$treet English

&
Slangguage

...
!!

Street English

 Colloquial Style English (Real Street!!)

$treet English Street English
()

Colloquial style

(
)
"gonna"

- going to

msn
colloquial style

I'm gonna give it to you

tomorrow

wanna want to

I wanna go home now

gotta

I've gotta sleep now

gimme give me

gimme that money!!

!!!

kinda

kind of

She's kinda cute

sorta

sort of

got to

That movie is sorta

boring

Apostrophes '

I have nothin in my

wallet

an'

'n'

and

It's rock 'n' roll

()

because

'coz I don't care anymore

'em

them

let's beat 'em up!!

!!

'way

away

stay 'way from my house! !

'coz

'cause

'bout

about

Every's talkin' 'bout love

Colloquial style Street English

Blog
ain't
"ain't" verb to be haven't hasn't
isn't, aren't, am not (amn't ) ain't
street

I ain't got no money!!

ain't no
- I ain't got money I ain't got no money
-

*~* $treet English *~* -

Friend

( )
Hip Hop What's up!? man!
Man! "! !"
Friend

Friend
Dude

Man
Bud , Buddy
Pal
Partner

Mate
Guys Girls (gals) guy()
girls
Chum
Bro brother
Playmate
Amigo -

Folks

Fellow
Fellas Fellow
Bosom

WHAT'S UP DUDE?!!? SEE YA LATER BRO!!!

 lol, brb ttyl?

Instant Messenger
MSN, Yahoo instant messenger, ICQ AIM ( America online
messenger)

()
G.o.n.g:
Hello
Farang:
HEY!
G.o.n.g
I'm Gong. I want to be your friend
Farang:
yea. asl?
G.o.n.g:
what? ( asl )
Farang:
what's your age, sex, location?
Gong:
Oh! I'm 20, man, Thailand
Farang:
awesome! I luv thai food, LOL
Gong:
thai food? yes yes yes 555+( LOL
)
Farang:
brb, I'm afk atm

Gong:
... ( -
)
Farang:
sorry. I gtg now. btw ttyl
Gong
nevermind ( ... )

MSN

Abbreviation Acronym word
noob novice
555

asl? age sex location


chat

A
AAK

Asleep at the keyboard

AAR8

At any rate

AFK

Away from computer keyboard ()

ASAP

As soon as possible

A/S/L

Age/Sex/Location //

ATM

At the moment

ATW

Around the web

B
B

Back

B4N

Bye for now

BBS

Be back soon

BC

Because

BCNU

Be seein' you

BF

Boyfriend

BFN/B4N

Bye for now

BG

Big grin ()

BIL

Boss is listening ()

BMG

Be my guest

BOTOH

But on the other hand

BRB

Be right back

BTDT

Been there, done that

BTW

By the way ..

BYKT

But you knew that

C
COZ

Because

CU

See you

CUL or CUL8R

See you later

D
DQMOT

Don't quote me on this

E
EOM

End of message

EZ

Easy

EG

Evil Grin ( )

F
F2F

Face to face

F2T

Free to talk

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

G
G2G

Got to go

GAL

Get a life

GF

Girlfriend

GGN

Gotta go now

GJ

Good job !

GL

Good luck

GOL

Giggle out loud

GR8

Great !

GRT

Great !

GTG

Got to go

GW

Good work

H
H8

Hate I H8 U !!

HAK

Hugs and kisses

HAND

Have a nice day

I
IAC

In any case

IC

I see

IDC

I don't care

IDK

I don't know

ILY

I love you

IM

Instant Message

IMHO

In my humble opinion ..

IMO

In my opinion ...

IMPOV

In my point of view ....

IOW

In other words ..

IRL

In real life

J
JIC

Just in case

JK

Just kidding ..

JTLYK

Just to let you know

K
K Okay
KIS

Keep it simple

KIT

Keep in touch

L
L8

Late

L8R

Later

LBH

Let's be honest

LMAO

Laughing my ass off

LOL

Laughing out loud 555+

10

M
MIRL

Meet in real life

MorF

Male or Female ?

MOS

Mom over shoulder

N
NE

Any ( neway anyway)

NBD

No big deal

NMU

Not much, you?

NP

No problem

Noob

"Newbie" ()

NVM

Never mind

O
OIC

Oh, I see

OMG

Oh my god

OTP

On the phone

P
PAW

Parents are watching

PCM

Please call me

PIR

Parent in room

PLS

Please

PLZ

Please

Q
Q

Question

R
ROTFL

Rolling on the floor laughing

RL

Real life

RSN

Real soon now

RUOK?

Are you okay?

S
SIT
SOZ, SRY

Stay in touch
Sorry

SYS

See you soon

S2R

Send to receive

T
TAFN

That's all for now

THX

Thanks

TIA

Thanks in advance

11

TMB

Text me back

TOY

Thinking of you

TTYL

Talk to you later

TY

Thank you

U
U

You

U2

You too

W
WB

Welcome back

W/E

Whatever

WFM

Works for me

WTG

Way to go !

WTH

What the hell?

WTF

What the F***

WU

What's up?

WYGOWM

Will you go out with me?

X
XOXO

Hugs and kisses

Y
Y

Why

YT?

You there?

YW

You are welcome

Z
ZZZ

Tired or bored ....~

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 "", ""

(
)
Expression

"
"
shut up

Shut up
Bite your tongue

- ()

You've made your point - "

"
Not another word

- " "

Say no more
Shut your mounth

- ""

Pipe down

- ( )

Give me a break

- "

"
Zip it

- Mr & Mrs Smith ""

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Go away

Get lost

Get out

- ()

Beat it

Knock it off

Buzz off

Clear off

- Hey kids. Clear

off. We going to close here soon. " "

Go to hell

- ( )

Drop dead

Out of my sight - " " ()

Go jump in the lake
Go fly a kite
Go fry an egg - " ()" ...

Hop it

Push off

Leave me alone - ""

Do you mind? - " " (
)

.. Tenses


Grammar Tenses

14

 DVD 1
DVD Blockbuster

Blockbuster
Movie rental store
()
Blockbuster
Blockbuster "// "

10 ()

DVD
Ghost DVD Fake DVD
Pirated DVD Pirates of the Caribbean
"
"
I love you, honey

Everybody listen up

What's up man

()

()

( !)

Holy shit!

I give up, man!

How are you doing, baby

()

( )

I'll be right back in a minute

I don't give a god damn shit

( )

()

(, , )

How's it going today

(?)

Come over here, man / Come

That's bullshit

on, man

()

()

( )

15

 DVD 2





Can you help me?
""
""
( )

Let's get the hell out of here

Rush Hour 3 ( )

""
Piss
take a piss piss off I'm so pissed
(..)

He drives me nut!!
..
(...)

Mayday Mayday!!!
" !!" ()

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Park the car (....)
Pull over the car
Pull over!!! now!!
: " " (..)
" "

Freeze!!! I said Freeze!!

: !!!
Freeze, man!!
sub narok: !!!
We got company

:
I love all you guys
( )
( ...)
OK, say cheese, baby!

You can count on me
()
()
It's a piece of cake
// ()

Could you give me a ride?

( lift ride )
"" ( )

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 ""
""

It serves + + right
It serves + + well

She broke up with me

It serves you right because you cheated on her first

break up () broke 2
cheat on () cheat ()
on

+ deserve (s) + it.

I failed English exam again

18

You deserve it because you went out drinking just the night before the exam

( )

John got a raise

Yeah, he deserves it

a raise raise

raise you hand
raise up

19

 Not
No Not
(
)
No Not
() Not Adjective , Adverb
, verb
Not No No

()

"NOT"

Not again!
- ,

(On the phone) Sorry I'm gonna be late

Not again!!
(- )

Not always
-

Do you football everyday?

Not always
( )

Not anymore
-

Are you still seeing him?

Not any more ()

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Not at all
- ()

Thank you for you help

Not at all ()
Note: Never mind Never mind
(
) " ()

Would you mind mopping the floor for me?

Wait a minut
Never mind, Thank you () ()

Not bad
- () good bad

How do you like you new girlfriend?

Not bad ()

Not to worry
- Don't worry

I ran out of money ( () )

Not to worry, I've got some dough
dough

Not a hope
- ,

You think Pei will go out a date with me?

Not a hope, you are too far out of her league

Not a word
-

Not a word. This is between you and me.

Not to worry, I'll keep my mouth shut

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Not another word

-

"", "

"
Not if I can help it
-
Don't you argue with me. I'm your boss
Not if I can help it
silly

Not in so many word

-
Paula is very beautiful and charming
Not in so many word. But she sure is cute

Not likely
- ,
You think you can get an A in your math?
Not likely

Not so fast
- , ( )
So the winner is.......
Not so fast, I have a proof that he was cheating

Not for love nor money

-
Could you help me carry this?
Not for love nor money

Not a chance ( Oatato)

- ,
Do you think you can finish this report by tomorrow?

Not a chance. I will be very busy tomorrow

Not
No

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 No
No
No
No dog -

"NO"

No problem!
-

No need!
-

Do we have to do this? ?
No need!

No sweat!
- ,

Can you repair the radio? ?

No sweat!
Note: sweat
a piece of cake.

No way!
-

Hell no!! No way!

23

No chance!
- Not a chance a
No Not

No doubt!
- () Gwen Stefani

That guy is hooking up with hot chick!

No doubt! Look at his ride, man. It's ferrari.
Note: guy-, hook up-/, hot-, chick-,
ride-

No trouble!
- ,

I would like you to baby-sitting my kids

No trouble! ~

No wonder!
- No surprise
She looks upset
No wonder, she just broke up with her boyfriend

No kidding
- , ,

Tom and Lucy are going to marry next month

No kidding! They have been seeing each other for only a week

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No shit!
- No kidding

No can do
- ,

Could you give me a ride to school tomorrow?
No can do! my car broke down.

No comment
-
Not No

No money, No honey
( )

No Big Deal
- ,

Thank you for your help

No Big Deal!

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"DOG"

a dog-eat-dog business

Dog eat dog

Every dog has its own day

a dog's life
a dog's life

It's a dog life being a cab driver.

( )
..
Let sleeping dogs lie (
)
I wanted to ask her what she thought of her ex-husband, but I figured it was better to let
sleeping dogs lie.



treat somone like a dog
The prison guards treated prisoner like dogs

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 dog
Last night, the party was a real dog.

Under Dog Under
dog
Top
dog under dog
Under dog
Dog barks, no bite Barking dog don't bite

Love me love my dog

Like a dog's dinner



You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

()

A dog in the manger

a jolly dog
a sad dog

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a sly dog (
)
a dumb dog

a lucky dog
dog sleep
dog day ( )

Dog-eared
dog verb

We were dogged by bad luck through-out the journey

Dog fight
Cat Fight

raining cats and dogs

28

 Hip Hop 1

Ice
C-R-E-A-M

Cash Rule Everything Around Me

Baller
Bling Bling
Paper
Cake
Cheddar/Cheeze


Dough ( )
Dollar Buck
1 buck, 2 buck
$1,000 1 Grand
3 Grand 3
Benjamins $100
Benjamin Flanklin

My Boo Usher Boo

Boo Dilemma Nelly
Bubu baby
Shawty Shorty ()
In da club 50 Cent

Breezie

29

 Chick

Daddy Yankee Gasolina Gassoline
Booze

""
Sup Yo
Keep it real

That's good That's bangin' () That's off
the hook That's dope That's phat
Whack
That car is whack

Fly Hot
This is why I'm hot

Mims

Fo sho Fo shizzle Snoop Dogg

For sure
Fo rizzle For real

Do you know what i mean?
Nah mean? Naw' mean?
bye
PEACE!

30


1
()

..
Word
Word
+---------------------------------------------+
2
What's up? Word up?
Yes Really
: Word?

: Word.

+---------------------------------------------+
3

Fo shizzle ( - )

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Fo rizzle

For sure For real..
Really? Yes
Dizzle

Fo shizzle, ma dizzle

+---------------------------------------------+
4
Dilemma Nelly
Fo sho

For sure

+---------------------------------------------+
5

OK

32

Aight
All right
+---------------------------------------------+
6
. Yep
Yup Yeah Yes
Nope, Nye No
Yes No

?
Word?

33


(
) June


Heroes

"Take no prisoners"
Mercy

Prisoners
Kill'em all Kill them all

The new principal of the school is the kind of take no prisoners. If he says that he will suspend
any student who plays truant then he will do just that


truant

34

---
Right now Akon

I wanna make up right now na na..

make up
( I wanna make love right now )

" You are the apple of my eye "

I love all my dogs but the smallest is the apple of my eye.

Akon apple of his eye

------------------------------------------------- Apple
New York
The Big Apple
The Big Orage

35

Orange
------------------------------------------------
Banana

15

She's a BANANA!!!

36

Better
30 30
I'd BETTER write short entries from now on...
1
()

"Thanks for invitation. I'll ask my better half."

" " (.. !?)
Better half
( !)
---------------------------------------------------------2
better
better late than never...
( "~ ....~... ~
( ) )

" better late than never, but better never late!! "
----------------------------------------------3
You'd better go back and check that you locked your car. Better safe than sorry.
""

37

1. (in trend)
...

"" "It is in trend." ""

"in trend" "trendy" "fashionable"

a trendy haircut

a fashionable clothes

verb to be It is trendy. It is fashionable.

2.
She is over.
?

"exaggerate" ---
"He said you walked 30 miles."
30
"No - he's exaggerating. It was only about 15."
() 15
You're exaggerating.

38

 Don't exaggerate.
"overact"

You're overacting.
()
3. soundtrack
"I want to watch a
soundtrack film."
"I want to watch an English film." "soundtrack"

"I want to watch an English film that is
dubbed into Thai." "dub"

"a subtitled film"

"subtitles" ( s ) a French film with English subtitles

"closed-captioned films/videos/television programs"

"CC"
You should watch a closed-captioned film to improve your English.

4. 1 "freshy"
"fresher"
"freshman"

He is a fresher. He is a freshman. He is a first-year student.

1

39

 2 a sophomore, 3 a junior 4
a senior

5. (record)

stress
"-"

He wants to buy a record.

I broke my own record.

stress "-"

I'll record the film and we can all watch it later.

"recorder" --

6. American share
()

"Let's go Dutch." "Go Dutch (with somebody)."

?
"You pay for yourself."
( )
"It's my treat this time." "My treat." "It's on me." "All is on me."
"I'll pay for you this time."
"It's your
treat next time."

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7. (jam)
"" ""

We are going to eat outside. Do you want to jam?

? ( )
jam
"Do you want to join us?", "Do you want to come with us?" "Do you want to come along?"

8. (back)
"He has a good back."
back ()

"a backup"

9. I learn the language with a foreigner.

foreigner
a native speaker

I learn the language with a native speaker.

2 bilingual
Their kids are bilingual. 2
10.
I cut my hair yesterday.

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I had got my hair cut yesterday.

To have/get + () +
I will have/get the car repaired tomorrow.
Tense tense

Gosh ... Heck ...

F**K YOU
() Fuck Frig
eff

!!

Oh Gosh !
....( .)
() " Gosh "
: "
God Gosh "
: "Ooh Gosh!"
: "..."

My goodness!

My Goddess (

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Jeez Gee Geewiz Jesus

"Jesus"

"" "... "
God
Hell
Heck The heck
What the hell??

------------------> What the heck?

Who the hell are you? ------------------> Who the heck are you?

What the fuck!

The heck hell ck fuck
Hell

Hell No!!!

Have you heard that Tucksin will return to Thailand again?

?
Hell no!!

Heck no!
()
Holy Shit !!

43

Holy Cow! ( 555)

Cow Shit

" . .....( ...)

..."

DAMN!

Darn Dang
() :

"Damn "

" "

" "

"............ ()"

I don't give a god darn shit!!

( shit )

Minced Oath

44

Fuck You
" FUCK "

"FUCK"

"FUCK"

"FUCK"

"FUCK"

"FUCK"

FCUK

Fuck
FCUK French connection UK
French Connection
FCHK FCUK

"FUCK"

"The F Word"

45

Fuck

Fuck you I love you

.....
. ..
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fuck

"FUCK"

FUCK
Fuck
"..."
Fuck! I'm late
..
Fuck! She already has a boyfriend. ( )
Fuck
Fuck it!
()
Fuck (someone)

Fuck him.

I don't give a fuck I don't give a shit

46


Fuck You

Fuck off -

"

", ""
Get the fuck off, I don't want to see you anymore

Fuck around -
He likes to fuck around
Fuck with -
Don't fuck with me, asshole
***
Fuck up -
Don't fuck it up

Fucked ( ed adj) ,
Shit! My car is fucked!

fucked up

We are fucked.
( )
Fucked Fucking
Fucking "
....."
Your car is fucking dirty

47

Your car is fucking clean

the fuck WH
What the fuck!
!?
internet WTF
"

lol, brb ttyl?"

What the fuck happened to you?

Where the fuck is my cell phone?

Who the fuck are you?

?
How the fuck did you get in here?
?

Fucking
( ) friggin
r
That frigging man is my ex-boyfriend

T_T
Give me that fucking red dragon balls and
See you next fucking entry, ok?
Fuck you all!

48

Strike when the iron is hot!!

Strike when the iron is hot.

Strike while the iron is hot
Strike
.........

()( )

I heard they were selling plane tickets to Paris for only

*$300 bucks! We better get down to the travel agent

and strike while the iron is hot*.
300

*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Strike
""
Strikebreaker ( )

49

Strike it rich -
strike back -
strike hand -
strike off -
striking adjective
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Thanks, but no Thanks

( !?)

"Thanks, but no, thanks"
" Thanks but no thanks, i am really full"

-
Cheers

50



()

"Excuse me. Could you tell me where is the f.... ( )
Where is the toilet?"
Toilet ( )

Restroom
Rest
W.C. Water Closet

Bathroom
Bathroom
bathroom

()

Shitter
Shit!!
SHIT!!


"Fu*k"
Shitter
Crapper
SHIT!!
Crap!! ""
Crapper Shitter
Crap Crab

51

 !!! O_o
(crap crab )
Potty

Throne - ( Warcraft Frozen

Throne

: "Mr. Woodcock"

All through junior-high, John Farley struggled to keep up

Mr. Woodcock: Are you gonna be a loser?

John: No, sir

Mr. Woodcock: You're terrible, Farley. I already know the answer. You are disgraced, too fat,
gelatinous, out of shape the little kid the world over.
()

John: I can't hang on

Mr. Woodcock: Don't you even think about letting it go.

52

Loser -
disgrace -
gelatinous - gelatin
out of shape -
hang on -
Don't you even think about + verb1 ing
"...."

Don't you even think about dumping me

()

"...Which motivated him to become the self-help author that he is today."

: I read all your books

John: All I've given you is a raft. You've influenced youself

()

: You are so amazing!

: Ok, crazy. move it along.

motivate -
self-help author -
raft -
influence -
crazy -
Move it along

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John: Hey mom!

Mom: You're here!!

!!
John: Are you seeing someone?

Mom: Yeah. You know him already.

John: Mister Woood Cooock ...
( "" )
Mr. Woodcock: Well, looks like I'm gonna be your new dad.

(Someone) seeing (someone)

I'm seeing Jessica Alba

()
()
Mr. Woodcock: So, what's your book about?

John: It teaches people to hide and relieve their painful memory. So that they can rebuild thier
own self esteem.

Mr. Woodcock: A lot of Losers out there, I guess

()

What is your book about?

54

What is it about?
,
relieve -
painful -
memory -
rebuild - re build
esteem - self esteem


Tenses 20%
12
/ Black Eyed
Peas, Linkin Park, Beyonce

: "Mr. Woodcock" 2
( 1:20)
Mom: All I want is you two to get along.

Get along
get on
get along ( Gabrielle )
(Baseball Bat)
John: OucH! oUcH! OuCh!
()
John: It's me. It's John. What're you doing?
?
Mr. Woodcock: It was dark. Instinct took over.

55

John: What about when I said "it's me. It's John"?

" " ?
Mr. Woodcock: John is a very common name. It could be a burglar named John.

Instinct -
Common -
burglar -
Feel The Love
: He's hooking up with you mom?

hook up -

()
: That is way better than the things on the Internet

way better - way

: Hey John, I'm on the Plane, heading to Boston, And you'll never guess who is sitting next
to me.

John: Who?

: Nobody
John: I can't make it. My mom needs me. She's about to marry anti-christ.

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: Excuse me. Hi. Could I get a real bottle, please. I'm an Alcoholic not a
Barbie doll.

l
Head to - go to
Anti-Christ -

Alcoholic -

John: You're going down, Woodcock.

Mr. Woodcock: You must like getting spanked, Farly. I guess it runs in the family

John: Are you okay?

Mr. Woodcock:
John: RHETORICAL QUESTION, WOODCOCK!
rhetorical question -

Treadmill

57

Tounge Twister

Tounge Twister
Tounge Twister
http://www.uebersetzung.at/twister/
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
A peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked.
If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers,
Where's the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked?

.....
( )
I saw Susie sitting in a shoe shine shop.
Where she sits she shines, and where she shines she sits.

( Shit!!!! )
She sells sea shells by the seashore

( )
A big bug bit a bold bald bear and the bold bald bear bled blood badly

( )
Chocolate chip cookies in a copper coffee cup

(.. )

58

 "Up"

blog favorite
English From Flick
UP ""
: Good afternoon, Are you in need of any assistance today, sir?
,
: No.
: I could help you cross the street.

: No.
: I could help you cross your yard.

: No.
: I could help you cross your...
....
: ()
: Ow!

Russell verb cross

-----------------------------------

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All his life, Carl Fredricksen dreamed of adventure.

Today, his adventure is finally taking off!.
So long, boy!!!

Taking off
Take off

So long.

---------------------Please let me in
No
Oh allright.
-------------------------Where are we?

Hey look, a dog.

Hi there.

My name is Dug

My master made me this collar so that I may talk, squirrel!

. !!

60

Hi there.

master ()
collar
squirrel
-----------------------------------------------Whao what's that thing?
It likes me
Phew... Go on. Beat it.

Beat it!


"", ""
Beat

"I'm beat"

---------------------------

61

What are these do, boy?

: Hey would you []
: - I use that collar []
: - to talk with - I would be happy if you stop.

I would be happy if you......

- " Eat Out"

Eat out

()
1 4

(Overweight)

Junk Food

62

 Portion

2-3 ( )

Leftover food
Doggy bag

""

: Doggy bag Pet

Thai Town Hollywood (
)

"

" (..)

"Mom, we eat for pleasure, not to get sick"

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10-15%
15-20% 10%

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