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Slang Dictionary — Modern Slang, Decoded

What does that word actually mean? Our slang dictionary explains modern slang clearly — Gen Z, internet, British and street slang — with real definitions, examples and where each term came from.

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Training an employee to acquire the skills needed for a new and different role, often because their previous job is being automated or eliminated.

The dark, sticky tar-like residue that accumulates inside pipes and bongs from smoking; some desperate smokers scrape and re-smoke it.

residentsleeper

Used as a word meaning 'this is putting me to sleep.'

A semi-soft rubber matting laid over a ramp to cushion landings while riders learn or dial in dangerous tricks before taking them to concrete. Short for 'resilient' surface.

A mechanic where getting a takedown refunds your cooldowns so you can immediately go again. Champs built around resets, Katarina, Master Yi, can chain a whole teamfight into a pentakill if the kills keep coming.

Remaining in a job one actively dislikes, often out of financial necessity or a poor job market, while harboring resentment. It goes a step beyond presenteeism by adding open discontent.

The core workflow of a tool-assisted speedrun. You load a savestate from earlier in the run, try a different input, and the emulator rewrites the movie from that point. Do it thousands of times and you grind out a flawless run frame by frame. Rerecord counts on big TASes can hit hundreds of thousands.

To put dumbbells, plates or bars back in their correct place after finishing with them — basic gym courtesy.

A post that's already done the rounds, served up again like it's new. Some subs ban them outright, others tolerate them if enough time has passed. The reply guy in the comments will always be there with 'repost' and a link to the original from 2014.

When you borrow cash in a repo and post bonds as collateral, the lender doesn't give you a hundred cents on the dollar — they shave a few percent off to protect themselves if the bonds drop or you default. Treasuries get a tiny haircut, junk gets a fat one. Haircuts widened violently in 2008 and that, more than anything, killed Bear and Lehman.

A man who answers every single tweet from a specific user — usually a woman he doesn't know — with corrections, jokes that didn't land, or 'well actually' energy. The reply guy isn't always hostile. He's just always there, like timeline mildew. The condition scales: top-of-replies guy, niche-expertise guy, divorced-dad guy.

A re-issue of an existing album with additional songs, a new title track, and fresh promotions. A way to extend a comeback cycle.

To perform as many repetitions of an exercise as possible until you reach failure.

A single, complete execution of an exercise movement, from start to finish.

A renter, framed as a whiny sub-human leech on the noble landchad. Used almost entirely in ironic landlord cosplay, though it's escaped containment into broader right-leaning meme circles.

Frequently used as an in-group identity term within Afro-French communities, expressing belonging and pride.

Foul-smelling or rank; figuratively, impudent, rude or out of order.

A dramatic turnaround where a team overturns a significant deficit to win, especially over two legs.

Used for an annoying situation or chore, not just a person.

By extension, any moment so good you want it again immediately.

relevant username

A short reply — sometimes the whole comment — calling attention to a username that, by pure chance, suits the topic being discussed. Cousin of 'username checks out,' but used more for coincidence than for the joke writing itself.

A commotion, mess, or disorderly situation (milder than 'desmadre').

Slang for being financially destroyed on a trade, usually via a liquidated leveraged position or a token going to zero. A deliberate misspelling of 'wrecked' borrowed from gaming.

When a defender blocks an opponent's shot attempt, 'rejecting' it.