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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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To work together in a way that creates synergy. Widely mocked as peak jargon.

Since, ago, or then/next; 'lang syne' is long ago.

The balance and proportion between muscle groups and left-right sides of the body, heavily judged in bodybuilding.

An attack where one entity spins up numerous fake identities or wallets to gain outsized influence over a network, or to farm rewards like airdrops multiple times.

Charting shorthand for a patient's symptoms.

sword and board

Running a one-handed weapon in one hand and a shield in the other. Less damage than two-handing, but the survivability that lets you hold a boss.

British prison practice: walking the yard with your eyes down, hoovering up discarded cigarette butts so you can rip them apart and roll a fresh one from the leftover tobacco. Bottom-of-the-food-chain economics. The desperate skill of the skint and the addicted.

Describes a particularly muscular, pumped-up physique. A clipped, slangy form of 'swollen.'

Telling someone to do one, with a side order of two fingers. Short for the full 'swivel on it' / 'swivel on this' gesture — i.e. spin yourself round on the offered digit. Dismissive, faintly rude, very Manc.

A surfer who can ride with equal ability in both regular and goofy stances, switching feet as needed.

An ollie done while riding in the unnatural (switch) stance, a benchmark of ambidextrous board control.

A person who isn't locked into giving or receiving, topping or bottoming. They flip depending on mood, partner, or the day of the week. The opposite of a pillow princess or a stone top, a switch does it all.

A made shot that passes through the basket without touching the rim or backboard, producing the distinctive net sound.

On apps like Tinder, to swipe a profile to the right to signal romantic interest; a match occurs if both do so.

On dating apps, to swipe a profile to the left to reject or pass on that person.

To pay to enter the subway by sliding a MetroCard through the turnstile reader. 'Swipe me in' asks someone to pay your fare.

A versatile player who can effectively play both shooting guard and small forward.

Swing trading: holding a position over days or weeks to profit from a larger price swing, as opposed to intraday scalping.

The distinct scope of work or responsibility assigned to a person or team, so efforts don't overlap.

Swerving is intentionally dodging someone you find unsuitable, steering clear of their advances or attention.

An instruction to steer clear of something.

To give something a wide miss. You swerve a meeting, swerve a mate who owes you money, swerve the last bus and get a taxi. Same root as the driving move — see it coming, go round it.

Stylish, elegant, or upper-class (as a noun, a fashionable person).

Lots of moves have multiple hitboxes, and the sweetspot is the strongest one — more damage, more knockback, the kill. Land the sweetspot and someone dies at 90%; miss it and they live to 140.