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Slang Dictionary — Modern Slang, Decoded

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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CB slang for cash money, usually in the context of paying tolls, weigh-station fines, or a traffic ticket. Riffs on the old S&H Green Stamps rewards of the mid-century — except the only thing you redeem these for is getting back on the road.

A nickname for the interior of the barrel, the green-lit chamber a surfer sees while riding inside a wave. It evokes a special hidden 'room'.

A coach's blessing for a player to take shots whenever they want without worrying about shot selection.

Used online to highlight admirable behavior or qualities in videos, posts, or public figures.

A perfectly timed shot release; from the video game NBA 2K where an ideal release flashes green.

Describes aggressive or hard behaviour; in drill it can be a term of praise for a hard verse.

Aggro or trouble; 'on greaze' means acting aggressively.

A wry name for Naval Station Great Lakes, the Navy's recruit training center.

A member of the 1950s working-class youth subculture defined by greased-back hair, leather or denim jackets, motorcycles or hot rods, and rock-n-roll.

To 'grease' someone (or 'grease a palm') is to bribe them, smoothing the way for illicit business.

Dancing on the edge. In a lot of bullet-hell games your hitbox is tiny, so you can let bullets pass within a hair of you, and the game rewards it. Each near-miss feeds your score or meter. The closer you graze, the bigger the payoff, and the more terrifying it looks.

21 December, celebrated as an unofficial holiday referencing the date in Paul Kelly's Christmas song 'How to Make Gravy'. Macquarie 2023 shortlist.

Slang for money gained easily, or pure profit on top of what you need.

A homemade or manufactured device that uses water displacement and gravity to pull a large volume of smoke into a chamber.

Insatiably greedy, covetous and avaricious.

A casual clipping of 'gravity bong', the water-and-pressure device that delivers a large, dense hit.

Cockney rhyming slang for a copper (police officer); the clipped 'grass' came to mean an informer.

To report or betray another person to the authorities.

Slang for a police informer, derived from Cockney rhyming slang 'grasshopper' = copper.

Describing analysis or information broken down to a fine level of detail.

Describes a person or lifestyle that's environmentally aware, outdoorsy, and into natural, wholesome living — think hiking, reusable everything, and crunchy health habits.

A free throw shot underhanded, with both hands scooping the ball upward.

To exempt existing users or cases from a new rule, letting them continue under the old one.

A home run hit while all three bases are occupied, scoring four runs, the most possible on a single play.