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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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Said of a gun with brutal damage-per-second. Point it at someone and their bars disappear like ice on a hotplate. The mark of a meta weapon.

A deeply annoying or irritating person who wears you down.

A melt up is a sharp, sentiment-driven surge in prices as investors pile in for fear of missing out, rather than because of improving fundamentals. It is the bullish counterpart to a meltdown.

An affectionate jab between mates for being soft.

An air in which the rider grabs the backside (heel) edge of the board with the leading (front) hand. Short for 'melancholy.'

To relax and become calm, easing off anger or anxiety.

To make or let ('mek wi go' = let's go); also 'wah mek' = why.

An abbreviated, playground form of 'nutmeg', shouted when the ball is knocked through an opponent's legs.

A female character whose defining charm point is that she wears glasses, treated in fandom as its own attractive archetype.

Kill every rax on the enemy's side and your creeps get upgraded across all lanes — bigger, tankier, harder-hitting. Megas pile pressure on every lane at once and can siege a base on their own if the enemy doesn't defend.

A dirty, smelly or badly-dressed person — used as a proper insult. Liverpool-specific and properly cutting. Originally meant a tramp or vagrant; broadened to anyone scruffy or socially undesirable. Don't call someone this lightly.

To French-kiss someone. 'Did you meet anyone?' at the end of a night out is not asking who you bumped into — it's asking who you got off with.

A wildly popular Discord bot that handles auto-moderation, welcome messages, XP/levels, music, and reaction roles. So ubiquitous it's basically generic — 'add MEE6' often just means 'set up a basic server bot,' regardless of which one you actually pick. Has a vocal hater contingent over its paywalled features.

medical futility

The concept, and bedside shorthand, that further intervention cannot achieve a meaningful outcome for the patient.

Cannabis-infused foods, especially those consumed for medical purposes; a blend of 'medical' and 'edibles'.

'Medical Evacuation' — the movement of the wounded or sick using dedicated, marked, medically equipped vehicles or aircraft crewed by medical personnel who provide care en route.

A genre and design category built around large robots or mechanical suits, often piloted into battle. Gundam, Evangelion and Code Geass are landmarks of the genre.

Maybe. The classic Geordie hedge — non-committal, often doubled up ('mebbees aye, mebbees naw') for full effect. Same shrugging vibe as 'I dunno, like'.

You space or time a move so it connects on its last active frames instead of its first. The opponent eats it the instant they rise, and you get way more frame advantage — sometimes enough to combo off it.

A slightly ironic term for the physical, offline world (your body being 'meat'), contrasted with cyberspace/the metaverse; synonymous with IRL.

Slang for a heavily muscled gym-goer stereotyped as caring only about lifting and not much else; can be affectionate or mocking.

A pitch thrown right down the center of the plate that is easy for the batter to drive.

A tough, expendable-feeling unit or player who stands at the front and eats the damage so the squishies behind them survive.

A community fundraising tradition, common at Upper Midwest bars and VFW halls, where players buy tickets and spin a wheel for a chance to win packaged meat.