Talking shit with Emma

Hello. My name is Emma. And in today's video, we are going to do some shit talking. What's that? We are going to shit talk with Emma today. Okay? So I'm going to teach you 10 expressions with the word: "shit". Before we start, what is "shit"? Does anyone know? I've drawn a little picture in this corner. Shit is... I have a brown marker so it's-I don't know if you can see that-it's this colour. It's what you do in a toilet. We'll leave that... I think that's enough to tell you. You shit in a toilet.

So with these expressions, they're all very common expressions. They're not expressions you want to use with your boss, they're not expressions you want to use with your grandma or your grandpa. They're expressions you will use with your friends, they're expressions you will listen to in movies, on TV. So my main point: don't use these at work, don't use these with your family. Okay?

So let's get started. Oh, sorry, one other thing: pronunciation. Students often mispronounce the word: "shit". They say: "sheet", "sheet". You see? They smile when they say it. Shit is not something you smile about. So when you say the word: "shit", don't smile. Okay? Your mouth goes down, "shit". So repeat one time, make sure you're not in a room filled with people. Okay, let's say this word together. One, two, three, "shit". Okay. Good. So now let's look at some expressions.

My first expression today is one of my favorites. "Shitty", "shitty". Okay? So you can say that once: "shitty". When we say it, the "ty" almost becomes like a "dy" sound, and "shit" is longer and louder. "Shitty", "shitty". What does it mean? When something is "shitty", it's bad, it's a synonym of bad. So, for example: "Today I had a shitty day." Meaning: today I had a bad day. Okay? You can ask someone: -"How was work today?" -"Oh, work was shitty. I had a really shitty experience at work." Okay? -"How did your test go?" -"Uhh, it went shitty. It was a shitty test. I didn't do well." Okay? So it's an adjective.

Our second expression: "shit-faced". Now, important how you pronounce the "ed", it's like a "t" in this case. Okay? So we don't say: "shit-faced", no, no, no. "Shit-faced", okay, "shit-faced". What does it mean to be shit-faced? "Shit-faced" means very, very, drunk. Okay? If you ever go to the bar, you drink one beer, you drink two beer, you drink eight beers, you will probably get shit-faced. So it means very drunk. Here's our example sentence: "He had eight beers. He's shit-faced." Okay? We don't say: "He has a shit face." That would sound very bad if you said that to someone. We don't say: "He has a shit-faced." He... The "s" stands for: "He is shit-faced." Okay?

Let's look at our third expression: "shitbox". A "shitbox" is a car. Okay? It's a car... Can you guess? Do you think it's a good car or a bad car? If you said: "Bad car", you are correct. A "shitbox" is a very bad car; it's very slow, very ugly, maybe the wheel is falling off. Okay? It looks like it is going to fall apart at any moment. It's usually a very cheap car. So maybe you're on the street and you see your friend and he's driving a shitbox. You can say to your friend: "Look at the car. What a shitbox!" All right.

Similarly, so "shitbox" is car, a "shithole" is a way to describe a place someone lives. Okay? So if your friend lives in an apartment and the apartment is very ugly, and small, and dirty, and there's not a lot of light, maybe there's no windows, it's a really sad apartment - you can call it a "shithole". So I have a friend, "Her apartment is a shithole. It's dirty, and"-eww-"there are cockroaches." Cockroaches, do you know what a cockroach is? It's one of those insects that lives in people's apartments, they're really disgusting. So it's a type of bug. If you have cockroaches in your apartment, you might... May be living in a shithole.

Learn Slang: 10 SHIT Expressions

Hello. My name is Emma, and in today's lesson, I am going to teach you some expressions that might not be the most polite, but that are very, very useful and common, actually. These expressions all have to do with the word "shit". As you may know, "shit" in English is considered a bad word or a swear word. Even though it's considered this, many, many people use the word "shit" in many different ways. "Shit" is actually one of the most useful expressions, because you can use it when you're angry, when you're happy, to describe your house, to describe your car. There are so many different ways we use the word "shit".

So, this video is actually called #2, and the reason why it's called: "Talking More Shit: #2" is because I've made a previous video with a lot of other "shit" expressions, and I just found there were so many in English, I wanted to add more to your vocabulary. Just as an aside, just a side note, "number two" is actually another way we say "shit". It's actually a synonym of this. Okay? So, if you ever hear anyone talk about taking a number two, it actually means they're taking a shit. Okay? So let's get started and learn some more shitty expressions.

So, the first expression I want to teach you with the word "shit"... And I'm sure I'm going to say the word "shit" a lot in this video, so just keep that in mind. The first expression I want to teach you is: "Scared shitless". Okay? So "scared shitless" means you are very, very scared of something. Okay? So it means you're terrified, you're so scared. An example of this is if you saw a ghost. Okay? "When I saw the ghost, I was scared shitless. I couldn't move. I was scared shitless." Have you ever seen a scary movie that has scared you shitless? For me, I guess it was the movie The Exorcist. That scared me shitless. Okay. So, very scared.

We have another expression with the word "shit". "To be in deep shit", "to be in deep shit". So, if you are in deep shit, it means you are in trouble. Okay? If you are in shit, deep shit means you're in a lot of trouble. So let's look at an example. "I lost $10,000"-okay, imagine this-"at the casino." So I spent all my money, $10,000 at the casino. Now I have a lot of problems. "I'm in deep shit." It means I have a lot of problems. I have big trouble. Okay? Deep shit.

Another expression, very common expression actually, is: "shitload". And you can talk about a shitload of something. "A shitload" means you have a lot. Okay? If I have a shitload of friends, it means I have a lot of friends. If I have a shitload of books, it means I have many, many books. Okay? Toronto has a shitload of people. Okay? I would never use these expressions maybe in front of my teacher; these are expressions I would use with my friends. And so, I might say: "Oh, yeah, Toronto has a shitload of people. It has a shitload of restaurants." Okay. It means it has a lot. So, here's an example with me: "I have a shitload of DVDs." I have a lot of DVDs.

Our next expression is probably one of my favourites on this list. "When shit hits the fan", okay. So: "Shit hit the fan". What does this mean? When shit hits the fan, it means all these dramatic, crazy, insane things are happening. Okay? So, imagine this, imagine I went to work and at my work maybe five people, they don't like their jobs, so they quit. So now maybe it's just me and my boss. Okay? And then maybe my boss has a terrible day, maybe, you know, there's a lot of trouble at my company, there's a lot of problems. When my boss gets really angry, I can say: "Shit hit the fan." When the situation becomes at its most insane, its most crazy, we say: "Shit hit the fan." Okay? So let's look at an example of this. "Shit hit the fan when Ken came to work drunk." So, when Ken came to work drunk, the situation became very dramatic. Shit hit the fan. It became very dramatic. Okay? If you have two people who are married, and unfortunately, maybe one of the people has a secret girlfriend or boyfriend. When the person finds out about the secret boyfriend or girlfriend, that person's going to be very angry. Shit will hit the fan. The situation will become very dramatic. Okay?

So, let's look at some more shitty expressions. So our next expression is: "shits", and that's right, "shit" has an "s" here, just be aware of that. "Shits and giggles".

Learn ANGRY Phrasal Verbs in English

Hi, there. My name is Emma, and in today's lesson, we're going to talk about words you can use when you get angry. Okay? Words that you use when you're very mad. Okay? So, all of these words have something in common. Okay.

I want you to look at these words. "Gets to", "winds up", "piss off", "work up", "tick off", "blow up", "freak out", "lash out at", "fly into". What do these words have in common? Well, all of the words I am going to teach you today are phrasal verbs. So, you probably know what a verb is. A verb is like an action. A phrasal verb is a verb that has a preposition with it. Okay. So, words like: "to", "up", "off", "up", "off", "up", "out", "at". These are all prepositions. Okay? So, a phrasal verb has a verb and a preposition.

Now, phrasal verbs are very, very common in English, especially in speech when we talk. This is one of the things that makes it a... English a difficult language. We have a lot of phrasal verbs, and the preposition-so like "up", "off"-the preposition at the end of the verb actually can change its meaning. Okay, so for example, if I say: "Get up", "get down", "get on", "get off", "get to", "get into", each of these words, although we use "get" as the verb, each of the prepositions actually change the meaning. Okay? So, today, I am going to teach you a bunch of phrasal verbs that have to do with when you get angry.

So, to begin with, let's look at these phrasal verbs that have to do with cause. Okay? And then we will look at the result. When I talk about cause, this is like the word "because". Why are you angry? This is the reason why. Okay? So, I'll give you an example. One thing I really don't like-I don't know why-but when people go crack, crack, crack, crack, or when they crack their neck. Right? I hate that sound. The sound of cracking, I... It might be strange, but I hate it. It makes me a little bit angry. Okay? When I hear cracking, I feel like this.

So, let's look at some ways we can talk about this anger. I can say: "Cracking gets to me." And I've drawn a person here, because: "Gets to" a person. Okay? Can you think of something that gets to you (meaning that makes you angry)? What is something that makes you angry? What is something that gets to you? Okay? I want you to think about that.

"Gets to you" has the same meaning as the next one. I can also say here: "Cracking... When people crack their fingers, it winds me up." So, this is me. Cracking fingers winds me up. Okay? Maybe there's something else I really don't like. Politicians, okay? When a politician lies, it makes me very angry. So I can say: "Politicians, they wind me up. They make me angry." When I was a kid, my brother and I used to fight a lot. My brother always was able to wind me up. Okay? So, again, this is something that makes you mad.

Another way we can say this: "Piss off". Okay? This one is a little bit less polite. These ones are all right, but this one is a little bit rude, so I wouldn't use it in front of children, but it has the same meaning. Okay? You can definitely use this with your friends. "Politicians piss me off. They make me angry." What else makes me angry? "When people spit on the ground, it pisses me off." Okay? It makes me angry. So I want you to think about something that pisses you off, that winds you up, that gets to you.

We can also say: "Work someone up", okay? Oftentimes, you know, my brother, he knows how to annoy me. He knows how to get under my skin, how to make me mad. So: "My brother works me up." Okay? So this means he knows how to make me angry.

And, finally, you can say: "Tick someone off." Okay? For example, maybe you have a teacher and the teacher does something, and it makes you very angry. You can say: "The teacher ticks me off." Okay? Maybe there's a celebrity you don't like. Maybe you don't like Celine Dion, or maybe you don't like Mariah Carey. I don't know. If you don't like them, you can say: "Mariah Carey ticks me off. She makes me angry." Okay?

So, all of these mean: make angry, to make someone angry. And pay close attention to where the people are. You can replace this with anything. You know, for example: "Too much TV... Watching too much TV gets to my mother. It makes her angry. When I watch too much TV, it gets to my mother. It winds my mother up." Okay? So, you can change this with any person that's applicable.

The people you will meet at UNIVERSITY

Hello. My name is Emma, and in today's video, I am going to teach you a lot of university language. I'm going to teach you specifically about the people you will see at university. I've used, here, the word "uni", this is very British English. "Uni" means "university". In American English, we would call it "college"; in Canadian English, we would call it "university". Okay? And I don't know about Australian, but I would assume it's probably "uni" also.

So, there are many different words we use when we talk about people at the university. I'm going to tell you what we call students, what we call professors, what we call the boss of the professor. Okay? So you will learn a lot of words today.

So let's get started. I have here a pyramid. This pyramid represents power at the university. Okay? It represents position at the university, and also, the number of positions at a university. So, if you notice... We'll start at the bottom. I have here "freshman". A freshman is a first-year student. Okay? So, when you get to university, you will be a freshman. It means you are in your first year of university. There are a lot of freshman at university.

Then what happens? Second year comes along. When second year happens, you become a "sophomore". This means you are in the second year of your program. We don't say "sophomore". Okay? We don't say "sophomore", no, no, no. "Sophmore", so it's almost like this "o" we spell with, it's silent when we say it. "Sophomore". And you'll notice the "ph" is a "f" sound: "sofmore". So your second year is your sophomore year.

Then, some people will continue on in university, and they'll get to their third year. Okay? In your third year, you will be called "a junior". "Junior". Okay? So I want you to say these words: "freshman", "sophomore", "junior".

If all goes well, after your third year, you're going to be in your last year or your final year, and you will be-so fourth year-a "senior". So this means you are the top of undergrad. You will be a senior in your fourth year. So all of this, these "freshman", "sophomore", "junior", "senior", this all refers to undergrad students or undergraduate. Okay? So for short, we say "undergrad". In the long, we say "undergraduate students". Okay? So when I was an undergrad, I started as a freshman; then my second year of undergrad, sophomore; third year of undergrad, junior; and finally, in my fourth year, I was a senior. Okay? If you finish and you finish your senior year, you get a bachelor's. Okay? So you get a bachelor's degree. You do four years of university, you get a bachelor's degree.

Now, some people, after their fourth year, after they're a senior, they're tired of university, they're so happy they're finished, you know, it's finally over, so they go and they start working, and they forget all about university. Other people want to do more university. They stay in university, and they continue studying. We call these people "master's students". Okay? Usually a master's is a two-year program. It can be a one-year program, but it happens after undergrad. So we call these students "grad students", we can also say "graduate students" or "master's student". Okay? So, again, usually these people are in a program for one or two years, they are grad students, master's students; it means the same thing.

From this point, you'll find that some grad students get a job at the university. Okay? So they're still a grad student, but they get a job. The job they get at the university is a "TA" job or a TA position. A "TA" is a person who is a teaching assistant. So, a TA is the same thing as teaching assistant; it's just the short way to say it. A teaching assistant works for a professor. They help the professor teach freshman, sophomore, junior, and seniors. So, the TA is the assistant to the professor, and they help the professor teach these people. Sometimes they mark. Okay? Essays, they might... If you write a test, it might be a TA who marks your test because the professor is too busy. So it's the professor's assistant.

You made my day - what does it mean?

You made my day - what does it mean?

You made my day!

You made my day is one of the most common expressions. When people say you made my day, you see their smiling face. It is a nice expression.

You made my day - what does it mean?

You made my day!

Do you know what it means?


You made my day or you have made my day mean you are very happy because someone has said or done something that made the day special for you. For example,

Son: Dad! I’ve got the job.

Dad: Congratulations, my son! You made my day!

I have won the lottery. It just made my day!

I got the first prize. It made my day!

When something really good has happened to you, you can say that it has made your day.

Make my day can be used sarcastically. That is, it means the opposite and you’re not happy. Let’s take a look at the following example.

A cop goes to arrest a notorious criminal. That criminal is trying to get away by grabbing a woman and holding his gun to her head. Then the cop points his gun at him and growls, “Go ahead, make my day” meaning that if the criminal tries to hurt the woman, he’s happy to kill him.

Finally, the cop arrests the criminal and save that woman.

He’s a smart cop, I think. Hope the above example makes it clear what make my day means in different situation.

That's it for now. Have a great day!