Slang ask and tell coin speaking game
Choose one of the words below and ask a personal question about it. If you can then flip heads, you can ask someone in your group to answer that question, but if you get tails (= tell), you must answer the question yourself.
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Could you… (if you had to/ if you wanted to)? Do you… a lot/ too much? Do you have any experience of…? Do you think…? Has any of your friends…? Have you ever had trouble with…? Have you ever…? How do you feel about…? How many… can you/ do you…? How many times…? How much do you spend on…? How would you describe…? What do you do in order to…? What do you do in/ when/ with…? What do you think about…? What happened the last time that you…? What kind of…? What makes you…? What would you do if…? When did you last…? Would you… if…?
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Slang to ask questions about
a bun in the oven/ knocked up (= pregnant)
arse/ ass/ bum (= the part of your body that you sit on)
bickie (= biscuit/ cookie)
the bill/ the cops/ the filth/ the pigs (= the police)
blotto/ hammered/ off your face/ pissed/ wasted (= very drunk)
blow off/ fart (= let gas out of your rear end)
blow your top (= lose your temper/ get angry)
the boob tube/ the box/ the telly (= the TV/ the television)
booze (= alcohol)
broke/ skint (= penniless/ incredibly short of cash)
chill/ chillax/ chill out (= relax)
chuck up/ hurl/ puke/ spew/ throw up (= be sick/ vomit)
crackers/ nuts (= mad/ crazy)
croak/ kick the bucket (= die/ pass away)
dope/ grass/ hash/ a spliff/ weed (= cannabis/ marihuana)
dosh/ lolly (= money/ cash)
fags/ ciggies (= cigarettes)
fit (= attractive/ sexually attractive)
get laid/ have a shag (= have sex with someone)
go (out) on the pull (= go out to find a man or woman for romantic and/ or sexual purposes)
grub/ nosh ( = food)
have a slash/ spend a penny/ take a leak (= urinate)
knackered (= very tired/ exhausted)
the little boys’ room/ the loo/ the pisser/ the smallest room (= toilet)
loaded (= very rich)
mate/ pal (= friend)
merry/ tipsy (= slightly drunk)
offie (= off licence/ liquor shop)
pissed/ pissed off (= angry/ annoyed)
porkies (= lies)
the runs/ the trots (= diarrhoea)
screw up (= fail/ do something really badly)
snog (= passionate kiss, e.g. a French kiss)
’tache (= moustache)
veg out (= sit around and do nothing)
Yanks (= Americans)
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Slang presentation
Without looking above, brainstorm informal ways of saying each of the things below. Many other words not above are also possible.
alcohol
Americans
angry/ annoyed
attractive/ sexually attractive
be sick/ vomit
biscuit/ cookie
cannabis/ marihuana
cigarettes
diarrhoea
die/ pass away
fail/ do something really badly
food
friend
go out to find a man or woman for romantic and/ or sexual purposes
have sex with someone
let gas out of your rear end
lies
lose your temper/ get angry
mad/ crazy
McDonald’s
money/ cash
moustache
off licence/ liquor shop
passionate kiss, e.g. a French kiss
penniless/ incredibly short of cash
pregnant
relax
sit around and do nothing
slightly drunk
the part of your body that you sit on
the police
the TV/ the television
toilet
urinate
very drunk
very rich
very tired/ exhausted
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Mixed answers
Use the mixed answers below to help with the task above. Many of the words above have more than one informal form below.
’tache
a bun in the oven
a spliff
arse
ass
bickie
blotto
blow off
blow your top
booze
broke
bum
chill
chill out
chillax
chuck up
ciggies
crackers
croak
dope
dosh
fags
fart
fit
get laid
go (out) on the pull
grass
grub
hammered
hash
have a shag
have a slash
hurl
kick the bucket
knackered
knocked up
loaded
lolly
mate
merry
nosh
nuts
off your face
offie
pal
pissed
pissed
pissed off
porkies
puke
screw up
skint
snog
spend a penny
spew
take a leak
the bill
the boob tube
the box
the cops
the filth
the little boys’ room
the loo
the pigs (= the police)
the pisser
the runs
the smallest room
the telly
the trots
throw up
tipsy
veg out
wasted
weed
Yanks
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Mixed answers grouped together
Start checking your answers with the lists below grouped together by meaning. This time there is just one per question above.
a bun in the oven/ knocked up
arse/ ass/ bum
bickie
the bill/ the cops/ the filth/ the pigs
blotto/ hammered/ off your face/ pissed/ wasted
blow off/ fart
blow your top
the boob tube/ the box/ the telly
booze
broke/ skint
chill/ chillax/ chill out
chuck up/ hurl/ puke/ spew/ throw up
crackers/ nuts
croak/ kick the bucket
dope/ grass/ hash/ a spliff/ weed
dosh/ lolly
fags/ ciggies
fit
get laid/ have a shag
go (out) on the pull
grub/ nosh
have a slash/ spend a penny/ take a leak
knackered
the little boys’ room/ the loo/ the pisser/ the smallest room
loaded
mate/ pal
merry/ tipsy
offie
pissed/ pissed off
porkies
the runs/ the trots
screw up
snog
’tache
veg out
Yanks
Check your answers with the first page.
Test each other on the vocabulary, going both ways.
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