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年轻人常用口头禅

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1. It's cool.
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cool 是青少年(teen-agers) 常用的字,(有时也用 debonaire) 其真正意思是指可以接受的好事;或是情况可以控制;或是保持冷静、文雅、礼貌、外表不错,能够合乎年轻人的标准。(可指人或事物)也就是 something good or acceptable;situation is under control;being calm, gentle, courteous or good-looking;meet teen's standard. 所以可以说: 4 k' P5 O5 w1 X% k7 G6 A9 D! y: @
    That's cool;he is cool;this is cool.
" S! j, g+ F- |, K+ t    Skydiving (或surfing) is cool.(跳伞或冲浪运动很不错)( r7 H' `: y0 _6 ^& E; S

: ]6 i8 t1 {9 `8 p- U) g! w4 _主词可用任何人称的单复数 (I, we, they 等),动词可用 verb to be 的任何时态 (is, was, were, will be, have been等)。因此,也可以说: # y# E1 l8 w, w- Z3 a; g
    She (He) was cool in the past.
" @+ E9 J# {8 `+ S0 e) t0 U    That's a cool T-shirt.(好看的运动衫) . i5 @8 H3 I1 v  [; t
    He (she) is a cool person.(文雅礼貌的人)
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但是如果说:Are you cool?又是指「你冷吗?」(cool = cold),可见 cool 当口头禅或俚语时,多半不用在问句。假如说: % d3 M" q; `# W& T" Q' P
    She looks as cool as a cucumber. 又是恭维语,是说她很 calm and charming; not ( ?5 i5 ]7 ^1 F# Z
    emotional. 但为何用黄瓜 (cucumber) 代表,则不得而知。 5 E- m# Q0 _" m$ u
    (注:许多华人把 cool 译成「很酷」) % W' I: x+ v0 W8 t
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2. Are you trippin'?
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  Y7 ^, ~6 \0 }1 [. ^3 Strippin' 这个字,是由动词 trip 演变而来。(动词时态是:tripped, tripping)年轻人用省略符号 (apostrophe ) 代替 g,表示是 slang,或口头禅。这个字是现在分词当形容词用,是指行为异乎寻常,也许受到吸毒或喝酒的影响,而显得神魂颠倒、奇形怪状(to get high on drug such as LSD),也就是说:要不是受到药、酒的影响,你为什 显得这样古怪呢?(Are you under any influence of drug or alcoholic? Why are you so crazy and bizarre?) 所以可以说: 1 [& M4 N# Q( U5 ?; `9 R& }
    They are trippin'. (= tripping) % a7 m* W; [6 k2 _: m7 F. J
    She (he) is trippin'. ! I7 g5 E' ~  S6 X. J
Mr. A must be trippin'. # t# ?6 i  {5 w/ z7 z: w
通常只用在年轻人身上,而且不是恭维语。
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3. He is a nerd0 o. q, M3 j: R4 ]+ q+ Z7 \/ h
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nerd 是指一些年轻人,每天只懂读书、考试,但对生活上的其他事情,都很生疏。 (A person always buries his nose in books, but not good at social situations.) 由於美国十分重视多方面发展的教育 (well-rounded),所以许多老外认为 nerd 虽然学识不错,但很乏味;有IQ,但缺乏EQ,只是社会上无足轻重的「书虫」或「蠢货」而已。(IQ = Intelligence Quotient ; EQ  = Emotional Quotient) nerd 可用复数,动词也能用其他时态。因此可以说:
8 i1 c! _. u1 s6 U* ^    He used to be a nerd in high school 4 l9 @( Z2 ]0 w; \; Y# @+ J
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4. Yo baby( w7 H7 c* C8 o3 C! }/ `, `
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Yo baby 是许多年轻的黑人男子对女子的招呼语,也有人用“Yo baby, yo baby
( g: m+ Y, [, ]1 R$ f1 ]8 f& E" R; zyo”,由於女子很漂亮,很吸引人,他想与她交谈。(He thinks she is pretty and attractive, so he wants to speak to her.),也就是找话题,想要「打开话匣」。(to use as a form of opening line or pick-up line or to begin a greeting; try to know her or date her) 如果说:
, \, o6 s9 R  M% G; N    Yo baby, are you trippin'? 意思是:漂亮的姑娘,你的样子有点怪里怪气,有什 心事吗? 7 D2 H: I/ A. L8 A* P
“Yo baby" 後面可跟任何可以「打开话匣」的句子。诸如:
5 Z# S: V5 f# x$ zMay I help you with something? I think I have met you somewhere before. # U. a; g" S. b/ e: y
同理,如果年轻女子看到帅哥,有吸引力,很想与他交谈,那 就用:“Hey, hey, hey" 後跟任何可以「打开话匣」的句子。诸如: - g6 S. P, p4 L2 A2 A2 h
    Hey, hey, hey, what's going on?“what is going on?”就是年轻黑人打招呼的用语 (a form of greeting or open statement) 或 Hey, hey, hey, are you going to the movie?(帅哥,你是去看电影吗?) ! }! [! e* q2 _3 d" r

9 ]! z) t1 H2 u5. She is a ho! N3 p3 m6 K$ b! i. Y

6 }) r: G" Y) o7 b, @" who 这个字,也是美国年轻人把 whore 字改变而成的一种口头禅或俚语。意思是指一些年轻女人,也许因为 peer pressure 或 curiosity 或 enjoyment 的心理,随便自愿与男子免费上床。(a girl or woman gives sex freely without charge),也就是说:She is very loose. 或 She is a loose woman (girl)。 ho 也可用复数: # v7 w3 h9 B& `. w% x' o- @9 s
    They are (were) hos. ( H/ k& @8 Q5 h, R8 @" ]. f  `8 j
    There are quite a few hos in high schools. 但是如果用 whore,是指妓女,男人需要付钱的。(a girl or woman is paid for sex.)
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9 H0 I% V4 z5 N0 W1 L4 w1 O8 `% p* _6. Catch you later!; |+ U+ b. h" N) Z. M
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这是年轻人说「再会」的口语。(a form to say“good乡bye”) 也就是说:现在没有时间与你交谈,以後再谈吧!(I don't have time to talk with you now, but we can talk later.) 因此,catch 就是 talk 或 contact 的意思。catch 後面,也可用其他人称代名词(him, her, them 等)
  f8 U& k3 m  L5 i/ R! u" E有时年轻小伙子也用:I am off. 意思就是:I am leaving now; I'll talk to you again. 1 K$ z0 P$ }3 B  F) Z) @
(我要走了,再谈吧!)
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