Slang Dictionary — Modern Slang, Decoded

A serrated-leaf herb (culantro) with a strong coriander-like flavour, essential in Trini seasoning and chow. Also 'shado beni'.

Used as praise for someone who does something bold and based.

Short for 'muchacho', used as an exclamation or filler like 'man' or 'geez', and also 'chacha' for a girl.

A short, punchy market-slang word for money, used interchangeably with other Otu-Onitsha money-slang terms like 'kpọkọm.'

An exclamation imitating a cash register, used when money is made.

In texting slang, CGI stands for "can't get it," used to say you don't understand something or can't manage to get hold of it.

A commercial film, i.e. a TV or online advert, that an idol appears in as an endorser. High-profile CFs signal an idol's marketability.

A Centralised Exchange is a company-run, custodial platform where users trade crypto through an order book; the operator holds the funds. Binance and Coinbase are examples.

Abbreviated CAK, achieved when a song reaches #1 on all iChart real-time and daily charts but has not yet secured the weekly #1 needed for a PAK.

Short for "certified," used to confirm something is legit, guaranteed, or definitely happening. Saying "certi" affirms a fact or plan.

A Welsh dismissal telling someone to clear off.

A joking way to crown someone the ultimate expert or embodiment of a behavior, as if they run a company for it. "CEO of" names them the boss of that trait.

A thin tube inserted into a major vein such as the internal jugular or subclavian to give medications, fluids, or blood products and to monitor central pressures.

The visual anchor. The member the camera loves, parked dead-centre for the money shot of every chorus. Often the most popular, sometimes rotated for fairness, always the subject of fan war discourse.

The person you share a cell with. Closer than a roommate by a wide margin — you eat, sleep, and use the toilet three feet from each other. A good celly makes the bid; a bad one makes you put in for a move.

The inmate one shares a cell with. Also 'bunkie' or 'bunkmate.'

A distinct housing wing made up of tiers of cells, run as a unit.

A prisoner who talks aggressively and issues threats from the safety of a locked cell but backs down in person. Also called a cell soldier.

A euphemistic slang term for a patient dying — 'discharged' upward rather than home. Used by clinicians and those who work around them.

A social event featuring Scottish folk music, dancing and storytelling.

Can refer to the French language itself.

An instruction to stop, calm down and relax. 'Cease and sekkle'.

A court order the UK uses to restrict drill rappers' lives — and their lyrics. A CBO can force an artist to give police 24 hours' notice before dropping a song, ban them from naming postcodes, block them from associating with named friends, or stop them performing certain tracks live. Breach it and you go to prison. Digga D famously has one. Skengdo x AM did nine months for performing a banned song.

Cannabidiol, a major cannabinoid that does not produce a high and is used for relaxation and wellness.