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To stay overnight at someone's place informally.

crappo smoke yuh pipe

An expression meaning someone is done for or has run out of luck.

A frog; features in the Trini proverb 'crappo smoke yuh pipe' (you're out of luck). Also crapaud.

A toad or frog; features in the saying 'crapaud smoke yuh pipe' meaning you're in serious trouble.

British Army insult lobbed by Paras and Royal Marines at anyone wearing a 'crap' coloured beret — i.e. not the maroon of the Parachute Regiment or the green of the Commandos/SF. If your beret isn't earned through P Company or the All Arms Commando Course, you're a hat. Often shortened to just 'hat'.

The bread-and-butter way to gain height in Fortnite. You chain ramp-wall-ramp while spinning 90 degrees each time, stacking yourself straight up. Crank them fast enough and you're above everyone before they've reloaded.

Excessively greedy or grasping, especially for food or money. Spelled 'craven' in the classic dictionaries.

An air trick where the rider kicks the pedals and cranks so they spin a full rotation backward before catching them again with the feet. It is essentially a tailwhip for the cranks.

A sailor assigned temporarily to work in the ship's galley, akin to KP.

Used as a greeting or question to ask what's happening or how someone is, as in 'what's the craic?'

craftsmanship judging

A judging round, usually a private interview separate from the stage show, where judges inspect a costume's construction, materials, and technique up close.

A pairing between characters who barely or never interact, shipped humorously and often outdone for absurdity.

cracking the flags

Extremely hot weather. The image is the sun beating down so hard the flagstones (pavement slabs) are splitting. Reserved for genuine rare Liverpool heatwaves — not a mild May afternoon.

A low three- or four-legged wooden stool.

A low wooden stool, once used by miners.

The call you make the moment you break someone's shield. They're now cracked — running on health alone and one push from going down. Key info to shout to your squad.

Describing a player who is exceptionally skilled, hitting shots and making plays at an absurd level. Being cracked is a top-tier compliment.

To burst out laughing, or to describe something very funny.

To flirt with or try to pick someone up.

Get started, get on with it, carry on with the job. The verbal nudge a Scouse boss gives when the tea break's gone on too long. Also used solo as a green light — 'crack on' means 'go ahead, mate'.

Talk, gossip, news or fun; 'what's the crack?' means 'what's happening?'. Also spelled 'craic'.

The self-appointed Welsh-speaking elite — the media-arts-quango set who run things in Cardiff and Aberystwyth and think they should. Used with a curled lip. Wales's homegrown answer to the Tatler set, only with more eisteddfod tote bags.

Ill-tempered, grouchy and short with people.

A period where price trades sideways in a range, 'crabbing' left and right rather than trending. Frustrating for both bulls and bears.