pick-me
A pick-me is someone who tries too hard to win approval, usually a woman who puts other women down to…
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earworm
An earworm is a song, or a bit of a song, that gets stuck in your head and keeps replaying…
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scrim
A scrim is a practice match between two teams, especially in esports. It’s short for scrimmage. Scrims don’t count toward…
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gist
In Nigerian English, gist means gossip or a good chat. “I have gist for you” means I have news, usually…
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degen
Degen is short for “degenerate.” In crypto, trading and gambling circles it means someone who takes wild, high-risk bets, and…
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sigma
Sigma has two slang meanings. A “sigma male” is supposedly a cool, independent lone wolf who succeeds outside the social…
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unspoken rizz
Unspoken rizz is charm that works without saying a word: a look, a half-smile, a nod from across the room.…
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deep cut
A deep cut is a lesser-known song by an artist, the kind only real fans know, and by extension any…
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hard mode
Hard mode is a video game difficulty setting that makes everything tougher. In slang, doing something “on hard mode” means…
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side hustle
A side hustle is paid work you do on top of your main job, like freelancing, selling things online or…
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canon event
A canon event is an experience, usually an awkward or painful one, that feels like an unavoidable part of growing…
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wahala
Wahala means trouble or problems. It’s one of the most common words in Nigerian Pidgin and Nigerian English, and “no…
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