Vocabulary - Whistleblower

Whistleblower:

An insider who reveals an act, generally illegal, taking place, which the person committing the act would not wish to be public.

The CEO was sent to jail after a whistleblower who worked at the company leaked documents to the press proving illegal stock manipulation.

Vocabulary - A Number Cruncher

A Number Cruncher:

A number cruncher refers to someone whose job is to work with numbers and mathematics.

He's a number cruncher. He works for a big firm of accountants.

Vocabulary - Motorpsycho

Motorpsycho:

An individual who rides their motorcycle with complete and total disregard for the safety of themselves or others.

The guy who won't shift out of first and pops wheelies in my neighborhood on the same street where kids play and ride their bikes is a total motorpsycho.

Vocabulary - Flamer

Flamer:

A “flamer” is a derogatory term used to describe a gay man.

Origin: Probably from the fact that in the past some certain cultures put homosexual men on fire.

Vocabulary - Poof/poofter

Poof/Poofter:

An offensive, derogatory word meaning a gay man.

Everybody thought Gavin was a poof because he liked classical music and going to the ballet.

Boys in my high school used to go "poofter bashing". They'd find a guy in the park they thought was gay, and they'd beat him up.

Idiom - Late Bloomer

Late Bloomer:

If someone is a “late bloomer” it means that they become successful, but at a later time in life than most people.

Vocabulary - Junky/Junkie

Junky:

(slang) A drug addict; a person obsessed with something.

A lot of junkies are still being sent to jail instead of being given treatment to overcome their addiction.

It's sad to see people who start out in politics with high ideals turn into power junkies. They'll do anything to stay in power, from rigging elections to arranging violence to intimidate their opponents.

Persian: معتاد

Vocabulary - Bull Dyke

Bull Dyke:

A lesbian who is very manly in appearance and behavior.

My sister is a bull dyke and she's in a gang of women who ride big motorbikes and wear leather jackets.

We saw all sorts of interesting people in the Gay Mardi Gras parade, including drag queens, leather guys and bull dykes.

Vocabulary - Pig

Pig:

An unattractive and unpleasant person.

Chris is such a selfish pig. How can Diane go out with him?

Richard used to be a nice guy, but after he got all that money, he turned into a lazy, fat pig.

Vocabulary - Alky

Alky:

Short form of the term alcoholic. Alkie and alchy are the same term with different spellings.

Poor old Bob turned into an alky after his business failed.

Anyone who's an alchy should try going to Alcoholics Anonymous, or AA. It's helped millions of people who've been addicted to alcohol.

Persian: الکلی
 

Vocabulary - Kook

Kook:

A strange or eccentric person.

There's this kook in my apartment building with snake tattoos on his face and he keeps these giant pythons as pets.

Why did Margaret marry a kook like that guy?

Persian: آدم عجیب غریب

Vocabulary - Cash Cow

Cash Cow:

A person or organization that is a source of easy profit.

Vocabulary - John Doe

John Doe:

Used especially by the police to refer to a man whose name is not known.

This man has been talking lives for 20 years. His first victim John Doe.

Vocabulary - Jane Doe

Jane Doe:

Used especially by the police to refer to a woman whose name is not known.

Vocabulary - A Class Act

A Class Act:

If someone is a “class act”, it means they are very “classy”. It’s actually a very positive term if someone is a real class act. This phrase is, however, almost always used as a sarcastic one.

Look at that loud, rude, and annoying person over there. He is a real class act.

Vocabulary - Joe Shmoe

Joe Shmoe:

Joe Shmoe (also spelled Joe Schmoe and Joe Schmo) is one of the most commonly used fictional names in American English. It means anybody.

I'm not letting any old Joe Shmoe into my house.

Note: The other similar terms are John Doe and Jane Done.

Vocabulary - Apothecary

Apothecary:

Someone who mixed and sold medicines in the past.

Persian: عطار، دواچی

Vocabulary - Old Flame

Old Flame:

An “old flame” is a person you used to date.  This could be your ex-boyfriend or ex-girlfriend.  It could also be someone you just dated casually but weren’t too serious.

Idiom - Black Sheep

Black Sheep:

If someone’s a black sheep, it means they are different from the rest of the people in a group or different from the rest of their family.

Vocabulary - Twinkie

Twinkie:

A slang term meaning an attractive girl.
That's a hot little twinkie.

Vocabulary - Dame

Dame:

A woman.

She is my dame, homie.

Vocabulary - Inmate

Inmate:

Someone who is being kept in prison.

Persian: زندانی

Vocabulary - Pacifist

Pacifist:

Someone who believes that wars are wrong and who refuses to use violence.

Bergson was imprisoned as a pacifist during the World War I.

Persian: صلح طلب

Vocabulary - Pleb

Pleb:

An uneducated person.

Oh I say I am too good for them, they are lowlife plebs.

Plebs like me could never have such perfect manners.

Vocabulary - Debauchee

Debauchee:

A person given to excessive indulgence in sensual pleasures.

Persian: آدم شهوتران، عیاش و بی بندوبار، هرزه، فاسد

Vocabulary - Tight Wad

Tight Wad:

A stingy person; a miser.

He is a real tight wad.

Persian: خسیس

Vocabulary - Light Bulb

Light Bulb:

A pregnant woman.

Who's that light bulb over there?

Persian: زن باردار

Vocabulary - Mud Duck

Mud Duck:

An ugly person.

Sam is a mud duck, but women seem to like him.

Look at that ugly mug on that mud duck.

Vocabulary - Cupcake

Cupcake:

An attractive woman.

Look at the splendid garbanzos on that cupcake.

That cupcake is a gynie.

Vocabulary - Armchair Activist

Armchair Activist:

A so-called activist who thinks he is helping towards a good cause by making a topic famous via blogs/social media.

"Forward this link to help breast cancer!!" - common saying by an armchair activist.