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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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Short for 'hypoglycemia'. A diabetic emergency where blood glucose drops dangerously low — patient goes sweaty, shaky, confused, sometimes combative or unconscious. Fix is fast sugar: oral glucose if they're with it, IV dextrose or IM glucagon if they're not. One of the most common and most satisfying EMS jobs because the patient often wakes up mid-treatment good as new.

The behavioural state — going loud, loose, deliberately rowdy. Dancing off-beat on purpose, shouting, ghost-riding cars. Bay Area's answer to crunk.

The increase in muscle size that results from training-induced adaptation of the muscle fibers.

Used as a word to express maximum hype or anticipation.

Targeting a tightly defined local area, such as a neighbourhood.

A phase of extremely fast growth in users, revenue, or headcount.

A champ that's weak early but becomes a monster once it gets items and levels. Give a hypercarry time and gold and one of them can 1v5 the enemy team. The whole strategy becomes 'protect the hypercarry'.

Attributive use describing the aesthetic itself — loud logos, hyped collabs, box-fresh kicks.

Excitement or buzz around something, or the quality of being exciting and praiseworthy.

Home. Pronounced roughly 'hyem' — the Geordie vowel doing what it does best. Used exactly like the standard word: gan hyem (go home), at hyem (at home).

The hydraulic suspension setup on a lowrider — pumps, cylinders, dump valves, bank of batteries in the trunk. Lets you raise, drop, lean and hop the car off the switches. Pioneered in LA in the late 50s when Ron Aguirre put aircraft hydraulics in his '57 Corvette to clear ride-height laws.

Cannabis grown hydroponically (in water/nutrient solution rather than soil), associated with high quality.

A cannabis strain bred from both indica and sativa lineage, blending their effects.

Charting shorthand for a patient's history, whether the history of the present illness or past medical history.

A distinctly Welsh feeling of high spirits, enthusiasm and emotional intensity, historically the passionate cadence of a preacher.

An encouraging cheer meaning 'you can do it' or 'go for it,' shouted to wish someone strength.

Euphemistic acronym for a gunshot injury (the 'lead' being the bullet).

A bleeped-style euphemism for women or girls, generally meaning 'the girls' in a group context.

Hustling, in the Paris Is Burning sense, is escorting, sex work, and the other survival hustles many in the scene relied on to get by. For young, poor, often homeless LGBTQ kids shut out of straight employment, it was how rent got paid and how looks got funded. The documentary lays it bare without flinching: the glamour on the ballroom floor was frequently bankrolled by hard, dangerous work off it.

Any income-generating activity a prisoner runs, from selling art or legal help to laundry, tattoos, or contraband.

hush your mouth

A command to stop talking, sometimes an exclamation of mild disbelief.

A male anime, game, or manga character that a fan adores enough to jokingly call their husband. The mirror image of 'waifu'.

husband material

A man seen as having the traits that would make him a good long-term partner or husband.

The vulnerable region of a character. When an opponent's hitbox overlaps your hurtbox, you eat the hit. It's the opposite number to the hitbox and usually invisible unless you flip on training-mode display.