“Life is not a competition between men and women. It is a collaboration.”
- David Alejandro Fearnhead.
About the project
The English language is changing everyday.
Sometimes it is quite challenging to keep up with the new trends and fancy words, especially if English is not your first language.
But don't panic!
An online dictionary of slang expressions is rushing to your aid, with which you won't be afraid of any conversation with a native speaker.
Choose wisely and enjoy your convo, buddy!
Kseniya Hermanovich
Anna Kastusik
Sometimes it is quite challenging to keep up with the new trends and fancy words, especially if English is not your first language.
But don't panic!
An online dictionary of slang expressions is rushing to your aid, with which you won't be afraid of any conversation with a native speaker.
Choose wisely and enjoy your convo, buddy!
Kseniya Hermanovich
Anna Kastusik
MALES
A
B
- action man – man who participates in macho activities
- AFC - Average Frustrated Chump. A guy who lacks skills, and confidence when it comes to women. He will often end up in the "friend zone" because he obeys girls like a slave
- armchair general – a person who sits in a chair behind a computer and leads people or at least attempts to, instead of doing it in person. Usually complains about government, organization, military, political, or religious events through blogs, forums, and social networking sites
B
- babe-magnet - an attractive or supposedly irresistible male
- baby’s daddy – the father of your child whom you didn’t marry, and with whom you are not currently involved
- bald by choice - gentleman who has chosen to avoid hair loss or premature balding, he has shaved his head and keeps it that way, maintaining that look
- Baldwin - an attractive male, it raises your social status if you go out with him
- Barney – a plain, ordinary, unremarkable male
- Barone – a certain high caliber of man, a person of high quality and prestige
- B-boy - a participant in hip hop street culture
- beast man – a man that has fur growing in odd places
- big girl’s blouse - a weak, ineffectual or pathetic male displaying perceived feminine characteristics
- bike curious – a man who is curious about Harley motorcycles and would want to own one
- birthday brother - a male who shares the same birthday as you
- build-a-bear - a man or person who lacks the basic ability to keep and maintain a healthy relationship
- bloke - a man
- bobby - a policeman
- bovver-boy - a cockney pron. for bother boy; a skinhead or other anti-social no-brain
- boxset boyfriend –a character you genuinely fall in love with while watching a series
- boyf - short for boyfriend
- bro’ - a shortening of ‘brother’
- broflake – a man who thinks he's a "nice guy" and says he will "treat you like an actual human being unlike other males", but if you reject him he says "you're missing out" or "weren't that pretty to begin with"
- Bro-ham – a title for a male figure, whose familiarity is that of a brother
- brohemian – a variation of the word ‘brother’ combined with the term ‘bohemian’, used to denote a close affiliate
- Bronie – a male fan of the series, "My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic"
- bubba – a name for a close friend or boyfriend
- buck - a slang for a young black man
- buddy – used as an address (vocative) among guys
- cad - an unprincipled, contemptible fellow; a man who is aware of the codes of conduct which separate a gentleman from a ruffian, but finds himself unable to quite live up to them, they are certainly intelligent, educated, often cultured and frequently very witty, but are unreliable
- chick magnet – a man who attracts women the way a magnet does
- Cinderfella – a. man who must be home by midnight for any one of a variety of reasons or he will face serious consequences b. a guy who cleans all the time
- Clydesdale - in the cycling world, any larger-than-average male rider
- concert boyfriend – a guy you meet at a concert or music festival that you dance with for one song or even the whole time you're there, a guy you've never seen and will probably never see again
- daddio, daddy - a man, usually one who is old
- dapper - a stylish, successful or dominant male
- Darren – a fun, smart, cool guy to hang out with
- Dexter - a sweet, caring, outgoing guy, a good friend and a good boyfriend
- dog - a slang term; similar to Bro, Dude, Man
- Douchebag - a man who is self-absorbed and in love with himself and is very obnoxious about it and chalks up any negative criticism to jealousy
- dude - a man or a fellow
- dude bro - an 18-24-year-old American male, generally Caucasian, who wears birkenstock sandals along with polos that have their collars "popped", watches Family Guy, plays ultimate frisby, and wears an upside-down visor or a baseball cap with a pre-frayed brim
- Dutch - a man with a plan
- DWEM – stands for ‘Dead White European Males’. The term often used by blacks and generally non-whites in order to depreciate cultural achievements of Western Civilization
- eboy – a. boy that probably skates, has his nails painted w rings, wears beanies, maybe has a cute egirl girlfriend, always wearing vans and long sleeves or hoodies under T-shirts, their hair is sometimes parted down the middle. They basically only exist on the internet; b. a lazy boy who is on the internet all day
- fanny-magnet - an attractive young male
- farley, farly -a white, British male known for their good humour, God like qualities and extreme randomness
- Florida man - a key word used a lot to describe all the weird news stories about random Floridians committing weird and dumb crimes, due to the state law regarding freedom of press about the fact that every police or court case must be public. Can also be used as Florida Woman
- fashionmista – a male devoted to fashion clothing, unique or high fashion
- gadger - a male
- geezer – a male Englishman who likes drinking, football, and violence
- half Boyfriend - a male that you do relationship things with but you are not in a relationship with them. You can go hook up with other guys with no worries cause you're half single
- himbo - generally, a large (broad, tall, or buff) attractive man, who tends to be not very bright, but usually extremely nice and respectful
- hobeau - a non-hygienic boyfriend
- househusband - a male person living with his partner and performing all the housework and duties that have traditionally been associated with a housewife, he values his family above anything else and is as amazing a person as any male working partner (also called a ‘homemaker’)
- hunk - a well-built, attractive male, a Male Model
- Jesus - the best person you will ever meet: he loves to talk to anyone who is feeling down and will comfort you when you need it; he never cheats on you; he is very smart in math; he thinks that every girl is beautiful no matter how ugly you look
- jock - a guy who lives and breathes sports
- Joe Blow - an average man, ordinary person
- Joe Sixpack – an average American moron, IQ 60, drinking beer, watching baseball and CNN, and believe everything his President says
- main man – a homeboy or best friend
- manicorn - a mythical male creature who is successful, funny, chivalrous, masculine, adventurous, artistic
- manolescent - a man of any age that shirks adult responsabilities
- manpanion – a. a male companion of a woman friend b. a description for a boyfriend, when you are too old to use the word boyfriend
- manther - the male version of a cougar; an older man who preys on younger women
- mayne – a man
- Mcdreamy - a guy who appears perfect: good-looking, smart and with everything a girl could ask for, but who turns out to be really not perfect
- missing link - a man who is covered head to toe with thick and wiry hair. He's so hairy, he's the missing link that connects humans to apes
- mush - an all-purpose term of address to a stranger (invariably used by men to other men)
- ocker - a typical Australian male
- old man - one’s father, husband or sweetheart
- old white man – a politician or other wealthy person with influence. Called such because the vast majority of politicians and powerful people in the USA are old, white men
- pansy – a mature male, in terms of body and mentality, who cannot handle themselves around females; they panic and start behaving erratically in order to try give a good impression to the female
- paypig - a submissive male, who has consented to financial servitude towards his Mistress. Term used in a derogatory/humiliating light, usually by Mistresses
- pintsman – a man who is an exceptional beer drinker
- poodle-faker - an effete, over-refined or offensively genteel young man, specifically a young man in attendance on older ladies
- red-arse - a new army recruit
- reply guy – a. man who behaves in an overly familiar way and is always replying to the social media messages of a woman he doesn't know or is barely acquainted with; b. an annoying man who replies to social media messages, showing a perceived know-it-all attitude, excessive familiarity, banal arguments etc.
- retard in aluminum foil - what a lady's knight in shining armor becomes when she really gets to know him
- ruffneck - a rough street smart type guy
- Rupert - an officer or officer cadet
- scrub - a useless and worthless male who has huge misconceptions of his own brilliance
- Slay King - a male dressed better than everyone around him
- stock douche - the guy who owns every stock that ever takes off
- sugar daddy – a. a boyfriend who comes with financial benefits b. wealthy older protector and lover of a young woman
- suit - slang for a businessman or any authority figure that wears a suit
- teddy boy - an extremely emotional and physically soft man
- text man - a man that you only text, you don't go on dates with them or hook up with them, just have casual conversations until one of you gets bored and ghosts
- ton-up boy - a teenage or young adult motorcyclist, a precursor of the rocker
- urban renaissance man - a man with all the necessary characteristics and qualities to be complete consisting of the smooth talking and 'make you feel good' skills of the player, the pleasing abilities and protection of the parolee to satisfy financially and be profitable, sweet and caring
- vet - a veteran (a soldier)
- wallet – a term to describe men whose only quality is his money
- What a Chad – a phrase describing a stereotypical young urban white male, typically single and in his 20s
- wife guy - man who takes any opportunity to mention his wife in an admiring manner
- wolf - a younger, muscular hairy man with facial hair, predatory by nature
- womb sniffer - fragile, power hungry male who thinks he has a say over women’s rights
- yo-boy - Caucasian male youth who wears baggy pants and/or dresses or acts in a manner consistent of the gangsta style without due cause and in deference to his true identity
- zaddy - a very handsome fashionable mature man
- zoo daddy - a divorced father who rarely sees his child or children
FEMALES
A
B
R
S
T
V
- ankle – an extremely useless woman
- aviation blonde - a girl who dyes her hair blonde
B
- babe - adjective used to describe a good looking girl
- baby mama - a woman who is the mother of another man's baby, who she typically isn't married to
- bachelorette – a term describing an unmarried woman, usually used to describe an affianced woman having a night on the town with her friends soon before her wedding
- bag lady - a homeless or poor woman that wears tacky, weird looking outfits and usually has dirty fuzzy hair
- ball and chain - a girlfriend that restricts hanging out with your bros or doing anything fun
- ballbreaker - a dominating woman
- bang mommy – a woman expected by her male partner to fulfill a mother-like role in supporting his needs (e.g. cooking, cleaning, and soothing bad moods)
- Barbie girl - a very blonde girl who actually is pretty because of make-up and that calls attention for looking hot in a lot of pink clothes, heels and miniskirts and who is a bit silly sometimes because she cares more about her appearance
- basic white girl – a girl who has no personality of her own, she will follow any trend on TikTok or Instagram
- beanie – a very beautiful, cute and intelligent girl
- Betty - often refers to a surfer girl or skater girl
- Bimbetty - an annoyingly dimwitted or oblivious woman
- bird - a girl
- bit stuff - a reference towards a female partner or companion
- BMW – stands for Black Magic Woman
- bobbysoxer - a girl who acts particularly young and immature and most likely naive; comes from "bobby socks," socks worn by Catholic schoolgirls today that were introduced during the Second World War as a way to conserve fabric
- BOBFOC – “Body Of Baywatch, Face Off Crimewatch”, a female with an attractive body but an ugly face
- body by mattel – a female that is more plastic than human
- boiler – an ugly woman
- bowser - an ugly or unattractive woman
- broad - a term originated in the 1930's meaning woman; derived from the fact that the most defining characteristic of all females are their hips, which are proportionally wider than the hips of their male counterparts
- bunny boiler - a vindictive woman who can't let her man go
- butterface – a female, whose face is the only non-attractive part about her body
- butterfaith – a girl who is fun, intelligent, beautiful, perfect in every way but she's devoutly religious
- Canadian girlfriend – an imaginary girlfriend
- Cherry – a cute, lovely, short, caring, precious girl who has previously never been in love
- chick - a girl, girlfriend (was used unself consciously by hippies)
- chickenhead - a name used for a female (or groups of females when plural) who talks a lot about nothing substantial and is not really interested in making conversation
- Clydesdale – a tall thick girl or woman who is not necessarily fat, but big boned, voluptuous and still attractive
- cool girl - a girl who is not a girlfriend; she shares interests with, hangs with a man she is interested in. Inevitably, she becomes a 'cool girl' and becomes ineligible for girlfriend status
- cool girl esma – an amazing sweet pretty girl who will do anything for you; cool, amazing, brilliant, elite, likes cats, like the best person ever
- common law girlfriend - when two people have been hooking up for an extended period of time but neither will acknowledge the relationship.
- cow - an unpleasant or obnoxious woman
- daisy bell - a smart kind beautiful girl who is strong minded and loving, who laughs a lot
- dame - a classy, beautiful woman. The type one can only dream of going out with
- date shield - a female 'friend' who shows no outward interest in you, but will go all out to prevent you from hooking with other women by slagging you behind your back
- doll - a woman, a dream girl
- dollybird - a nice and good-looking woman that you wouldn’t mind having under your arm
- Doris – a truly beautiful girl, both inside and out
- douche baguette – a term applied to a female individual with a strong tendency to display outbursts of misdirected anger and frustrations generally observed in a public environment where they attempt to attract attention by using any necessary means
- Egirl - a species of emo usually found on tiktok but commonly spends time on tumblr; can be found wearing pink eyeshadow with a large wing, little hearts under the eyes and a blushed nose. normally wearing some type of shirt from urban outfitters over a longsleeve striped shirt; commonly found doing the me! me! me! dance but has probably never seen it before
- Fitty – a compliment aimed at young females with a desirable figure
- football widow – a woman who must cope with the temporary death of her relationship during football games
- friend girl - a girl you really like, but you're just really close friends and not boyfriend/girlfriend. You're still in the friend zone and that's ok
- fridge - this term is used to describe a large ugly woman of a rectangular fridge-like shape, being large shoulders and non-shapely
- front burner - an attractive female, so hot that she is the large, front burner on the stove
- gallis - a group of females
- gash - a woman or a girl
- geezerbird – a. a girl with a masculine appearance and/or supposedly male attitudes or behavior b. a deep-voiced female
- gentlefem – a female who decides to give up on becoming a dress wearing lady to become a gentleman. The woman does not need to be genderqueer of any kind to do this
- gooey - a girl that is hot, with a nice body
- grade digger – a girl who only talks to you for help with her classes
- grenade - the ugliest girl in a group of girls that are out
- groupie - a girl who associates with or follows a musical group or star
- grunt – an extremely unattractive female
- hattie - a beautiful young lady who is talented, smart and funny; she has the best sense of humor and is the life of the party
- heifer - a heavy or fat woman
- helicopter girlfriend - a hovering, slightly neurotic, but well-meaning, girlfriend who gets way too involved in her partner's day to day activities to the point of interfering with their activities and choices
- her indoors - the wife as referred to by her husband to his friends
- hollaback girl - an attractive girl but not the cream of the crop
- homegirl - the girl you can go to for anything (i.e. love problems, advice, etc.) but someone you would never consider being with
- hype girl – an ultimate turn up girl of the squad, getting the party going
- hyphenated – a woman who is married
- Ice Queen - a beautiful female who is, or appears to be emotionless, distant or unfeeling, as if her heart were a block of ice
- Jill - a smart independent woman who often makes others jealous of her wit, good looks and charm
- Judy - an attractive girl of any Asian descent
- Karen – a middle aged woman, typically blonde, makes solutions to others' problems an inconvenience to her although she isn't even remotely affected
- Kewpie doll - a woman with a cute face and nice hair, frequently employed as a television NILF, where all they need to show is the woman's face to attract viewers
- lactivist - a woman who nurses her child in public as a protest against people uncomfortable with seeing breastfeeding
- ladette - a young woman who behaves in a confident and noisy way, who drinks alcohol and may enjoy sport or other activities that are traditionally enjoyed by men
- ladies who lunch - self-indulgent and/or pampered females
- lady Muck - a woman thought to be ‘putting on airs’ or behaving high-handedly
- latchkey wife – a wife who comes home from work to an empty house, left to her own defenses during the evening, while husband works opposite shift
- lumpy-jumper - Royal Air Force slang for a female, due to their mammory glands and the tight-fitting issue sweaters
- maiden - a young lady, especially an unmarried one
- main – what a man calls a woman that is number one in his life
- mallie - a girl that loves to start drama
- MIRF – an acronym for Mom I'd Run From
- moll - a slang word from Gangland-era America that meant an attractive young woman
- momager - the combination of a mom and a manager
- MomMom - the best name for a grandmother
- old cheese - a mother (not offensive)
- old lady - one’s mother, wife or sweetheart
- old trout - a middle-aged or elderly woman, especially one who is frumpish or short-tempered
- passenger princess - a pretty girl that has no other job but to look pretty in the passenger seat while her boyfriend/significant other drives
- pearl clutcher - a female, usually but not always of conservative mores, who reacts with shock, feigned or otherwise, at other people's violations of decorum, propriety, morality
- pick me - a woman that is willing to do anything for male approval
- piglet - a very beautiful young woman who makes the occasional, cute squealing sound when surprised, scared, or flustered
- plant mom - mother of plants, a woman who owns a significant number of plants and cares for them deeply
- puma - an attractive woman in her late 20s or early 30s
R
- robobabe - an overwhelmingly attractive female
S
- scrat - an ugly girl that tries to look by wearing loads of make-up and short skirts
- scream queen - originally a term used in horror and slasher films to describe the leading lady
- Sheila - an Australian colloquialism for a girl, often amazing, beautiful and smart
- shero – a female hero
- shorty - a girlfriend
- skirt - a woman or a girl, or females in general
- sow - a female police officer
- spencer - an attractive young female
- slide to unlock - a phrase used to describe a girl that is "easy" (they are just like the iPhone, as simple as slide to unlock)
T
- tabby - a female, especially an attractive and/or lively girl
- tinderella - an attractive female discovered through the tinder dating application
- totty - an attractive woman
- tradwife - Short for "traditional wife" (that is to say, a female homemaker)
- trap Queen - a female, who's intelligent and loyal to her boyfriend
- trouble and strife - Cockney slang for wife
- tuna - one or more teenage girls
- twist - Cockney slang for a girl
V
- VSCO girls - females that own crocs, vans, millions of scrunchies, a hydroflask and metal straws. They usually wear oversized t-shirts and get Starbucks
- urban cougar - an older woman, typically early 30s to mid-40s, who has abandoned traditional rules of romantic engagement and taken as her mission the seduction of as many young men as she can possibly handle
- wajority - the majority of women
- wifey - a girl you care a lot about, she's more than just your girl
- yattie – a girl
