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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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A narrow path or passage, often between hedges or houses; similar to a ginnel. Yorkshire.

A latch, catch or bolt; 'snib the door' means put the latch on.

Keen, sharp and bitterly cold; a 'snell wind' cuts right through you.

The latch on a door or gate. Old north-of-England word still in everyday Geordie use.

A secret hookup — the person you meet up with when nobody's meant to know. Could be cheating, could just be private; the energy is 'don't post us'.

snatched at the read / reading to filth

To get devastatingly read, picked apart flaw by flaw until there's nothing left to defend. 'To filth' means total, complete, no survivors. If you're reading someone to filth you're winning the whole battle of wit, and they know it.

snatched a rebound

To aggressively pull down a rebound out of the air, often over other players.

A sausage, especially a barbecue one; a playful synonym for 'snag'.

A timestamped record of NFT/token ownership at a specific block, used to determine who qualifies for an airdrop, allowlist or governance right.

A metal box for carrying 'snap' (food) to work, associated with miners and factory workers.

To conduct sighting and aiming exercises with an unloaded weapon, drilling the fundamentals of marksmanship before live fire.

The act of removing (snapping out) the bowl from a bong and clearing the chamber by inhaling all the collected smoke in one go.

Food, especially a packed lunch taken to work. Born in the Midlands and Yorkshire mining communities — miners carried their 'snap' in a metal 'snap tin' down the pit. Still used widely across Brummie, Black Country and Nottingham for any lunch you've brought from home.

The act of cutting in front of skaters waiting their turn, breaking the informal 'take turns' etiquette of parks and ramps.

A long, winding concrete run lined with curved transitions, ridden by pumping and carving through its snaking turns. It is a classic old-school park feature.

A heavily telegraphed low that launches into a full combo on hit. The catch: it's so slow you can block it on reaction and punish hard if you're paying attention.

Slang for a Special Forces soldier, evoking their survival training and unconventional warfare role.

A treacherous, disloyal person. As a verb, 'snaked' means betrayed.

A lifestyle and career philosophy of pursuing ambitions at a slower, self-directed pace while prioritizing mental and physical health over constant busyness. It is a reaction against girlboss and hustle culture.

snags and sauce

A classic simple Australian meal of barbecued sausages served with tomato sauce.

The end-of-job process of walking a finished build and listing every defect, blemish, and unfinished detail (the 'snags') so they can be fixed before handover. New-build buyers know it as that grim first inspection where you find 47 things wrong with your dream home.

snag one on the barbie

An invitation or plan to have a barbecue; famously used in a 1980s tourism campaign.

snag on the barbie

The quintessential Australian barbecue food; a sausage grilled outdoors.

A sausage, especially one cooked on a barbecue.