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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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Completing a shot at the rim despite contact, drawing the foul for a bonus free throw.

and-one culture

The flashy, crowd-pleasing, trash-talking ethos that defined And1 mixtape streetball.

Colloquial reference to the And1 basketball brand tied to the 'and one' scoring play.

and then everyone on the bus clapped

The internet's standard sign-off when someone posts a too-good-to-be-true anecdote where they own a stranger, deliver a perfect speech, and somehow get a standing ovation. Dropping this in the replies is a polite way to call BS without typing 'fake.'

A common broadcast/player callout when a shot goes in and a foul is drawn on the play.

The all-purpose Mancunian full stop. Tacked onto the end of a sentence to mean 'etc.', 'and the rest', 'you know what I mean'. Saves you having to actually finish the list.

When a player is fouled while making a shot, the basket counts and they get one additional free throw. Often shouted in celebration.

and i took that personally

Comedic tag added to a tweet to frame a tiny perceived slight as the origin story for an absurd vendetta. Always tongue-in-cheek, always doing a Jordan impression in your head.

The verbal equivalent of your jaw dropping. Pull it out when something stops you mid-sentence — a hot take, a fine person walking past, a sudden mess. Almost always trailed by an em-dash and a beat of silence.

A phrase appended to a number of days remaining to include the last morning one has to wake up before leaving, as in 'three days and a wake-up.'

One player locks down a spot and stays put while the others move, peek or reset. The anchor is the stable point the whole fight rotates around. Hold the door, hold the angle, don't wander.

A brevity code indicating a sustained turning engagement is occurring at a specific location — the fight is 'anchored' there rather than moving across the sky.

A slightly mocking term used by other services for a Navy sailor.

While teammates rove or rotate, the anchor parks on a site and doesn't leave. Their job is to hold against the push long enough for help to arrive, even if it's a 1v3. Patient, defensive, and willing to die buying time.

anabolic window

The much-debated idea of a short window after training during which eating protein and carbs supposedly maximizes muscle growth; a classic broscience talking point.

Describes the body being in a building-up state where it synthesizes tissue such as muscle; the opposite of catabolic.

A fan-made video splicing clips from one or more anime together in time to a chosen song, a longstanding staple of fan creativity and convention contests.

A well-known live-action medieval combat and role-play organization in which participants battle with padded foam weapons; overlaps with cosplay and convention culture.

'As Many Reps As Possible' (or rounds): pushing a set or timed block to the absolute limit of repetitions.

Full of energy and excitement, especially keyed up for a surf or looking forward to good waves. Close cousin to stoked but with more adrenaline.

A contraction of 'am not', standard in Hiberno-English where other dialects say 'aren't I'.

Short for Amnesia (Haze), the sativa-heavy strain that became one of London's default street weeds. In drill bars 'amm' often just means a fat zoot of strong green, strain notwithstanding.

Used as a verb-ish call to phone someone.

Describes someone known for gossiping and spreading news about others' business, or the gossip itself.