Slang: 13 Funny Word Mash-Ups in English

Are you ready for some mash up?

Mash it up, mash it up.

My name's Ronnie.

I'm going to teach you how to mash things up.

What does that mean?

Mash up.

Do you like potatoes?

And you mash them?

You combine them, squish them together, put some butter...

No. What?

Okay, so word mash-ups, word mash-ups, slang, teaching you slang.

Word mash-ups mean we take two words, mash them together, and make a whole new language

for you to learn.

And just when you thought you had mastered English vocabulary, we make more for you.

These are fun.

And by the end of this lesson, I think you can make your own word mash-ups.

That'll be fun.

So, let's get the potatoes cooking.

Let's mash up some words.

Maybe some of these words you have heard before and maybe you know them.

Very, very popular word is "brunch", but do you know what "brunch" means?

"Brunch" is a word mash-up.

It's old-school, which means it's old.

"Brunch" means "breakfast" and "lunch" at the same time.

So, brunch begins from whatever time you want and usually ends at about 3:00.

So if you want to eat from the time you wake up until afternoon, you're eating brunch.

It's breakfast and lunch together, so that means you get to eat all the breakfast foods

and all the delicious lunch foods at one time.

Glorious brunch.

Maybe you have heard this word, I personally think it's a little overused, the word is

called "chillax".

"Chill" and "relax".

If you have watched my lesson on "Chill, Chill Out", you're going to know that "chill" means

to be calm.

So, "chill" and "relax" means to be calm and relaxed.

Chillax, people, everything's going to be fine.

Bro, chillax, bro. Brah.

Have you heard people say this: "brah" or "bro"?

It is a slang way for usually men to greet each other.

We don't say: -"Good afternoon, Kevin.

How are you today?"

-"Why, I'm fine."

We say: "Brah, what's up? Yo, bro." for boys.

So we have what's called a "bromance".

What do you think "bromance" means?

It means "bro" and "romance", so this means that you are a man and you kind of like another guy,

but you're not gay.

You just like your friend a lot.

Next one, we hear this a lot in TV.

Well, all of them you're going to hear in American TV, but this is I imagine in a TV

commercial: a "staycation".

It sounds like "vacation".

So, a "staycation" means a stay-at-home vacation.

This means you don't have to go to work-yes-but you're not travelling somewhere.

Usually on vacations we travel.

A staycation means you don't go to work and you stay at home in your pajamas,

watching www.engvid.com.

Would you do that?

Yeah.

You're doing it now.

These ones, I think, are my favourite.

The first one, not very well-known, is: "vurp".

"Vurp" means "vomit" and "burp".

So, you have to burp.

[Burps] Excuse me.

But actually when you do that, some vomit comes up - not a good situation...

I didn't vurp, it's fine.

Not a good situation.

So, maybe you've eaten a lot at brunch, maybe you've overdone it, had a little bromance

at brunch and you're eating, and you burp, but a little bit of stomach vile comes up

- that's a vurp.

You don't actually vomit, but it's...

It's kind of close.

This one is actually quite fun and a great conversation starter.

This is "shart".

"Shart" is "shit" and "fart".

It's along the same meaning as vomit and burp, except it's the other end.

So, you think you're going to fart...

Fart means: "[makes fart noise]".

Okay?

But actually, uh-oh, a little bit of poo or shit comes out.

A little embarrassing.

We also have a word for this is Hershey squirts.

Do you know the Hershey's kisses?

Kind of the same idea there or...

So, a shart is you think you're going to fart, you're like: "Oh, it's safe."

[Fart noise]. Oh.

You can usually see it in the person's face.

There might be a smell connected to it, but a shart is pretty dangerous.

It would be actually time for you to go home if you sharted.

But as I said, a nice conversation starter, you can talk to your friends and go: "Hey, guys..."

Maybe you're at a party, you don't know people and you can say: "Have you ever sharted?"

What a great conversation starter.

I mean, you're going to make friends immediately.

That's how I do stuff at my parties.

If you want to party with me, it'll be fun.

Might get you some diapers.

Next one.

Gentlemen, this is for you predominantly.

"Predominant" means like strongly for you.

If you are hungry, how do you feel?

I bet you you get mad, don't you?

You're like: "Oh god, I want food."

There's no reason to be mad except that you are hungry.

So we have the word "hungry" and "angry" or mad together.

So, "mad" and "angry" mean the same, so we have: "hangry".

I'm so hangry.

Hungry, but you're mad because you're hungry.

Usually... Do you have a special time that this happens?

For me it's about, oo, 3 o'clock if I haven't eaten lunch, I'm like: "Waa."

Angry and hungry at the same time.

One of my favourite things to wear in the summertime are "skorts".

So, skorts are a skirt.

It looks like a skirt.

Mm-mm, it's not, because you can go woo, and they're actually underneath the shirt are

shorts.

Ladies, let me tell you how much of a brilliant invention this is.

So you look nice, you have a skirt on, but you can actually like just be a normal person

and sit without exposing your inner fine lingeries to people.

So, skorts, way to go.

If some sports company would like to sponsor me, I would definitely wear some skorts and

you guys could pay me money.

Adidas, Nike. Good.

Next one, we have a "spoon" and a "fork".

It's called a "spork".

So if you're not sure if you need a spoon or a fork, you can get a spork.

If you go to fast-food restaurants, maybe if you buy chili which is...

It's kind of like a stew.

It has the fork part, but it's also a spoon.

Brilliant, brilliant idea.

So you've got...

Your skort's on and you've got a spork, you're ready to go.

Another one that is very popular is "ginormous".

I guess it's really big, because "ginormous" means "giant", which means big, and "enormous",

which means really big.

So "ginormous" means super, super, really, really, really, really big.

Perfect. Welcome to English.

The next one we use for the internet and it's called "webtiquette".

So this is the "web", which you're on now, and "etiquette".

"Etiquette" means manners.

So, for example, if you are doing bad things on the internet...

It's not nice to do bad things on the internet.

For example, tell people that they're stupid or...

Or, I don't know, insult people, or put people down on the internet.

Please don't do that.

"Webtiquette" means you are respectful and not rude leaving comments, but it's a free

country, so do what you want.

Just don't be rude.

We also have "webcast".

"Webcast" means the internet and "broadcast".

Okay?

So you've got broadcasting.

Usually we would broadcast on TV or the radio.

Now we have the wonderful internet, so it's a webcast.

Giant...

"Ginormous" can also mean "gigantic" and "enormous".

"Gigantic" means big.

And the last one, dirty guys, is "sexting".

Ew, what's sexting?

"Sexting" is texting, but with sexual language.

If you'd like to learn some sexual language, I have some videos for you.

You can check out www.engvid.com and see them.

So, you can start sexting your special bromance guy.

You guys can go out for brunch, you can chillax in your house.

Maybe have some staycation, go on a staycation.

And just have a good time.

This is my challenge to you: You can also sext in pictures.

I don't want to see your sexting pictures.

No.

This is my challenge to you: What I want you to do is think of two English words that you

think would be nice to mash up or mix together.

I'm really interested because you can make new English slang,

and then I'll do a video on it.

Cool.

So, in the comments, please use proper webtiquette, and text me some new mash-ups.

Mash up, mash up.

I'm Ronnie. I'm out.

Bye.