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Slang Dictionary — Modern Slang, Decoded

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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Increasingly discussed as a serious wellbeing issue.

An anonymous side account used to say the stuff you can't say on main. Could be a finsta for close friends, a hate-watching alt, or a sockpuppet for picking fights. Built to be deleted when it gets too hot.

End-of-night bar ritual: dump the bin, hit it with hot water to melt what's left, then scrub. Also a health-code move — you don't reuse last night's ice, and the well needs to be clean before it refills.

By extension, to do anything in a great hurry.

Monthly net cash outflow. Gross burn is total spend; net burn is spend minus revenue. Divide cash in the bank by burn and you get runway, the number of months until you're raising or dead.

Same as 'kill it' — take the steak all the way through. The phrasing is the cook's editorial: a steak ordered well-done is, in their eyes, burnt. Used interchangeably across most American lines.

To send tokens to an unspendable address so they can never be used again, reducing supply. Projects burn tokens to manage supply or as a deflationary mechanism.

Describes a trick, obstacle, or rider that demands real strength, commitment, or experience, often something big and gnarly. It can praise both the feat and the person.

One level deeper than slammed. You're not catching up this hour. The rail is full, the window's stacked, and the chef's calling times you already missed. Heads down, push through.

Riding along and lifting both wheels off the ground simultaneously without a ramp. It is the foundational skill from which almost all BMX street and park tricks are built.

A soft flat cap, traditionally worn by working men.

The person sharing an inmate's cell or bunk; synonymous with cellie.

The con who runs his mouth from the safety of his bunk — threats, war stories, what he'd do to so-and-so — but goes quiet the second the cell door pops. Pure mattress mafia. The prison cousin of the keyboard warrior.

Slang for a patient who repeatedly pulls out a catheter, drip or tube, as if bungee-jumping off it.

Broken, injured or out of order. 'Gone bung' means broken down.

A pre-paid multi-month sub — 3, 6, or 12 months at a percentage off the monthly rate. Creators use bundles to lock in cash upfront and stop fans from churning after one good week; smart subs use them to halve the price.

Bunco (also bunko) is a confidence swindle or fraud, and as a verb means to cheat someone out of money. Police 'bunco squads' targeted such scams.

To 'give bun' is to cheat on your partner; to 'get bun' is to be cheated on. A giant theme in dancehall.

A Detroit-original dessert from Sanders Confectionery: devil's food cake, parallel ridges of vanilla buttercream piped across the top, then the whole thing draped in chocolate fudge ganache that hardens over the bumps. Birthday cake of choice for generations of Michigan kids.

Describes music played loud, especially heavy bass.

Rubber-coated weight plates designed to be dropped from height without damaging the floor or bar, used in Olympic lifting and CrossFit.

To bump off a person is to murder them. It was widely used in gangster slang and pulp fiction.

Used for things that are cheap, ugly, or low quality.

Used alone as a sympathetic response to bad news.