The living dictionary of the streets
We can't be bothered with textbook English. We're all about the pub, the chippy, the corner shop banter. That's where the real language lives, the stuff no dictionary would dare print but everyone gets.
Every place has its own way of chatting rubbish, with its own rhythm and attitude. From a "bloody hell" in London to a "y'all" in Texas. That variety absolutely does our heads in.
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Used for a post you deeply relate to but do not want to repost openly, so you call it a silent repost instead. It lives in TikTok and Instagram talk, where reposting usually signals agreement. This version keeps the same emotional nod but with a bit of privacy, like admitting the post got you without putting your whole soul on display.
Means show me what this is, plug me into it, or introduce me to something good. You use it when someone’s got a song, spot, style, or food place that’s clearly hitting and you want in. It’s got that friendly recommendation vibe, half curiosity, half demand, like stop gatekeeping and share the sauce already.
This is what you throw at someone when they’re being ridiculous, dramatic, or acting like their nonsense deserves a standing ovation. It’s basically a sharper, more stretched out be serious, with extra side eye baked in. You use it when the story sounds fake, the excuse is weak, or somebody is wildly overdoing it for no reason.
Means someone has things going their way in a big visible sense, like money, popularity, opportunities, momentum, or just life looking up. You say it when somebody is winning socially or financially, or when a situation feels active and successful instead of dry. It is all about forward energy, clout, and results, not just being busy for nothing.
A dramatic little add on dropped at the start or end of a sentence when you are admitting something is true, even if you wish it was not. It softens the confession while making it funnier and more theatrical. Gen Z uses it for reluctant agreement, shady praise, or spotting facts that cannot be dodged.
A call and response style phrase used before admitting some odd, embarrassing, or low stakes truth with the promise of no shame attached. It blew up online as a confessional game, especially on TikTok, where people use it to spill harmless secrets they would normally keep tucked away. Half safe space, half comedy grenade.
Means a secret hookup or the person you are quietly meeting, texting, or linking with behind the scenes. Usually romantic or sexual, usually low key, and usually the kind of thing only one friend knows about. The sneaky part is the whole engine here. It is basically romance wearing a hoodie and checking over its shoulder.
Gets used for someone acting extra flamboyant, fruity, or a bit theatrical, usually with a teasing tone. Online it often points at a guy moving or posing in a way people read as feminine. Depending on who's saying it, it can be playful banter or a bit loaded, so context does a lot of heavy lifting here.
A silly, clownish way to call something weird looking, unserious, or plain ridiculous. It comes from goofy ass, with ahh turning up online when people dodged filters or just liked the dafter sound of it. Usually playful, sometimes a light roast. If someone says your trainers are goofy ahh, they are absolutely not calling them elegant.
No machine writes the Slangtionary. We build it by having a proper natter with humans on WhatsApp, and every expression comes with its meaning, its region, real usage examples, its tone and, when known, where it comes from.
Before anything goes live we check it by hand and flesh it out with the real voices of the people who actually use the words. A living field notebook that grows bit by bit.
The humans putting the most graft into this dictionary, ranked by their latest contribution. Without them, none of this would sound right.
Sixty expressions on the fly. Tap whichever grabs you and fall down the rabbit hole.
Every expression lives somewhere. We have laid the dictionary over the map so you can see where each word comes from.
Tap the map and have a wander through the regions, because every corner talks its own way.
Rizz, slay, no cap, mid. The vocabulary that escapes a phone screen and somehow ends up at the dinner table.
Knackered, gobsmacked, having a kip. The English of the pint, the chippie and the long way home from the pub.
Arvo, brekkie, fair dinkum. The Australian way of shrinking every word, every name and every sentence by half.
Deadass, mad, hella, bodega. The cadence of every train station, deli counter and stoop in the five boroughs.
Bless your heart, fixin' to, y'all. The Southern way of being polite that can also be the most brutal sentence you hear all week.
Grand, gas, eejit, sound. Ireland's small dictionary of warmth, mischief and the gentle art of saying everything is fine when it isn't.
4.764 voices of the people already ring out in their street dictionary
Theory is all well and good... but what we Magikitos really love is hearing humans in their natural flow. If you know a cool expression from your neck of the woods, send us a voice note on WhatsApp using it with a real, street-level example. We publish them all and build the sound map together!
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