Web www.englishdaily626.com   [ Movie Reviews | Common Sentences | Glossary of Correct Usage | High School Vocab | Questions & Answers | Sample Letters ] [ Movies Lines | Advertisements | Words Differentiation | Common Errors | Songs | Links ] <<Prev Slang Next>>     TOEFL Vocabulary   English Daily Conversation   Learn grammar by example   Learn American idioms       Definition: Very Important Person; a phrase used to describe powerful people in business, politics, sports, and entertainment. Example: 1) The cameras started flashing as soon as the VIPs arrived. 2) This is a VIP parking zone. I'm afraid you'll have to move your car. Etymology: Comes from the first letters of 'Very Important Person'. Pronounced 'vee eye pee'. Synonyms: big shot       24/7 Ace Afro Airhead All ears All-nighter An arm and a leg Ants in your pant Armpit At the end of your rope Average Joe Axe Back burner Back on your feet Back seat driver Back to the drawing board Bad mouth Baked Ballpark figure Basket case Behind bars Bender Big house Blow chunks Blow off steam Blow it B. O Boozehound Bounce Brewski Bump off Burnt out Bust digits Butts Buy the farm Catch some z's Chic Chick Chicken Chow Cold feet Couch potato Crash Creep Crib Croak Cut a deal Cut and dry Da bomb Dicey Dinasour Dis Ditch DOA Doctor D'oh Doormat Downer Drag queen Dressed to kill Dump Early bird Eat lead Eats Egghead Excess baggage Fall for Fam Fast food Fat cat Feed the meter Five o'clock shadow Fore Freak Fuzz Ghetto Blaster Gibberish Gig Glam Glued to your seat Go bananas Go off the deep end Goat Go postal Goody two-shoes Goner Grass Grub Gumshoe Guts Hang out Hard as nails Has-been Have a prayer Have a screw loose Have eyes for Haywire Head doctor High five High roller Hillbilly Hit the road Hit the spot Hog Hole in the wall Homey Hoodie Hoodlum Hooked Hottie Hung up on Hush hush Hype Icky Idiot box Iffy In a bind In a funk In someone's hair In the doghouse In the slammer Jane Doe Jerk Jock Jump ship Jumpy Junk food Kick your ass Klutz Knocked-up Know it all Knuckle sandwich Kooky La la land Love handles Low life Luck of the draw Lush Mosey along Mp3 Mug Mystery meat Nailed Nerd No-brainer Not my cup of tea Nuke On cloud nine On the same wavelength One foot in the grave Out like a light Outta here Pack heat Pass out Peace out  Phat Pig out Pipe down Pitch in Pot Premed Psyched Pump iron Good sport Raise the roof Ride shotgun Road rage Rookie Rug rat Run a fever Sad Score Screw up See ya Shoot hoops Sitting duck Snail mail Space cadet Spork Square Stool pigeon Stink to high heaven Street pizza Sugar daddy Sweet tooth Tag along  Threesome Throw the book at Ticker Tightie-whities Too hot to handle Tripping Uncle Sam Up for grabs Up your sleeve Veg out Vent VIP Walking on eggshells Watered down Welch Wig out Wimp Wishy washy Wrong side of the tracks Wuss Yap Yawner Yellow Zillionaire Zone out       Common English mistakes   Ancient Chinese stories   Learn English Proverbs   American Slang expressions

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