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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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A very common Mexican word meaning cool or awesome, applied to things, people, or situations. It can also work as an informal way to agree or say thanks.

A brevity code term denoting friendly aircraft, often used by controllers or ships referring to the aircraft they support.

The hard armor inserts (Small Arms Protective Inserts) that slide into a plate carrier or vest.

Non-required decorative LED or incandescent marker lights drivers add to cabs, fenders, mudflap hangers, and trailers — way beyond what DMV requires. Comes from the same world as chicken haulers: southern poultry-fleet drivers who pioneered the maximalist look. A truck 'lit up like a chicken coop' is the goal.

Mocking term for very thin, underdeveloped legs, especially on someone with a well-built upper body.

A driver of a long-nose, chrome-everywhere, lights-everywhere tractor — the rolling beauty queens of the interstate. The name comes from the fact that southern poultry-hauling fleets historically ran some of the most decked-out rigs on the road. Used affectionately by some drivers and a touch sarcastically by others ('all chrome, no go').

A state or DOT weigh station on the interstate. Trucks pull in to get weighed, paperwork checked, and sometimes inspected for safety violations. Status is constantly traded over the CB — open or closed makes or breaks a run.

chicken blocking

In games that let you block in the air, you jump up to block instead of standing your ground. Airborne you only block one direction, so it shuts down high/low mixups — but you're stuck committing to the jump.

When your attack gets caught by a reversal, a chicken is the counter-input (f+1+3 for left limbs, f+2+4 for right) that breaks free and damages them instead. Almost always a hard read, rarely a reaction.

Used to refer to a girlfriend or a woman one is interested in.

A scissor-jaw cable grip — the harder you pull, the tighter the jaws clamp on the conductor. Linemen hook one to a come-along to tension overhead lines without crushing or kinking the wire. Standard gear on any utility crew.

Describes art or a moment drawn in exaggeratedly small, big-headed 'super-deformed' proportions for comedic or adorable effect, even when the character is normally drawn realistically.

An art style that renders anime characters in a deliberately cute, deformed way — oversized head, tiny stubby body. Used for stickers, merch, and comic-relief moments.

A knife, blade, or improvised stabbing weapon. Glasgow vernacular, heavily associated with the city's old razor-gang reputation and still very much in use.

Chicago. Predates drill by decades — Common, Twista, Kanye were all saying it — but the drill wave kept it in heavy rotation. Usually means the city's gritty side rather than the tourist Loop.

Same city, swapped suffix. 'Chi-City' is the drill generation's go-to — Common literally has a song called Chi-City, but it's the post-2012 wave that made it a default bar filler over 'Chi-Town.'

A condition in which the heart cannot pump effectively, causing fluid to back up into the lungs and body.

Not a distinct headword; folded into 'chévere'. Retained inadvertently.

Not a standalone headword; consolidated into 'chévere'. Retained inadvertently.

One of the most widespread Caribbean Spanish words, used to say something (or someone) is cool, great, or nice. Common across Puerto Rico, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Venezuela and beyond.

An affectionate informal word for beer, common in northern Mexico.

The aura of something cheugy — dated, basic, or over-eager to be trendy. A soft, humorous critique.

Ribbons or medals displayed on a uniform, referenced either admiringly or dismissively depending on context.

A brevity code stating the height of a friendly aircraft in hundreds of feet above ground level; used for low-altitude callouts where 'Angels' (thousands) is too coarse.