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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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Verdict on r/AmItheAsshole declaring that the poster, the other party, and often a few side characters are all assholes in their own special way. Used when a story is a mess of mutual pettiness.

Dude, homie, that guy. The all-purpose Chicano term of address between men — can be warm with a friend or pointed with a stranger, all depending on tone.

By extension, any figure of authority moving through the market — an inspector, a beadle, a weights-and-measures man — anyone whose arrival meant trouble for unlicensed trade.

Oysters. Spelled the way a real Yat says it — that flat, almost-Brooklyn 'er' standing in for 'oy'. You hear it at po-boy shops, oyster bars, and anywhere uptown your grandma is ordering lunch.

Oysters, spelled with an 'a' to nail the looser end-vowel some Yats give it. Same shellfish, same accent, slightly different transcription preference.

A short guttural grunt Marines use as a compressed version of 'Oorah' to acknowledge almost anything.

An AC2 or AC1 — the lowest rank of aircraftman in the RAF. The bloke who did the grease work, scrubbed the hangars, and humped the bombs. Affectionate-contemptuous in the way only forces slang gets.

The token standard on Ethereum defining non-fungible tokens, where each token is unique and individually owned; the backbone of most NFTs.

The token standard for fungible, interchangeable tokens on Ethereum — the format used by most cryptocurrencies and project tokens.

equities in dallas

Salomon Brothers shorthand from the Liar's Poker era for being exiled to a career graveyard. Bonds were where the money and prestige were, equities were second-class, and Dallas was a thousand miles from the Manhattan trading floor. Get assigned Equities in Dallas and you might as well leave finance.

Anything awesome or cool, especially top-class surf or extremely good waves.

Stands for "end of week," referencing a deadline by the close of the workweek.

Appended to an email subject line to signal the entire message is contained there.

Stands for "end of day," used to set or reference a same-day deadline in work contexts.

First one through the smoke, first to swing the angle. The entry fragger's job is to get the opening kill, or at worst soak the first contact so teammates can trade and flood in.

entourage effect

The idea that THC, CBD, terpenes, and other compounds interact synergistically to shape cannabis's overall effect.

A self-identified member of r/trees, Reddit's main cannabis subreddit. Used as a friendly in-group label — 'fellow ent' rather than stoner. Plays on the Tolkien reference and the sub's accidental name.

A player, usually a central midfielder, with the stamina to run box-to-box all game and link defence to attack.

engagement farming

Posting something dumb, wrong, or inflammatory on purpose so the replies pour in. The poster doesn't believe the take, they believe the metrics. Common variants: the obvious-bad-opinion, the ragebait poll, the 'name a better X' trap.

To kick off a teamfight by going in first, ideally locking someone down so your team can pile on. The engage is who pulls the trigger, and a clean one wins the fight before it starts.

An enforcer is a criminal whose job is to intimidate, injure, or kill to collect debts and impose the will of a crime boss.

enemies to lovers

The blueprint trope: two characters genuinely cannot stand each other, trade insults like currency, and end up hopelessly in love. The hatred has to be real for it to land — bickering doesn't count. Pride and Prejudice is the patron saint.

The greatest, the ultimate; something that can't be topped.

'Coo ya' / 'ku ya' means 'look here' — a call to look or pay attention.