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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 cannabis concentrate whipped to a soft, cake-batter consistency, similar to budder but looser; easy to scoop and dab.

The initial rebound date after a relationship ends, expected to be imperfect and temporary, like the first pancake that never turns out right. It's just to get back in the swing.

Describes jealousy or spiteful envy toward someone else's success or good fortune.

In Patois 'bad' frequently means the opposite — excellent, tough or impressive.

bacon egg and cheese

A breakfast sandwich of bacon, fried egg, and melted cheese on a roll — often ordered as 'a bacon egg and cheese on a roll, salt pepper ketchup.'

A brand of natural-leaf cigars whose wraps are prized for rolling premium blunts.

A scorekeeping mark for a strikeout in which the batter is called out looking rather than swinging, denoted by a reversed 'K.'

Backsliding is returning to a former partner, whether by texting, hooking up, or getting back together, despite having moved on.

A trick executed with the rider's back to the ramp or obstacle, or a rotation in which the heel edge (back side) turns forward first.

Your supports and ranged DPS positioned safely behind the frontline. They do the work from distance but fold the second someone gets in their face.

A ride you get on the back of someone else's bike — perched on the rear pegs, the saddle, or just clinging on while your mate pedals. Classic schoolyard transport across Scotland and the north of England. Free taxi, slightly illegal energy.

A pass or shot struck with the heel, usually to move the ball in the opposite direction to which the player is facing.

A smoke explosion. A fire in a sealed space burns down its oxygen and stalls; pent-up unburned fuel gases sit there waiting. Crack a door or break a window and the rush of air re-ignites the lot at once, blowing fire and pressure back through the opening.

Slip past the action, get into the enemy base alone and start hitting towers or the nexus/throne while the whole map is looking the other way. High risk, game-ending if it lands.

Terrain outside marked, patrolled resort boundaries, which is ungroomed, unmarked, and carries avalanche and other risks. Backcountry riding demands avalanche knowledge and gear.

A task deprioritised in favour of more urgent work.

Old-school New Orleans geography. 'Back of town' = the inland, lake-side blocks behind the riverfront — historically the Black, working-class wards from Tremé inland. Trombone Shorty named an album after it. The opposite of Fronatown.

A Cornish and West Country word for the past or some time back.

To communicate informally and privately outside official channels to influence or learn something.

back up the truck

To load up on a stock or bond in enormous quantity, the mental image being reversing a dump truck up to the loading dock and filling it. Used when a trader thinks an asset is so mispriced or such a screaming buy that small nibbles won't cut it.

back teeth are floating

Another vivid way to say one urgently needs the bathroom.

The sound of an insult landing somewhere tender. You repeat the read back as a stunned question — '...back rolls?' — because you can't believe she went there and you're not over it. It's the perfect template for any too-personal jab: echo the exact words in pure disbelief. Alyssa's confessional delivery, all hurt eyes and slow blink, is the whole joke.

To draw a weapon — typically a knife or gun — from where it's stashed (back pocket, waistband, bag). Drill-pack staple verb, heard constantly in bar one whenever a violent scene is being narrated.

back of the net

A triumphant shout when the ball hits the net; the ball is typically trapped at the back of the net until retrieved.