Slang in English - SCREW

Hi, James from engVid. Normally, I do very serious lessons on serious topics. You know,

we talk about war, politics, dating. The word "fugly" comes to mind. That was a good lesson

on beauty and how we describe it. But today, I want to have some fun. Okay, so we're going

to talk about slang. The first thing you have to say is, "What is slang?" Everyone says,

"That's slang, man. That's slang." Has anyone ever told you what slang is? Slang actually

is -- oop -- slang. Something fell out of my pocket, and it's not pretty. Slang actually

is slang. What? Well, slang describes itself. Slang is short language. So when somebody

tells you this is slang, it's because it's a short version of the language, right? "What's

up" is short for, "What is up and happening in this particular area?" Shorten the language,

and it becomes slang, man. All right? And sometimes, slang is simply taking a word and

using it not in its normal way, but changing it around, screwing with it, if I may. Today's

word, "screw". What does "screw" mean? Well, basically, in English, the word "screw" is

this thing here. When you have a little hole, and you want to, you know, you screw it in.

You take one of these things, what's called a screwdriver. You have a screwdriver. I'm

sure with the special effects, there'll be a better screwdriver. But you take a screwdriver,

and you push it in, right? And you take this thing, and you put it in the wall. This thing

is called a "screw". This is what it is, literally. It is the thing that goes in to join two things

together. Keep this in mind, what I just said. A screw is pushed in and joins two things

together. The next part is this. As a verb, it is to push and turn something to go deeper

into something. Cool? Great. All right. So why don't we do the lesson? This is why I

don't do the slang lessons. It's all the other kids. Ezekiel's killing himself now. Okay.

One, we'll do "screw". When you make a mistake, you screw up. We tell you this. Don't screw

up. You screwed up. You made a mistake. Okay? The next thing, "screw" is for sex. All right?

Screw. Sex. They screwed last night. Had sex. Remember we said twisting and turning in and

-- you got it. I don't need to help you with the visual. I've been told I get too graphic.

Graphic details. X, X, X. Next, it's the politer form of the F word. Because "screw" has something

to do with sex, and the F word also means sex, we put them together. I mean, not literally

together, but the meaning comes from it. It's a politer way of using it. It is not polite.

You cannot walk up and say to someone, "Screw you, dude." And they'll go, "Thank you for

being so polite with me. I thought you were going to say the F word." Okay? But when you

say "screw" -- somebody, screw you, screw him, screw it. It's like it, it. I'm just

not saying the F word. I'm sure there'll be a beep here, even though I'm not saying anything.

Okay? Now, we can also use, for the F word, instead of saying the F word, you can say

"screw," right? Here's a couple things you can say instead of "screw F F." You can say

"screw you." Imagine putting the F word. "Screw off," right? And "screwed" -- we have it here.

"Screwed up." But they're the same meaning as this form. In this case, not here. "I screwed

up. I made a mistake." "Screwed up" -- and they mean big time. Okay?

Now, how about "to leave"? Well, if you're going to tell someone to leave, it's another

form of "screw off." We can say this. Kind of rude, but if you say, "James screwed off

five minutes ago." Like, watch, right? "He screwed off." "Where is the ESL teacher in

the video? He screwed off. It's just Mr. E." "I'm back." Okay? "I'm back. I screwed off

for a minute, but I'm back now." Not polite. Don't use it at work, okay?

Next, "to be in trouble." If somebody tells you that they are "screwed" -- okay? "I spent

all my money on comic books. I have no money for rent. I'm screwed!" Okay? "I'm in big

trouble." "Screwed. You're in big trouble." Maybe -- not that I would ever do this, but

Mr. E might -- you want to "screw the government." It means "to cheat." "Break the rules." "Cheat."

Right? "Screw somebody." "We're going to screw somebody. We're going to cheat them." "Hurt

them by cheating them." How about this one? "Someone's got a screw loose." Do you remember

we talked about the "screw" and when you break the rules, you say, "I'm in big trouble."

Do you remember we talked about the "screw" and when you put it in, it tightens things,

keeps them together? Well, when a screw's loose, something goes a little wild. Okay?

That's when we say you're crazy because all the screws aren't in your head to keep it

together, so things are moving around. So it's crazy. So we say this. We say, "screw

loose." "You've got a screw loose or two?" "Little crazy." Okay, and finally, "to cause

trouble." "To cause trouble for someone." Well, that's not what I wanted to say because

we've already got "to cheat." "I screwed up." See, "I screwed up." This one, "screw

somebody" should be down here. "To cheat" means have sex outside your relationship.

Yes, different cheat. So if you're screwing around, and that's what we call it, someone's

screwing around, you're having sex with somebody who is not your partner. "Bad boy" or should

I say "bad girl." It is the 21st century. So I don't want to screw with you anymore.

I think you got the lesson. "Screw" is a great word. Look at all the wonderful things you

can say to people with it. You like that, boys and girls? We'll have other ones later.

So I'm going to screw off in a second or two after I've helped you. I hope I didn't screw

up too much, and you can get that. Sometimes I do act like I've got a screw loose or two,

I'm sure. I heard somebody say that in one of the comments. But anyway, screw you. I

don't care. Hopefully you'll go to engVid after this lesson and check it out for other

slang lessons we'll have, okay? So please go to www. -- now don't screw this part up.

Make a mistake. eng as in English, vid as in video.com. Cool? See you at engVid. Told

you to screw off.