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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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directional carb cap

A carb cap with a shaped nozzle that directs airflow to push the melting concentrate around the banger for a more even, efficient vaporization; often used with terp pearls.

A person who is managed directly by and answerable to a particular manager.

A Dominican filler meaning 'supposedly' or 'yeah, right', used to flag doubt or disbelief about what was said, much like 'allegedly' but more sarcastic.

A knife in UK drill slang, named for the dipping motion of a stab. Tied to the wider drill lexicon around blades — sits alongside ramsay, wetters, shank. Heard across south and north London drill scenes.

Past tense of dipping — stabbed. The blade gets 'dipped' into the opp. Standard drill lyric currency across London since the mid-2010s.

The climactic backward fall in vogue — you drop, one leg folded under you, back hitting the floor on the beat. The mainstream calls it a 'death drop'; ballroom calls it a dip, full stop. Insiders are firm about this: 'death drop' and 'shablam' are outsider names. Land it on the beat and the room loses it.

In Liverpool, 'dinner' typically refers to the meal eaten at midday.

A reassuring 'don't worry / don't fuss'. 'Fret' for worry is strongly Northern.

Genuine or authentically Australian. Also spelt 'dinki-di'.

The absolute truth or reliable information.

You land a headshot but they've got a helmet, so they survive on low HP. That metallic 'dink' sound is where the name comes from. A dink means they're one tap from dead, so you call it out and your team finishes the job.

To dance with unrestrained joy and vigour; also a shout of celebration.

To ignore someone on purpose. Blank their texts, walk past them in the street, leave them on read. Ghosting before ghosting had a name. You 'gie someone a dinghy' or just 'dinghy' them.

A stolen or unregistered car, kept cheap and disposable — no tax, no insurance, no paper trail to you. Used for joyrides and for moving on jobs where you don't want your own plates clocked.

The housing area for inmates with mental illness. Derogatory in tone.

To gain a level. People announce it in chat the second it happens — half celebration, half asking for a 'grats'.

The Spanish word for money, used casually in English slang.

The way Houston says 'downtown'. The 'ow' collapses into a long 'i' until 'downtown' becomes 'dine-tine'. You'll hear it on screwtapes, in barbershops, and never on the news.

When a guest finishes their meal and walks out without settling the check. In most places the server gets stuck eating the cost unless management eats it instead. Treated as theft of services legally; treated as a personal betrayal by the staff.

A cigarette stub or butt. The unsmoked end left over after you've had your fill — or, in leaner times, the next half-smoke when you're skint.

dímelo cantando

A playful greeting/prompt meaning 'tell me what's going on' — literally 'tell it to me singing'.

A small bag of cannabis costing about ten dollars; exact weight varies by dealer.

An assist — a pass that leads directly to a teammate scoring. A 'dime' implies a particularly clean or clever feed.

A young male sex worker, specifically one working the Piccadilly Circus area of London — 'the Dilly'. A piece of very location-specific gay history baked right into the slang, from an era when that patch was the place.