English, baby!

stoked

Date: Jan 31 2002

Quote

1. Quote - Listen to the quote and guess what the slang means.

“It’s been two years since we’ve done a tour and we’re stoked.”
- Gwen Stefani, lead singer in the group No Doubt, talking about their tour.

Definition

1. Definition - Study the definition.

excited, happy

2. Use - Learn how the slang is used.

You can use stoked to describe your feelings whenever you’re very excited. If it’s your birthday, you could be stoked about your birthday party. You’d probably be stoked if you got an ‘A’ on a test. Or, you could be stoked because you’re about to eat a delicious meal. Hopefully you have lots of reasons to be stoked!

Examples

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“We’re going to see Black Hawk Down tonight. I’m stoked. I heard it is a really good movie.”

“I was stoked when I found out that I was accepted to a school in the U.S. It’s going to be really fun to study English in America.”

“Dude, are you stoked about the game tonight? I can’t wait to play. I know we’re going to win!”

Winners

1. Winners - See who guessed the slang definition correctly.

“Stoked” means to supply or to keep supplies of
something.
by Dana (Dubai)
“Stoked” describes that some people are ardent, full of interests and energy to do something, which usually seems to be very interesting and pleasant to them. Well,I hope I will always be “stoked” on my study, however,I am very lazy with my study sometimes.
by Richard
I think “stoked” means to encourage or increase an emotion, being stimulated on the things you do.
by Maria (Japan)

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