Slang

7. Right-means in agreement. I use this one a lot.

Can you believe new Sherlock episodes only come on every two years? Right!

That movie was great! Right!

8. Pumped-is a feeling of total excitement.

I am really pumped to go to the party.

Are you pumped to go shopping?

9. Yo-used instead of hi or hello. I used this in the 90’s but I rarely use this term now.

Yo how’s it going?

Yo how are you?

Idioms

7. Sicker than a dog-means you are really sick. This idiom came to be because dogs rarely get sick and when they do it’s really bad.

I can’t go to work today because I am sicker than a dog.

How are you? I am sicker than a dog.

8. Bend over backwards-To do a lot of things for a person or group. You can use it as a negative or a positive. However a lot of people use it as a negative.

I bend over backwards for him and he doesn’t say thanks.

I bend over backwards for the reading group but it’s worth it.

9. For the record-means to state facts and to remember later.

For the record this is not chicken this is turkey.

For the record I did not break your window.