1. cheesy: (太夸张)melodramatic, corny (synonym), trying too hard,unsubtle, andinauthentic(Ex: “I love her so much I am going to die.” “Haha you sound soo cheesy.”)
2. chicken: (胆小鬼)coward (Ex: “Stop being a chicken and try therollercoasterride!”)
3. dorky:(另类的,愚蠢的)strange;peculiar; A dork is someone who hasoddinterests, and is oftensillyat times. (Ex: "Kate Perryportrayeda dorky girl in her music video for the song 'Last Friday Night.'")
4. freebie:(免费赠品)something that does not cost money (Ex: “Where did you buy that pen?” “Oh this? It’s a freebie I got at thecarnival.”)
5. full-on:(全力以赴)powerful, withmaximumeffort. (Ex: “I’m going to study full-on for this next exam.”)
6. go bananas:(发疯,情绪失控)goslightlycrazy (Ex: “Love is making you go bananas.”)
7. hammered:(醉了)verydrunk(Ex: “Dude, stop drinking, you are already hammered.”)
8. hyper:(亢奋的)overly excited (Ex: “Why are you so hyper?” “I think it’sbecause I ate a lot ofcandythis morning.Sugarmakes me hyper.”)
9. kicks:(鞋子)shoes (Ex: “Wow, nice kicks!”) (SeeNote 1)
NOTE 1| “Just for kicks” is a phrase that means, “Just for fun.” The term, kicks, in this case doesnotmean shoes.
10. laid back:(放松的)relaxed; calm (Ex: “Why are you so laid back? The exam is in 30 minutes!”)
11. lame:(拙劣的)incompetent, bad (Ex: “I saw you cheating on the test.” “So what?” “Ugh, you are so lame.”)
12. love handles: (腰间赘肉)excessfat around thewaist(Ex: “Honey, it’s okay, I love you AND your love handles.”)
13. rubbish:(废话)nonsense; not true (Ex: “The last Harry Potter movie was terrible!” “What? That’s rubbish!”)
14. screw up:(弄糟,犯错)to make amistake(Ex: “I’m sorry for lying to you, I screwed up, big time.”)
15. sick:(很棒的)awesome, so cool, amazing; a term used more commonly among hip hopdancers(Ex: “Dude, you’ve got some sick moves!”)