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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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A song whose appeal centers on a memorable, easily repeated musical or lyrical phrase. A hallmark of K-pop's ultra-catchy production style.

In collaborations, the part one artist sings or raps as the song's centerpiece while others handle verses.

To clear or launch the ball long without control or intended target, just to get it away from danger.

Those little 3oz ice cream cups with the flat wooden spoon, made by HP Hood (a Massachusetts dairy). A field-trip and school-lunch staple across New England for generations.

Someone junior to you in a profession or field, such as a more recently debuted idol. The counterpart to a sunbae.

The old Lancashire word for 'she'. Largely died out in everyday speech but still pops up in dialect verse, folk songs and older Mancunians quoting their nan.

The system of respectful address terms, such as hyung, noona, sunbae, and unnie, used according to age and seniority. Fundamental to idol interactions.

Stinking, foul-smelling. Usually about BO, bins, feet, or a kebab shop at 3am. Stronger than 'whiffy'.

The vacuum-tank truck that rolls up once a week to service the porta-potties. Same sarcastic 'honey' as the bucket — nothing sweet is happening here. The name dates back to horse-drawn carts that collected human waste from back alleys before sewers existed.

A viscous, honey-colored cannabis oil concentrate.

The plastic porta-potty parked at the edge of every jobsite. 'Honey' is straight-faced sarcasm for the contents — the term goes back to the days when waste was hauled away in actual barrels. In the Pacific Northwest it's also a major brand, which is why locals call every blue box a Honey Bucket regardless of who made it.

A cannabis concentrate with a viscous, golden, honey-like consistency, sometimes called honey oil.

Marijuana grown at home for personal use rather than bought.

A friendly term of address among women in the same crew or community.

Chicano/English term for a close friend from the neighborhood; also 'homie' or 'homes.'

An outcome that greatly exceeds expectations.

A brevity code for an aircraft's home airfield or ship — the base it will return to for recovery.

The signature Yooper exclamation — surprise, awe, mild outrage, all in two syllables. The 'wah' carries Finnish-immigrant DNA from the U.P.'s mining heritage. Used the way a Minnesotan says 'oh geez' or a Bostonian says 'wicked'.

Bread, browned. Classic Cockney rhyming slang — Holy Ghost rhymes with toast, and that's the whole trick. Usually kept in full; rarely shortened, because 'pass us the holy' just sounds like a prayer request.

A mild exclamation of surprise or amazement.

A reaction screaming 'wait, what?' — you spotted something off, suspicious, or wildly out of pocket in what was just said or shown, and you need everyone to rewind. The deliberate misspelling does the work: it signals you're not literally pausing, you're double-taking.

An ambitious, showy long-range pass prioritising spectacle over the simple, effective option.

hollywood marine

A ribbing term for a Marine who went through recruit training in San Diego rather than Parris Island.

A resuscitation that's all performance, no intent. Staff go through the motions — shallow compressions, half-hearted drug pushes — on a patient they've already accepted as gone, usually because the family hasn't accepted it yet. Ethically radioactive: the American Nurses Association calls it flat-out wrong, but surveys say most clinicians have seen one.