English Slang Dictionary - G - Slang Words Starting With G - English Slang Alphabet

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Let's continue with the letter G!

Gobbledygook
Gobbledygook is spoken or written words or sounds with no meaning. When computer code becomes Gobbledygook, it's impossible to read and understand. Babies often speak gobbledygook as they learn to speak a language.
When I restarted my computer, my whole essay turned into gobbledygook!

Green
Someone is considered green when they lack experience or begin doing something for the first time. New students, employees and teammates are all green.
Because you're green, you won't have much responsibility at this company.

Gab
To gab means to talk or chatter about unimportant or ordinary things. Casual conversation is usually a form of gabbing. When you have important information to share, you talk, but you gab about a TV show when you're waiting for the bus.
My sisters love to gab on the phone all day.

Geezer
I'm American, but Alec would say the word more like this: geezer. Geezer is British slang for man. Any man can be a geezer, but this slang is used particularly for old men.
Someone should buy that geezer a new hat!

Goof off
A goof is a small mistake. Jumble your words when you speak and you make a goof. To goof off means to be silly or not do what you should be doing. If you have work to do but you decide to play some games instead, you're goofing off or goofing around.
I should be packing for my trip, but it's more fun to goof off at the fair!

Ginormous
Just like the word "absotively," which is a combination of the words absolutely and positively, "ginormous" is a combination of the words gigantic and enormous, and means really, really big! An elephant is big, but a brachiosaur, one of the largest dinosaurs, is ginormous!
Earth is big, but The Sun is ginormous!

Gnarly
Gnarly has many different uses, much like the word "cool." Gnarly, in the positive sense, means great, awesome or fantastic. To a surfer, a powerful, ginormous wave is gnarly. Negatively, gnarly can be used to mean weird or suspicious. "This green and brown soup looks a bit gnarly to me."
I did a gnarly, 360 degree jump on my skateboard!

Good Call
A good call is a good idea or decision. "Good call" is also used frequently when judging sporting events. If a referee, judge or umpire makes a good decision regarding a play, he's considered to have made a good call. A "bad call" is the opposite of a good call and a "close call," or a "tough call," is a call that's difficult to make. "I don't know if I like this pasta. It's a tough call."
Good call on this restaurant! This place is cheap AND delicious!

Gravy
Gravy is anything that's really easy. A job where you sit around watching YouTube videos of cats all day is gravy.
My life is gravy because I can sleep all day and eat the tourists!

Greasy Spoon
A greasy spoon is a cheap and/or low quality restaurant like a diner or a cafe. This term is older American English, but it's still used in smaller towns and for local diners in cities.
Food from a greasy spoon usually isn't good for you, but it sure can be tasty!

Grub
Grub is a very casual way of saying food. You can pick up some grub or eat some grub. Just remember that grub is an UNcountable noun! If you eat some grub, you're eating some casual food, but if you eat A grub you're eating a baby insect!
Let's grab some grub at that local greasy spoon you like!

Now get out and practice these words in your conversations! Challenge yourself to see how many of these cool words you can fit in one sentence in the comments section below. Have a great day and we'll see you next time with some more great slang words starting with the letter H!

[EnglishAnyone]

@sultan23b It's our pleasure! Glad you're enjoying our videos!

[LeicesterRaver]

A great many english slang words have come from our naval history, chances are green stems from newly inducted sailors not being used to the sea and suffering from sea sickness hence looking a little green.
Greasy spoon relates specifically to cafes that do fry ups ala egg bacon & baked beans etc
Geezer has two forms, the first is informal reference to a person or man the second relates to the criminal world to specify that someone has connections ie "dont mess with him, hes a geezer."

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0:41 gobbledygook
1:10 green
1:33 gab
2:03 geezer
2:29 goof off
3:03 ginormous
3:30 gnarly
4:07 good call
4:50 gravy
5:11 greasy spoon
5:39 grub

[EnglishAnyone]

Never been to Charlotte, but I hear it's a cool place.

About your phrases...

Either way, just means you have two equal choices.
In one way or another means that you can do something in different, yet equivalent ways.
To wager means to make a bet, so I'd wager to say means I'd bet that something will happen - There's a good/strong chance something will happen.

I'd wager to say you'll comment again. :)

Sorry about your teacher. Good luck!

[indocarsdiary]

Additionaly I've been able to think in english thanks to you. My way of learning changed completely after seeing your channel :)

Really hope my english can be as good as you as I'm'na move to the america

[EnglishAnyone]

@MMAKSA2011 Thanks again! Glad you're enjoying our work!

[EnglishAnyone]

Yes, many idioms and expressions are found in multiple languages. I don't know the origin of this one, but it's pretty old. :)

Try googling it. ;)

[EnglishAnyone]

That's really great! I'm proud of you and wish you lots of success! Where will you move to in America?

[davideus]

My vocabulary were so Gobbledybook, because, you are a Geezer and you know better than anyone about this things that sometimes we Goof off. Your method you use to teach is Green to me. You make your videos be Gnarly and Gravy. Finnaly I found the Ginormous channel on YouTube! Now its time to eat some Grup, but not in a Greavy spoon! Bye

[JosephTeachesEnglish]

Yeah I agree... best not to be dropping to much slang when dealing with the po' po'.

[EnglishAnyone]

Very cool! Thanks for the education. :)

[sultanb]

You're Doing a Good Job!
Thanks for videos.

[indocarsdiary]

Really enjoyed your video, I've literally spent hours of my time to watch your video, my english teacher sucks..he only knows about textbook english unlike you..so happy to know someone like you :)

I got some phrases that I Can't understand though I've searched it all over the internet ;

-Either Way
-In one way or another
-We'd wager to say

Thanks :) looking forward to your next video

Sry my english sucks

[EnglishAnyone]

Well, now you know. :D

Enjoy using them in your conversations!

[MMAKSA]

That was phat! carry on the good work.

[drogadepc]

in The Walking Dead (series) call is used a lot. "it's my call", "it's not your call"

[EnglishAnyone]

@JosephTeachesEnglish Oh, fo sho, doh!

[yunarels]

hello thank you for the great work we are waiting your new

[alsmy]

thanks that is good work plz go fast iam from iraq

[EnglishAnyone]

I must be losing my touch. Which ones?