SLANG: Deadbeat dad

SLANG

deadbeat dad: pai que não paga pensão para o filho, pai descuidado, relaxado

For example:

“Ted started drinking and then his wife left him. Now he isn't giving her the money to look after their kids, so he's a typical deadbeat dad.” ”(www.englishclub.com)

Slang: Tight-ass

Slang

Tight-ass: diz-se de uma pessoa que é bastante reprimida e que segue à risca as regras sociais

“Don't be such a tight-ass, Rob. Let yourself have some fun for a change.”

 “Our teacher is a real tight-ass. We never do anything fun in class.”(www.englishclub.com)

Word of the day: Argot

Argot: jargão, calão

Synonyms: terminology, cant, dialect, jargon, jive, language, lingo, patois, patter, shop, shoptalk, slang, vocabulary  / more or less secret vocabulary and idiom peculiar to a particular group

 “All over the town there were groups of people communicating in their own secret argots.”

(slang)Tipsy

(slang)Tipsy: ligeiramente bêbado

“The ladies at the golf club sometimes get a little tipsy if they have a couple of drinks in the clubhouse after a game.”(www.englishclub.com)

SLANG: Airhead

SLANG: Airhead : uma pessoa idiota, imbecil, tonta

( a silly, stupid person)

“Joel says only airheads watch the shopping channel.”(www.englishclub.com)