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An intensified 'mean', signalling something excellent.

In Kiwi youth slang, 'mean' signals something excellent or impressive, especially in 'mean as' or 'mean feed'.

Preparing multiple portioned meals ahead of time, so it's easy to stay on plan and hit macros throughout the week; chicken, rice and broccoli are staples.

An emphatic 'I don't care at all' — it slides right off me.

'I'm leaving / I'm off'. From 'pirarse' (to split).

An expression of being unable to cope or being fed up, roughly equivalent to 'I can't even'.

A Pachuco/Caló affirmation swearing something is the truth.

me comprendes méndez

A rhyming Chicano tag meaning 'do you understand me?'

me cargó el payaso

A vivid Mexican expression meaning you're in trouble or everything fell apart; literally 'the clown carried me off.'

My girlfriend or partner. 'Bird' is general British slang for a woman or girlfriend, but 'me bird' lands properly Scouse with the dropped 'y'. Fond rather than dismissive — usually said with affection.

My; Geordies commonly use 'me' for the possessive 'my'.

Managing Director. The senior tier at a bank, above VP and ED. MDs don't build models, they bring in revenue and own client relationships. Typically a decade-plus grind to make it; comp runs seven figures in a good year.

An advanced vert trick consisting of an inverted one-and-a-half (540-degree) rotation with a mute grab, performed on a ramp or halfpipe.

Shorthand for the main character of a series, whose competence, blandness or overpoweredness fans love to discuss.

Used by market traders and shoppers alike to describe goods that are pricey or premium — a step up from ordinary 'expensive.'

Stands for "my bad," a casual admission of a mistake.

Used to describe something hectic or out of control, good or bad.

An eccentric person who impresses in an odd or amazing way.

The whole room yells it the instant glass or china hits the floor. Half jeer, half tradition, lifted from the Jewish wedding custom of shouting 'mazel tov' after the groom stomps the glass. In a restaurant it's how the kitchen tells the poor bastard they're not the first and won't be the last.

The Houston pump-the-brakes. Equal parts surprise, disbelief and 'rewind that'. Stretched out so the 'mayne' lands first and the 'hol'up' catches you mid-thought.

An internationally recognized radiotelephony distress signal declaring grave and imminent danger requiring immediate assistance; spoken three times, it takes priority over all other traffic.

Testing the most weight you can lift for one repetition; going for a one-rep max.

A person, typically a Bitcoin maximalist, who holds that one cryptocurrency is the only one worth supporting and dismisses the rest as unnecessary or fraudulent.

A privately owned minibus that runs fixed routes as shared public transport.