Slang Dictionary — Modern Slang, Decoded

A simple straw of glass, quartz or titanium; the user heats the tip and touches it to concentrate while inhaling the vapor directly from the container.

A specialized glass water pipe fitted with a nail or banger that's heated to vaporize cannabis concentrates.

A pen-shaped vaporizer with a heating coil designed to vaporize cannabis concentrates on the go, without a torch or rig.

Of a person, untrustworthy or dishonest — a 'dab' customer or dealer to be wary of.

Welsh for 'very good' (da = good, iawn = very). The standard 'well done' — stamped on schoolwork, said to kids, slipped into English conversation when something deserves a nod. Pronounced roughly 'da YOWN.'

Describing a person who's exceptionally cool or talented.

The Chicago-accent rendering of 'the,' famously in 'Da Bears' and 'Da Lake.'

Someone — usually mocked — from the leafy, monied Dublin 4 postcode (Ballsbridge, Donnybrook, Sandymount). The D4 head is the Irish Sloane Ranger: rugby club, Audi, holiday in the south of France, accent that turns 'roads' into 'rhodes'. Ross O'Carroll-Kelly is the patron saint of the breed.

Dominance/submission — the psychological wing of kink, where the charge is about who holds authority rather than what's physically happening. The capital 'D' and lowercase 's' aren't an accident; the typography mirrors the dynamic. D/s can be confined to scenes or run the whole relationship, and it's distinct from S/M (sensation) and Top/Bottom (physical roles), though they often travel together. It's the D and the S in BDSM.

By extension, any informal session of trading bars, including breakdancing or beatboxing circles in broader hip-hop culture.

Describes an emulator that reproduces the original hardware down to every single clock cycle, not just every instruction. That extra precision catches timing-dependent tricks and glitches that sloppier emulators miss.

The Creole contraction of 'can't', used to negate ability. Also 'caan'.

Cannot; the negative of 'can'. Also spelled 'kyaan'.

Stands for "see ya," an informal sign-off. Occasionally used sarcastically as "see you around."

The classic Welsh under-stairs storage cupboard, using 'cwtch' in its 'cubbyhole' sense.

A cuddle. Not a polite one — a proper warm, safe, squeeze-the-life-into-you hug. Used as both noun and verb across Wales, and considered untranslatable by anyone Welsh because no English word carries the same warmth.

An interruption of blood supply to part of the brain, from a clot or bleed, causing neurological deficits.

An abbreviation used in credits and databases to denote the voice actor (seiyuu) performing a given character.

Internal address term used between Crips — a contraction of 'cousin'. Functions the way 'blood' does for Bloods: identifier, greeting, sentence-ender. Saying it the wrong place can get you checked.

A quiet, hidden, or private spot, especially a place to hang out away from crowds.

The most advanced and modern state of a technology or method.

A phase of reducing calories to strip body fat while preserving as much muscle as possible.

A filled salt-bread bun, classically with fried flying fish, ham or cheese. A Barbadian lunch staple.

A large broad blade used for cutting bush and cane, and sometimes as a weapon. Also spelt cutlash, collins.