New York talk is fast, loud, and takes no prisoners. From "deadass" to "mad" meaning "very," NYC slang is pure attitude packed into the shortest possible sentence. Fuggedaboutit.
Janna
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United States
"Caught lacking is basically when you get caught doing something that you didn't really expect. I mean, that you didn't really expect to be caught doing, or that you were unprepared for something. Maybe you were just caught lacking. An example would be, Bro, did you just pick your nose? You were caught lacking."
Janna
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United States
"Pull up is basically telling someone, you know, to come over, to come to a place, to meet you, you know, in a certain place. An example would be, oh, you didn't hear about the party at 8? Pull up."
Janna
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United States
"Slay. This is basically just used as a term of encouragement to another person, you know, when they made an accomplishment or they're dressed nice or whatever, or, you know, they did something to change their look or whatnot, just in general. Words of encouragement for, you know, something that they've done with their looks or just in general. An example would be, ooh, I love that blue dress you got. Slay."
Haley
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United States
"Did you see her outfit today? It absolutely slayed. I am American, I'm from the United States. The definition of slay means that you nailed it. You look amazing. You're confident, iconic, things like that. So your makeup slays, she slayed that performance. Okay, outfit slay."
Hugues Renaud
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United States
"D1. Taken from the sports term D1 athlete or Division I athlete. It is added in front of a noun to say that someone is at the peak epitome of that noun. Dude, Charles is fucking hating on Pragmata. What, the game just came out. What do you mean he's already hating on it? Man, I don't know. Charles hates fucking everything. Dude's a D1 hater."
Hugues Renaud
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United States
"Running a fade. Meaning to physically fight someone. Alright, alright, we got a problem here or what? Oh yeah, we got a problem here, alright. Oh, so we have a problem here. Alright, we can run a fade right here, right now, if you want. Okay, tough guy, let's go."
Caught lacking
"He walked in late with no homework and the teacher caught him lacking in front of everyone."
Pull up
"Yo, we’re at Kayla’s crib already, music loud and pizza gone in ten minutes, so pull up before the whole thing gets dead."
D1
"Bro started doomposting about the album before midnight even hit. Man is a D1 hater, give him a cape and a thunderstorm already."
Running a fade
"He kept mouthing off outside the store, then said we could run a fade right there in the parking lot."
Slay
"Girl walked into the meeting, presented those numbers, and slayed it so hard they gave her the promotion on the spot"