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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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A BetterTTV Pepe emote with a shocked, hyped open mouth, used to celebrate something cool happening.

Sweets, chocolate, chips, sodas — any sugary contraband stuffed in a cargo pocket or smuggled into the field. Currency in the barracks and gold in a foxhole. A solid Snickers can buy you a favour.

The moment something insane happens, chat erupts in PogChamp. It's hype, shock and 'did you SEE that' all in one face.

pog champ moment

Said sarcastically when something underwhelming or ironic happens.

As an adjective, describing something genuinely great or exciting.

Partner. The default friendly way to address a man you don't know in New Orleans — neutral, not aggressive, not buddy-buddy. Works for the guy ahead of you in line, the dude who just cut you off, the bartender.

To push into a queue ahead of where you should be — at the chippy, the bus stop, the school dinner line. A specifically Brummie/Midlands word for the universally hated act of queue-jumping.

Describes the state of being the hidden partner.

The state of being hidden by the person you're dating, never introduced or acknowledged publicly. The receiving end of pocketing.

pocket character

Your secondary, kept in your back pocket for the matchups your main can't handle. You don't play them all the time — they come out exactly when the bracket throws you that one character you hate.

When a support sticks to a single ally and exclusively heals and buffs them, letting that player go wild. A pocketed DPS can be unkillable.

A Mexican-American who is Americanized and may speak imperfect Spanish or Spanglish; can be pejorative or reclaimed.

'Proof of Attendance Protocol' — a free NFT badge minted to commemorate attending an event or reaching a milestone, collected as a record of participation.

An opportunistic forward known for clever movement and sharp finishing inside the penalty area rather than build-up play.

Street slang for the cops. Casual, mildly derogatory, and old enough now that suburban parents say it.

The submarine sandwich of New Orleans: roast beef and gravy, fried shrimp, oyster, catfish or hot sausage piled on a foot of Leidenheimer French bread with that paper-thin shatter crust and pillowy crumb. Order it dressed unless you know what you're doing.

Indicates that a medication is to be taken orally rather than by injection or other route.

Shorthand for paranormal romance: romance plots where at least one lead isn't human. Vampires, werewolves, fae courts, demons, ghosts. Twilight blew the doors off in the 2000s; ACOTAR and the fae wave own the 2020s.

Short for "pump and dump," a coordinated hype-then-sell scheme common with low-cap memecoins.

An older texting meaning of PMO is put me on, meaning share or recommend something.

A summary of a patient's prior illnesses, surgeries, and chronic conditions.

Stands for "private message," a message sent privately rather than in a public thread. Common on forums and Discord.

A phonetic abbreviation of "please," common in casual chat and gaming.

Loosely, the act of looking out for strangers at a festival — sharing, checking in, no judgment.