1. cheesy: (太夸张)melodramatic, corny (synonym), trying too hard, unsubtle, and inauthentic (Ex: “I love her so much I am going to die.” “Haha you sound soo cheesy.”)
2. chicken: (胆小鬼)coward (Ex: “Stop being a chicken and try the rollercoaster ride!”)
3. dorky: (另类的,愚蠢的)strange; peculiar; A dork is someone who has odd interests, and is often silly at times. (Ex: "Kate Perry portrayed a dorky girl in her music video for the song 'Last Friday Night.'")
4. freebie: (免费赠品)something that does not cost money (Ex: “Where did you buy that pen?” “Oh this? It’s a freebie I got at the carnival.”)
5. full-on: (全力以赴) powerful, with maximum effort. (Ex: “I’m going to study full-on for this next exam.”)
6. go bananas: (发疯,情绪失控)go slightly crazy (Ex: “Love is making you go bananas.”)
7. hammered: (醉了)very drunk (Ex: “Dude, stop drinking, you are already hammered.”)
8. hyper: (亢奋的)overly excited (Ex: “Why are you so hyper?” “I think it’s because I ate a lot of candy this morning. Sugar makes me hyper.”)
9. kicks: (鞋子)shoes (Ex: “Wow, nice kicks!”) (See Note 1)
NOTE 1 | “Just for kicks” is a phrase that means, “Just for fun.” The term, kicks, in this case does not mean shoes.
10. laid back: (放松的)relaxed; calm (Ex: “Why are you so laid back? The exam is in 30 minutes!”)
11. lame: (拙劣的) incompetent, bad (Ex: “I saw you cheating on the test.” “So what?” “Ugh, you are so lame.”)
12. love handles: (腰间赘肉) excess fat around the waist (Ex: “Honey, it’s okay, I love you AND your love handles.”)
13. rubbish: (废话) nonsense; not true (Ex: “The last Harry Potter movie was terrible!” “What? That’s rubbish!”)
14. screw up: (弄糟,犯错)to make a mistake (Ex: “I’m sorry for lying to you, I screwed up, big time.”)
15. sick: (很棒的)awesome, so cool, amazing; a term used more commonly among hip hop dancers (Ex: “Dude, you’ve got some sick moves!”)