​​🔘Staycation
What does staycation mean?

▫️A vacation near your home
Staycation is a vacation where you stay at your home or near your home. It combines "stay" and "vacation."

Staycations have become more popular as people lead busier lives and want a time to just stay at or near home and relax. When vacations are oftentimes more work than relaxation, staycations offer participants the opportunity for more rest and fun with less stress. Also, they are usually much more affordable than traveling vacations.

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"We are having a staycation next week at a waterpark hotel about 15 minutes away from where we live."
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Staycations are nice for keeping calm

​​🔘Phantom Buzz
What does phantom buzz mean?

▫️False phone vibration in your pocket
A phantom buzz is when you think you feel your phone vibrating but it actually isn't. The feeling often occurs when you are anxiously awaiting a phone call or text and your mind tricks you into thinking that your phone is vibrating.

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"I thought Kelsey just texted me back but it was just a phantom buzz."
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When you think you think you felt a buzz

​​🔘Tebowing
What does tebowing mean?

▫️Getting in a position of praying
A body position that involves getting in a position of praying with one knee on the ground; refers to football player Tim Tebow's tradition of praying on the football field.

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"Did you see his picture? He was Tebowing in front of the school."
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Two surgeons tebowing in the ER

​​🔘Janky
What does janky mean?

▫️ Of poor or inferior quality
Janky is a term used to describe something that features poor quality. It is often used when comparing something bad to other similar items/objects that are much better.

The janky term is used to be critical and make fun of something, especially when used to describe a person. Other forms of the word include "jank" and "jankity."

❓Example
"Did you see that janky car? The bumper was taped together."
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A janky attempt at a Mercedes hood ornament

🔘 No Cap

What does no cap mean?


◻️No lie

No cap means "no lie" or "for real," and is used to emphasize that you are telling the truth, especially when describing something that is hard to believe. The slang term gained mainstream popularity in 2018.

When texting or online, the term may also be seen with the baseball cap emoji for extra emphasis. People may also use Cap or Capping when talking about people who are lying. The Cap term gained a lot of exposure in May 2019 when NBA superstar Kevin Durant used it in a tweet accusing reporter Chris Broussard of lying about texting with him.

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"I just saw a dude jump out of a moving car. No cap."
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No Cap means no lie

​​🔘Phantom Buzz
What does phantom buzz mean?

▫️False phone vibration in your pocket
A phantom buzz is when you think you feel your phone vibrating but it actually isn't. The feeling often occurs when you are anxiously awaiting a phone call or text and your mind tricks you into thinking that your phone is vibrating.

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When you think you think you felt a buzz

🔘Put On Blast

What does put on blast mean?


◻️To call out

Put on blast is a phrase that means "to call out" or "to dis" a person. It is usually done in an embarrassing manner that is unexpected, which is where the "blast" part comes from.

The term is similar to the "throwing shade" phrase since it is also an insult given in an embarrassing way in front of people. A person putting another person on blast is an expression of anger that is the result of something that was said or done to a person that inflicted harm. It may occur in real life, on social sites like Facebook or Twitter, or in a web forum.

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"He was put on blast in the middle of mcds and it was posted on fb."
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Put On Blast means to call out

​​🔘Grelfie

◽️Group selfie
A grelfie is a selfie that consists of a large group of people. It is commonly taken when there is no extra person available to take a photo of the group.

A grelfie is similar to felfie, belfie, and shelfie terms that all describe a type of selfie. Grelfies are usually taken with a selfie stick because of the need of a wider angle to fit in all the people.

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"Can u send me the grelfie we took at the State Fair?"
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Ellen DeGeneres and a group of celebrities taking a grelfie at the Academy Awards

🔘Simping

What does simping mean?

◻️Obsessing over a person that does not return the same affection

Simping is when a person obsesses over someone and does things that he wouldn't normally do in order to please that person. It is primarily used online to criticize and make fun of a person for exerting a lot of effort to make someone happy who doesn't share the same romantic feelings.

While traces of the term date back to the mid-2000s, it did not become popular until the late-2010s. Teenagers and young adults mostly use the term on social media, especially on Twitter and TikTok, to call out others for acting like simps.

Simping is commonly done by a heterosexual male who is pursuing a disinterested girl in order to make her like him. He may say or do things out of his character in order to appeal to her desires. While simping is not as creepy as stalking it is seen as pathetic because everyone can see that it is desperate and a fruitless endeavor except for the simp.

The female being pursued may be unaware that she's breadcrumbing the guy. Or she may be doing it on purpose because she likes the focused attention.

Simping may also be used to make fun of guys who are just generally kind to a female without getting any sexual favors in return. This type of criticism has been scrutinized since it promotes "toxic masculinity" where it's only worth it for guys to be kind to women if they can get something out of it. Some claim that "SIMP" stands for "Suckas Idolizing Mediocre P****."

While simping is primarily done by desperate guys, girls may also be guilty of it when they are hopelessly infatuated with someone.

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"Antoine pretending to like the WNBA and buying tix to the game to get with Keysha is next level simping."
"Yeah, he's pathetic."
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Simping Anakin Skywalker meme

🔘 No Cap

What does no cap mean?


◻️No lie

No cap means "no lie" or "for real," and is used to emphasize that you are telling the truth, especially when describing something that is hard to believe. The slang term gained mainstream popularity in 2018.

When texting or online, the term may also be seen with the baseball cap emoji for extra emphasis. People may also use Cap or Capping when talking about people who are lying. The Cap term gained a lot of exposure in May 2019 when NBA superstar Kevin Durant used it in a tweet accusing reporter Chris Broussard of lying about texting with him.

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"I just saw a dude jump out of a moving car. No cap."
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No Cap means no lie

​​🔘Waiver Hawk
What does waiver hawk mean?

◽️A fantasy sports owner who patrols the waiver wire
A waiver hawk is an owner in fantasy sports, like fantasy football or fantasy baseball, who patrols the waiver wire to pick up players moments after they become a free agent. The name comes from the laser-like focus and patience of a real hawk hunting prey and an owner hunting a player that is placed on the league's waiver wire.

The waiver wire is known in real-life and fantasy sports as the period when a player is released from his team and before he becomes a free agent. There is an order that teams are placed in to have priority to pick up players. The order is based on the team's record (the worst team has first priority) and how often they pick up players (when you pick up a player from waivers you go to the back of the line). Owners become waiver hawks when a player they deem as valuable to their team is going to clear waivers and they get up early in the morning to pick up the player moments after he becomes available as a free agent. This strategy allows the owner to not sacrifice his waiver order when picking up the player.

❓Example
"Brad is a real waiver hawk.
Yeah I saw he picked up Jones right after midnight."
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Waiver Hawk means a fantasy sports owner who patrols the waiver wire

🔘Womp

What does womp mean?

◻️Expression of disappointment

Womp is an expression of disappointment or letdown used to react to something negative. It comes from the low sound a trombone makes to convey sadness in songs, TV shows, and movies.

The term often appears as "Womp womp" and may be spoken out loud or typed in text messages or online. Some examples of when you might use it are when a friend tells you he failed his test, when you spill your drink, or when your dad grounds your sister.

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"I just burned my tongue drinking coffee."
"Womp womp."
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Womp is used to express disappointment

🔘Put On Blast

What does put on blast mean?


◻️To call out

Put on blast is a phrase that means "to call out" or "to dis" a person. It is usually done in an embarrassing manner that is unexpected, which is where the "blast" part comes from.

The term is similar to the "throwing shade" phrase since it is also an insult given in an embarrassing way in front of people. A person putting another person on blast is an expression of anger that is the result of something that was said or done to a person that inflicted harm. It may occur in real life, on social sites like Facebook or Twitter, or in a web forum.

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"He was put on blast in the middle of mcds and it was posted on fb."
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Put On Blast means to call out

🔘Cuffing

What does cuffing mean?


◻️Linking up in a relationship with a person

Cuffing is a dating term for when a person starts a relationship with someone. It comes from "handcuffing" a person, which is when his hands are linked together with handcuffs.

The term has a negative connotation since cuffing someone is done to restrain the person. It is similar to the "ole ball and chain" expression used to refer to a SO. Cuffing is popular during the late fall and winter months, which is known as cuffing season.

❓Example

"Where's Sean?
He's at the movies too busy cuffing with the first girl he sees."
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Determined cuffing at its finest

🔘 No Cap

What does no cap mean?


◻️No lie

No cap means "no lie" or "for real," and is used to emphasize that you are telling the truth, especially when describing something that is hard to believe. The slang term gained mainstream popularity in 2018.

When texting or online, the term may also be seen with the baseball cap emoji for extra emphasis. People may also use Cap or Capping when talking about people who are lying. The Cap term gained a lot of exposure in May 2019 when NBA superstar Kevin Durant used it in a tweet accusing reporter Chris Broussard of lying about texting with him.

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"I just saw a dude jump out of a moving car. No cap."
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No Cap means no lie

​​🔘Janky
What does janky mean?

▫️ Of poor or inferior quality
Janky is a term used to describe something that features poor quality. It is often used when comparing something bad to other similar items/objects that are much better.

The janky term is used to be critical and make fun of something, especially when used to describe a person. Other forms of the word include "jank" and "jankity."

❓Example
"Did you see that janky car? The bumper was taped together."
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A janky attempt at a Mercedes hood ornament

​​🔘Waiver Hawk
What does waiver hawk mean?

◽️A fantasy sports owner who patrols the waiver wire
A waiver hawk is an owner in fantasy sports, like fantasy football or fantasy baseball, who patrols the waiver wire to pick up players moments after they become a free agent. The name comes from the laser-like focus and patience of a real hawk hunting prey and an owner hunting a player that is placed on the league's waiver wire.

The waiver wire is known in real-life and fantasy sports as the period when a player is released from his team and before he becomes a free agent. There is an order that teams are placed in to have priority to pick up players. The order is based on the team's record (the worst team has first priority) and how often they pick up players (when you pick up a player from waivers you go to the back of the line). Owners become waiver hawks when a player they deem as valuable to their team is going to clear waivers and they get up early in the morning to pick up the player moments after he becomes available as a free agent. This strategy allows the owner to not sacrifice his waiver order when picking up the player.

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"Brad is a real waiver hawk.
Yeah I saw he picked up Jones right after midnight."
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Waiver Hawk means a fantasy sports owner who patrols the waiver wire

​​🔘Tebowing
What does tebowing mean?

▫️Getting in a position of praying
A body position that involves getting in a position of praying with one knee on the ground; refers to football player Tim Tebow's tradition of praying on the football field.

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Two surgeons tebowing in the ER

​​🔘Homeslice
does homeslice mean?

A close friend
Homeslice is another term for a close friend, perhaps a BFF. It is often used when referring to or greeting a friend.

Homeslice comes from the "little slice of home" saying, which is used to describe something that is familiar and dear to your heart and reminds you of home. Some other terms for a homeslice include biffles, broseph, and bestie.

❓Example
"Why the glum face, homeslice?"
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When you just gotta embrace your homeslice

🔘Cuffing

What does cuffing mean?


◻️Linking up in a relationship with a person

Cuffing is a dating term for when a person starts a relationship with someone. It comes from "handcuffing" a person, which is when his hands are linked together with handcuffs.

The term has a negative connotation since cuffing someone is done to restrain the person. It is similar to the "ole ball and chain" expression used to refer to a SO. Cuffing is popular during the late fall and winter months, which is known as cuffing season.

❓Example

"Where's Sean?
He's at the movies too busy cuffing with the first girl he sees."
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Determined cuffing at its finest