The Slang Podcast - Learn British English Now
3min2020 JUN 8
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So you have planned three holidays, booked time off work and are totally ready to lay on a beach sipping pina coladas under the sun. This I am sure were many of your summer plans, unfortunately they have been put on hold due to the recent pandemic.How do you feel now? Angry? Disappointed? Salty? Yes Salty! Let me explain myself, in formal english Salty S-A-L-T-Y is an adjective meaning tasting or containing salt, Of course, you may have assumed that it was in relation to food. For example:- "damn you over salted this chicken."- "these chips are really too salty"In slang we can also say a person is salty. No I do not mean one should go around licking their friends and commenting on their taste.In slang salty is an adjective of emotion. Feeling salty is akin to feeling upset or angry. It can be over something minor, like getting teased or sometimes over something larger like your holiday plans being cancelled.So where does it come from and why do we use it? In fact the term salty come...

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