walk/Walking Papers/
A Long Walk Off a Short Cliff 583
Wanker/Wankered 586
Wasted 587
Whack 589
Whack Off/Whacked 591
Whacker/Whacko/Whacky 593
Wig/Wig Out/Wigger/Wigging 595
Wipe Out/Wiped Out 599
Wire/Wired/Wired Up 602
Wise/Wiseass/Wise Up 605
Work/Work Over 608


Yack/Yak 610
Yank/Yank Off/Yank Someone掇 Chain/
Yank Someone掇 Crank 612
Yuck/Yucky 614


Zapped/Zapper/Zappy 616
Zigzag/Zigzagged 618
Zilch 620
Zing/Zing Up/Zingy 622
Zinger 625
Zip/Zip It/Zip One掇 Lip 627
Zonk/Zonked/Zonky 629

Contents
Preface 0-3
作者序 0-6
前言 0-8



Ace 1
Ain掐 3
Airhead 5
Amped 7
Ass 9
Awesome 12


Bag 14
Ball/Ballin/Balls 17
Banana 19
Bang 21
Beast 23
Beastie 26
Beef 28
Belch/Belcher 29
Bent 31
Bitch/Bitchin/Bitchy 33
Blast/Blasted 35
Blow 37
Blow Out (Blowout)/Blown Out 39
Boff 41
Bone 43
Bop/Bopping 46
Bounce/Bounced 48
Bow-Wow 50
Box 52
Bucket 54
Buff 56
Bust/Buster/Bustin 58
Buzz 60


Can 63
Cool 66
Crap Out/Crap 69...