The big smoke itself, where Cockney rhyming slang was born and where every generation reinvents the language from scratch. From market traders to grime MCs, London slang spreads like wildfire across the globe.
Courtney Sintoni
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United States
"Wicked I've seen used up north primarily and it is a word used for emphasis like you would use very or really. For example, I'm wicked tired. Can you hurry up?"
Janna
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United States
"Drip is basically your clothes or your appearance, but it's just like very stylish, you know, looking good. Let's say it doesn't have to be expensive, but you just look really good and stylish. That's basically you having drip. An example would be damn, did you see his fit today? He's got mad drip."
Janna
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United States
"fit check is when you're you know showing your outfit off could be to a camera could be your friend telling them okay I got this t-shirt from I don't know from Zara or these pants from Levi's you know that's basically what a fit check is breaking down your outfit. an example would be okay guys time for a fit check"
Janna
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United States
"Say less. That basically means, maybe when someone asks you to do something, asks you for a favour, tells you to do something, you just say, say less. To mean like, okay, I got it, like, I'll do it, I understand, it's done, you know? Kinda what it means. An example could be, Yo, can you send me the notes you took at Mr. Smith's class real quick? Say less."
Hugues Renaud
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United States
"Peak. In a stricter sense, it is a word to refer to something at the peak of its domain, the best of the best, but more current usage means that people mainly use it just to say that something is really, really unfortunate. Dude, did you see that new movie that came out, Project Hail Mary? Oh my god, yes, that shit was so peak!"
Say less
"Told my boy there was free food at the block party on Saturday and he just looked at me and went say less, I'll be there at noon."
Fit check
"Posted a fit check before the night out and the comments went off. Even nan said she was proud. Wearing that again"
Drip
"He rocked up in creps and a clean tracksuit, proper drip. I joked he’s a drip for being late again, and he looked bare confused."
Wicked
"You coming Friday? The new place in Soho is wicked, decent tunes, cheap-ish pints, and the bouncer actually let us in for once."
Peak
"Got to the O2 early, queued for an hour, and they shut the doors when I was next. That’s peak, bruv."