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Independent - Teen slang glossary Category: Language and Literature > Youth slang Date & country: 02/12/2007, UK Words: 49

Air
Slang: Something that's rubbish. Also used to describe being ignored -Usage: 'You got air' - Other terms dissed

Bait
Slang: Obvious, stupid -Usage: 'You're so bait man' - Other terms Waste, clown

Ballin'
Slang: Making or having lots of money -Usage: 'What you ballin' now?' - Other terms Flossing

Bare
Slang: Lots, many and good; high in quantity and quality -Usage: 'I got bare jokes man' - Other terms Nuff

Blud
Slang: Friend -Usage: 'What's happenin' blud?' - Other terms Bredrin, fam, man dem

Boyed
Slang: Being insulted, publicly put-down or humiliated -Usage: 'You got boyed!' - Other terms Chiefed, hotted, had up

Brapp!
Slang: Exclamation of approval, usually accompanied by 'throwing' gun-shaped hands in the air to mimic some Jamaican badman's habit of firing gunshots in the air to show the DJ their approval -Usage: 'Brapp! Brapp! That bar was heavy!' - Other terms Zoop! Zoop!

Breading
Slang: Sucking up to someone, kissing arse -Usage: 'Why you breading?' - Other terms On his balls

Bubblin'
Slang: Feeling the vibe -Usage: 'Yeah, I'm bubblin'' - Other terms On this ting

Bustin'
Slang: Wearing something -Usage: 'My man's bustin' his trousers low'

Choong
Slang: Attractive -Usage: 'That girl is choooong, blud' - Other terms Buff, fly

Chops
Slang: Jewellery -Usage: 'I can't find my chops!' - Other terms Bling, ice, chaps

Clown
Slang: Derogatory term - idiot -Usage: 'Shut up, clown' - Other terms Joker, wasteman/woman

Cotch
Slang: To kick back and relax at home alone or with close friends, to do as little as possible -Usage: 'I'm been cotchin' in my crib for time' - Other terms Chill

Creps
Slang: Trainers -Usage: 'Yo, fresh creps, blood' - Other terms Kicks, boogers, sneaks

Cussin'
Slang: Insulting -Usage: 'Why you cussin' for?' - Other terms Burying, burnin', ripping

Deadout
Slang: Something that's rubbish or that's getting no love -Usage: 'You're deadout' - Other terms Air, dead

Draw
Slang: Marijuana -Usage: 'I'm gonna get draw' - Other terms Weed, score, tens

Duppy
Slang: Being attacked or killed (originally patois for 'ghost' ). Duppy can also be a derogatory term for white people -Usage: 'Man got duppyed' - Other terms Kill off, murked

Endz
Slang: Local area, estate or neighbourhood -Usage: 'Grime is big on the endz' - Other terms Hood, ghetto, road

Far
Slang: Shortened way of saying something is too far away or too much of a hassle to get to. Requires extra emphasis. -Usage: 'Deptford is far, blud' - Other terms Long

Flow
Slang: Describes the speech pattern, speed and style used when someone raps -Usage: 'His flow is tight, G' - Other terms Delivery

Freestyle
Slang: Rapping without any pre-written lyrics. Nowadays used to describe lyrics that aren't in song format, not necessarily unprepared -Usage: 'Drop a freestyle man' - Other terms Bars, spitting

Garms
Slang: Clothes -Usage: 'Yeah, nice garms, blud' - Other terms Threads

Gash
Slang: Term for girls with not particularly nice sexual origins, but not necessarily meant as derogatory - like 'birds' -Usage: 'I get bare gash man, for true' - Other terms Brud, link, tings, booty

Grime
Slang: Genre of music indigenous to the UK, performed by the likes of Dizzee Rascal (right). Mostly mid-tempo, stripped-down, minimal style of music comprising of beats and bass with simple rhythms -Usage: 'Yeah, I do grime' - Other terms Eski, dark garage, sub-lo

Grimey
Slang: Positive term for something or someone that appears raw and tough, but not necessarily related to grime music -Usage: 'This beat is over grimey' - Other terms Fierce

Grind-Grinding
Slang: Working hard to make ends meet. -Usage: 'I've been grinding for time man' - Other terms On the grind, struggle, hustle

Hype
Slang: A good artist with a big fan base who is getting lots of interest. Also used to describe someone who is either excited or excitable -Usage: 'This MC is hype!' - Other terms Blowing up

Ish-Shiz
Slang: Self-censoring alternative for 'shit', meaning stuff. Originates from clean versions of explicit rap songs that reverse offensive words. -Usage: 'That's some heavy ish' - Other terms Shizzle

Jacked
Slang: Being robbed -Usage: 'My man's got jacked last night bruv' - Other terms Boyed

Jokes
Slang: Used as an adjective to mean ridiculous or rubbish -Usage: 'That show is jokes, man' - Other terms Waste

Licking off
Slang: Shooting a gun -Usage: 'He's licking off shots' - Other terms Busting, bursting, spraying

Long
Slang: Overly complicated, boring, difficult or time-consuming. Requires particular emphasis -Usage: 'Homework? Nah, that's long, man'

Mans-Mandem
Slang: Men, friends or brothers -Usage: 'Wait here for mandem' - Other terms Bruv, cuz, bredren

Over
Slang: Very or highly, can be used in both positive and negative contexts -Usage: 'Those garms are over grimey' - Other terms Bare

Reach it
Slang: Going to a place -Usage: 'Yeah, I'm gonna reach it' - Other term Touch it

Regs
Slang: Often, frequently - short for regular -Usage: 'I juice on the regs'

Repping
Slang: An MC will represent or big up their area or crew to show they have not forgotten where they have come from -Usage: 'I'm repping my endz, blud' - Other terms Shouts

Road
Slang: Localised area, alternative to 'from the streets' -Usage: 'Kano is big on road' - Other terms Endz, yard

Shiffed-shift
Slang: Caught by the Police, arrested -Usage: 'I got shiffed outside the KFC' - Other terms Nabbed, Pulled up

Shower
Slang: Used nowadays to mean good or very street. Derives from Jamaica's showerman crew, the notorious yardie gang -Usage: 'That tune is shower!' - Other terms Showerman, showerwoman

Sterling
Slang: Money -Usage: 'Still stacking the sterling?' - Other terms Doe, notes, queen heads, papers, paperspread

Swag
Slang: Rubbish -Usage: 'That's swag' - Other terms Waste

True-true-dat
Slang: Term of agreement -Usage: 'Yeah, that's for true' - Other terms For real

Wack
Slang: Not very good -Usage: 'That's wack' - Other terms Shit, waste

Wasteman
Slang: Insult to describe a worthless, useless or unreliable individual. Also wastewoman or wastegash -Usage: 'You're a wasteman' - Other terms Poomplex

Yard
Slang: House, home turf. Or to mean back home in Jamaica: ' back-a-yard' -Usage: 'I'm hitting yard now man, that long man' - Other terms Crib

Yute
Slang: Young person (aged one to 18 years old) -Usage: 'How's your yute these days' - Other terms Minor, youngers, pickneys