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THE PITS<br>American slang<br>     (expression) the worst possible situation.<br><br>          NOTE: A "pit" is a hole. Therefore, to be in the pits suggests a situation that couldn&#39;t get any worse or "lower."<br><br><br>          Irene: This is really the pits. I<br>          missed the last airplane of the night?<br><br><br>

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SYNONYMS FOR "HELLO"<br>American slang<br>      NOTE:These greetings don&#39;t require a response from<br>the other person.<br><br>          Hello&#33; (formal)<br><br>          Hi&#33; (informal)<br><br>          Hi there&#33; (very informal)<br><br>          Hey&#33; (informal)<br><br>          Hey there&#33; (very informal)<br><br><br>          Yo&#33; (very informal -- heard in New York)<br><br>

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SYNONYMS FOR "HOW ARE YOU"<br>American slang<br><br><br>          What&#39;s up?<br><br>          What up? (said by teens)<br><br>          &#39;Sup? (said by teens and rappers)<br><br>          What&#39;s cooking? (pronounced: cookin&#39;)<br><br>          What&#39;s shaking? (pronounced: shakin&#39;)<br><br>          What&#39;s happening (pronounced: happ&#39;nin&#39;)<br><br>          What&#39;s going on?<br><br>          What&#39;s going down?<br><br>          What&#39;s the word?<br><br>          What&#39;s new?<br><br>

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SYNONYMS FOR "GOOD-BYE"<br>American slang<br><br>          See ya&#33;<br>          See ya later&#33;<br>          See ya later, alligator (an older expression now used only in jest)<br>          In a while, crocodile (an older  expression now used only in jest)<br>          Later&#33;<br>          Toodaloo&#33; (from the French: "?toute ?l&#39;heure")<br>          Toodles&#33; (a variation of "Toodaloo"-- used only in jest)<br>          Take it easy&#33;<br>          Take care&#33;<br>          See ya around&#33; (pronounced: see ya &#39;round)<br>          I&#39;m history&#33;<br>          I&#39;m out of here&#33; (prounounced: I&#39;m oudda here)<br><br>

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Davy Jones&#39;s locker \day-vee-joanz-LAH-ker\ noun <br><br>: the bottom of the ocean <br> <br> <br>Example sentence:<br>The old seaman shook his head sadly and said, "That ship was sunk on a reef three years ago, and every poor soul aboard sent to Davy Jones&#39;s locker." <br> <br>Did you know?<br>Was there a real Davy Jones? Folks have been pondering that question for centu<br>ries. Sailors have long used "Davy Jones" as the name of a personified evil sp<br>irit of the ocean depths, but no one knows exactly why. Some claim the origina<br>l Davy Jones was a British pirate, but the evidence that this person existed i<br>s lacking. Others swear he was a London pub owner who kept drugged ale in a sp<br>ecial locker, served it to the unwary, then had them shanghaied. But the theor<br>y considered most plausible is that "Davy" was inspired by St. David, the patr<br>on saint of Wales. (St. David was often invoked by Welsh sailors.) "Jones" is <br>traced to Jonah, the biblical figure who was swallowed by a whale.<br><br>  

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· ace<br>· He&#39;s an ace reporter.<br>· MEANING<br>· very good<br><br>

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· action<br>· Do you know where the action is in this town?<br>· MEANING<br>· excitement<br>

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· airhead<br>· My sister&#39;s boyfriend is a real airhead.<br>· MEANING<br>· stupid person<br>

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· all wet<br>· Your ideas about politics are all wet.<br>· MEANING<br>· completely wrong<br>