English dictionary, thesaurus, translations & etymology

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.

Browse slang by category

Gen Z Slangrizz, delulu, slay Internet Slangbrainrot, based, mid British Slangpeng, bare, peak AAVEbussin, finna, cap

Browse slang by letter

a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z

Latest slang terms

Caught in the act with no possible defence; certain to be convicted.

Jocular slang for the trigger of a weapon — the switch that makes it go bang.

To make a U-turn while driving. 'Uey' = U-turn.

To execute a U-turn while driving. 'Bang' here just means 'make' or 'do' — Bostonians also 'bang a left' (turn left) and 'bang a right'. Essential vocabulary for surviving Massachusetts driving.

The four core meme stocks that ran together in early 2021 — BlackBerry, AMC, Nokia, GameStop. Bundled because retail kept rotating between them on the same WSB threads. A 'BANG portfolio' meant you were leaning fully into the squeeze trade, not picking one horse.

Thousands. One band is $1,000 — a thousand singles or ten hundreds wrapped with a rubber band. The 'z' spelling is the strip-club / trap-rap stylisation; Juicy J's 'Bandz a Make Her Dance' canonised it in 2012 and the spelling stuck.

A person's or team's available capacity to take on additional tasks. Borrowed from data transmission to describe human workload.

Fraud, a scam or racket; also the person running it. 'Bandulu business' = illegal dealings.

Used to talk about wealth, earnings, or the cost of something pricey.

An abandoned house. In Atlanta hip-hop it specifically means an empty property taken over as a base for selling drugs — the cheaper, more disposable cousin of a trap house.

A ballpark with short outfield dimensions where home runs come easily.

band-aid hospital

Slang for a small or under-resourced hospital that can provide only basic patch-up treatment before transferring anything serious.

A single stack of $1,000 held by a currency band; plural 'bands' for more.

Smooth, greasy persuasion meant to butter someone up.

banana for scale

The internet's unofficial unit of measurement. You drop a banana next to whatever you're showing off so viewers can size it up at a glance. Half practical, half joke — and if you forget the banana, the comments will demand one.

A bag of IV fluid containing thiamine, folic acid, a multivitamin, and magnesium, used to correct deficiencies in patients with alcohol use disorder or malnutrition. Its yellow color comes from the riboflavin and folic acid.

Slang for a patient who is visibly yellow with jaundice.

A South Wales pet name for one's grandad, alongside 'bampi'.

An idiot, fool or unhinged individual; more forceful than 'numpty'.

A round flatbread made from grated cassava, often fried and served with fish.

A deer on or near the highway, or the splattered remains of one. Drivers call it out on the CB so the next rig doesn't end up wearing it. Hitting a Bambi at 70 mph isn't cute — it'll cave in your bumper and your morning.

A foolish, aggressive or obnoxious person; a troublemaker.

Something (or someone) undesirable, uncomfortable, or off — a 'bad trip' feeling.

A ball hit sharply downward near home plate so it bounces high enough that the batter can beat it out for a hit.