Minggu, 18 Desember 2011

Adjective Clause





Adjective Clause dinamakan juga RELATIVE CLAUSE yaitu Clause (anak kalimat) yang digunakan/berfungsi sebagai adjective yang menerangkan keadaan noun atau pronoun. Untuk lebih jelasnya penjelasan mengenai Adjective Clause, perhatikan penjelasan di bawah ini:

Contoh:
  • I have read the book (that) you just mentioned.

    Main Clause: I have read the book.
    Subordinate Clause: (that) you just mentioned.
Anak kalimat menerangkan kata benda the book, disebut dengan Adjective Clause
  • The lesson (that) she is learning is very difficult.

    Main Clause: The lesson is very difficult.
    Subordinate Clause: (that) she is learning.
Berdasarkan pada the Antecedent yang ditunjuk oleh introductory words (kata-kata pendahulunya), Adjective Clause dapat diklasifikasikan menjadi 2 macam, yaitu:

1. Relative Pronoun
  • Kata Ganti Orang

    Kata Penghubung yang digunakan adalah : Who, Whom, Whose, That

    Fungsi :

    a. Subjek:

    - He paid the money to the man who / that had done the work

    b. Objek Kata Kerja:

    - He paid the man whom/that he had hired.

    c. Objek Kata Depan:

    - He paid the man from whom he had borrowed the money.

    d. Kata Ganti Kepunyaan:

    - This is the girl whose picture you saw.
  • Benda, Binatang

    Kata Penghubung yang digunakan adalah: Which, that

    Fungsi:

    a. Subjek:

    - Here is a book which/that describes animals.

    b. Objek Kata Kerja:

    - The chair which/that he broke is being repaired.

    c. Objek Kata Depan:

    - She was wearing the coat for which she had paid $2,00.
2. Relative Adverbs
  • Waktu

    Kata Penghubung yang digunakan: when

    - This is the year when the Olympic Games are held.
  • Tempat

    Kata Penghubung yang digunakan: where

    - Here is the house where I live.
  • Alasan

    Kata Penghubung yang digunakan: when

    - Give me one good reason why you did that.
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1. Relative Pronoun

Yaitu Adjective Clause dengan memakai kata penghubung Relative Pronoun.
  • The boy is called Bob. He gave me a present.
    • The boy who gave me a present is called Bob. atau
    • The boy who is called Bob gave me a present.
Beberapa contoh Adjective Clause lainnya:
  • The boy whose radio was stolen is a student.
  • The girl whom I gave a special reward is a bright student.
  • The bike which I borrowed last week was sold.
2. Relative Adverb

Pelajaran tentang ini dibahas lebih lengkap pada Relative Clause. Hal-hal yang perlu ditambahkan di sini, yaitu:
  • Kata Why (yang menunjukkan alasan) yang menjadi Adverb penghubung, mungkin (kadang-kadang) dapat digantikan dengan that atau kadang-kadang dapat dihilangkan dalam kalimat.

    - The reason (that) I came should be obvious to you.
    - The reason (why) I came should be obvious to you.
    - The reason I came should be obvious to you.
  • When atau Where Bering dapat Baling ditukarkan dengan Preposition yang menunjukkan tempat (a preposition of Place) ditambah dengan Which.

    - The small town in which (= where) I was born has grown to a large metropolis.
    - The day on which (= when) they were to leave finally arrived.
Kadang-kadang that dapat menggantikan where atau when.
  • The day that (or when, on which) the trial was to take place was a stormy one.
  • Please suggest a good place that (or where) we can meet
Beberapa Hal Penting yang Berkaitan dengan Adjective Clause
  • Perubahan dari Adjective Clause menjadi Adjective Phrase.
    • Adjective Clause dapat dirubah menjadi Adjective Phrase yang menjelaskan noun tanpa ada perubahan arti kalimat.
    • Hanya Adjective Clause yang mempunyai subjek pronoun: who, which atau that yang dapat dirubah menjadi Adjective Phrase.
    • Adjective Clause dengan subjek: whom tidak dapat dirubah menjadi Adjective Phrase.

      Perhatikan Contoh berikut:

      a. Adjective Clause

      * The girl who is sitting next to me is Lisa.
      ==> The boy is playing the piano is Bent.

      b. Adjective Phrase

      * The girl sitting next to me is Lisa.
      ==> The boy playing the piano is Bent.
  • Cara mengubah Adjective Clause menjadi Adjective Phrase.

    (1) Subjek pronoun dan verb be dihilangkan.

    * Adjective Clause: The man who is talking to Taylor is from Japan.
    * Adjective Phrase: The man talking to Taylor is from Japan.

    * Adjective Clause: The ideas which are presented in that book are interesting.
    * Adjective Phrase: The ideas presented in that book are interesting.

    * Adjective Clause: Ali is the man who is responsible for preparing the budget.
    * Adjective Phrase: Ali is the man responsible for preparing the budget.

    * Adjective Clause: The books that are on the shelf are mine.
    Adjective Phrase: The books on the shelf are mine.

    (2) Jika tidak ada verb be dalam Adjective Clause, seringkali subjek pronoun dapat dihilangkan dan mengubah kata kerja dalam Clause itu menjadi bentuk -ing.

    * Adjective Clause: English has an alphabet that consists of 26 letters.
    * Adjective Phrase: English has an alphabet  consisting of 26 letters.

    * Adjective Clause: Anyone who wants to come with us is welcome.
    * Adjective Phrase: Anyone wanting to come with us is welcome.
  • Seringkali Adjective Clause digunakan dalam pola: noun + of which. Pola ini terutama digunakan untuk tulisan bahasa Inggris resmi (formal written English). Dalam pola ini biasanya Adjective Clause menerangkan "sesuatu".

    * We have an antique table. The top of it has jade inlay.
    • We have an antique table, the top of which has jade inlay.
    • We toured a 300-year-old house. The exterior of the house consisted of logs cemented with clay.
    • We toured a 300-year-old house, the exterior of which consisted of logs cemented with lay.
  • Adjective Clause sering digunakan untuk mengungkapkan kuantitas dengan of. Ungkapan kuantitas mendahului pronoun, dan hanya whom, which, dan whose yang digunakan dalam pola ini.

    Ungkapan kuantitas dengan "of" antara lain: some of, none of, both of, one of, many of, two of, all of, each of, most of, dll.

    * There are 20 students in my class. Most of them are from the Outside Java.
    --> There are 20 students in my class, most of whom are from the Outside Java.

    * He gave several reasons. Only a few of them were valid.
    --> He gave several reasons, only a few of which were valid.
  • Tanda Baca pada Adjective Clauses

    Pedoman umum dalam Tanda Baca pada Adjective Clauses yaitu:
    • Jangan menggunakan tanda koma bila Adjective Clause diperlukan untuk mengidentifikasi noun yang dijelaskan olehnya.
    • Gunakanlah tanda koma bila Adjective Clause hanya berfungsi untuk memberi informasi tambahan dan tidak dimaksudkan untuk mengidentifikasi noun yang dijelaskan olehnya.
      • Henry whose wife works at a bank came to my house yesterday.
      • Alex, whose wife works at a bank, came to my house yesterday.

Keterangan:

Contoh pertama menggambarkan bahwa Henry memiliki lebih dari 1 istri. Pada kalimat tersebut pembicara ingin mengindentifikasikan istrinya yang bekerja di Bank, bukan yang lainnya.

Sedangkan pada kalimat kedua, kita sudah jelas, kalau Alex memiliki hanya 1 orang istri. Frase yang berada di antara koma hanya memberikan keterangan tambahan saja. Tanpa frase tersebut pun orang lain sudah mengetahuinya kalau istrinya Alex memang bekerja di sebuah Bank karena memang istrinya cuma 1 itu.

Perhatikan contoh berikut ini untuk lebih jelasnya dalam penggunaan tanda koma dalam Adjective Clause.
    • Soekarno, who is the first President of Republic of Indonesia, could deliver speech well.
Perbedaan antara Adjective Clause dan Noun Clause

Karena adanya kesamaan dalam beberapa kata pendahulunya, maka kadang-kadang antara Noun Clause dan Adjective Clause sering membingungkan.

Ada 2 macam perbedaan yang penting antara dua jenis Clause tersebut: perhatikan contoh berikut ini:
  • Adjective Clause biasanya didahului oleh noun atau pronoun yang diterangkan.

    Adjective Clause
    • I know the house where he lives.
(where he lives mempunyai antecedent the house, yang merupakan objek dari kata know)

Noun Clause
    • I know where he lives.
(where he lives adalah objek dari kata know)
Preposisi yang mendahului introductory word adalah milik Adjective Clause dan bukan milik Noun Clause.

Adjective Clause
  • The woman to whom he has been giving money is a poor relative of his.
(Adjective Clause dimulai dengan to yang merupakan bentuk a prepositional phrase dengan whom dalam Adjective Clause itu. Dan To dapat diletakkan di bagian belakang Adjective Clause. The woman, whom he has been giving money to, is a poor relative of his).

Noun Clause
  • He gives money to whoever needs it.
(The Noun Clause dimulai dengan whoever, seluruh Noun Clause itu adalah objek dari to, yang tidak dapat dipindah letaknya. Dan juga -ever- merupakan bentuk yang hanya bergandeng (mengikuti) dengan Noun Clause.

Sabtu, 17 Desember 2011

Compound Nouns


A compound noun is a noun that is made up of two or more words. Most compound nouns in English are formed by nouns modified by other nouns or adjectives.
For example:
The words tooth and paste are each nouns in their own right, but if you join them together they form a new word - toothpaste.
The word black is an adjective and board is a noun, but if you join them together they form a new word - blackboard.
In both these example the first word modifies or describes the second word, telling us what kind of object or person it is, or what its purpose is. And the second part identifies the object or person in question.
Compound nouns can also be formed using the following combinations of words:-
Noun
+
Noun
toothpaste
Adjective
+
Noun
monthly ticket
Verb
+
Noun
swimming pool
Preposition
+
Noun
underground
Noun
+
Verb
haircut
Noun
+
Preposition
hanger on
Adjective
+
Verb
dry-cleaning
Preposition
+
Verb
output
The two parts may be written in a number of ways:-
1. Sometimes the two words are joined together.
Example: tooth + paste = toothpaste | bed + room = bedroom
2. Sometimes they are joined using a hyphen.
Example: check-in
3. Sometimes they appear as two separate words.
Example: full moon
There's a list of lots of compound words here.
A good dictionary will tell you how you should write each compound noun.

Kamis, 15 Desember 2011

Slang





Slang adalah kata atau ekspresi tidak resmi yang dianggap tidak standart dalam dialek pembicara atau bahasa pembicaranya. Slang sering digunakan dalam situasi-situasi tidak resmi. Oleh karena itu hindari penggunaan slang dalam situasi formal. Bahasa Inggris tidak pernah luput dari slang. Apalagi dalam percakapan sehari-hari.

Di bawah ini adalah daftar kecil contoh-contoh slang dalam Bahasa Inggris:
  • airhead: stupid person.
  • ace: excellent, great.
  • Adam and Eve - Rhyming Slang for 'believe'
  • aggro - short for aggravation or violence
  • amber fluid : beer
  • anorak - geek, nerd.
  • apples and pears - Rhyming Slang for 'stairs'.
  • armpit: dirty, unappealing place.
  • arse / ass [slightly offensive] (1): backside.
  • arse / ass (2): an unworthy person.
  • arse about/arsing about - to fool around
  • arse-about-face: something that is in a mess or crooked
  • arseholed: very drunk
  • arvo : afternoon
  • Aussie : Australian
  • awesome: great and impressive.
  • backhander (1): a payment given, normally in a secretive fashion.
  • backhander (2): hit someone.
  • ball (1): a fun time.
  • ball [slightly offensive] (2): a testicle.
  • ballistic - to go mad with rage
  • bang [slightly offensive](1): to make love
  • bang (2): a powerful effect.
  • banged up - to be put in prison.
  • bangers - another name for sausages.
  • barbie : barbecue, grill.
  • barf (1): vomit.
  • barmy - a foolish person, mad.
  • barney - row, violent argument.
  • beans: money.
  • beast [offensive] - an ugly woman.
  • beat: tired.
  • beemer: a BMW.
  • bent (1): a 'gay man'
  • bent (2): 'stolen'.
  • biggie: something important.
  • biker: a motorcycle rider.
  • bikkie : biscuit
  • bimbo - a young woman considered sexually attractive but of limited intelligence.
  • bird -  woman/girl/girlfriend
  • bitch [offensive] (1): a very unpleasant woman.
  • bitch [offensive] (2): complain.
  • bitchy [slightly offensive]: moody.
  • bitzer : mongrel dog (bits of this and bits of that!).
  • bladdered - very drunk
  • blag -  a robbery
  • bloke - man
  • blotto -  'very drunk'
  • blue (1) - XXX; dirty, hot, steamy, pornographic
  • blue (2): domestic fight or row.
  • bluey - pornographic film
  • boat race - Rhyming Slang for 'face'.
  • bod: body.
  • bonkers; go bonkers: crazy.
  • bonzer : great.
  • booboo: a mistake.
  • bovver - trouble, usually fighting.
  • booze: alcohol.
  • boozer (1): a pub
  • boozer (2): someone who likes alcohol.
  • Brahms and Liszt - Rhyming Slang for 'pissed' (drunk).
  • brass monkeys - cold weather
  • bread: money.
  • brew (1): tea or coffee.
  • brew (2): beer.
  • brill - short for 'brilliant'.
  • bull: bullshit; lie.
  • bullshit [offensive]: lie; dishonesty.
  • bugger - a mild form of abuse or an exclamation.
  • bunk-off - to be absent without permission
  • bunk-up - to make love.
  • bushed: extremely tired.
  • butt: the buttocks, bottom.
  • cabbage -  someone who is a bit slow or stupid
  • cakehole - mouth..
  • catch some rays: get some sunshine.
  • char / cha - tea.
  • cheesy: cheap; lacking in good taste.
  • chicken: coward.
  • chook : a chicken
  • chuck up: vomit
  • chuck a sickie : take the day off sick from work when you're perfectly healthy.
  • ciggy - slang for cigarette.
  • cock and bull story - a rubbish story, nonsense.
  • (to) cop it - to die, to get into trouble.
  • cool: excellent; superb.
  • cooler, the: gaol; jail; prison
  • couch potato: a person who watches too much television.
  • cozzie : swimming costume
  • cranky : in a bad mood, angry.
  • crap [slightly offensive] (1): something worthless.
  • crap [offensive] (2): excrement.
  • crap [slightly offensive] (3): falsehoods and lies.
  • crikey - an expression of astonishment.
  • crust - money / wage.
  • cushy - easy.
  • dead cert - something that is definite.
  • deck: to hit someone.
  • dicey: unpredictable; risky.
  • dickhead [slightly offensive] - an idiot, fool.
  • dill : an idiot.
  • ding-dong - argument or fight.
  • dipstick - idiot, fool.
  • dirt: extremely bad person.
  • dirty: offensive; pornographic.
  • div/divvy - stupid or slow person.
  • doodle - something thats easy / no problem.
  • dodgy - dubious person or thing.
  • dog [offensive] - an ugly girl.
  • done over - beaten up
  • dope - a slow or stupid person.
  • doobry - a nonsensical word used when you forget the name of something
  • dorky: strange; peculiar.
  • dosh - money.
  • dosser - down-and-out, tramp.
  • down under : Australia and New Zealand.
  • Drongo : a dope, stupid person.
  • dude: a male.
  • dump [slightly offensive] - to defecate.
  • dyke [offensive] - lesbian.
  • dynamite: powerful; excellent.
  • dinosaur: something out of date or old fashioned.
  • earbashing : nagging, non-stop chatter.
  • evil: great; excellent.
  • eyeball: to stare long and hard at someone or something.
  • eyepopper: something or someone visibly astounding.
  • fab: fabulous.
  • face-off: confrontation.
  • fag [offensive] (1): homosexual
  • fag (2): cigarette
  • family jewels - Rhyming Slang for testicles.
  • far out - splendid.
  • fart [offensive] (1): an escape of gas from the bowels.
  • fart [slightly offensive] (2): an unpleasant person
  • fat head - an idiot or dull person.
  • fender-bender: small accident.
  • filth [offensive] - the police.
  • fit - sexually attractive.
  • five finger discount - shoplifting.
  • flaky: unpredictable.
  • flashback: sudden memory.
  • flick (1): film; movie.
  • flick (2): to give something or somebody the flick is to get rid of it or him/her
  • floating : intoxicated
  • floozie - a mistress or girlfriend.
  • flommox - confuse
  • flutter - a bet (on horse racing or football)
  • footie - Abbreviated form for football.
  • for crying out loud ! - a expression of frustration or anger.
  • forty winks - a short sleep or nap.
  • fox: attractive, alluring person.
  • freebie: something that does not cost money.
  • French kiss : kissing with the tongue.
  • full monty - 'the whole lot', everything.
  • full-on - powerful, with maximum effort.
  • funny farm - mental hospital or institution.
  • funny money - counterfeit money.
  • gaff - house or flat.
  • gander - to look at.
  • geek: an unattractive person who works too hard.
  • get it: to understand something.
  • glitch: flaw.
  • gobshite [offensive] - someone who talks rubbish all the time.
  • go bananas: go slightly mad.
  • good onya : good for you, well done
  • goof (1): make a mistake.
  • goof (2): a silly and foolish person.
  • goof off: waste time.
  • goof up: make a mistake.
  • goofy: silly.
  • Gordon Bennet - an exclamation.
  • grand: one thousand dollars.
  • grass: marijuana.
  • greaser - slang name for a 1950's style man.
  • grog : alcohol, beer.
  • grub: food.
  • grubby: not clean.
  • grungy: unclean and stinky.
  • gut: a person's stomach; belly.
  • guts: courage.
  • gyno - gynaecologist
  • hacked off - fed up, annoyed.
  • hairy: difficult; dangerous.
  • ham-fisted - clumsy.
  • hammered - drunk.
  • handcuffs: an engagement ring or wedding ring
  • hang a left: make a left turn.
  • hang a right: make a right turn.
  • headcase - mad
  • hep: sensible; informed.
  • her ('er) indoors - wife, girlfriend.
  • hickey: a love bite on the skin.
  • hip: sensible; informed.
  • hole in the wall -  a cashpoint machine or bankomat.
  • hoo-ha - trouble; commotion.
  • hooker: prostitute.
  • horny:  in the mood for sex, sexually stimulated;.
  • hot (1):  sexy.
  • hot (2):popular.
  • hottie : hot water bottle
  • huff - bad mood.
  • humungous: really big.
  • hump (1) - to have sex.
  • hump (2) - bad mood.
  • hyper: overly excited.
  • icky: unpleasant.
  • I.D.: identification.
  • iffy - dubious, doubtful.
  • I'm outta here: I'm leaving; I'm departing.
  • in: fashionable.
  • ivories: teeth.
  • jack around: waste time.
  • jam (1): trouble.
  • jam (2): improvise (musically).
  • jamming, to be : going well.
  • jammy - lucky.
  • jerk: stupid or annoying person.
  • jock: someone good at sports.
  • K : a thousand.
  • keep your hair on - "keep calm".
  • kick back: relax and enjoy.
  • kick the bucket: die.
  • kip - sleep.
  • knackered - exhausted.
  • knees up - party.
  • knock: condemn, criticise.
  • knockout: beautiful woman; handsome man.
  • knock back : refusal (noun), refuse (transitive verb)
  • kook: peculiar person.
  • kraut [slightly offensive] -  German
  • laid back: relaxed; calm.
  • lairy - loud, brash.
  • lame: incompetent.
  • legless - very drunk.
  • limp wristed - a  gay man.
  • lip: cheeky talk.
  • loaded - someone with a lot of money.
  • loo : toilet
  • loser: a bungling and worthless person.
  • lost the plot - crazy/mad.
  • love handles: excess fat around the waist.
  • luvverly jubberly - wonderful, great, all is well.
  • make waves: cause problems.
  • malarkey - nonsense.
  • mate - friend
  • max, to the : maximum.
  • mega: big.
  • megabucks: a large amount of money.
  • mellow: relaxed.
  • mickey-mouse: unimportant; time-wasting.
  • minger [offensive] - an unattractive person (usually female).
  • mongrel : despicable person
  • moonie [offensive!] - to show one's bottom (arse) to unsuspecting onlookers.
  • moose [offensive] -  an ugly girl.
  • mozzie : mosquito
  • mug : a gullible person.
  • naff - something which is cheap and nasty.
  • naff off - a milder version off fu*k off.
  • nancy (nancy boy) - a homosexual.
  • nark - a police informer.
  • narked - to be annoyed.
  • neat: cool; great.
  • nick - to steal.
  • nipper - a small child.
  • no-hoper - somebody who'll never do well
  • nosh - food.
  • not cricket - not normal or correct.
  • not all there - someone who is stupid, not bright intellectually
  • not half! - cetainly, for sure.
  • not the full quid - someone who is stupid, not bright intellectually.
  • nuke (1): nuclear weapon.
  • nuke (2): destroy; delete.
  • nuke (3): cook something in the microwave oven.
  • nut (1): odd or crazy person.
  • nut (2): someone passionate about something.
  • nutter - crazy person.
  • nuts [slightly offensive]: testicles.
  • nutty - eccentric.
  • off your face - to be very drunk.
  • out of your tree - crazy, drunk or stoned.
  • pad: someone's home.
  • pants (1) -  an exclamation of frustration.
  • pants (2) -  bad or rubbish.
  • party: celebrate.
  • party animal: someone that loves parties.
  • paws: hands.
  • peanuts: very little money.
  • pee: to urinate.
  • pickled: drunk.
  • pig out: eat too much.
  • pigs ear: to make a mistake with something.
  • piss [slightly offensive] - to urinate.
  • pissed - drunk.
  • pissed (off): angry; upset.
  • piss-head - a habitual drinker or alcoholic.
  • piss-up - a big drinking session.
  • plank - an idiot.
  • plastered: drunk.
  • plonker - an idiot
  • pad: someone's home.
  • plonk (1) : cheap wine
  • plonk (2): sit down - as in "plonk your arse down there".
  • poop [offensive]: defecation; shit.
  • poop out: get tired and quit.
  • postie : postman
  • pot: marijuana.
  • prezzy : present, gift
  • pro - someone who's good at something; professional.
  • psycho: crazy person.
  • puke: vomit.
  • pumped (up): excited.
  • queer [slightly offensive] - a homosexual.
  • rabbit - talk.
  • racket (1): noise.
  • racket (2): an occupation.
  • racket (3): something that's dishonest or deceptive.
  • rat: a despicable person.
  • rat-arsed - drunk.
  • rear (end): buttocks.
  • (a) riot - something or someone very funny.
  • rip off (1): stealing.
  • rip off (2): fraud.
  • ripper : great, fantastic
  • rocking: great; excellent.
  • roll up - a hand rolled cigarette.
  • rosie lee - tea
  • rubbish: nonsense; not true.
  • ruck - a fight.
  • rug - wig, toupee.
  • rug rat: a child.
  • rum - odd, strange.
  • runs, the: diarrhoea.
  • scoff: to eat.
  • screw up: to make a mistake.
  • screw-up: a person who makes a mistake.
  • scum (offensive] - a despicable individual.
  • shades - sunglasses.
  • shag [slightly offensive] - to make love.
  • shagged-out - to feel tired.
  • shed-load - a huge amount.
  • shite - milder variation of the word shit.
  • shitfaced [slightly offensive] - very drunk.
  • shithead [slightly offensive]: a stupid, impolite person.
  • skint - to have no money
  • skosh - a little bit.
  • slapper [offensive] - a loose or easy woman.
  • smeghead - an idiot.
  • snog - to kiss
  • snookered: cheated, stuck.
  • solid (1): really good; cool.
  • solid (2): consecutive.
  • specs: eyeglasses.
  • split: to leave.
  • spunk [offensive] (1): semen
  • spunk (2): spirit.
  • spunk (3): an attractive man.
  • stoned: drunk from drugs or alcohol.
  • stunner - a very good looking woman.
  • street smart: knowledgeable about city life.
  • strewth : exclamation
  •  (I'll be) stuffed : expression of surprise
  • suck: to be bad and unacceptable.
  • sunnies : sunglasses
  • swagman : tramp
  • sweet - excellent, cool.
  • ta - thanks.
  • tacky - something of poor taste or style.
  • tanked (up) - to get very drunk.
  • tea leaf - Rhyming Slang for thief.
  • telly - television.
  • thick as shit [offensive]- very stupid.
  • thick as two short planks [offensive] - very stupid.
  • thingo : Wadjamacallit, thingummy, whatsit, something you don't know the name of!
  • thou: thousand.
  • threads: clothing.
  • ticker (1): the heart.
  • ticker (2): a watch.
  • tiddly - slightly drunk.
  • toss-pot [slightly offensive] - idiot.
  • totally: really; completely.
  • to the max: maximum.
  • troll -  an ugly girl.
  • (the) trots - diarrhoea.
  • trouble and strife - Rhyming Slang for 'wife'.
  • trout [offensive] - unattractive woman
  • turkey (1): failure; flop.
  • turkey (2): dumb person.
  • turn-off: something that repulses a person.
  • umpteen: many; countless.
  • up for it - to be willing to have a good time.
  • up the duff - to be pregnant.
  • Uncle Tom Cobley and all - a phrase meaning 'everyone'.
  • uptight: nervous; anxious.
  • veg out : relax in front of the TV (like a vegetable)
  • wad: a lot of money.
  • wanker - an idiot or an unpleasant person.
  • wasted: killed.
  • weed (1): marijuana.
  • weed (2): someone who is weak.
  • wheels: car; motorcycle.
  • whiz: someone who shows a special talent for something.
  • wicked - excellent, cool.
  • wimp: weak; feeble.
  • wimpy: weak.
  • wind up - to tease.
  • winks: sleep.
  • wuss : coward
  • x-rated - pornographic.
  • yabber : talk (a lot)
  • Yank: an American.
  • yob - a horrible or uncouth young man.
  • zeds - sleep.
  • zero - an unimportant person.
  • zilch - nothing
  • zip (1) -nothing.
  • zip (2) - energy; vigor.
  • zip it - shut up.
  • zit: pimple; acne