The Weekend - 1990's(0123)

A:

Hey four-eyes! What's up man, how have you been?

B:

Not bad, just went to the mall and picked up some junk. Check out my new Adidas!

A:

Those are dope! You are gonna be getting mad props from the gang, man. Anyways, have you seen Betty lately?

B:

Dude, don't even go there. That girl started trippin' cuz I went to the movies with Veronica the other day. I was like "look, you knew how I was before you got with me".

A:

That's right! Your such a playa, man. Dude, there's Mad Max. Let's go say hi.

B:

Max! Whassup! Are you okay? You look like you just saw a ghost.

C:

I got an F in English class. My life is over...

A:

Dude, get over it! You need to lay off the books for a while and have some fun! Come on, let's bounce.

C:

Where are we going? Oh, crap. My dad is gonna go postal when he finds out about this.

A:

I'm gonna open a can of whopass on you if you don't come with me now!

C:

Okay, okay. Geez...

Key Vocabulary

mad props

common noun, singular

recognition (informal)

tripping

principle verb, present progressive

being agitated, upset

bounce

principle verb, present simple

informal of saying let's go

go postal

principle verb, Going to Future

to act violently or aggressively

I was like

phrase

an informal way to introduce a piece of dialogue

What's up

phrase

What's up (informal)

Supplementary Vocabulary

All that and a bag a chips

phrase

Slang way of saying; I'm the best and more

Bling-Bling

phrase

wearing gold or precious stones

The Bomb

phrase

Something is cool, it's great

My Bad

phrase

Expression used to say my mistake or I'm sorry

I'm down with that

phrase

That sounds good to me, I agree