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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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Describes a service member who is a mess and lacks military bearing, or conversely one so obsessed with following every regulation that they lose sight of the situation. Often extended as 'ate up with the dumbass.'

Nailed a performance, look, or task flawlessly.

ate and left no crumbs

Shortened to just 'ate' for any impressive, complete win.

at the end of the day

A filler phrase introducing the most important point after everything else.

An affectionate term of endearment, literally 'treasure', used to address a loved one.

The period when prisoners are unlocked to socialise, use the phone, shower or play pool, often shortened to 'assoc'.

An associate works with an organized-crime family and shares in its business but has not been formally inducted as a made member.

The final pass or touch by a teammate that leads directly to a goal being scored.

When an option seller is required to honor the contract — delivering or buying shares — because the buyer exercised it. A key risk for theta gang.

A fastball moving so quickly that to the batter it appears as small as an aspirin pill.

In Gen-Z texting, "asl" is shorthand for "as hell," used to intensify an adjective. "Bored asl" means "bored as hell."

A newt. Ancient dialect word, from Middle English 'aske' (newt/lizard), kept alive in Welsh English and the West Midlands long after the rest of the country forgot it. If a Welsh kid pulls something wriggly out of a pond, odds are they'll call it an asker.

A large flat plate or dish for serving meat; an 'ashet pie' is baked in one.

An accessory that sits between the bowl and the downstem to catch ash and debris, keeping the bong's water and main chamber cleaner for longer.

British medical slang for the cash payment a doctor gets from the undertaker for completing a cremation certificate. Two doctors sign each form, two fees get paid, and the relatives foot the bill via the funeral director. Macabre by design — the rhyme is the joke. Periodically controversial enough to make the papers.

The classic Cuban word for a friend or buddy, roughly equal to 'amigo' or 'dude'. Famously paired with '¿qué bolá?'.

Cockney rhyming slang for 'braces' (trouser suspenders).

Stands for "as soon as possible," used to request that something be done quickly.

A term for a good-looking woman, or a man's girlfriend. Nkamigbo and Eme's 2011 academic study of Otu-Onitsha market slang records 'asa' (literally 'a kind of fish, catfish') being used specifically for 'a man's girlfriend'; wider Nigerian slang usage has since broadened it simply to 'fine girl.'

A command to resume the previous activity, canceling an interruption or a mistaken order.

as the crow flies

Measured by the most direct route rather than by roads.

as old as methuselah

Very aged; Methuselah is the longest-lived figure in the Bible.

Used to mock someone for thinking too highly of themselves or their chances.

as helpful as a bump on a log

Describes someone doing nothing helpful, just sitting there.