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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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toasted ravioli

Ravioli that is breaded, deep-fried, and served with marinara for dipping. A St. Louis original, shortened to 't-ravs.'

A playful term for being seriously high.

To talk, chant or rap spontaneously over a riddim — the vocal style that seeded rap and dancehall deejaying.

A hard, fast rainstorm; a Southern classic close kin to "frog strangler."

Sarcastically, to mock a coin that is obviously not going up, or hype that's clearly delusional.

On its own, expressing all-out commitment or intensity.

Stands for The Next Generation. A label for BDSM and leather social groups aimed at younger participants, typically ages 18 to 35, giving newer and younger kinksters a lower-pressure entry point into a scene that can otherwise skew older. Think munches and events run by and for the youth bracket of the community.

Stands for "too much information," a reaction to an overly personal or unnecessary detail.

A helpful, self-aware summary the writer adds at the top or bottom so busy readers get the gist without the whole essay.

Describes a thin, irritating, tickly cough — the kind that nags at your throat all day and drives everyone in the room mad. Not a chesty cough; a wheezy little hacker.

The lead track a group actively promotes from a release, performing it on music shows. It receives the music video and the bulk of promotion.

A hat. Pure Cockney — 'tit for tat' rhymes with hat, then gets mashed down to 'titfer' until nobody remembers the rhyme. Doff it, tip it, stick it on sideways, it's still a titfer.

Cockney rhyming slang meaning hat, almost always contracted to 'titfer'.

Chicano Caló for a pachuco or a marijuana smoker.

To show off your look, clothes, or possessions; to flex your style.

To have someone's back or back them up in a situation.

A multi-use verb: to hit on someone romantically, to diss/attack them (especially in a rap feud), or literally to shoot. Context decides.

A diss or lyrical war between artists — the reggaeton/rap tradition of trading insults in verse. Also spelled tiradera.

Used to describe the fun, loose mood of being a little buzzed.

Cruising — specifically the Houston way: low and slow in a slab so the candy paint, the swangas and the trunk-knock all get their moment. Mike Jones told MTV it just means driving, but the whole point is being seen doing it.

A square, rigid, or inflexible type of person.

A close-range score where a player tips the ball over the rim with one hand off a missed shot.

A cheap ice lolly that's basically frozen squash sealed in a long plastic tube. You bite or scissor the top off and suck the colour out until your tongue's neon. Birmingham summer holidays in one item.

A long thin plastic tube of flavoured sugar-water you stick in the freezer, then snip the top off and suck. Cheap, neon-coloured, and core to any Welsh childhood summer. Known elsewhere as a 'freeze pop' or 'ice pole' — in Wales it's a tip top and that's that.