 Hello, everyone. Hello. Happy Tuesday to everyone. My name is Sherry and welcome to Learn English Live. We are going to have our lesson today on slang words and slang terms, primarily from 2020. Slang terms that have been used a lot in the last year of 2020. So let's take a look if you guys could please let me know that you can hear me and see me. That would be great. Again, I forgot to turn my phone down. So let me know if you can hear me and see me in the chat, that would be great. That way I can make sure that everything's great on your end. So let me know in the chat if you can hear me and you can see me. Let's see, I'll start saying hello to everyone in just a moment. Okay guys, let me know if you can hear me and see me. Loud and clear, thank you, Gritridis. So let me go through and start the welcomes. It is just after seven on Tuesday evening here at my house and for some of you, it is early, early in the morning. So thank you for getting up and having your, maybe your coffee or your breakfast with me this morning. Gritridis, great, excuse me, great to see you. Miriam, great to see you as well. Oh my goodness, A for Anna is not here. She's normally one of my first students here. Dwi, great to see you. Jonathan, thank you for coming. Michelle, wonderful to see you. Dia, welcome, thank you so much for being here. Samira, good morning to you. Let's see who else do we have here. Michelle, Victor, Victor, welcome. Thanks for joining us today. Hersey, thank you for coming. It's great to meet you. I don't think I've seen you in one of my lives yet. That's always wonderful to meet new students. Hello, so Miriam, is it 2 a.m. where you are? Does that mean, is that what you meant? 2 a.m., 2 a.m. Hi James, great to see you again. So today was the last day of the week at my school because here in the United States, we celebrate the holiday of Thanksgiving on Thursday. So the students left at about lunchtime and I was able to finish up and so I had a shorter day today. I'm feeling great about it. Have a few days off. I have a long list of things to do hoping to accomplish some things. Oh, Natalie, it's great to see you. Welcome. I hope things are well for you. Great to see you again. Ah, 1 a.m. for Dia, 2 a.m. for Miriam. Yes, so this year, we'll get started in just a moment but just to remind you, for those of you who are newer to my live stream, for those of you who know me very well, I apologize. You can maybe run to get something to drink real quick while I go over who I am and what I do. My name is Sherry Gibson. I am a speech language pathologist and an online ESL teacher. What that means is I have had a lot of training. I received my master's degree and helping people learn how to communicate. Whether it's a child who is having a hard time learning to speak or whether it's an adult who's maybe suffered a medical complication and their language skills have suffered. So that's when we come in and help people with their communication skills. We also can help people who have difficulty swallowing. So if people have a stroke or a traumatic brain injury, they're unable to eat safely and swallow without choking, that's our job to come in and help. And of course, I do teach online. I teach students all over the world how to learn the language of English as a second or third language. So let's see, Layla, great to see you. It's going well, thank you for asking. Okay, so today's lesson is going to be on slang, slang words, slang terms, and why it's a good idea for speakers who are trying to learn English to learn slang. So let's go ahead and get started. I wanna bring attention to you. The first slide here, the welcome slide, I have my bitmoji and it says, you do you. So I'm gonna explain what that is first. Oh, Natalie, thank you so much. D, going to school early at 8.30, have a great day at school. You do you is something that people will often use. So let's say that my daughter and I, Cali, and I talk about this all the time. So I will tell her, hey, I want to count my calories and I'm exercising because I want to be as healthy as possible and I want to improve my ability to wear clothing that I would like to wear. I want to be fit, I want to be healthy. And she says, you do you. So what she's saying is, all right, whatever you wanna do, mom, I don't really know if you can do it, but you do you, you do what you wanna do. So you do you is a way to say, okay, I'm not sure if I agree, but it's your life, you do what you want. Okay, so let's go ahead and talk about learning slang. Why should we have students who are learning English pay attention to slang? We've already talked about idioms quite a bit in some different lessons and Robin also touches on these as well. I talk about idioms a lot on my social media, Instagram and TikTok, I touch on that. They seem to be popular lessons. Slang is a little different. Learning slang can allow you to have a better, more rich experience of the culture. And so that is one of the reasons why it's a great idea once you get past the basic introductory when you have a grasp of the grammar, then if the more intermediate students, it's a good idea to start looking at slang. So that's what we're gonna do today. And we're gonna look at slang that is so new that I don't use it very often. I do hear younger children use it, teenagers, college students, maybe some people who are in their 30s, but it's important for you to know because you're going to see it on social media. If you watch any English programs on television or movies, these types of words and phrases are often used and it will help you so that you know what they're talking about. Yeah, so Michelle says you do you means yes, yes, yellow, mm-hmm, very similar to that. So the origins of slang words can often give a cultural context for those who are learning English. If you take a look at where it came from, there is a meme that is all over social media that occurred several years ago and it's not in this lesson, but we can talk about it at the end and I think I'll share that with you at the end. So let's take a look. Students will gain insight into the values and quirks. Quirks are unusual things that are maybe odd of a certain group of native English speakers. So you'll be able to kind of know what the values are of the people who are using some of these slang terms if you dive in and learn about them. So I want to ask you, and let's have some interaction here in the chat, please. What do you think is a popular slang word or a popular slang term that you've heard in this year, in the year 2020? Let me know. I would like to see what you guys think. Of course, some of you, if you follow me on my social media, you may have a good idea what some of these things are. So let's take a look and see what you guys all come up with. While I'm waiting for that, I will share with you a little bit about Thanksgiving. So Thanksgiving where I live, usually people spend time with families, extended family. So for me, that would be spending time with my parents, my grandmother. Unfortunate, my grandmother is 96 and she's still alive and doing quite well. So we all gather at my parents' home. I have three sisters and of course they all have children. So it's a large group. We get together on Thanksgiving and celebrate at my family. And then we also go to my husband's family who also has a large, they have three children and many, many grandchildren and great-grandchildren. And so we all gather there as well. We're not doing that this year because of COVID. Nuts, bro. Okay, Jonathan, give me more than what, just that word is bro, I understand Michelle. Yes, and bromance. Have you guys heard of bromance? What bromance means? By the farm. Okay, these are kind of idiom. That's an idiom, Samira, more than slang. Bromance is when there are two men who are very close friends. They are not partners per se, but because they may have partners of the opposite sex, but they enjoy spending a lot of time together. They have a bromance. Not a romantic relationship, but just a really close friendship. That's a bromance. Hi, Cyril. I'm not sure if I pronounced your name correctly. Anyone else have any ideas? Okay, Layla, if you're old, honey, I'm ancient. So don't feel old. Although I remember when I was 30, I felt old because I would try to do things that I did when I was in my early 20s and my body did not always agree with my brain. My brain thought I could do it all still and my body was trying to tell me something different. All right, so if that's the case, I think what we'll do is we'll go ahead and take a look at a video. I wasn't planning on doing this, but I wanna give you an idea. So let me just see if I can find this video. It is the Karen meme. So where did it originate? Actually, it's not Karen, it's Linda, the Linda meme. So the name Linda is one of the top five most popular names for women in the United States over the last 100 years. And I did a post on this and Linda is also, it means, from what I understand, it means beautiful and Spanish and possibly Portuguese. But the name Linda in the United States is also known based on a meme. So I will show you this brief clip here. They can listen at the house where they were going, that has his toys, and then that has all his toys. Okay, but I have to yell at you guys. He's in the, Linda, listen, listen, listen. Okay, so the memes that originated from this were Linda, listen. And this refers to someone who is talking and talking and talking and arguing with you and they just talk too much. You say, Linda, listen, and you set them straight. So this is a meme that came from the name Linda. It's slang, Linda, listen. So this is something that originated actually from this little boy and this happened in 2014. So several years ago, but even now, this slang is still around. People will say, Linda, listen. When you wanna tell someone, stop talking, you're talking too much, I don't wanna hear it. Okay, so let's go ahead and move on. Hello, Shaji, great to see you. Let's continue with our lesson. You guys are gonna learn a lot of different slang from the 2020. A lot of these are some of the top ones that I found when my research. So number one, in no particular order, this isn't the most popular, it is I'm down. I'm down. So if we said, I'm down, this means that you would like to join. I would like to join in on what you're doing. I would like to do it. Linda, listen. Yes, Linda, L-I-N-D-A, Linda, listen. Okay, so your friends are like, hey, I wanna go to see the new movie that's coming out. You can say, I'm down, meaning that, yes, I would like to go. Yes, Gertrudez, Linda, listen. I'm down. So I want you to say these out loud, hear yourself say them, practice the pronunciation. And then at the end, I'm going to give you a situation and you are going to tell me what slang you could use in that situation. I'm out, yes. I'm out is slang for bye, see you later. I did, actually, I did that on, I think TikTok and Instagram this week. So here is another slang in no time, in no time. Christmas will be here in no time. It means that it is going to happen soon. Christmas is just over. Well, tomorrow will be a month from tomorrow because it's the 24th here, 25th for some of you. But Christmas will be here in no time means it's going to happen very soon. Ha, ha, ha, ha, that is awesome, Layla. I love your sentence. I woke up too early because I am down to watch Sherry's live stream. That's perfect. Samira, welcome back. Okay, so just to go back to Linda Listen. If one of my kids said to me, if I was talking to them and telling them something they needed to do, and if one of my children said Linda Listen, they would get in big trouble because it would be considered disrespectful. So I just wanted to make sure that you understood that. Linda Listen is something you would say to a friend, to be funny, you could say it to a partner, but it should not be used to someone who is in a position that you should be respecting. Okay, you bet, you bet. You bet means certainly or you are welcome, you bet. And Samira, early bird would be an idiom, early bird, slang is a little bit different. Slang originates more in like pop culture. Certainly you are welcome, you bet. So you bet is a phrase that is very commonly used in the central part of the United States, in the northern central part. So Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Dakota, these are states that are on the northern border of the United States. Yes, this live stream will be done in no time. Samira, it's okay, this is how we learn. I use this slang all the time. Seriously, I use it many times a day, I get it. This is a way of telling someone I understand, I get it. And it's really a great way to tell someone that you are empathizing with their feelings as well as you understand what their message is. I get it. So yes, or of course, would be you bet. That's correct. Okay, so let's continue. Layla, I will have to answer that at another point, okay? So let's talk about this next slang, which is, that's right, yes, Dwi, that would be what a bummer? What a bummer? What a bummer means that is unfortunate. That stinks would be another way I would say that. What a bummer? So for example, my daughter, Samantha, a few hours ago, she came home from going to the pharmacy and she was really upset because she managed to lock the keys in her car, along with her purse and her cell phone. Her keys were in her purse, in her car and somehow the car locked. An appropriate response to when she came in very upset would be for me to say, what a bummer? Because that stinks, that's not good. I'm sorry that happened to you. What a bummer. Okay, guys, tell me in the chat, what's something that's happened to you today that was kind of a bummer? Let me know if you've had anything happen today that was a bummer. Oh, okay, Samira, so you're saying I'm back, yes, yes. I'm back is slang as well, it's from a movie and I can't talk about the movie much because of YouTube but people say I'm back with a certain tone of voice from a movie. Hey, for Anna, yes, you are late, I was saying earlier, you're always the first one. Okay, so here is a next slang, I have a crush. I have a crush. I have a crush. When you say I have a crush on someone, you're talking about that you are attracted to a person. I have a crush. It's usually something that happens when you very first meet someone and you kind of have these feelings of being attracted to someone, you like them, you think that they're cool, I have a crush. So does anyone have anything to share from being a bummer? Oh, Anna, you're preparing for your class. Anna is multitasking. There's also a brand of soda that is called Crush. It's actually orange soda and it's called Crush and so yes, gratuitous, yeah. It's maybe not love, but you definitely have feelings for another person. You're crushing on them. Oh, so that's a bummer, Layla, you lost your necklace. That is a bummer. That would be a bummer, I would say that to you. So gratuitous, a crush isn't really maybe in love. It's before love happens, it's when you first, when you first kind of meet someone, I screwed up, raha. Nice to see you, raha. Okay, so here is our next one. I'm wrecked, I'm wrecked, I'm wrecked. Sometimes you'll hear people say, I'm a wreck, I'm a wreck. Like when you think about cars and they get into a wreck, they wreck into one another, this is when you are physically or emotionally destroyed. If I were to say the house is a wreck, that means my house is completely destroyed, but if you as a person say, I am wrecked, I am either physically destroyed or I am emotionally destroyed. Something traumatic has happened and I'm wrecked. Okay, so let's go back to the chat. Crush only for someone having feelings. So dwee, you can often say, I'm crushing, I'm crushing on this person. Sometimes you'll hear people say, I'm crushing on this song, but typically it's used for people. Rehum, I'm not sure what slang you're talking about. Each one of these slides has slang on them. Hey, J-Div, nice to meet you, good morning. I'm wrecked, I have four hour classes back to back today. Yikes. A for Anna, good luck to you. Yes, if you are already wrecked and you haven't taught yet or been in lessons yet to learn that, I wish you well. Heartbroken, yes. Heartbroken is very accurate when you're using a word like I'm wrecked. It's a good way if you are heartbroken. If someone's broken up with you, you were in a relationship and either there was a divorce if you were married or your boyfriend or girlfriend broke up with you, you could say, I'm wrecked. I'm heartbroken, very sad. Falling down. Jonathan, I need that in a sentence to get some context, please. Crush means, no, crush means you really like. You really like someone or something. It's typically about a person, but sometimes you'll hear people use it towards an object, but typically it's about a person. Sorry guys, I'm kinda jumping around here with the chat. I'm wrecked. Okay, so let's move on to our next one. I'm gonna take a quick drink. I'm broken. Broken would be not slang, but it would be a way to express that you're, you are, something's happened and you're broken. You're not the same person that you were. I'm beat. I'm beat means you are extremely tired. I'm beat and it sounds like maybe Anna might be feeling that way this morning. Does anyone else feel beat in you this morning? You're just starting your day? Or maybe Natalie, I know you're in your evening. Are you beat today? I'm beat. Very tired. I'm very tired. I'm not beat right now. I actually, I have some energy. I'm feeling good. I think part of it's because not having school tomorrow, looking forward to a few days of maybe resting a little bit. Yes, being exhausted. I'm beat. Ah, so Reham, you could say, I'm crushing on my teacher's lessons. You could say that, meaning that you really like them. Ah, Leila, yes. Miriam, mm-hmm. That would be an appropriate sentence. And if that is accurate, if you have lost your job, I would say to you, that's a bummer. That's a bummer. Great sentences. Keep them coming, guys. Okay, so here is our next slang word and it is lame. And when you use this word, there's usually a tone of voice that's used with it too. Lame, that's lame, lame. Instead of saying lame, that's lame. Your voice is gonna go down. Ah, you're not beat today. That's good, Natalie. Okay, so Dwi, you'd say, I have too much work on beat now. You don't need to add the S. I have too much work and your two would have two O's, T-O-O. Lame, man. That's lame, man. Yeah, J-Dev, that would be an accurate way if you're talking to your friend. That's lame, man. I had a lot of things I did and still have to do, but I'm beat. Okay, so yes, Rihanna, you could say, I'm really beat today. I had a lot of things I had to do. I still have other things to do, but I'm beat. I'm done. I'm done for the day. Excuse me. Ah, my asthma today. Okay, so let's keep moving on. Here's another slang that is used a lot in my house. I have daughters and I think girls tend to use this more frequently than what I've seen with our females tend to use this more frequently than I've seen with males, but anyone can say it. So lame, lame means boring, boring, uninteresting, not cool, lame. Yes, a lame excuse. That's right. So using, let's go back here to lame. Boring, stupid, not cool. So a lame excuse would be what you would use if you're going to blow someone off. Sometimes people say that's a lame excuse when you're blowing someone off. A lame excuse would be, let's say, you call someone, say, let's go to dinner. And they say, eh, I have to wash my hair. Well, that's a lame excuse because they can wash their hair anytime. That's a lame excuse. They're blowing you off and it's a lame excuse. I lost my phone today, I'm wrecked. Yes, Dia, that would be accurate. Okay, so let's talk about same here. Oh goodness, there's a shadow. Let's try and fix that. Same here. This is when someone says something to you and you agree with what they're saying. Robin's here and he has given a great sentence and that is Robin is lame. No, Robin, you are not lame, but that's funny. Thank you for sharing. So we're gonna go back to lame here in just a second because Gertrude says your body language is important when you say lame. So when you use the word lame, you're usually, it's in a negative way. And so when I talked about the tone of voice, that's lame, where your tone of voice is gonna go down. You're also going to have a look on your face like you don't like what's happening. Same here. Yes, same here. Often people will say same, same here, which means I feel the same way, I agree. I agree. Miriam, I think you're laughing so much that you're crying due to Robin's comments, possibly. This phrase is used a lot in my house, like I said. I will hear my daughters talking on the phone to their friends and their friend might say, I hate that English teacher at school. She's so lame. And then my daughter would say same, that would be how they would exchange that information together. Ha, ha, yes, that is accurate. Same here. It is cool, same here. So you could use it as a positive as well. You could say I really like this movie. And then someone could say same, same here. Alex, hey, nice to see you. Is it rude to say lame to a person? If you tell someone you're lame, meaning you're boring, you're uninteresting, you're uncool, yes, that could be considered rude. It's often something that people friends will say to each other in kind of a sarcastic or kidding way, but you could also say it about another person. It's typically it's not a positive thing, but you could also talk about an event as well, something, an event is boring or lame. Same here, I feel the same way. Okay, so let's talk about no worries. No worries, no worries. No worries means everything is all right, it's okay. Don't worry about it. Everything's fine, it's fine. I have a little nap flying around right now. Ugh, it's annoying. It's lame, it's frustrating. Okay, so no worries, it's all right, don't worry about it. No worries, I used this example. You are waiting for your friend, they are running late and they call and say, I'm so sorry, I'm running late. And you can say, no worries, because it's okay. You don't need to be anywhere at a specific time. It's okay if they're late. No problem. This is often used in place of saying no problem. No problem is also, it's extremely common for people to say that, but no worries has kind of replaced no problem and a lot of people's vocabulary. Alex, I do not know if no worries originated from Australia. I do not know. Look it up, Google it, let us know in the chat. Okay, so let's continue. This is another phrase that I use multiple times a day. I feel you. I have a good friend that will say this to me often as well. I'll share something that maybe was good or maybe was bad and an experience and he'll say, I feel you. And this means I understand you. I agree with you. I understand what you're saying. Okay, Samira, I'm not sure what I'm afraid means. No problem is more like you're welcome. No problem can be used to say to someone you are welcome. If they say thank you so much for bringing this to me, you can say no problem. No problem, you could also say no worries or you're welcome. Those are often used interchangeably. Yes, Leila, I would say no worries to you if you overslept and were unable to attend my live stream. Oh, J. Dev. Okay, J. Dev, please send me a private message. It's the Instagram address is posted below. I think my WeChat's there too. You can send me a message. I feel you like I see, mm-hmm. I see, I understand, I feel you. It has an emotional message though. It's saying I understand you, not just what you're saying, but I understand you emotionally as well. I feel you. It's a way of really communicating that you understand how tough the situation is or how great the situation is. Okay, I'm not sure why my screen switched, so I will switch back. Sorry about that. Okay, now some fun ones. Lit, lit, lit means amazing, amazing, lit. So guys, give me a sentence, please, in the chat with the word lit. I really like this word, lit. Now, this can be used to describe people. It can be used to describe experiences. It can be used to describe things. Hey, Diego, great to see you, welcome. So what sentence can you come up with that has the word lit? That's lit, I made dinner the other night and it was lit. Yes, New Yorkers using the word lit, really good. It's really amazing, your teaching is, thank you, Layla. Yeah, thank you. Now, if you said you're lit today, that could mean a couple of different things. It could mean that you are doing an amazing job. You are doing an amazing job. You could say your outfit is lit, it looks amazing, lit. Now, lit used to be used as slang for someone is intoxicated. So if someone was drinking, they could say, oh, I'm lit. Or you could say, oh, did you see Steve last weekend? He was lit, meaning that he was intoxicated. Ah, you too. They're a great band. Okay, great question. Robin, you wanna know if you can use lit. I use this word now. My children tell me, mom, you're too old to use that word. But I do hear middle-aged people using this word with one another. So I don't think there's necessarily a rule that says you can't. But if you use it around much younger people, they may look at you and kind of give you a look. Like, why are you saying that word? Okay, so let's, okay. J-Dev, I lit the light. That's the literal interpretation. That is what that means. That's not using it in a way that is the slang term. Okay, so this next word I almost did not include, but it is one of the most popular slang terms right now. It is increasing in popularity all the time. And yes, Raha, that's a great way to use lit. And this word is yeet. Yeet is something that I hear more teenagers use. I don't see it so much with 20 and 30-year-olds. But oh, I'm sorry, my son wants to come and talk about yeet. So yeet is used to describe anything that's done with vigor. So are you going to? Well, in our language, our teenagers are like yeet. Okay, nope, come here, come here so they can see you. Now what? So in our language, yeet is something that you would say after you throw something like very far or very hard. Okay, so it's used to describe anything done with vigor. So if you threw a football, you would say yeet. Yeet, okay? So that's according to the 13 and 14-year-olds. Okay, all right, thanks. So there you have it. It's something that I see a lot on social media. And when older adults try to use it, kids are saying don't say that. But again, it just depends on your social situation. And I wanted to share it because it is becoming extremely popular. And I think you'll start to see it in television shows. I think you'll start to see it in movies as well. Okay, so let's continue. Alex, yes, you can ask a question about another word. That is fine. That was Pasha, by the way, that's my son. He is active on social media. He does reviews of ramen noodles on TikTok, which he has quite a few followers. So I guess there's a lot of people who want to hear reviews of ramen noodles. All right, so the next one, I use this personally, fire. Excuse me, fire. Fire is even better than lit. You have lit, it's here, it's amazing. Fire is really amazing. It's a superlative, it's an even, it describes it even more thoroughly. Yes, so fire, it's awesome, it's really awesome. You can use this to describe a person. You can use it to describe things. You can use it to describe places. It's an adjective that, but you use it somewhat differently. You could say your hair is fire. Your hair is fire, so you're not gonna say she has fire hair. You would say your hair is fire, meaning it's really amazing. Alex, I'm not sure if you're talking about basic. Basic is different. We're gonna talk about that in a little bit. So my sister will often say, ooh, your hair is fire today, or that's how, or we would talk about outfits, clothing, things like that, fire. Alex, you would not say you are on fire is different. You are on fire is a description, yes, but you are fire is meaning that you are really amazing, you are fire, okay? My family is fire, yes. So let's talk about this next phrase, okay, boomer. Okay, boomer is something that is also very, very new. It came from a person that was speaking that it was in their early 20s at a political debate and the politician is of the age of the baby boomers, which are people who were born in the two generations around World War II. And the politician was saying things that were considered out of touch or out of date with the younger generation. And so the 20-year-old person who was speaking said okay, boomer, as a response. So this is used by teenagers and young adults to mock or dismiss something that an older generation of people would do or say. So let's go back. Yes, so Gertrudez, that's a great explanation of using the word fire. I did not see, are you talking about, you said J Beavers, I'm assuming you're talking about Justin Bieber, Justin Bieber's performance. I have not seen it yet, but I've heard it was really good. And so that would be an appropriate thing to say. It was fire, I need to watch it. So yes, if you were to say, okay, boomer, this is considered offensive. So I wanna be clear with that. This is not something that I would want my 21-year-old daughter to say to my parents who are baby boomers. This would be disrespectful, but it is used and sometimes people will use it amongst friends to be funny. So it's the context. If someone says something like, you should not stay up late on a school night and play video games. They say it to their friend and their friend says, okay, boomer, that would be how they would use that phrase. So boomer refers to baby boomers, yes. It refers to someone being older and out of touch with what's happening, what is popular. Audience, the audience is fire is what you would say, J Dev. Okay, so let's continue. Cap, cap is slang for lying when someone is lying. He is going to cap you, so be careful. Now cap used to be referred to as shoot, someone shooting someone, but this is a lie. And it comes from actually the caps on people's teeth when they get like gold caps, it's fake. So that is where this comes from when someone is lying. So rehab, your friends, you could say it to your friends to be joking with them. If they are saying things that make them sound like they are much older, your son could say it to his friends, but for someone to say it to an older person would be considered offensive. Okay, so now we have basic. Basic, there are actually, this can be paired with other words, but I just wanted to give you the general term for this. Hello Hugo. Alex, which one are you referring to as the standard English slang or if it's just from my state? Because everything that I have here, it's not just local. This is stuff that is throughout the United States. Basic, this is when someone is described as only being interested in things that are popular or trending, they are a follower. They are a follower, so you could say she's basic. She's basic, she just wants to do whatever everybody else wants to do that's considered popular. Yes, rehab, you are correct. A cap is also something that you can put on your head. I have, I have a cap that I normally have here in my classroom that I will sometimes put on. See you Anna, have a great class. Thanks for joining us. Basic is a way to describe someone as being a follower and not always the most interesting person because they just do whatever everybody else does. Fit has two meanings and fit as a slang can be short, a shortened form of outfit, outfit, or it can also be used to describe someone as attractive or sexy. Fit, so you could say nice fit if they have a nice outfit. If you feel someone as attractive, you could say he is fit, meaning you feel that he's attractive. So Miriam, yesterday I went to the shop but I haven't been, I haven't been bought anything because the prices are higher. Hmm, I'm not sure what you're saying, Miriam. Can you please clarify that for me? Jadev, you are fit. So that would be a compliment if someone said that to you, you are fit. So good, good sentence, good description. Like it fits you. No Alex, it's not, it fits you is different. It fits you is a saying that is used to like if I were to wear this purple and someone thinks that this is a good color for me, you could say, oh, it fits you or it suits you, that color fits you or it suits you. Fit is really used to describe that you like the entire outfit. Fit short for outfit, what you're wearing, your entire ensemble, or it can also be used to describe someone as attractive. Okay, Layla, that's so kind of you, very nice. Okay, so we're nearing the end of the words that we're going to go over today and we're gonna start the exercises soon just to let you know, we're nearing the final stretch, which means we're near the end of our lesson. Clout, clout, when this word is used, it is used to refer to someone who has influence or power in politics or in large groups of individuals. They have clout. Yes, Grotrudus, that would be a great way to use the word fit. The new James Bond agent is a very fit girl. Jada, you could say you're using your clout, that is correct. Clout can be used to talk about someone who has influence or power in politics. Now, a clout chaser is used to describe someone who feeds off of others' popularity. So a clout chaser might be someone on social media who benefits from posting on another popular social media person's posts. They're a clout chaser. They're trying to get some of that clout for themselves. Clout chaser. And then the final one that has to do with clout is for the clout. This is someone who's doing something for the popularity, for the views, for the attention. So again, this is really related to social media or someone who wants to be famous. They're doing something to get famous, to get attention, to get views on social media. They're doing it for the clout. And if you follow different people on social media, you can see that there are people that will do crazy things just for the attention. So Obama, Obama does have clout. Obama has clout, has clout. Optimistic. Samira, I'm not sure I understand what your question is. If you could rephrase that for me, that would be great. So she is doing it for the clout. She's doing it to get more views, more likes on social media. Yes, so someone who has clout is someone who naturally seems to get people to like them and follow them and do what they wanna do. Yeah, a lot of people, a lot of people in society do it for the clout. They want more followers. They want more likes in the world of social media where everything's fake anyway. That's just my opinion. Okay, so let's move on to some exercises here for the last few minutes. Okay, you guys are doing great. Hang in there. So here is your example. I want you to post in the chat what slang you would like to use. Sally enjoys following the trends. She enjoys posting pictures of her Starbucks cup on social media. In the chat, post a sentence about Sally using one of the slang terms that we learned today. She enjoys following trends that are popular. She enjoys posting pictures of her Starbucks cup on social media. Okay, no Samira, optimistic would not be considered slang. Yes, Alex, someone who does it for the clout is an intention seeker. And Drico, nice to see you, Drico, has Obama clout on Joe Biden. That's a personal opinion that has to do with politics. I try not to talk about that, but I would say that Obama does have a lot of clout. Yes, the Gertrudes, the Kardashians, they definitely do things for the clout and they have been rewarded financially for doing so. J-Dev, yes, if you could please, like I said before, send me a message in the chat, or I'm sorry, in my Instagram or WhatsApp and I will try and get you in a group. Layla, she is down. She is, the word down means that someone is down to do something. They are, sign me up, I wanna do it, I'm ready to go. That I wasn't looking for down. Alex says she likes being clout. Let's see what else people say. Not exactly. Think about when we're talking about people who follow trends. They're a follower. They wanna do what everybody else is doing. Let me know what you guys think. Well, Michelle, she could be fit, we don't know. If she was attractive, we could say she is fit. My channel has not a lot of clout. Yes, you could say my, yes, you could talk about how you don't have a lot of influence on your channel. Samira, again, we're learning from this. Yes, Alex, I would prefer you use one of the slang that we learned about already previously. And I'm gonna go back and review in just a moment if we don't get an answer here. Yes, okay, that's great, Jedev, I'm glad you feel that this is a good way to learn. So we're gonna go back to the answer right now. So I will show you. Basic, you could say Sally is basic. She's only interested in things that are popular or trending, she is a follower. So in the United States and also in other countries, I've seen it as well, a lot of people like to post on social media photos of their cup of coffee from Starbucks. It's something that people do. And you could say, Sally is basic. It's not necessarily considered a compliment to be called basic because it means that you're kind of uninteresting. You're a follower instead of being your own person. So she has a lot of clout. Sally would not have a lot of clout. Sally is a follower. She is someone who is interested in things that are trending, just popular things. She's gonna wear the clothing that is on TV. She's going to wear the clothing that other people are wearing because that's what's popular. Yes, Alex, she just follows the masses. She doesn't necessarily think for herself. She just is wanting to be like everybody else, basic. Okay, so what could you say? Here is your situation. You are a 20 year old college student. A person who is much older, they're in their 70s, stops you on the street and tells you, turn down your music. What could you say? Yes, Chica. To be basic is to only follow trends. Yes, Alex, I would agree with you. Now remember, we talked about how sometimes using slang can be rude and disrespectful. But if you are 20 years old, you are sitting in your car on the side of the street listening to music, your music is really loud. Person stops you, they're older, they're in their 70s and they knock on your door and say, turn down the music, it's so loud. You could say, what? Gertrudis, yes, you've got it. You could say, okay, boomer, that's what you could say. Yeah, yes. It would not be a nice thing to say, it would not be polite, but that is a way that we can practice using this phrase. Okay, boomer. Okay, so here is our next one. Your partner tells you how much they dislike the cold weather. I hate this cold weather. You feel the same way. What could you say in response? What slang that we used earlier could you use to respond to your partner who's talking about how much they dislike the cold weather? Yes, Chica, that would be the respectful thing to do, would be to turn down your music. Your partner tells you, I hate this cold weather. What could you say? There are a couple of different answers that are correct from what we learned today. Yes, good, okay. And thank you to your channel subscribers. For those of you who are not, you can become a channel subscriber and if you want information that is here on the YouTube page. Thank you so much for supporting us here at Learn English Live. Robin and I really appreciate it. It helps us provide constant new content to you and we really appreciate you as being a part of that. So thank you so much for that. Yes, so you could say same, same here. I feel you, I feel you, I feel the same way, yes. That's correct, Samira, yes, great. It's getting colder here where I live. So that's why I put that there. I feel you, yes Natalie. Natalie, what's the weather like today in Argentina? Let me know because you should be entering hot season, correct? Let me know, I'm just curious. Okay, so here's our next one. You arrive at a party. Everyone at the party is just standing around talking and the music that's playing, you don't like it and you are bored. What do you turn and say to your friend? You're at this party, everybody's just standing around talking, you don't like the music, you're bored. What do you then turn to your friend and say? Good morning, Sajad. Let's see what everyone has to say. Remember, go back and think about the different slang terms that we learned about today. Nice to see you, welcome. So, Jav, we're finishing up our lesson here on slang. Goodbye, Alex, nice to see you. Yes, you could say, you could say, this is lame. Let's get out of here, this is lame. This party is not fun, it's boring. Yes, Natalie, okay, springtime. Or you could just say the music is lame if you just don't like the music. Chika would say, I'd say, let's go. Yeah, for sure. Oh, okay, Alex, you meant that you'd say goodbye to them because you didn't wanna be there any longer. Okay, I understand. Okay, so Natalie, it's like summer so the temperature is really hot. Thanks for sharing that with me. Okay, so let's talk about this next one. I think this might be the last one. A new coworker arrives at your job. You find this new employee to be very attractive. What do you text to your friend? What can you say to your friend? New coworker is at your job and you find them very attractive. What can you say to your friend? You're gonna text them. Oh my goodness, what are you gonna say to them? Let me know. In the chat, yes, so Alex, you could say, that person is fit. You could also say there's a couple of, couple of ones. So Miriam, you would say, I feel you if the person, you would say, I feel you if you agreed with the person. You could say she is fit. Gertrude, I am crushing or I have a crush on him. I'm crushing on him. Don't crash. I think you might've typed in correctly. Yes, he is fit. So Miriam, if you texted your friend and said, oh my gosh, this new employee is fire or this new employee is fit and your friend also works there and they text back same or I feel you, that would be where that would work. Yes, you could say, if you find that person to be amazing, you could say, she is lit if you have met them and you think that they're pretty amazing. But if you're just talking about their looks, then it'd probably be best to say they're fit or they're fire crushing. C-R-U-S-H-I-N-G, crushing, crushing. All right, my friends. Yes, those would all be great ways of saying that. I am, okay, Gertrude, it's crushing, C-R-U. I'm crushing on him, he is fit. That'd be a great way to say, oh, this new guy at work. Oh, he is fit. I am crushing on him. Ah, so Chica, you would say that to them. Well, Chica, look at you. Okay, so thank you so much for coming to the lesson today, the live stream on Learn English Live. We are here every Tuesday evening, my time, Wednesday morning for some of you. I hope you guys found this lesson interesting. It's a bit different than what I would typically do, but I find slang to be very interesting because it can be difficult for even native speakers to sometimes understand if, because it's related to your generation, your age, slang changes over time. So the slang that I'm familiar with, my kids may not be familiar with, and vice versa. Thank you, Layla. Thank you for saying my lesson is fire. I appreciate it. You all are welcome. Yes, Miriam, this party is, yes, that would be a perfect way of saying the party is lame. I'm following you now, Miriam, you are, I understand now. You're welcome, Alex, welcome for the live stream. So Sundays, Robin has his on Sundays, so check out his live stream on Sundays here on Learn English Live. Nice to see you, Natalie. It's great to see you. I hope you're doing well. Thank you, Chika. You can also follow me on Instagram. Please do so. I'm also, I have my own personal YouTube channel, Learn English with Sherry, and I am on TikTok as well. Please join me there. I am working hard to get more followers there. I'm not working to do that for the clout, but just wanting to help as many people learn English as possible. So you guys have a great one. Thanks for coming, Alex. It was nice to meet you. Samira, you are so welcome. I'm so glad you could come get some rest. And yes, Sejaad, you will see Robin on Sunday. I may be there. Gratuitous, thanks so much. I like to be fire. I like to be fire wherever I go. All right, guys, have a great one. And for those of you who do celebrate Thanksgiving, if you maybe do, I know it's mainly in the United States, but if you have a fall festival where you celebrate the harvest, I hope that you enjoy that time with your family, be safe, and be kind of one another. See you. Bye.