10 Useful Slang Words that ALL Americans Know

Let's learn some common and universal slang words that are well known throughout America. These are words you may hear when listening to music or even watching a TV show or movie.
Learning these slang words will help you improve your overall comprehension of American English.
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I'm really impressed by the slang "down". All my life when I heard/read "I'm down" I understood that the person is kind of sad, unhappy, because basically "down" is the opposite of up, that leads to "thumbs up", and such ideas. I think is gonna be difficult to me to erase that idea of "bad things" related to "down". OMG... Thanks Wes!

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no, you were right. down also means "not in the mood"

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Барсик М you know people is different some people smart and When I came to USA I did not understand English good , especially the pronunciation and dialect and then I got involved with people here and I work in some stores and talk with people every day and I practice talking with Americans of origin. and I go home and I watch news and movies and learn every day until I learned everything

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I joined this new lesson learning about american slangs, like here in Brazil , we have a lot, but the slang is a superior level of learning English, thanks Wes

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I like that you have video references. That totally helps. Thanks

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Glad it was helpful! 😃

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I love the way you put all of them together to give us the examples of how to use them.

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[@looklookenglish]

I think you are right on target in that lots of ESL learners are learning some slang that we never use in our lives. They tend to get these slang either from some movies or dramas but in reality even native speakers don't even know or know it but rarely use them. In that regard, touching on quite common, frequently used slang like these can be super helpful for most of ESL students. GREAT JOB! Hope you can continue to create this line of content. Here's one more that can make your videos stand out even more than others. What about adding frequency on each slang how much it's used. Just my 2 cents. Keep up the good work!

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I think the examples you put there are very good and vivid and easy to remember in different settings. Grateful!

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New subscriber here! I"m so glad I found your channel. Thanks for explaining these slang words clearly and for giving us more than one example, Also maximum of 10 Slang words is perfect than 15 or 20 more Slang words. I've watched a couple teachers before I found you and they were not even explaining it clearly, also, most of the Slang words they used are not even useful like "Kiss and fly", "Wicked", or "Rub elbows" etc. You are awesome and deserve more views! Starting today, I will follow all your lessons. More power to your channel! Keep it up!

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Great tips! I love the way you use those slang in the end it’s so useful. Thanks!

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I really enjoyed learning new slang! Especially 'down' is new for me, thank you Wes, greetings to your sweet family!

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[@pedrovport2379]

Slang phrases are my favorite they are so fun to say.

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Very nice and helpful as always, thank you so much!

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Yo! Wes! Thank you so much for your lessons. I love to hear more about slang. Slang is the least english lesson given because most slang is related to bad words and cursing. But as a non-native people we need to learn about them not because you intend us to use them but to understand native speakers. Thank you for your time Wes.

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Thanks so much Mollie. "Hands down"....that's another great expression. 👍

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Excellent. If you're down, I'm down. Glad you had a blast. 😊👍

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Thanks for commenting Joy. Hope you learned some new words. 😊

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Hi Francisco. Thanks for commenting. Hope you learned some new words. 😊

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Very helpful thanks

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[@InteractiveEng]

Thanks for commenting & checking out the lesson. Have a great day! 😊

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Thanks a lot for this excellent lesson you upload , I really appreciate yr hard work till this vid to come out. To be honest slang , idiom n grammar sometimes confusing. Always the best 👍

[@InteractiveEng]

Thanks so much! Hope you had a blast watching this lesson. 😉👍

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[@InteractiveEng]

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[@InteractiveEng]

Happy to hear that! 😃

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What a blast to watch you and learn more

[@InteractiveEng]

Nice use of the slang. Thanks so much for commenting & checking out the lesson. Hope you enjoy the upcoming weekend. 😊

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Had a blast... learning... thankful

[@InteractiveEng]

Excellent. Thanks for commenting. Hope you learned some new slang. 😊

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@@InteractiveEng looking forward to Learn some more words...

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[@InteractiveEng]

Glad you enjoyed the lesson and found it useful. Thanks for commenting & have a great day. 😊

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I really appreciate for show us awesome slangs push on with great slags

[@InteractiveEng]

Hi Anisi. Thanks so much for your comment. Hope you learned some new words. 😉👍

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Hey dear Wes I really like slang words and idioms , and I really look forward to watching more videos about this topic, you’re awesome and i hope you have a great day:)

[@InteractiveEng]

Thanks so much for your comment. Glad you enjoyed the lesson. Hope you learned some new words. 😊

[@marioberrio180]

Thanks. Great lesson. Icame back to it because I was not able to recall the slang meaning of the word down. I did remember Hillary telling it.

[@InteractiveEng]

Glad you enjoyed the lesson. Thanks for your comment. 😃

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This video is pretty helpful, thanks for sharing with us. I will better undertand my friends.

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Assalamu alaikum, Hi, had a blast watching your video brother! good job! i was a teacher and i know how it feels like when you get the students/viewers attention! i live in US but i still learn some things from you and few other youtubers/english teachers! Thank you!

[@InteractiveEng]

Glad you enjoyed the lesson & found it useful. Have a great day. 😊

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I never ever got to abroad but I understood English with the help of teaching tactic that you are tackling with the sentence just putting up slang, phrases into sentence. I'm glad. You are wonderful KZbinr.

[@InteractiveEng]

Thanks so much! Glad you enjoyed the lesson. Have a great day. 😊

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Brilliant'' many thanks now i've learn what i want to learning...

[@InteractiveEng]

Great to hear! Thanks for your comment. 😃

[@kokomaung]

@@InteractiveEng You're welcome sir have a pleasant time.

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[@InteractiveEng]

Nice use of the slang. Thanks for commenting & checking out the lesson. 👍

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Hi Lana. Thanks for commenting & checking out the lesson. Hope you had a blast. 😉👍

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great video thanks,

[@InteractiveEng]

Thanks for commenting & checking out the lesson. Have a nice day. 😊

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Thank you for coming up with novel lessons every time

[@InteractiveEng]

Glad you enjoyed it. Hope you learned some new slang. 😃

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Great¡ very useful, Bring some more.

[@InteractiveEng]

Glad you enjoyed the lesson. Hope you learned some slang. 😊

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Thanks for information Mr Wes, great vídeo Congratulations

[@InteractiveEng]

Thanks for commenting & checking out the lesson. Hope you learned some new slang. 😉👍

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Thanks so much Nabil. We're glad you enjoy our lessons. Have a great day! 👍

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Great way to explain slangs

[@InteractiveEng]

Thanks so much! Glad you enjoyed the lesson & found it useful. 👍

[@aqmaqm9059]

Yo Sir, Thank you so much for your slang lesson. Please do more lessons on slang words. Hope you make special playlist for slang words. Again thank u so much and have a wonderful time

[@InteractiveEng]

Glad you enjoyed the lesson & found it useful. Have a great day! 😊

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Appreciate for Mr wes coz i like ur pronunciation ..i enjoy with it..

[@InteractiveEng]

Glad you enjoyed the lesson. Hope you learned some new slang. 😉👍

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Thank you very much, you're are really sincere with your teachings and i really appreciate it, i hope i will learn alot for you sir.

[@InteractiveEng]

Glad you enjoyed the lesson Ahmed. I hope you learned some new words. 👍

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Hi Coach Chat, I listed your video and it's very impressive. I truly believe this is a good method of teaching/learning language. I appreciate your "coaching". I have one recommendation and am wondering if that makes sense to you. I think it will help us if in your caption, you can add some symbols for the major pronunciation differences, such as links, sound reductions, etc. I personally still have a hard time to identify the differences by listen only, until teachers point out. Great work!

[@InteractiveEng]

Glad it was helpful! Thanks for commenting & checking out the lesson. 😃

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Really appreciable.Thks✨💕

[@InteractiveEng]

You're welcome. Glad you enjoyed the lesson & found it useful. 😊

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Was best. you are teaching me what I want to learn.

[@InteractiveEng]

Thanks for commenting. Hope you learned some new slang. 👍

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Hi Mina. Thanks for commenting & checking out the lesson. Have a great day. 👍

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[@InteractiveEng]

Thanks for commenting Pam. Glad you learned some new words. 👍