American Slang

Abaixo uma lista com algumas girias usadas nos Estados Unidos:

Awesome – great
Beat – exhausted
Beemer – BMW
To have a big mouth – to talk too much
To be blown away – to be very impressed
Booze – alcohol
Break – opportunity
Buck – dollar
Chicken – coward
Clunker – old car
Con – deceive
Cool down – calm down
Cool – great
Cop – policeman
Couch potato – lazy
Damage – cost
Dead – quiet
Dough – money
Flaky – unreliable
Flick – movie
To have a flashback – to remember
To flip out – to lose control
Freebie – free thing
Gig – job
Go bananas – go crazy
Goofy –   silly
Grand – thousands of dollars
Guts – courage