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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 practice of dressing as a character whose gender differs from the cosplayer's, often using techniques such as chest binding, padding, or prosthetics to sell the look.

A dribbling move where the ball is quickly switched from one hand to the other to change direction and get past a defender.

You set up so an enemy can only ever face one of you at a time. They peek your mate, you tag them from the side. No safe cover, no clean trade for them.

Problems, hardships or bad luck that one has to bear.

You jump over the opponent and hit them on the way down so the attack lands on their back. Now they have to block the other direction — and if their brain's still pointed forward, they eat it.

To walk up and down a longboard by crossing one foot over the other in a smooth, dance-like motion, rather than shuffling.

A novelty joint made by inserting one lit joint crosswise through another, so multiple ends burn at once; popularized by the film Pineapple Express.

A plea in the comments for the creator to repost the video without UI overlays — usually because someone wants a clean screenshot or wallpaper of whoever's on screen.

A grind on the front truck performed at an angle, with the nose pointed slightly off the line of the obstacle so the board sits crooked. Also called a 'crooks' or 'K-grind.'

crooked as a barrel of snakes

Describes someone thoroughly untrustworthy.

A grind performed on diagonally opposite pegs, such as the front-left and rear-right, so the bike sits at an angle across the obstacle. It is a technical, off-axis grind.

Slang for the ward or bay where incarcerated patients are treated under guard.

Ill or unwell; can also mean broken, faulty or unfair ('a crook deal').

A ride given to a passenger on a bicycle's crossbar or rear.

The patient on your list with a 14-system review of complaints, a stack of normal scans, and no diagnosable disease. Sometimes genuinely somatising, sometimes anxious, always exhausting. Crosses into outright contempt when it sticks to the same patient through multiple admissions.

In some cant a 'croaker' is a killer (from 'croak,' to die/kill); in other underworld usage it means a doctor, especially one who treats criminals off the books.

A mild exclamation of astonishment; often paired 'jings, crivens and help ma boab!'.

A general, affectionate word for an animal of any kind.

A critical strike. A randomised chance for an attack or spell to deal bonus damage, usually double. Building 'crit chance' and 'crit damage' is half of theorycrafting.

Crisp, fresh, brand-new or of excellent quality. Also spelled cris.

A mild exclamation of surprise or frustration used as a polite substitute for a stronger word.

Used as a one-word verdict on something embarrassing.

AAVE-rooted shorthand for 'crying' that almost always means crying from laughter, not sadness. Lives in TikTok comments under anything mildly unhinged. 'Ts crine' = this is hilarious.

An expression of surprise or astonishment.