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Internet Safety Voca
L/S 3 Vocabulary June 2013
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| predator | a person who looks for other people in order to use, control, or harm them in some way |
| abduct | to take (someone) away from a place by force |
| groom | to prepare (someone) for a particular job or position |
| dungeon | a dark underground prison in a castle |
| provocative | causing sexual feelings or excitement : sexy |
| revealing | showing parts of the body that are usually hidden from view |
| weird | strange |
| exploit | to use (someone or something) in a way that helps you unfairly |
| brain trust | sarcastically said slang for someone who doesn't act very smart |
| harass | to annoy or bother (someone) in a constant or repeated way |
| blonde | jokingly thought to not be as smart as other people |
| stalker | a person who closely follows and watches another person for a long period of time in a way that is threatening, dangerous, etc. |
| torture | the act of causing severe physical or mental pain as a form of punishment or as a way to force someone to do or say something |
| crank call/prank call | a telephone practical joke |
| legacy | something that happened in the past or that comes from someone in the past |
| slather | to cover something with a thick layer of a liquid, cream, etc. |
| c'est la vie | French for That's life |
| derogatory | expressing a low opinion of someone or something : showing a lack of respect for someone or something |
| Et tu, Brute | You too, Brutus a line from Shakespeare's play Julius Caesar. It's a expression of betrayal. |
| evolved | to change or develop slowly often into a better, more complex, or more advanced state |
| hypothetical | not real : imagined as an example |
| highlight | something (such as an event or a detail) that is very interesting, exciting, or important : the best part of something |
| plenty of fish in the sea | It usually refers to the idea that there are many more guys/girls out there to fall in love with. |
| Under the weather | Not feel well |
| Eager Beaver | Someone who is excited and wanting to do whatever is needed right away. |
| hen party | a party or gathering for women only. |
| "It's all Greek to me" | something is not understandable. |
| concrete thinking | Thinking characterized by a predominance of actual objects and events |
| abstract thinking | Thinking characterized by the ability to use concepts and to make and understand generalizations, such as of the properties or pattern shared by a variety of specific items or events. |
| spring chicken | a young person |
| young buck | a teenager or a young adult male |
| High on the hog | to live well and eat good food. |
| Go whole hog | to do everything possible; to be extravagant |
| Quit cold turkey | to stop (doing something)abruptly not gradually slowing down. |
| Egg on your face | Embarrassment; humiliation: |
| lay an egg | To fail, especially in a public performance. |
| Egghead | An intellectual; a highbrow. |
| To egg someone on | to encourage them and urge them forward. |
| How do you like them apples? | What do you think of that? |
| More than one way to skin a cat | You can always find more than one way to do something |
| That takes the cake | something is the most extreme example. usually said about something bad |
| soft drink | A nonalcoholic, flavored, carbonated beverage |
| Wake up and smell the coffee | Try to pay attention to what's going on. |
| shoot the breeze | make relaxed, casual conversation. |
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