Casual Conversational Phrases

noun a gleeful chuckle or laugh

verb to chuckle or laugh gleefully

• The professor couldn't help but chortle at the clever joke made by a student.
• I always chortle when I watch that comedy show on TV.
• I heard him chortle when he saw that hilarious meme on his phone.
• The old man's eyes twinkled as he let out a chortle of delight at the sight of his grandchildren playing in the garden.

noun a slang term for a small amount of money

adjective a term used to describe something of poor quality or unpleasant

• The hotel room had a crummy view of the back alley.
• I'm not going to that crummy restaurant again, the food was terrible.
• I hate this crummy weather, it's been raining all week.
• She felt like she was stuck in a crummy situation with no way out.

verb to spend time in a place without any specific purpose or to wait around

adverb in a casual or relaxed manner

• Please do not hang about in the hallway, it is meant for passing through.
• Hey, hang about for a minute, I have something to tell you.
• Let's hang about at the park and chill for a bit.
• I can't just hang about waiting for things to happen, I need to take action.

noun a session of kissing and caressing

verb to engage in kissing and caressing with someone

adverb in a way that is exaggerated or not entirely true

• The couple was caught making out in the park.
• Did you see them making out at the party last night?
• They were totally making out in the backseat of the car.
• The artist's use of color and texture makes the painting really make out.

adverb an adverb modifies a verb, adjective, or other adverb; in this case, 'c'mere' is an adverb indicating a direction or movement toward the speaker

interjection an interjection expresses a strong emotion or sentiment; in this case, 'c'mere' is an informal way of calling someone to come closer

• Please come here, I need to discuss something with you.
• Hey, c’mere for a sec, I want to show you something cool.
• Yo, c’mere and check out this new song I found.
• The answer to the problem was right in front of me, I just needed to c’mere and see it.

noun a word that functions as the name of a specific person, place, or thing

verb a word used to describe an action, state, or occurrence

adjective a word or phrase naming an attribute, added to or grammatically related to a noun to modify or describe it

article a word that is used with a noun to specify grammatical definiteness of the noun, and in some languages extending to volume or numerical scope

• I would like to ask if you could do me a solid by submitting the report before the deadline.
• Hey, can you do me a solid and cover my shift tomorrow?
• Yo, do me a solid and grab me a drink from the fridge.
• Sometimes in life, you just have to do someone a solid without expecting anything in return.

noun A slang term used in online gaming to describe a situation where one team completely dominates the other

verb To completely dominate or crush an opponent in a video game or other competitive activity

• The team's superior strategy led to a roflstomp victory in the competition.
• We totally roflstomped the other team in the game last night.
• That was a total roflstomp, we crushed them!
• Her presentation was a roflstomp, leaving the audience in awe.

noun abbreviation for 'I know, right'

interjection used to express agreement or acknowledgment

• I must agree with you, IKR stands for 'I know, right'.
• IKR, that movie was so good!
• IKR, she's always so extra.
• When she said that, I was like IKR, it was so obvious.

verb A word used to describe an action, state, or occurrence

adverb A word that modifies or qualifies an adjective, verb, or other adverb

pronoun A word that can function by itself as a noun phrase and that refers either to the participants in the discourse (e.g., I, you) or to someone or something mentioned elsewhere in the discourse (e.g., she, it, this)

• I kindly ask that you refrain from doing that.
• Gonnae no dae that, please?
• Gonnae no be a daftie and listen to me?
• Gonnae no break my heart like that?