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One of the Valleys' many words for unattractive, a cousin of boggin and mingin.

A foolish, clumsy or obnoxious person; can also mean someone extremely intoxicated.

An intensified form of 'munted' using the Kiwi 'as' intensifier.

Snack food, or the hunger/craving for it.

A Valleys filler word used to add emphasis or warmth to a sentence, similar to 'man' or 'mind'. It carries no literal meaning on its own.

An insult meaning someone is foolish, gullible, or easily deceived.

Bondage taken to the whole body. The person is wrapped, in cling film, bandages, tape, latex or a body bag, until they can't move at all. The appeal is total immobilisation and sensory shift: heat builds, the world narrows, control is absolute. Because breathing and overheating are real concerns, this is play that demands a sober top and constant attention.

Mother or mum; also 'madda'. A term of affection and respect.

A style of rap where the delivery is melodic and the words are slurred or hard to make out, prioritizing flow and vibe over clear lyrics.

A fan who follows and supports multiple K-pop groups rather than devoting themselves to a single one. Common as fans get deeper into the genre.

Someone who enjoys and roots for multiple pairings involving the same character rather than committing to one.

Someone who stans more than one group — could be two, could be twenty. The opposite of a mono stan. Multis usually get clowned for having no bias control and a wallet that's permanently crying.

multi-hyphenate

Someone who holds and identifies with multiple professional roles at once, such as writer-director-producer or designer-founder-consultant, reflecting a portfolio career.

A fan who cannot pick a single bias and instead loves multiple members of a group equally. Distinct from an OT-style fan in that it is still a chosen top set rather than literally everyone.

Clipped form of 'multifandom' or 'multistan', someone who follows and buys for several groups at once.

Extremely drunk. Used across Ireland and Britain — you're not just drunk, you've been done in by the drink. Past tense energy: the night already won.

A secondary character used as walking storage. You never level it or play it properly, it just sits in town stuffed with gear, mats and gold your main can't carry. Named after the pack animal.

Describes character designs made intentionally non-specific in ethnicity or nationality — a stylistic norm giving many anime characters their 'not obviously Japanese' look.

Originated in South Korea and became a massive global format.

The Bajan pronunciation of 'me' or 'my'.

Mugu is Nigerian slang for a fool or chump — someone easily deceived. It became especially widespread through internet 'yahoo' scam culture, where a 'mugu' is a victim being strung along by a scammer.

Treating someone like a mug, meaning a fool.

An old jazz-era term for cannabis, immortalized by Louis Armstrong's 1928 recording 'Muggles'.

In drag, your mug is your beat — the fully painted face. 'Paint your mug' or 'beat your mug' means doing the whole makeup: foundation, contour, eyes, the lot. A flawless mug is the foundation of the entire look, and queens are judged on it hard, especially walking categories like Face. It's the drag spin on the old slang 'mug' for face (as in mugshot).