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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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Paralytic drunk. Beyond merry, beyond sloshed — can't-stand, can't-talk, taxi-home drunk. Geordie clipping of 'paralytic', worn as a Bigg Market badge of honour.

A New Zealander of European (usually British) descent, as distinct from Māori.

Broken, ruined or out of order. Sometimes anglicised as 'puckerood'.

The Hawaiian term for marijuana, literally 'crazy tobacco.'

A big head of curly, natural (often unstraightened) hair; embraced in the natural-hair movement.

Short for 'paisano'; a fellow Mexican, often a recent immigrant with a more traditional style.

painting the tape

Market manipulation in which traders coordinate buys and sells of a security to create the illusion of genuine activity, pumping the apparent volume or nudging the price to attract real money. Illegal under securities law. The name comes from the old ticker tape, which would display the manufactured prints.

painting the black

Locating pitches precisely on the black border edge of home plate, at the very corners of the strike zone.

A recurring problem or source of friction for a customer or user that a product could solve.

Carries real weight as an accusation of disloyalty.

An affectionate clip of 'papá' for one's father, and a friendly address for a man.

Disloyal, snakey people — fake friends or traitors. The plural/variant of 'paigon,' heavy in UK drill and road talk.

Someone outside your circle of loyalty; a stranger or outsider.

The superlative of 'padre', meaning extremely cool or fantastic.

Used to describe something great or cool; '¡qué padre!' means 'how cool!'.

A brevity code indicating aircrew cannot take their eyes off an aircraft, ground target, or surface position without risking loss of the tally or visual.

A car with a burnt-out headlight; also the game where you shout 'padiddle' and touch the ceiling when you see one.

Refers to a close friend, someone you trust and hang out with regularly — like "homie" or "best friend" in English.

The police van that scoops up the cuffed and drives them to the station. Name's grim — 'Paddy' was a slur for Irish people, and the term comes from either Irish-American cops driving them or Irish immigrants filling the back. Still in everyday US use, history attached.

To lie on the board and paddle from the beach out through the breaking waves to reach the lineup.

To be sharing a cell with another prisoner, as opposed to being in a single.

The person a prisoner shares a cell with.

Any private space someone calls their own.

A Discord server whose whole purpose is running organised packing matches — queues, judges, spectator VCs, the lot. The void server was the prototype; dozens of copies followed once Packgod went viral.