"N" Slang

A skill move in which a player pushes the ball between a defender's legs and runs around to retrieve it, one of the most humiliating ways to be beaten in a one-on-one.

Po-boy shorthand. 'Dressed' = lettuce, tomato, pickle, mayo. 'Nuttinonit' = just the meat on the bread. One slurred word, said fast, the way you'd actually order it at Parkway or Domilise's.

'Night Vision Goggles' — head-mounted image-intensifying optics that let personnel see in near-total darkness, central to modern night operations.

A loaded, sulky 'never mind' that actually means you're upset and want them to ask what's wrong.

Literally 'mother's child' (nwa + nne), meaning sibling — but used casually to mean a close friend or 'mate' you consider like family, regardless of blood relation.

A vivid, slightly dark way of describing a close friend — the kind of friend who'd stick with you even in death, or handle your affairs after you're gone.

A straightforwardly descriptive nickname — 'nwanyi' (woman) plus 'ọcha' (white/light) — used in markets and streets to refer to a fair-skinned or white woman, often simply because it's a quick, obvious way to identify her, not necessarily as an insult.

Literally 'my man/male,' used as a term of endearment for a boyfriend, or casually between close male friends the way 'my guy' works in English.

The sound a cat makes in Japanese, adopted as a cute verbal tic — catgirl characters (and playful fans) tack 'nya' onto their sentences.

The strictest Rastafarian order, and the ceremonial drumming and gatherings ('binghi') associated with it; historically 'death to oppressors'.

An irritating little person; a contemptible or worthless individual.

To eat all of something, to devour it completely.

The common initialism for New York Comic Con, the major East Coast pop-culture convention run by ReedPop.