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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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Pointless paperwork. Forms, memos, circulars — the kind of admin that lands in your tray and goes straight in the bin. Universal military gripe.

A charge an inmate insists is bogus, or a false accusation made by another prisoner.

Someone who talks big and shows off; all bark. From 'bulto' (bulk/show).

Holding a positive outlook that prices will rise. Beyond markets, 'bullish on X' broadly signals optimism about something.

Describes snow that is so hard, frozen, and compacted that edges struggle to bite into it. Bulletproof conditions make for scratchy, unforgiving riding.

When you destroy an enemy (or meet a condition), its already-fired bullets vanish from the screen — frequently converting into score items. A high-score staple.

A sweet — specifically a hard boiled one, the kind that rattles in a paper bag. Comes from the shape: small, round, hard, like the lead shot of old. A bag of bullets from the corner shop is a Tyneside childhood staple.

A dense, round flat cake sweetened with molasses and spiced with ginger, often eaten with avocado.

A deceptive upward move that tempts buyers into thinking a rally has begun, only for the price to reverse and fall, trapping them in losses.

A pass-rush technique in which the defender charges straight ahead and overpowers the blocker with brute strength to collapse the pocket.

Used loosely to describe any good streak of momentum, money, or success.

A prolonged rally, conventionally a 20%+ rise off the lows. Sentiment is risk-on, retail piles in late, every dip gets bought. Lasts until it doesn't.

A driver pulling a livestock pot — those distinctive ventilated aluminium trailers with the slatted sides. The job has a reputation: drivers run hard because the cargo is alive and stressed, the trailers are a nightmare to wash out, and you smell like the load for days. Bull haulers have an outsized place in CB culture and are known for both their speed and their willingness to help other drivers.

Cockney rhyming slang for 'row', meaning a heated argument or barney. Sometimes clipped to 'bull'. The pairing fits because bulls and cows together suggest a domestic, which is exactly what a row often is.

A training phase focused on gaining muscle mass by eating in a caloric surplus alongside heavy resistance training.

Used as a noun for a muscle-gaining phase or the added size it produces, as in 'I'm on a bulk' or 'he's carrying good bulk.'

A breakfast dish of shredded salted cod tossed raw with tomatoes, onions, olive oil and hot pepper. Also buljhol.

A small bachelor apartment or private room, often used as a romantic hideaway. The source is debated, with French argot 'boulin' (a hole/nook, slang for a bed) the leading candidate.

A lot. A heap. More than you can be bothered to count. Standard issue in New Orleans speech and Southern rap lyrics, where 'buku' just sounds righter than 'a bunch'.

Describes a person or thing that is strange, odd, or not to be trusted. Also spelled 'booky' or 'bookie'.

A buka is an informal, inexpensive food stall or eatery, often just a shed or open-air setup, serving home-style Nigerian meals like rice, stew, and swallow. The word gave rise to the pan-Nigerian term 'bukateria' for a row of such food stalls.

An intentional misspelling of 'build' urging people to actually construct products and contribute to the ecosystem rather than only speculate; a play on HODL.

On the structural side: the chief's command vehicle, usually a marked SUV or Suburban kitted out with radios and a light bar. On the wildland side: a "crew buggy" is the purpose-built transport that carries a 20-person hand crew (hotshots, Type 2) plus their tools, line gear, and chainsaws to the fire — basically a hardened minibus with cages, gear bins, and tow capacity.

Being amazed or freaked out in a good way.