The land of the free and the home of slang that takes over the world. From coast to coast, American English churns out new words faster than Hollywood makes sequels. Valley girls, hip-hop heads, Southern drawlers and Brooklyn hustlers all throw into the same melting pot of language.
Courtney Sintoni
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United States
"Cooked means you're in big trouble or things just aren't going your way at all. For example, you might see your friend getting caught while cheating on a test in school and you'd say, he's cooked."
Janna
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United States
"Cooked? You may think that is a positive thing because you know cook means like you're cooking up something but actually no, cooked literally means like you're done, you're exhausted, you're in trouble, you're doomed. That's basically what cooked means. An example would be oh my god guys my mom just caught me vaping. I am so cooked."
Haley
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United States
"Bro really thought he cooked with that comment. Cooked. So that means, like, you did something impressive or smart or just, like, really well done, essentially. Um, I'm American from the United States."
Janna
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United States
"I can't, or I can't even, usually just said, you know, the phrase by itself. It basically means, I don't know, when there's something really funny, or shocking, or just overwhelming, you just say, I can't, or I can't even. An example would be, oh my god, there's no way the entire class, a whole hundred people, failed this exam. I can't even."
Janna
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United States
"Caught lacking is basically when you get caught doing something that you didn't really expect. I mean, that you didn't really expect to be caught doing, or that you were unprepared for something. Maybe you were just caught lacking. An example would be, Bro, did you just pick your nose? You were caught lacking."
Janna
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United States
"Pull up is basically telling someone, you know, to come over, to come to a place, to meet you, you know, in a certain place. An example would be, oh, you didn't hear about the party at 8? Pull up."
Hugues Renaud
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United States
"Running a fade. Meaning to physically fight someone. Alright, alright, we got a problem here or what? Oh yeah, we got a problem here, alright. Oh, so we have a problem here. Alright, we can run a fade right here, right now, if you want. Okay, tough guy, let's go."
I can't even
"A hundred people failed the same exam and the professor still said it was manageable, nah, I can't even, that class was cursed from jump."
Caught lacking
"He walked in late with no homework and the teacher caught him lacking in front of everyone."
Pull up
"Yo, we’re at Kayla’s crib already, music loud and pizza gone in ten minutes, so pull up before the whole thing gets dead."
Running a fade
"He kept mouthing off outside the store, then said we could run a fade right there in the parking lot."
Cooked
"Went to Bondi without sunnies or sunscreen and now I look like a lobster, mate I am absolutely cooked beyond all repair."