Weekly English Words with Alisha Animals as Descriptors
Hello again. Welcome back to Weekly Words.
My name is Alisha, and today we’re going
to talk about animals as descriptions. Animal names that can also be a way to describe people.
The first word is “sloth.” “Sloth” refers
to someone who is lazy. If you don’t know
what a “sloth” is, look it up. I’m not going
to act it out for you. A “sloth” is a creature
that resides in forests and has kinda claw-like hands, and they’re known for moving very,
very, very, very slowly, so we use this word to describe lazy people. In your office maybe
there might be a “sloth.” You might say, “Aw, I don’t want to work with that guy this week.
He’s a sloth!” Hmm. Don’t be the sloth in
your office.
The next word is “dinosaur.” “Dinosaurs are of course extinct, but they once roamed the
earth in hordes. “Dinosaur” just refers to
somebody who’s very old. So, somebody, maybe
your grandparents, I suppose. Don’t say this to their faces, please. But you when you want
to refer to somebody who is very old, you
might say, “He’s a dinosaur! I’m surprised
that he can still get around.” That’s not
a nice thing to say.
The next word is “shark.” A shark is somebody who exploits other people or is looking for
a way to benefit from other people. This can also have another meaning. A shark can be
somebody who is like an expert at something. So you might have heard the phrase “pool shark”
or, ah, “card shark.” Oh, “card shark.” Or
“tennis shark.” Somebody who is really good
at something, but you can’t use it for everything. You can’t use it for all things that you might
be an expert at. They’re just a few things
that we can kind of pair the word “shark”
with, so be careful not to use it with anything that you might be an expert in. Like we wouldn’t
say you’re a “pastry shark.” Maybe funny.
I’m a pastry shark. Oh, “loan shark.” That’s
another example. You might say, “Avoid that guy. I hear he’s a loan shark,” meaning he’ll
try to take advantage of you.
Oh my god! Really? Let’s explain this word. This word is “cougar.” This word I think is
a very interesting
word. It it refers to “an older woman who
is interested in younger men.” The word “cougar,” it seems, is used because cougars are apparently
always on the prowl. In this case, their prey is younger men. Maybe you would say, “My neighbor
is a cougar. She has different guys at her
house every month! No, this is terrible!
“Crab.” A “crab” is… Sorry. A “crab…”
There was a phase I went through in middle
school, right, I liked to draw crabs. I just
thought they were funny, so I drew them on
everything. We use “crabs” to talk about
somebody who is kinda grumpy or in a bad mood.
You might say, “Oh, I don’t wanna talk to
my boss today. She seems like a real crab.”
End! We learned a lot of very rude things
in this week’s lesson. I hope that you can
take something away from this, um, maybe you can at least understand these words even if
you’re not going to use them yourself. Yeah. Be careful with whom and in what situation
you use some of these words. With that, thank you for watching this episode of Weekly Words.
I will see you again next week. Bye-bye!