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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 revered, elegant senior 'big sister' figure, especially at all-girls schools, who is looked up to and adored by younger students. Central to the yuri/'Class S' tradition.

An endearing term for 'big sister', used to address or refer to an older sister or older-sister figure with warmth and respect.

A smoke (or other vision-blocker) placed at a height or angle that leaves one side a clear view of enemy feet while the other side stares into a wall. Free kills if they walk through it.

A quick combination where a player passes to a teammate and immediately runs past an opponent to collect the return pass.

To eliminate an enemy with one shot, typically a headshot from a rifle.

A callout meaning an enemy is on critical health, one clean hit away from being knocked or killed. You shout it so your squad commits and closes the kill before they heal or plate up.

The maximum weight you can lift for a single clean repetition with proper form; often abbreviated 1RM.

one-point restraint

Wry nursing slang: a Foley catheter jokingly counted as a 'restraint' because it discourages a confused patient from getting up.

A slim pipe designed to hold just enough cannabis for one inhalation.

An air trick where the rider removes one hand from the handlebars and extends it out before regripping and landing. It is a basic style move often combined with others.

An air trick where the rider removes one foot from a pedal and kicks it out to the side before returning it to land. It is a simple, stylish air.

You drop someone with a single Deagle bullet to the dome. The Deagle hits like a truck and reaches far, so a clean tap ends it instantly, like a pistol one-tap.

An expression of unity, peace and goodwill, also used as a farewell; immortalised by Bob Marley's 'One Love'.

Cockney rhyming slang for cheek — either the face or, more often, impudence.

The structured process of integrating a new employee, user, or customer so they become productive.

An Original Net Animation — an anime made for and first distributed through online streaming or download rather than TV, cinema or physical video. Increasingly common in the streaming era.

Switched on for violence — either intent on doing it, or actively in the middle of it. The 'volts' is the live current; if you're on volts you're plugged in and dangerous.

Being in the yard, the fenced outdoor space where inmates exercise, socialize, and conduct prison politics. Much of prison life happens 'on the yard.'

on the same page

When everyone has the same understanding of a plan or situation.

A radio phrase meaning a station is active and communicating on the shared radio network ('net'); to 'get on the net' is to make contact via radio.

Physically posted at a station — grill, sauté, fry, garde manger — banging out tickets during a service. If you're 'on the line' you're not prepping, not expo, not chatting. You're cooking food that's going out the window in the next four minutes.

Of a transaction or arrangement, legitimate and aboveboard.

Out getting hammered. A proper session, not one quiet pint. British across the board but lives loud in Manchester. If you're 'on the lash', tomorrow's a write-off.

To be on the lam is to be a fugitive, fleeing or hiding from law enforcement. To 'take it on the lam' is to run.