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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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Money — cash, paper, bread. Bay Area slang E-40 helped push into the wider rap lexicon. Equally at home in a hustle bar or a payday text.

Crying, screaming or wailing. A Lancashire/Manchester dialect word.

To scream, shriek or cry loudly. Lancashire/Manchester dialect (variant of 'skriking').

A fizzy soft drink; also used for anything effortless ('it'll be a skoosh').

A toast meaning 'cheers' or 'good health,' adopted as the Minnesota Vikings' fan chant.

Underwear. In Navy and Marine usage specifically the white cotton t-shirt and boxer shorts issued at boot camp. You sleep in your skivvies, you run to the head in your skivvies, you stand at attention in your skivvies for a surprise hygiene inspection.

A brief scripted or improvised scene performed in costume on the masquerade stage, often comedic or dramatic, as part of a cosplay competition.

Common slang for the captain, the player wearing the armband and leading the side.

A meeting or relationship that skips your immediate boss to reach their superior.

Physical closeness and affectionate touch, such as hugging, hand-holding, or leaning on one another. In K-pop, member skinship is closely watched by fans.

Cigarette rolling papers used to make roll-ups.

Maximum praise. Calling someone — usually a pop girlie or fave — a skinny legend means they're flawless, untouchable, the blueprint. Body-neutral despite the wording; it's about iconic status, not weight.

Describes someone who looks thin in clothes but carries little muscle and a relatively high body-fat percentage, so they look soft and undefined unclothed.

A very thin roll-up, often scrounged near the end of the week when tobacco is running low before the next canteen.

A word children call to claim a truce or time-out in a game.

To show one's teeth in a wide smile or laugh; can imply grinning foolishly.

skin and blister

Sister. Cockney rhyming slang — skin and blister rhymes with sister. Affectionate and a bit cheeky, the way most family rhymes are. Usually shortened to 'me old skin'.

To skim is to secretly divert a portion of cash, especially from a casino or business, before it is recorded, so the take goes untaxed and untraced.

The difference between the skills employers need and the skills available in the workforce or in a given candidate, often cited to justify upskilling and reskilling efforts.

Someone who builds an account around gathering and crafting skills, often with combat left at 3. Fishing, mining, crafting — the whole game minus the swordfighting.

Reply used to wave off any complaint about a game, tool, or situation by implying the problem is that the complainer simply lacks ability. Gaming-born, now stretched to anything — bad code, bad relationships, bad commutes. The point isn't to help, it's to dunk.

A hard hat on a construction site, or a helmet on a bike. Rhyming nickname for the lid that keeps your head from skidding across asphalt or stopping a falling bolt. Used across trades and biker culture interchangeably.

A brief stint of incarceration, over almost as soon as it begins.

A largely meaningless brainrot filler word from the Skibidi Toilet meme, used for comic or ironic effect.