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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 driver requesting permission to start a transmission or join an ongoing conversation on a CB channel. Polite radio etiquette — you announce yourself instead of stomping on someone else's signal.

A doubled proword used to interrupt ongoing radio traffic on a busy net to pass a higher-priority or urgent message.

To skip school or work in order to hang out. Also 'break biche' spelled variously.

A procedure word that indicates "the separation of the text from other portions of the message," or is used to hand off between multiple stations in the same transmission.

breaded pork tenderloin

A pounded-thin, breaded and fried pork tenderloin served on a small bun, so oversized it overhangs the bread. A signature Hoosier dish.

Giving small, sporadic crumbs of attention so the other person doesn't fully give up.

An individual message or bit of attention dropped to keep someone interested without real intent to commit.

bread and honey

Clipped to 'bread', funds, wages, or ready cash.

bread and butter (bnb)

The combo you fall back on every match — good damage, works from your main confirm, and easy enough that you never drop it under pressure. Not the flashiest, just the one that pays the bills.

Earnings or income from a job or hustle.

Stands for 'be right back,' a quick note that you're leaving the conversation briefly.

To beat or thrash. Originally meant to pound or crush (as in braying something in a mortar), and the Geordie usage kept that flavour — a proper braying is not a slap, it's a hammering. Threat-of-violence currency on Tyneside.

An extra amount or bonus given by a seller to a customer for free, like a baker's dozen. Also 'braata'.

Fine, splendid, excellent. A braw day means glorious weather. A braw lad means a handsome fella. Generally the opposite of dreich.

bravo zulu minus

Naval slang inverting 'Bravo Zulu' to convey a poorly done job — a tongue-in-cheek reprimand rather than praise.

A naval signal meaning 'Well Done,' conveyed by flag hoist or radio to commend good performance.

The code word representing the letter 'B' in the NATO/ICAO phonetic alphabet, used to spell out letters unambiguously over radio.

A large number or amount of something — meaning 'loads' or 'plenty.'

From kink vocabulary, now firmly in BookTok rotation: the dominant partner who enjoys a bratty sub talking back and knows exactly how to bring them in line. The appeal is the matchup — a brat is only fun if the tamer is up to it.

A submissive who doesn't submit quietly — they push, tease, talk back, and break the rules on purpose to bait their dominant into a reaction. It's playful defiance, not actual disrespect: the resistance is the foreplay. The dom who handles a brat is a 'brat tamer.' Bottoming, but make it a fight you want to lose.

Completely broke — no money whatsoever. From the Cockney rhyming slang 'boracic lint' = 'skint', which made its way north and embedded itself in Scouse and wider working-class British speech. Sky's 'Brassic' series put the word back in the national conversation.

The essential practical details once the small talk is over.

Northern English slang for money, as in 'where there's muck, there's brass.'

A spontaneous, informal dance or party. Also brams.