Slang of the day: meltdown

Meaning: a disastrous collapse, esp. of a market or an economy

For example:

• Investing in the stock market is always risky, as many people learnt in the 2008 market meltdown.
  
• If there's an economic meltdown, many companies will go out of business and many people will lose their jobs.

Slang of the day: meltdown

Meaning: a disastrous collapse, esp. of a market or an economy

For example:

• Investing in the stock market is always risky, as many people learnt in the 2008 market meltdown.
  
• If there's an economic meltdown, many companies will go out of business and many people will lose their jobs.

Slang of the day

cushy

Meaning: easy, undemanding (of a job or a lifestyle) (= un chollo)

For example:

• I'd like one of those cushy government jobs with loads of holidays and not much real work.
  
• Steve quit the cushy job he had in his father's company. He says it didn't challenge him enough.
  

Origin: From the Hindi word "khush", meaning "pleasure". Hindi is one of many Indian languages that contributed words to "Anglo-Indian" from the eighteenth to the early twentieth centuries. This word was then borrowed by British English around the time of World War One.

Slang of the day

cushy

Meaning: easy, undemanding (of a job or a lifestyle) (= un chollo)

For example:

• I'd like one of those cushy government jobs with loads of holidays and not much real work.
  
• Steve quit the cushy job he had in his father's company. He says it didn't challenge him enough.
  

Origin: From the Hindi word "khush", meaning "pleasure". Hindi is one of many Indian languages that contributed words to "Anglo-Indian" from the eighteenth to the early twentieth centuries. This word was then borrowed by British English around the time of World War One.

Slang and Idioms about Money

Vocabulary dough, moolah- money (non-countable.) I won a lot of dough at the casino. Look at all of this moolah! 
 greenback, buck- American dollar (countable.) Look at how many greenbacks you have in your wallet! Could you loan me a buck for the subway? 
 megabucks- a lot of money. I would love to be like Bill Gates. He has megabucks. 
 (work for) peanuts- almost no money, very little money. John should quit his job because he is working for peanuts and he can't afford his rent. 
 max out (a credit card)- spend up to the limit of a credit card. Susie bought so many clothes she maxed out her credit card. 
 stretch money- be careful to make money one has last longer. Tony and Teri had to really stretch their money in order to pay all of their bills. They ate a lot of cheap food last month. 
 flip a coin- make a decision by tossing a coin in the air and calling heads or tails. (heads = side of coin with picture of a person's face, tails = opposite side of coin.) Let's decide who will start the game by flipping a coin.

Slang and Idioms about Money

Vocabulary dough, moolah- money (non-countable.) I won a lot of dough at the casino. Look at all of this moolah! 
 greenback, buck- American dollar (countable.) Look at how many greenbacks you have in your wallet! Could you loan me a buck for the subway? 
 megabucks- a lot of money. I would love to be like Bill Gates. He has megabucks. 
 (work for) peanuts- almost no money, very little money. John should quit his job because he is working for peanuts and he can't afford his rent. 
 max out (a credit card)- spend up to the limit of a credit card. Susie bought so many clothes she maxed out her credit card. 
 stretch money- be careful to make money one has last longer. Tony and Teri had to really stretch their money in order to pay all of their bills. They ate a lot of cheap food last month. 
 flip a coin- make a decision by tossing a coin in the air and calling heads or tails. (heads = side of coin with picture of a person's face, tails = opposite side of coin.) Let's decide who will start the game by flipping a coin.

Slangs

What is the meaning of the underlined words?

1. Your proposal was a hit with the boss
2. If you don't get with it, we will never finish this work.
3. The cop showed me his badge.
4. I was blown away by his donation of a million dollars
5. I think I am going bonkers.
6. t's OK. Don't get so bent.
7. Don't get so bent out of shape
8. Shut up! You really have a big mouth
9. He blew all his money gambling
10. Calm down. Don't blow your cool.
11. Hey, don't blow a fuse.

Answer keys

1. Successful

2. Hurry up

3. Policeman

4. Greatly impressed

5. Crazy

6. Angry

7. Become upset

8 Talk too much

9. Lost

10. Become angry

11. Lose your temper

Slangs

What is the meaning of the underlined words?

1. Your proposal was a hit with the boss
2. If you don't get with it, we will never finish this work.
3. The cop showed me his badge.
4. I was blown away by his donation of a million dollars
5. I think I am going bonkers.
6. t's OK. Don't get so bent.
7. Don't get so bent out of shape
8. Shut up! You really have a big mouth
9. He blew all his money gambling
10. Calm down. Don't blow your cool.
11. Hey, don't blow a fuse.

Answer keys

1. Successful

2. Hurry up

3. Policeman

4. Greatly impressed

5. Crazy

6. Angry

7. Become upset

8 Talk too much

9. Lost

10. Become angry

11. Lose your temper