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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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Another word for a barrel or tube of a wave. The pun on a beer keg is very much intended in surf culture.

An old, worn-out or worthless horse — a nag. From Welsh 'ceffyl' (horse), but in English it picked up a sneer: the second-rate, knackered, sorry-looking kind. Once common in 19th-century underworld slang for a dodgy mount; now largely obsolete, but still rattles around in horse country and historical fiction.

Acting as a lookout — standing watch while a mate does something they shouldn't. The classic schoolyard sense: one kid robs the apples, the other keeps sketch for the teacher. From the Irish word 'sceith' (to reveal, to inform), filtered through generations of cute hoors.

The skill of keeping the ball airborne using feet, thighs, chest, shoulders and head without letting it drop.

keep on truckin

A casual sign-off meaning take care and keep moving forward.

To keep it one hundred percent real — to stay genuine and truthful.

Standing watch. The job of the mate who isn't doing the crime but is one whistle away from saving everyone. Could be a school nick, a corner-shop swipe, or just texting your dad while you sneak back in. Whoever's keeping dixie is the eyes.

An inner defensive structure that shields the Core. Take down a Keep and the enemy minions start spawning stronger, plus you get a clear shot at the win condition.

Extremely eager; the '...as' construction intensifies without completing the comparison.

Eager or willing to do something; 'keen as' intensifies it.

A flat-bottomed boat historically used to carry coal to ships on the river; its crew were 'keelmen'.

An official who inspected coal at the pit surface; also, colloquially, a black eye.

To peep or glance quickly, often slyly; as a noun, a hasty look.

Trousers. Standard Scouse and northern English usage — jeans, joggers, work pants, all kecks.

1580 AM KDAY — the first US radio station to go all-hip-hop, broadcasting out of LA from 1983 to 1991. Broke NWA, Ice-T, Run-DMC and the whole West Coast scene. Re-launched on 93.5 FM in 2004 as a classic hip-hop station and still name-checked on records to this day.

The three numbers that sum up your game at a glance. Written like 10/2/8 — ten kills, two deaths, eight assists. Often crunched into a single ratio: (kills + assists) divided by deaths.

Extremely drunk — well past tipsy, into the can't-stand-up zone. Stronger than 'bevvied'. Heavily Scouse and Northern English, with the same energy as 'hammered' or 'paralytic'. Origin is murky but possibly linked to 'kali', an old sherbet sweet.

A term for marijuana, immortalised as the title of Bob Marley's 1978 album 'Kaya'.

Sherbet powder — the brightly coloured, slightly sour stuff sold in paper bags by the quarter from old sweet shops. A Black Country / West Midlands word, peak nostalgia for anyone who grew up in the region between the 40s and 80s. Spawned the related 'kaylied' — drunk — because the buzz feels similar.

Shorthand for an entire aesthetic of pastel colors, plushies, and round cartoonish charm.

A post built like a slot machine — designed to print karma rather than say anything real. Reposted wholesome dog pics, recycled inspirational quotes, low-effort 'Reddit moments' — the genre is wide. The point isn't the content, it's the number going up. Often a prelude to selling the account later.

On Reddit, the running total of upvotes minus downvotes your posts and comments have collected. It's a meaningless internet number that people somehow still fight over — high karma signals you've been around, posted bangers, or relentlessly farmed easy subs. Required to post in some communities, used as a vibe check everywhere else.

A meme archetype for an entitled, complaining person, classically a middle-aged woman who throws a fit over minor issues and demands to speak to the manager.

You start a move that scoots your character forward a touch, then cancel its first few frames into a second move before the first one fires. The second move now reaches from that further-forward spot. Free extra range.