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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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Market manipulation where a party trades an asset with itself across wallets to fabricate volume and interest, faking demand for an NFT or token.

A trade where the same beneficial owner is on both sides, so no real risk or ownership changes hands. The point is purely to manufacture the appearance of volume or to print a price. Banned under the Commodity Exchange Act and a perennial enforcement target, especially now in crypto markets where wash trading has been used to fake exchange rankings and NFT floor prices.

A wash sale occurs when an investor sells a security at a loss and buys the same or a substantially identical one within 30 days before or after, which disallows the tax deduction for that loss. The IRS defines a 61-day window.

The youngest child in a family, often seen as the most pampered or 'baby' of the household.

A mancala-style strategy game played with seeds in a wooden board, brought from West Africa. Also wari, warrie.

'Warning Order' — a preliminary notice of an order or action to follow, giving subordinates time to begin preparation before the full operations order is issued.

'Warning Order' (also written WARNORD) — a preliminary notice giving subordinate units advance warning of an operation so they can begin preparations before the full order.

An air-defense warning condition indicating that a hostile attack by air is probable — a heightened but not imminent alert state, below 'warning red'.

An air-defense warning condition indicating that a hostile attack by air is imminent or already in progress — the highest air-defense alert state.

A period of easy cruising and simple tricks at the start of a session to loosen the body before attempting more difficult maneuvers.

Used attributively for the underground subculture around piracy.

Slang for a big, physically imposing defender who is as hard to get past as a wardrobe.

Drop a ward and you light up an area — see ganks coming, track the enemy jungler, spot objective setups. Vision wins games and warding is how you get it.

A Spanglish 'wow' expressing surprise, awe, or admiration.

A challenge or threat meaning 'do you want to fight/get hit?'.

A hungry stomach; the feeling of being very hungry.

Slang for money, from the shell beads used by some Native American peoples as currency.

A mongrel dog. Specifically the rough, indeterminate, probably-bit-of-everything kind. Said with affection more often than not — a wammel is family even if you don't know what breed.

Your belly, your guts, your stomach. Proper old Scots — Burns used it, your gran still uses it. Usually trotted out when someone's stuffed full or sore from too much scran.

A foolish or ineffectual person; a mild insult.

A foolish person; someone who does daft things.

To hit hard; a 'wallop' is a heavy blow.

Slang for establishing a patient's insurance status or means to pay, sometimes before deciding how far to work them up.

As a verb, to shoot through surfaces to hit a hidden enemy.