"C" Slang

cross-step

General

To walk up and down a longboard by crossing one foot over the other in a smooth, dance-like motion, rather than shuffling.

cross-up

Gaming

You jump over the opponent and hit them on the way down so the attack lands on their back. Now they have to block the other direction — and if their brain's still pointed forward, they eat it.

crosses

General

Problems, hardships or bad luck that one has to bear.

crossfire

Gaming

You set up so an enemy can only ever face one of you at a time. They peek your mate, you tag them from the side. No safe cover, no clean trade for them.

crossover

General

A dribbling move where the ball is quickly switched from one hand to the other to change direction and get past a defender.

crossplay

Internet

The practice of dressing as a character whose gender differs from the cosplayer's, often using techniques such as chest binding, padding, or prosthetics to sell the look.

crosspost

Internet

To take a post from one subreddit and share it into another while keeping a link back to the original. The point is to spread something good without ripping off the OP — credit stays attached automatically.

crouchdash

Gaming

A low, swaying dash that closes distance smoothly and feeds into a character's launchers and mids. String them together and you get a wavedash.

crow

General

The eagle on a Navy petty officer's rank insignia. When a sailor makes E-4 and pins on PO3, they've 'got their crow' or 'made crow.' Lose your rate at captain's mast and you 'lost your crow.' The bird is the whole identity of being a petty officer.

crs

General

Light shorthand for a forgetful patient; a polite gloss of a cruder original.

crucial

General

Serious, great, or of high importance; a term of strong approval.

cruda

General

The hangover itself, the morning-after suffering from drinking.

crudo

General

Describes the state of being hungover after drinking.

cruisin for a bruisin

General

A warning issued to someone pushing their luck.

crumble

Street

A cannabis concentrate with a dry, brittle, cheese-like texture that crumbles into pieces when handled.

crumbly

General

Describes a wave that breaks softly, spilling and crumbling down the face rather than throwing a hollow lip. Forgiving but low-powered.

crump

General

To take a rapid turn for the worse; a patient who seemed stable whose vital signs suddenly collapse.

crumping

General

To decline suddenly and acutely; a crumping patient is crashing and needs immediate attention. Also 'crump.'

crunchie

General

An armor-crew term for dismounted infantry, grimly evoking what happens to a foot soldier who gets in the way of a tracked vehicle.

crunk

Music

Names a subgenre of Southern hip-hop built on shouted hooks and heavy 808s, pioneered by Lil Jon.

crushing

Internet

To have romantic feelings or infatuation for someone.

crusty

General

Describing something or someone unclean, ashy, or generally busted-looking.

crutch

Street

A small rolled piece of card or a glass tip placed at the mouth end of a joint to keep it open, catch debris and let you smoke it to the end. Also called a tip or filter.

cruyff turn

General

A skill move where a player fakes a pass or cross, then drags the ball behind their standing leg to spin away from a defender.

crying

Internet

Can flip to mean genuinely emotional, by context.

crypto twitter

Internet

The dense network of crypto and NFT accounts on Twitter/X (abbreviated CT) where memes, alpha, drama and narratives originate and spread.

cryptobro

Internet

A male crypto enthusiast — usually loud, usually dogmatic, usually evangelising about a specific coin to anyone who didn't ask. Carries strong connotations of overconfidence, dismissiveness toward critics, and a Lamborghini-shaped vision board. Almost always pejorative when used by outsiders, sometimes worn ironically by insiders.

cs

Gaming

Your total last-hit count. It's the cleanest read on how well someone's farming — high CS means a fed gold lead even without kills. Pros are judged on CS per minute.

csf

General

The clear fluid that cushions the brain and spinal cord, sampled by lumbar puncture to diagnose infection or bleeding.

ct

Internet

Short for 'Crypto Twitter', the sprawling community of traders, builders and commentators on X where much crypto discourse, alpha and drama unfolds.

cta

Internet

Stands for "call to action," a marketing prompt urging the audience to take a specific step.

ctd

General

Hospital shorthand for a patient who's actively dying despite everything, or already gone in everything but name. Stands for 'Circling The Drain' (or, more bluntly, 'Certain To Die'). Said quietly at handover, never written in the notes.

cu

Internet

A phonetic abbreviation for "see you," using letter sounds. A quick sign-off, sometimes extended to CUL8R.

cuartos

General

A common Caribbean word for money or cash, alongside 'chavos' and 'fula'.

cuate

General

A close friend or buddy; also literally means 'twin'.

cub

General

A younger, often smaller version of a bear — usually furry and stocky but earlier in the journey. Frequently paired with an older 'daddy' or full-grown bear. The little brother of the bear family tree.

cuckooing

Street

Cuckooing is when drug dealers seize control of a vulnerable person's home, through coercion or manipulation, to use as a base for dealing.

cuddle buddy

Internet

Someone with whom you cuddle for comfort or affection, often without a full romantic relationship.

cuddle pile

Internet

A group of friends, frequently fursuiters, piling together in a comfortable, affectionate heap to rest and socialize. Also called a fur pile.

cuddy

General

A horse or donkey; also used for a vaulting-horse or a fool.

cuffed

Internet

To be cuffed is to be tied down in an exclusive relationship, especially one formed during cuffing season.

cuffed up

Internet

Being securely paired off in a committed relationship.

cuffing

Internet

Cuffing is entering a committed, exclusive relationship, most associated with pairing up for the colder months.

cuffing season

Internet

A half-joking explanation for why everyone suddenly wants a relationship around winter.

cuh dear

General

A Bajan exclamation of pity or compassion. Also cud-dear, cuh-dear.

cuir

General

An umbrella term for LGBTQ+ / non-cis-heterosexual people, a Spanish respelling of English 'queer'.

culchie

General

A person from the Irish countryside or a rural town, especially outside Dublin.

cult stock

Internet

A stock whose fans hold with cult-like devotion regardless of fundamentals, defending it fiercely against any criticism.