But you can add this to pretty much any phrase to show intensity. F consonant, UH as in BUTTER vowel, and the ending K consonant. This stands for ‘as fff.’ F beginning a four-letter word which is probably the worst cuss word in American English, or at least one of them. Now, I need to be careful here because I don’t want to be marked as explicit for using this cuss word. And it looks like we even have some actual real goats.Īnd finally, AF. Happy Birthday GOAT! Greatest of all time. Looks like most of them have to do with sports, doesn’t it? This person says ‘2 GOATS’, greatest of all time. I said in my last video, a great way to get context for the meaning of slang is to go to Instagram.

Unless you think a goat is the greatest animal of all time, then the meaning is related. Of course the word ‘goat’, not in all caps is also an animal. The absolute best, the absolute best at something. A phrase where we have a phrase with four words beginning with G, O, A, T. Someone who really loves pizza might say that. And from what I understand, now anything can be bae. But, what often happens with slang is a term will evolve. So this would be your boyfriend or girlfriend, your significant other. So ‘bae’ comes from a phrase with three words that start with B, A, and E. Back to slang.Īn acronym is an abbreviation formed from the initial letters of other words. I’ll be covering all sorts of topics in learning English and spoken English. And there will be new podcasts once a week. The podcast is called the Rachel’s English podcast. Hint: not all the time.īefore we get started, I wanted to let you know that I just released a new episode on my brand new podcast and it is also on slang. In this video, we’re also going to talk about when it’s appropriate to use slang. What do they mean? How should you use them?

Today we’re looking at slang that use acronyms, like GOAT and BAE. Welcome to the Summer of Slang, where every video in July and August we go over American slang terms and meanings. YouTube blocked? Click here to see the video. See the whole Summer of Slang series here: Listen to the new podcast on slang: Īnd be sure to subscribe to the new podcast! Learn American English slang, the acronyms bae, GOAT, and AF.

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