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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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The one. Across every group, every line-up, every comeback — the idol who outranks all your other biases. Defending your ult bias on the timeline is basically a part-time job.

Spread beyond K-pop to mean your all-time favorite of anything.

ugly as homemade sin

A colorful way to call someone or something very unattractive.

In Southern usage, describing bad or hateful behavior rather than physical looks.

Slang for a problem or a source of trouble, borrowing the name of the oil bean seed used in cooking.

A distinctly Upper Midwestern exclamation expressing being overwhelmed, tired, or relieved, with no exact English equivalent.

ED shorthand for Unexplained Beer Injury — the catch-all for the patient who rolls in bloodied, bandaged or limping and has absolutely no idea how it happened. Last memory: a third pint. Next memory: A&E. Useful when the actual mechanism of injury is somewhere between a kerb, a bouncer and a kebab van.

Generally, a way to dial any adjective up to the maximum.

'Unauthorized Absence' — the US Navy and Marine Corps term equivalent to the Army/Air Force 'AWOL', meaning absent from duty without permission.

The stereotype, half affectionate, half self-deprecating, of a lesbian who commits fast and hard, moving in with a partner after barely any time together. Built on the classic joke: 'What does a lesbian bring on a second date? A U-Haul.' Used both as a gentle ribbing and a badge of honour about wlw intensity and quick devotion.

A U-turn in a vehicle; you 'chuck a u-ey'.

Stands for "thank you very much," a more emphatic version of TY.

Stands for "thank you so much," an emphatic expression of gratitude.

AAVE-rooted tag (a respelling of 'type shit') tacked onto a sentence to vibe-check it. Means 'that kind of thing, you know what I mean'. Lives at the end of TikTok captions and comments where the speaker wants to lean into the mood without overexplaining.

Used to vaguely gesture at a mood or lifestyle without spelling it out.

An instrumental beat produced to imitate a particular artist's style, named in titles like '[Artist] Type Beat' so rappers searching for that sound can find it.

A generic Wisconsin term for an automated teller machine, taken from a regional ATM network.

To take; 'tyeuk' is the past tense (took).

Stands for "thank you," a shortened way to express gratitude in chat.

Charting shorthand for treatment or therapy.

The Welsh noun for a fool, built from 'twp' (daft) plus a personal suffix.

Daft, slow, a bit thick. Said with a half-smile more often than real venom — 'don't be twp' is the way a Welsh nan tells you you're being a wally. Can be properly insulting depending on tone, but usually it's the soft version of stupid.

To share something with someone — classically a cigarette, spliff or vape, but it works for anything you're splitting between two people. From the playground request 'twos on that' (give me half).

A call to claim a share of something, especially the last of a roll-up cigarette or a brew — 'giving someone twos' on it.