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English Slang
This dictionary is a comprehensive and in-depth look at all the slang, vulgarisms, curses, and insults, plus idioms, expressions, and a lot more, available in English. As always with slang, be careful using what you hear; it may not work quite the way you expect.
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
pack
v. carry or have a gun
pad
n. home; dwelling; room where one lives
PAFO
abbr. pissed (drunk) and fell over
pain in the ass
n. highly irritating or difficult
pain in the butt
n. highly irritating or difficult
pain in the buttocks
n. highly irritating or difficult
pain in the neck
n. highly irritating or difficult
pain in the rear
n. highly irritating or difficult
pain in the rear end
n. highly irritating or difficult
pancake
n. foundation makeup as used in the performing arts
pancake
v. flatten; reduce to a flat shape. 1. The car got pancaked in the collision.
paper trail
n. evidence in written or document form that proves somebody did something
paper-pusher
n. clerk; bureaucrat; office worker
pardon me for breathing
idiom. no; no way (a strong, sarcastic rebuke)
pardon me for living
idiom. no; no way (a strong, sarcastic rebuke)
parental units
n. parents; father and mother
park it
v. sit; sit down; sit and remain sitting
partay
n. party
party
v. throw or have a party; celebrate
party animal
n. person who loves parties
pasting
n. defeat; beating; loss
patsy
n. victim; dupe; person easily taken advantage of
paw
n. hand
paw
v. grope or touch somebody in a sexual manner
payback
n. revenge, retribution, just desserts
PB
abbr. peanut butter
PBD
abbr. peanut butter and dill pickle sandwich
PBJ
abbr. peanut butter and jelly sandwich (n.b.: other forms, such as shakes, also exist)
PDA
abbr. public display of affection. 1. No PDA around here.
peace out
idiom. good-bye; bye now
peanuts
n. very little money
pecker checker
n. urologist
pecks
n. pectoral muscles; chest muscles
pects
n. pectoral muscles; chest muscles
peds
n. pediatrics. 1. I spent the morning on peds, taking care of little kids.
peep
n. vocalization; noise; sound
peepers
n. eyes
pencil in
v. schedule something tentatively
pencil-pusher
n. clerk; bureaucrat; office worker
period
exclam. that's all; that's it; no more discussion
perp
n. perpetrator; person who commits, or may have committed, a crime. 1. Who's our perp? Anyone able to identify him?
peyote
n. mescaline
pharming
n. technique to direct a user to a fake Web page used to scam people
phat
adj. excellent; good
phat
adj. something extremely good
phishing
n. technique of directing people to fake Web sites in order to convince them to reveal personal informatio
phone sex
n. sexual activity over the telephone
phooey
n. nonsense; rubbish; foolish talk or ideas
phreak
v. attack computer systems or telephone systems over telephone lines
phreaker
n. person who attacks computer systems or telephone systems over telephone lines
pickled
adj. drunk; intoxicated
piddle
v. work slowly and without focus
piddle around
v. work slowly and without focus
pie hole
n. mouth
piece of ass
n. potential partner for sex (usually a woman)
piece of cake
idiom. simple; very easy. 1. That test was a piece of cake. I'm sure I'll get a good score.
piece of cake
n. something readily or easily accomplished
piece of tail
n. potential partner for sex (usually a woman)
piece of work
n. person of unappealing or undesirable character
pie hole
n. the human mouth
pig
n. fat, ugly woman
pig
n. glutton; person who eats a lot
pig
n. messy, dirty person
pig
n. police officer
pig out
v. gorge, overeat, eat to excess
pile of shit
n. lies
pile of shit
n. low-quality object or device
pile of shit
n. person of little value
pimp
v. make fancy; dress up; embellish
pimpmobile
n. big, flashy car, often with bright colors, lights, and chrome
pinch
n. small quantity of powdered substance (e.g.: salt, spices)
piss
n. low-quality beer or liquor
piss
n. urine; pee
piss
v. urinate; pee
piss around
v. spend time doing minor, irrelevant things
piss in the wind
v. waste time; do something unproductive or futile
piss off
exclam. go away; drop dead (used to reject something or as a retort)
piss off
exclam. go away; get out of my sight
piss somebody off
v. upset somebody
piss something away
v. squander; fritter away; waste
pissant
adj. completely worthless
pissant
n. person of no value
piss-ant
adj. completely worthless
piss-ant
n. person of no value
pissed
adj. drunk; intoxicated
pissed
adj. upset; angry
pissed off
adj. upset; angry
pissing match
n. dispute; argument; pointless debate or competition
piss-poor
adj. extremely poor; having no money
piss-poor
adj. very low quality or capability
pit stop
n. stop made while driving somewhere, usually for food or to use a bathroom
PITA
abbr. pain in the ass
pitch a tent
v. have an erection upon waking in the morning
pitch it
v. discard it; get rid of it
pitch up
v. arrive; show up; appear
pitch-in
n. meal in which each participant contributes food (used in Indiana and Montana only)
pits
n. something very poor or undesirable
pizza-face
n. person with severe acne or scars from acne
PJs
n. projects
plastered
adj. drunk; intoxicated
plastic
adj. fake; false; unreal
play
n. plan; strategy; tactic. 1. Okay, here's our next play. You fake left, you go deep.
play doctor
v. engage in sexual activity (mostly said and done by children)
play it cool
v. appear or act in a relaxed, carefree manner
played out
adj. ineffective; used up
player
n. person who has power, influence, or authority in a situation
player
n. person who is sexually active or promiscuous
plop
v. put or place something in some location
plop
v. sit down
PLOS
abbr. parents looking over shoulder
plug
n. hunk of chewing tobacco
plug
n. promotion or advertisement (often free) for a product or service
p-mail
n. physical mail
pocket rocket
n. penis
poindexter
n. studious, good student (usually male)
pointy-head
n. intellectual; careful thinker
pokey
adj. slow; very slow
pokey
n. prison; jail
poky
n. prison; jail
polish off
v. finish up; complete; remove the last of (said of food or work). 1. He polished off the rest of the cake.
pond scum
n. person (usually male) of no worth, with a cruel disposition
poop
n. act of defacation. 1. I've gotta take a poop real bad.
poop
v. move one's bowels; defacate
poop
n. feces; dung
poop
n. information or knowledge about something
poop / shot one´s pants
v. get scared / frightened
poop out
v. stop; quit; become tired and stop
poop sheet
n. paper containing information about something
pooped
adj. tired; fatigued; exhausted
pooped out
adj. tired; fatigued; exhausted
pop
adj. popular. 1. Pop music sucks these days.
pop
n. father; dad; daddy (older expression, not used much anymore)
pop
n. soda; carbonated beverage (used mostly in the Midwest of the U.S.)
pop
v. strike; hit
pop a boner
n. get an erection
pop a wheelie
v. ride a motorcycle or bicycle with the front wheel off the ground. 1. He popped a wheelie, then crashed his bike.
pop for
v. pay for something (usually a treat for somebody)
pop off
v. interrupt; talk back
pop off
v. lose control
pop one's cork
v. become angry; have an outburst or tantrum
pop the clutch
v. engage the clutch abruptly. 1. Don't pop the clutch. Be a bit more gentle when you shift gears.
popper
n. small container of amyl nitrate
poppers
n. amyl nitrite
pops
n. you (when addressing an older male you do not personally know). 1. Hey, pops, help me out here for a minute.
pork
v. have sexual relations with
pork out
v. eat excessively; overeat
pork out
v. eat greedily and quickly
porky
adj. fat, overweight
poser
n. person who pretends to be what he or she is not
posh
adj. fancy; upscale
posse
n. one's friends
post
n. steering column in a car
pot
n. carburetor
pot
n. marijuana
pot luck
n. meal in which each participant contributes food
POW
n. prisoner of war
pray to the porcelain god
v. vomit; throw up
prick
n. dumb person of little worth
prick
n. penis
pro
n. professional; somebody with professional-level ability
pro
n. prostitute; whore
prod
n. reminder; way to make somebody remember something
prod
v. remind somebody of something
psych
n. psychiatry; psychiatric service or ward in a hospital. 1. Get psych down here. I think we've got a suicide.
psych out
v. fool; deceive; trick (somebody)
psych up
v. excite somebody; make somebody enthusiastic
psyched
adj. thrilled; excited; stimulated; eager
puff
v. exaggerate; promote; hype; market aggressively
puke
n. vomit; vomitus. 1. Look at the puke all over this bus station. It's disgusting.
puke
v. vomit; throw up. 1. I was so sick from that fish that I puked last night
pull an all-nighter
v. stay up all night doing something, usually a studying, preparing for an exam, or partying. 1. I pulled an all-nighter to finish that project.
pull rank
v. use or exploit the authority that comes with one's rank
pull somebody's chain
v. annoy; harass; irritate
PUMG
abbr. puking up my guts (from laughing hard)
pump
v. try to extract information from somebody
pump
n. heart
pump up
v. excite somebody; make somebody enthusiastic
pump up
v. exercise or flex muscles to that they become filled with blood and appear larger
pumped
adj. thrilled; excited; stimulated; eager
pumped up
adj. thrilled; excited; stimulated; eager
punch out
v. eject from an aircraft. 1. I'm hit, gotta punch out!
punk
adj. of or pertaining to punk music and those who listen to it
punk
n. juvenile delinquent; hoodlum (said of young men and boys)
punker
n. person (usually young) who emulates the fashion and behavior of punk rock musicians
punter
n. gambler; someone who bets or makes risky investments
puppy
n. object; thing
puppy love
n. feeling of affection or romantic attraction among pre-adolescents
push off
v. depart; leave. 1. It's late, time to push off.
pusher
n. person who sells drugs
puss
n. face; a person's face
pussy
n. female genitalia
pussy
n. woman (as a sexual object). 1. I gotta get me some pussy.
pussy-wipped
adj. under the control of a woman; manipulated by a woman (said of men)
put a sock in it
exclam. be quiet; shut up; stop stalking
put a sock in it
v. be quiet; stop talking
put out
adj. upset; disappointed
put out
v. engage in sexual activity (said of women)
put the chill on
v. ignore; leave alone; reject (somebody)
put the freeze on
v. ignore; leave alone; reject (somebody)
put the moves on
v. attempt to attrack or seduce somebody (usually a woman)
put the pedal to the metal
v. accelerate a car by pressing the accelerator pedal to the floor
put your hands together for
v. clap; applaud somebody
put-on
n. con; deception
putz
n. dumb, clumsy person
putz
n. penis (from Yiddish)
putz around
v. mess around; do little or nothing; waste time
pysched up
adj. thrilled; excited; stimulated; eager