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Hello! Our slang term of the day is “Top banana,” which means “the most important person in an organization.” ⠀ The phrase originated in the US burlesque theater, from a very popular comedy skit in which the leading comedian was given a banana after delivering the punch line. The act and joke were so widely known that the term was coined to refer to the headliner, the person in the top position.⠀ Do you want to be a top banana? You need example sentences with pronunciation? Try our app for learning English slang - click the link onelink.to/ewf6kr Special offer! Get 40% off our slang dictionary and other dictionaries! Coupon code: 40OFF (use at checkout) - https://learzing.com/slang

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Wanna see our video example? Our idiom of the day is “Red tape,” which means “time-consuming regulations or bureaucratic procedures.” Usage in a movie ("Blood Diamond"): - Look at that man. You see him? His entire village was burned down. His wife and children, they got away. He's been working in the mining camps, he's been trying to get his family back. But he cannot get through all the red tape. All I'm asking is this, that you help him, huh? You need example sentences with pronunciation? Try our app for learning English idioms - click the link onelink.to/zhdnr2 Special offer! Get 40% off our idiom dictionary and other dictionaries! Coupon code: 40OFF (use at checkout) - https://learzing.com/idioms

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This is our video example! Our irregular verb of the day is “Spring”, which means “to jump or move in a particular direction, quickly and with a lot of energy.” Usage in a TV series ("The X Files"): ⠀ - His arm, the skin ripped... It tore off and fell to the floor. Claws sprang from his fingernails. He turned, screaming and he saw me.

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Hello!   Our slang term of the day is ”Slave driver“, which means “a person who makes other people work very hard.”⠀ It’s a term widely used in our world today, especially in the IT industry where competition is stiff. All the companies want to deliver a project in the shortest time possible to please the clients. However, the only way they can do this is to “force” their employees to work more and longer period of time, which means “slave driving.“ You need example sentences with pronunciation? Try our app for learning English slang - click the link onelink.to/ewf6kr Special offer! Get 40% off our slang dictionary and other dictionaries! Coupon code: 40OFF (use at checkout) - https://learzing.com/slang

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Hey there!  Our slang word of the day is ”Vent”, which means “to express a negative emotion in a forceful way.”⠀ Etymology: A "vent" is an opening which allows air or steam to escape, and "ventilate" means "to allow fresh air to enter". So when a person "vents", he cleans his mind and emotions by allowing all the hot, pressurized thoughts and complaints out into the air. You need example sentences with pronunciation? Try our app for learning English slang - click the link onelink.to/ewf6kr Special offer! Get 40% off our slang dictionary and other dictionaries! Coupon code: 40OFF (use at checkout) - https://learzing.com/slang

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How about a video example? Our slang term of the day is “Top banana,” which means “the most important person in an organization.” Usage in a TV series (“Boardwalk Empire”):⠀ - You should have seen this place. Swarming with state police. Schwarzkopf himself made use of my office. - Who's that? - The top banana, that's who. You need example sentences with pronunciation? Try our app for learning English slang - click the link onelink.to/ewf6kr Special offer! Get 40% off our slang dictionary and other dictionaries! Coupon code: 40OFF (use at checkout) - https://learzing.com/slang

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Here’s our video example! Our slang term of the day is ”Yo-yo,” which means “a stupid or crazy person.” Usage in a movie ("Rocky"):⠀ - …you hang out with coconuts on the corner, y'understand? You hang out with coconuts, you get nowhere. They're lemons! Lemons! You hang out with nice people, you get nice friends, y'understand? You hang out with smart people, you get smart friends. You hang out with yo-yo people, you get yo-yo friends! You need example sentences with pronunciation? Try our app for learning English slang - click the link onelink.to/ewf6kr Special offer! Get 40% off our slang dictionary and other dictionaries! Coupon code: 40OFF (use at checkout) - https://learzing.com/slang

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How about a video example? Our slang term of the day is ”Yakety-yak,” which means “to talk nonstop about nothing.” Usage in a movie ("Twins"):⠀ “Take out the papers and the trash Or you don't get no spending cash If you don't scrub that kitchen floor You ain't gonna rock and roll no more Yakety-yak, yakety-yak, don't talk back” You need example sentences with pronunciation? Try our app for learning English slang - click the link onelink.to/ewf6kr Special offer! Get 40% off our slang dictionary and other dictionaries! Coupon code: 40OFF (use at checkout) - https://learzing.com/slang

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Can’t wait for a video example? Our slang word of the day is “Wacko,” which means “crazy person, lunatic.” Usage in a movie ("Batman Forever"):⠀ - My opinion: this letter writer is a total wacko. - "Wacko?" That a technical term? - Patient may suffer from obsessional syndrome with potential homicidal tendencies. Does that work better for you? You need example sentences with pronunciation? Try our app for learning English slang - click the link onelink.to/ewf6kr Special offer! Get 40% off our slang dictionary and other dictionaries! Coupon code: 40OFF (use at checkout) - https://learzing.com/slang

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Can’t wait for a video example? Our slang word of the day is ”Scrummy,” which means “very delicious.” So here it is! Usage in a movie ("The Voices"):⠀ - How's the cereal, chummy chum? - Mmm, delicious. - Scrummy. You need example sentences with pronunciation? Try our app for learning English slang - click the link onelink.to/ewf6kr Special offer! Get 40% off our slang dictionary and other dictionaries! Coupon code: 40OFF (use at checkout) - https://learzing.com/slang

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Hi there!  Our slang word of the day is “Wacko,” which means “crazy person, lunatic.” This Americanism is an extended form of “wack“ (means “a crazy or eccentric person”), recorded from 1977. You need example sentences with pronunciation? Try our app for learning English slang - click the link onelink.to/ewf6kr Special offer! Get 40% off our slang dictionary and other dictionaries! Coupon code: 40OFF (use at checkout) - https://learzing.com/slang

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Hey there! Our slang word of the day is ”Scrummy”, which means “very delicious.”  It’s a British term, first recorded in 1910-15. Etymology: scrum(ptious) + -y. “Scrumptious” means “very pleasing, especially to the senses.” You need example sentences with pronunciation? Try our app for learning English slang - click the link onelink.to/ewf6kr Special offer! Get 40% off our slang dictionary and other dictionaries! Coupon code: 40OFF (use at checkout) - https://learzing.com/slang

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Hi there! Our slang word of the day is ”Ankle-biter”, which means “child.”⠀This phrase has a contemporary feel, but it was first recorded in the mid-19th century. Harper's Magazine, September 1850, has:⠀ "And how are you, John? and how's Molly, and all the little ankle-biters?"⠀ The phrase then seems to disappear from sight for over 100 years. It isn't clear whether the Harper's citation was a one-off usage and the phrase originated later independently. It's possible that it stayed alive as un-recorded slang but, even if it did stay in the language from 1850 onward, printed citations appear to be in limbo until Iona and Peter Opie's "The lore and language of schoolchildren", 1959:⠀ "A chap who has got duck's disease is most often labelled "Tich" in a friendly manner, or "squirt" or "little squirt" in a less friendly manner. Alternatively: ankle biter, dolly mixture [etc.]"⠀ It is included in several lists of phrases as being of Australian origin but, whilst it certainly sounds Australian, the early references to the phrase in print don't support such an origin. You need example sentences with pronunciation? Try our app for learning English slang - click the link onelink.to/ewf6kr Special offer! Get 40% off our slang dictionary and other dictionaries! Coupon code: 40OFF (use at checkout) - https://learzing.com/slang

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Time for a video example! The slang word of the day is ”Vent,” which means “to express a negative emotion in a forceful way.” Usage in a movie (“Keeping the Faith”): - That's why I wanted to, uh, apologize, if you let me talk for a second. - Look, uh, I wanna talk, you know? I've got all these things on my mind. I wanna vent a little. - So talk! Vent! Come on. Vent. Go ahead. Vent. - Okay. You need example sentences with pronunciation? Try our app for learning English slang - click the link onelink.to/ewf6kr Special offer! Get 40% off our slang dictionary and other dictionaries! Coupon code: 40OFF (use at checkout) - https://learzing.com/slang

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Hi guys!  Our slang term of the day is “Hot potato,” which means “something that is difficult or dangerous to deal with.” For example, Gun control is a political hot potato.⠀ This term, dating from the mid-1800s, alludes to the only slightly older expression drop like a hot potato, meaning “to abandon something or someone quickly” (lest one be burned) You need example sentences with pronunciation? Try our app for learning English slang - click the link onelink.to/ewf6kr Special offer! Get 40% off our slang dictionary and other dictionaries! Coupon code: 40OFF (use at checkout) - https://learzing.com/slang

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Here’s our video example! Our slang word of the day is ”Ticker,” which means “a person's heart“. Usage in a movie ("Mrs. Doubtfire"):⠀ - Are you sure you want to walk in, dear? That's three floors, hoofin' it all the way. - If you can do it, I can. - I'll bet so! Is your ticker all right? - Top notch. - Oh, good! 'Cause I don't want to jump-start ya. You need example sentences with pronunciation? Try our app for learning English slang - click the link onelink.to/ewf6kr Special offer! Get 40% off our slang dictionary and other dictionaries! Coupon code: 40OFF (use at checkout) - https://learzing.com/slang