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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 cigarette. Old-school Chicano street word for a smoke — the kind you bum off the homie outside the liquor store.

Informal verb use of FRAGO — to modify an existing plan or order quickly with a fragmentary order rather than issuing a whole new operations order.

'Fragmentary Order' — an abbreviated form of an operations order that issues timely changes or updates to an existing order without restating information already given.

A prisoner who is mentally unwell or otherwise vulnerable, liable to be exploited or bullied.

A warning called out by a soldier at the moment of throwing a fragmentation grenade, so nearby friendlies know an explosion is imminent.

Used in 'frag out' to mean carrying with a huge number of kills.

fractionalization

Dividing ownership of a single high-value NFT into many fungible fractions so multiple people can each own a share.

An intensifier meaning 'seriously' or 'genuinely,' added to a statement for emphasis.

Shorthand for 'floor price' — the minimum buy-now price for any NFT in a collection.

The 'pull your temples back' pose that mimics the lifted eye for photos.

Used as a term of admiration for a good-looking person.

The code word representing the letter 'F' in the NATO/ICAO phonetic alphabet, widely reused in slang phrases as a stand-in for a common expletive beginning with F.

Pretending to be asleep, knocked out, or otherwise unaware — usually to avoid a cell search, a fight, a count, or an unwanted visitor. The fox plays dead. In prisons it's also used when an inmate fakes out after a kicking so the screws think it's worse than it is.

A sharp, instinctive forward who uses clever movement to lose markers and pounce on chances inside the box.

A brevity code announcing the simulated or actual launch of an air-to-air weapon, with a number specifying the type: Fox One (semi-active radar), Fox Two (infrared), Fox Three (active radar).

fourth point of contact

A euphemism for the backside, from parachute-landing-fall doctrine, which counts the body's points of contact with the ground on landing — the fourth being the rear.

A four-person table. Same logic as two-top — tabletop plus cover count. Servers love them because the tip scales but the trips to the table don't.

A home run, so called because the batter touches all four bases ('bags') on the play.

From a trucker's seat, the world divides into rigs and everything else. 'Everything else' is a four wheeler — your car, SUV, pickup, whatever. Said with the faint condescension you'd expect from someone driving 18 wheels who has to deal with civilians cutting them off all day. Often paired with a warning: 'four wheeler in your blind spot, driver.'

A group of unrelated characters — or real people — who bond into something that functions like family. The whole appeal: nobody had to love each other, they chose to. It's the emotional core of half of modern fantasy, half of queer media, and most ensemble shows worth watching.

When a player has accumulated enough fouls to risk fouling out, forcing cautious play or bench time.

To move, go, proceed or come forward; 'forward come' = come here. Also connotes progress into the future.

The Bajan word for a centipede, so called for its many legs.

Used in well-wishing or to comment on a stroke of good or bad luck.