Mad for it. Manc slang hits different, shaped by indie music, football, and a city that never takes itself too seriously. If someone calls you "our kid," you're basically family.
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
"Clapped, it's a synonym for chopped, basically something or someone ugly, bad, or whatever. Basically unattractive. An example would be, oof, you're gonna wear that? That fit is clapped."
Michael James
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United States
"Dece. Abbreviation of decent. However, this usually means more than decent. It is said to describe something as above average or good. Example. I never knew Jan could swim like that. She is awesome. I know. I told you she was dece."
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!"
Dece
"I thought the cookout might be weak, but that burger was dece, the playlist was nice, and even cousin Rob stopped acting like a chaos goblin."
Clapped
"You seen Kyle’s new motor? Paid a grand and it’s already clapped, wing mirror taped on and the exhaust sounding like a Tesco trolley on cobbles"
Bottle job
"Talks big all week, steps up for the last-minute pen, absolutely skies it into Row Z. Whole end groans. Total bottle job."
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."