"L" Slang

lima charlie

General

Radio brevity for 'Loud and Clear,' spelling L and C in the phonetic alphabet to confirm a transmission is received well.

lime

General

To participate in an informal gathering characterised by relaxed talking, eating, drinking and passing time. Used as both verb ('we liming') and noun ('a lime').

liming

General

The ongoing activity of gathering casually with friends to talk, drink and pass the time. A cornerstone of Trini and Bajan social life.

limit break

Gaming

A gauge the whole party fills through combat. Once it's charged you spend it on a massive ability, big AoE damage, a clutch heal, or a full party revive.

line

Internet

A subset of group members grouped by what they bring to the table. Vocal line = the singers. Dance line = the dancers. Rap line = the rappers. Visual line = the faces. Plus age-based lines like hyung line (older members) and maknae line (younger). Fans use these constantly to talk about who's carrying what part of a comeback.

line cook

General

The workhorse of any restaurant kitchen. Owns a single station — sauté, grill, fry, pasta — and is responsible for every plate that touches it during a shift. Below sous chef, above prep. The job Bourdain immortalised: hot, fast, physical, unforgiving.

line-up marker

General

A fixed landmark on shore (a tree, building or headland) that surfers line up against to position themselves accurately in the takeoff zone.

lineup

Gaming

A precise position and crosshair placement you learn by heart so an ability lands exactly where you want it, often blind. Stand on the mark, aim at the reference, fire. Big in Valorant for molly and ult lineups onto the spike.

ling di long

General

A Welsh phrase describing someone drifting or dawdling along without direction.

link

Street

To meet up, connect or get in touch with someone; 'link up later'.

link up

General

In UK slang, 'a link' can specifically mean a romantic or casual hookup interest.

linkup

Street

A meetup or gathering between people. 'A linkup' is the act of getting together with friends or a date.

linn

General

A pool of water, especially the deep one carved out at the base of a waterfall. Strongest in Scotland and Northumberland but bleeds into Welsh English too, via Welsh 'llyn'.

linty

General

A linnet or wren; 'off like a linty' means to dash off quickly.

lionel blair

Street

Cockney rhyming slang meaning flares, i.e. flared trousers.

lionel blairs

General

Flared trousers. 'Lionel Blairs' rhymes with 'flares', and is clipped to 'Lionels', dropping the rhyme.

lip

General

The uppermost edge of a ramp, bowl, or obstacle where lip tricks and stalls are performed.

lip flip

Pop

Compared against filler as the 'lighter' option in beauty discourse.

lip sync for your life

General

The do-or-die showdown. When two queens land in the bottom, RuPaul makes them lip-sync the same song head to head, and the loser goes home. 'Lip sync for your life' is the order to fight for survival with nothing but mouth, body and nerve. By extension, any high-stakes last-ditch performance.

lips

General

To kiss, usually on the mouth and usually properly. London school-age and roadman slang — 'I lipsed her' is standard MLE for 'I kissed her'. Verb form of the noun.

lipslide

General

A slide similar to a boardslide, but the rider approaches so the back truck (and tail) goes up and over the obstacle before the deck slides along it.

lipstick lesbian

General

A lesbian or bi woman with a markedly feminine presentation — makeup, dresses, heels, the whole traditionally feminine package. Coined in San Francisco in the early 1980s (a 1982 Sentinel feature ran 'Lesbians for Lipstick'), went mainstream in the 90s, and got a huge boost from a 1997 episode of Ellen.

lipstick on a pig

General

A cosmetic improvement that doesn't fix the underlying problem.

liquidity pool

Internet

A pool of tokens locked in a smart contract that provides the liquidity an automated market maker uses to price and execute trades. Providers deposit paired tokens and earn a share of fees.

liss

General

'Low-intensity steady state' cardio — sustained, easy-paced cardiovascular work (like a brisk walk) done for a longer duration, often for fat loss or recovery.

lit

General

Exciting, fun, and full of hype. A lit event is a great, high-energy time.

litso

General

Used in expressions of emotion, recognition, or violence, exactly where English would say 'face'.

lituation

General

A situation that's lit, exciting, and full of energy.

live resin

Street

A cannabis extract made from fresh-frozen plants to preserve terpenes, prized for flavor and aroma.

live rosin

Street

A premium solventless extract made by pressing fresh-frozen cannabis (or bubble hash from it), retaining full terpene flavor.

liver rounds

General

Ironic slang for an after-hours staff party or drinks, the 'liver' being what gets exercised.

living my best life

Internet

A cheerful way to describe being happy and fulfilled, often used a little ironically about small everyday pleasures.

living rent free

Internet

Describes a thought, memory, or person that constantly occupies your mind whether you want it to or not.

livity

General

The Rastafarian principle of living naturally and righteously in accordance with one's divine energy.

lizzies

Street

Lizzies are British banknotes — named for Queen Elizabeth II, whose portrait was on every note for seventy years. A stack of lizzies is a stack of paper.

lline distribution

Internet

The breakdown of who sings, raps, or is featured for how long in a song, which fans track closely and sometimes protest. Uneven distribution is a common source of fan complaints.

lmk

Internet

A passive-aggressive nudge when overused, signaling you're still waiting and they haven't replied.

lmp

General

The start date of a patient's most recent menstrual period, used to assess pregnancy and gynecologic complaints.

load it up

General

An instruction or exclamation to pile plenty of weight onto the barbell.

loaded

General

Used to describe someone living a clearly well-off lifestyle.

loaded up

Internet

To have accumulated a big position in an asset, going heavy on the bet.

loadout drop

Gaming

A supply crate in Warzone that hands you your pre-built custom class — your real guns, perks and gear — instead of whatever you scrounged off the floor. You buy the marker at a Buy Station and throw it to call the drop in.

loaf

General

Refers to the head or, by extension, common sense.

loaf of bread

General

The head. 'Loaf of bread' rhymes with 'head', and is clipped to 'loaf' — the source of the common phrase 'use your loaf', meaning use your head.

lob

General

British paramedic shorthand for 'Load of Bollocks' — a call that turns out to be nonsense, malingering, or a patient with nothing actually wrong. Used between crew and at handover when the job didn't match the dispatch and nobody needed an ambulance in the first place. Cousin to the American 'BS call'.

lob on

General

To toss, throw or casually put something somewhere. Northern colloquialism.

lob the gob

General

To kiss someone, especially enthusiastically.

lobnh

General

Chart-room acronym for the patient who's eyes-open and apparently alert but cognitively absent — dementia, advanced delirium, severe brain injury. Cousins include 'CNS-QNS' (Central Nervous System — Quantity Not Sufficient).