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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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Spanglish verb meaning to send an email, formed with the productive '-ear' suffix.

A rating range where players believe their teammates are so bad they can't climb out, no matter how well they personally perform. Mostly mythical, mostly cope, but every ranked player swears they're trapped in it.

Your skill rating. The hidden (or not-so-hidden) number that decides who you get matched against. Climb it by winning, tank it by losing.

An 'elizabeth' is a banknote — the full version of 'lizzy.' Drill bars love the regal flex: 'stack of elizabeths' sounds heavier than 'stack of tenners.'

Used when you want a clearer explanation but don't want to insult anyone's intelligence with full ELI5 simplicity.

Used as a humble flag that you're lost and need the no-jargon version.

elephant's trunk

Cockney rhyming slang for 'drunk', shortened to 'elephants'.

elephant in the room

A major issue that is clearly present but that people deliberately avoid discussing.

eleganza extravaganza

Elegance turned all the way up. 'Eleganza' is opulent, high-fashion glamour, and 'eleganza extravaganza' is the maximalist version of it. On Drag Race it's a runway theme demanding a couture-level look. Off the runway it's any over-the-top display of luxe.

A ballroom and drag category demanding extravagant, high-fashion, runway-level glamour.

electric (ewgf)

Tekken's holy-grail move. Hit the input on the exact frame and you get the Electric: a launcher that's actually plus on block (+5 in Tekken 8), so even when they guard it, you keep your turn. Miss the timing and you get the slow, punishable Wind God Fist instead.

Another name for swangas — the deep, pointed wire wheels that stick out from a Houston slab like the car's got elbows out. Same wheels, different word, depending on who's talking and what era. Both terms turn up across Houston rap from Z-Ro to Paul Wall.

Small stretchy bands — what much of the country calls rubber bands, New Englanders call elastics.

Used among traders to flag a young customer or a sweetheart without naming her openly.

The four-county chunk of Texas hugging the Rio Grande — Brownsville, McAllen, Harlingen, Edinburg. Said with hometown pride and a little swagger; it's not just a place, it's a culture.

What El Paso has called itself in Chicano Caló for nearly a century. It's the city the pachucos came from — the zoot-suited, slang-slinging young Mexican-Americans of the 30s and 40s — and the word 'pachuco' literally means 'someone from El Chuco.' Saying it signals border pride and deep cultural lineage.

Street/market code word for police officers, comparing them to a python — something to be wary of and avoid. The same word is separately used by transport workers for a long haulage truck.

A common purchase quantity equal to one-eighth of an ounce, about 3.5 grams.

A flexible interjection meaning anything from 'I remember now' to 'continue' to mild disapproval, entirely dependent on tone and context.

Used to signal astonishment, disbelief or 'oh no'. Rising tone = surprise; flat = disapproval.

A common Kiwi conversational tag combining 'eh' and 'bro' for agreement or camaraderie.

A ubiquitous tag added to the end of statements to seek agreement, confirmation, or simply as a filler. Sometimes spelled 'aye'.

Loading more weight than you can handle properly, usually with terrible form, to impress onlookers rather than train effectively.

Short for 'ego challenge'. You take a fight you should probably avoid because you back yourself to win the aim duel. When it lands you look cracked. When it doesn't, your team's reviving you.