BRITISH SLANG video series on English vocabulary that will help you sound more like native! Slang words beginning with A.
Do you know that ‘a slang word’ is a word used by a group of people? Slang words are commonly heard in speech. Watch this video to discover some slang words that begin with the letter A!
Video lesson 29:47, Quiz 5:00
This lesson is all about some slang words beginning with A
absobloodylootely – Yes, for sure
Would you like to come to my wedding? Absobloodylootely!
ace- awesome
I have sent you an email with a list of all documents you need! Ace, thank you!
afters –dessert
Will you guys stick around for afters?
aggro- aggravation
Please go home. Steve is on his way over, and I don’t need any aggro tonight.
airy-fairy – a dreamer, unrealistic person (it might have a negative connotation)
I would describe Anna as an airy-fairy type, but when a job needs doing, she can get things done.
all good/gravy– everything is fine
It’s all gravy baby, no need to worry about a thing!
(to pull) an all-nighter- to stay up throughout the entire night
I can’t believe you have managed to drag yourself into work after pulling an all-nighter at the club; you are a machine!
alley opp– an expression used before lifting something
amazeballs– amazing
This lasagna is amazeballs, thank you!
ammo– ammunition (information you can use against somebody; verbal ammo)
Literally, everything she says provides me with more ammo. And if she gives me a hard time about drinking again, then she will not know what has hit her.
ankle-biter –child
Any chance you can come to my house tonight? I have the ankle-biters over for the weekend.
anorak – someone obsessively knowledgeable about something odd
Viktor is such an anorak. He can list every single character from Star Trek in chronological order.
anti-clockwise – instead of counterclockwise
You mustn’t drive around the roundabout anti-clockwise.
any road –anyway
That coat is very expensive, any road, it doesn’t fit me properly.
ape– flare-up in anger
Mum will go ape if she sees the house in this state
arm and leg- expensive
Do you like my new shoes? They cost me an arm and leg.
arse licker/kisser– say nice things to someone to gain an advantage
I know you want this promotion, but I don’t understand why you’re being such an arse licker.
arse over tit– fall over
I was running for the bus, and I went arse over tit.
arty farty/artsy – interested in the arts
We have always been an arty-farty couple.
awesome– amazing
I’ve got an awesome idea!
Axe/ax- to dismiss someone from a job
Jenny got the axe from work the other day.
EXAMPLE | NEW WORD/ EXPRESSION |
| She had to drag her kids away from the toys. | to drag sb somewhere: to make someone go somewhere they do not want to go: |
| Her kids always give her a hard time when she takes them shopping. | give sb a hard time: to make things difficult or unpleasant for someone |
| Take the first left at the roundabout. | roundabout: a place where three or more roads join and traffic must go around a circular area in the middle, rather than straight across |
| There were flare-ups of anger during the long meetings. | flare-up: a sudden increase in or occasion of something such as an illness, violence, or an expression of emotion |
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