Slang Dictionary — Modern Slang, Decoded

Trucks with the kingpin tightened so the board is more stable and resistant to turning, favored by some for rails, flip tricks, and high speed.

Tag and subreddit name for storytime confessions where the poster cops to a screw-up — anything from burning dinner to ruining a marriage. Format demands a TL;DR at the bottom because the lead-up is always too long.

An organised visual display by fans using banners, cards, flags or smoke to create a spectacle, usually before kick-off.

Originally the Hawker Typhoon, the brutal WWII ground-attack aircraft that hammered German armour in Normandy with rockets and cannon. Crews shortened Typhoon to Tiffy and the name stuck. The nickname carried straight over to the Eurofighter Typhoon when it entered RAF service — same root word, same affectionate handle.

One horizontal level of cells; inmates 'walk the tier' along the walkway fronting their cells.

Used as an interjection of disgust or disappointment, like 'eww' or 'that's pathetic'.

A robbery, typically of a house or business, in which the victims are tied up.

A fast wash covering at least the face and hands — the bare-minimum freshen-up before tea, the pub, or your nan coming round. 'Tidy' here means 'proper/good' (Welsh English's all-purpose adjective), 'swill' is the act of sluicing water about. Not a shower, not a bath, just enough to look human.

Of an amount, fairly large or considerable.

A prescription frequency meaning the medication is taken three times daily.

A minor, marginal foul that many feel should have been let go by the officials.

A citation for breaking prison rules. In New York the tiers of tickets escalate in severity.

You poke them with a quick attack they block, which locks them in blockstun for a beat. The second that blockstun ends, you throw them — they can't jump or backdash out in time. Classic frame-trap pressure.

Timing your clicks around the 0.6s game tick so two actions resolve as one, skipping wasted time. Big in efficient skilling — woodcutting, fishing, herblore.

Buying something on credit, to be paid for later. 'On tick'.

Dominican Spanish for a football or sports jersey.

A skate technique where the rider lifts and swings the nose left and right in small kickturns to gain speed or steer without pushing. It is an old-school way to move and maneuver.

A non-contact voltage tester — the pen-shaped device electricians wave at outlets, wires and panels to check if anything's live without making contact. 'Tic Tracer' is technically a Greenlee brand name (and 'Volt Tick' is Fluke's) but trades use it for any brand, the same way everyone says Sharpie. Fast, convenient, and not to be fully trusted on its own.

An engagement in which friendly troops are actively fighting the enemy, pronounced 'tick.'

Stands for "thanks in advance," thanking someone before they help, common when making a request.

An abbreviation of "thanks," used for quick informal gratitude. Sometimes spelled THNX or THANX.

Thug realness is a realness category where you're scored on how convincingly you pass as a hard street 'thug' — the walk, the clothes, the attitude, the whole performance of tough masculinity. Realness in ballroom is about being so authentic you'd blend into that world unnoticed, and thug realness is its street-tough flavour, a close cousin of banjee.

A three-finned surfboard, the most common modern fin configuration, offering drive and maneuverability.

Disrespecting someone on the slant — a backhanded remark, a look, a pointed silence that lands the insult without quite stating it. As drag legend Dorian Corey put it in Paris Is Burning: 'I don't have to tell you you're ugly because you know you're ugly.' That's shade — the curve to reading's pitch. Born in the 1980s Black and Latino gay ballroom scene, gone fully mainstream after RuPaul's Drag Race.