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Aggressive Bay Area hip-hop and the wild, uninhibited behavior tied to it—where the music's energy demands you abandon all restraint.

A compressed affirmation where delivery determines meaning—enthusiastic for genuine agreement, flat for skeptical doubt.

An informal term for someone in your close circle—chosen family rather than blood, carrying warmth and trust.

An informal address among friends in Mexican Spanish that signals familiarity and comfort, ranging from affectionate to frustrated depending on tone.

A way to name the energy or vibe something is projecting, using an intentionally incomplete sentence that creates knowing shorthand.

One word for anger, admiration, difficulty, audacity, and excellence. The verb and tone decide which.

The moment something breaks through your emotional defenses and you can no longer maintain composure — whether from being deeply moved or overwhelmed with frustration.

Colombian street slang "parcero" became "parce" - the ultimate casual friend address that turns every conversation into an easygoing chat between equals.

Voluntary withdrawal from relentless work culture and social expectations, choosing minimal effort for survival over endless competition for diminishing returns.

An exclamation of genuine delight when food exceeds expectations — involuntary praise that announces satisfaction too intense for regular compliments.

To emigrate from Nigeria when staying feels impossible — a word for leaving that carries both urgency and resignation.

A Yoruba-rooted exclamation Nigerians use to mark surprise, emphasis, or casual camaraderie — emotionally versatile but never vulgar.

An emphatic declaration of complete honesty, used to signal that what you're saying contains no exaggeration or lies.

How Jamaican Patois became London's amplifier — a word that turned Caribbean abundance into British youth identity.

An expression of genuine approval or admiration—exclaimed when something impresses you, or used to describe people whose presence brings real warmth.

Brutal competition where everyone works harder but nobody gets ahead — the exhausting treadmill of modern life that produces burnout, not progress.

French youth transformed "serious" into an intensifier meaning really or very — pure emphasis that marks you as inside contemporary spoken French.

A single syllable Chileans add to everything — so automatic they don't notice using it, so distinctive that everyone else does.

A Roman exclamation that shifts from casual acknowledgment to passionate rallying cry depending entirely on how you say it.

Colombian exclamation of genuine enthusiasm and approval, distinctly tied to Medellín regional identity and paisa cultural pride.

An informal Spanish word for work that carries the rhythm of everyday labor without the formality of professional language.

Mexican term for someone who performs upper-class identity through expensive tastes, distinctive speech patterns, and cultural alignment with Western values over Mexican identity.

An informal group greeting among young Italians that signals casual belonging — you'd use it with friends arriving somewhere, never with strangers or elders.

Deliberate active disengagement from unwinnable systems — choosing failure as protest, sabotaging your own prospects to opt out of rigged games.

A Northeastern Brazilian term for a dance party, and also the name of the fast electronic forró music played there.

The formal German way to say you're raising standards or expectations, borrowed from the literal bar in high jump.

A command to act immediately or increase intensity — the social equivalent of pressing the accelerator pedal.

An informal address that signals comfort and belonging — used with friends, acquaintances, and strangers in casual conversation throughout Venezuelan Spanish.

Hyperbolic praise declaring someone or something so exceptional they've achieved permanent, deity-level status — sincere worship or ironic commentary depending on context.

A Filipino expression for being genuinely happy for someone's good fortune while wishing you had it too — envy without bitterness.

Southern speech marker for immediate future action with preparation already underway — stronger than intention, not quite in motion.

A self-aware mantra declaring that maintaining unrealistic optimism is a valid coping strategy — acknowledging the delusion while embracing it anyway.

An enthusiastic marker of approval — anything that impresses, satisfies, or exceeds expectations gets called this.

Spain's casual verb for expressing that something appeals to you — living entirely in conversation, never in writing, marking speakers as distinctly peninsular.

A verbal tap on the shoulder — greeting, attention-getter, or surprise marker that does several conversational jobs at once.

A direct declaration of genuine disgust — no softening, no playfulness, just honest revulsion toward something that repels you.

A casual greeting among young Kenyans that marks peer relationships — appropriate for friends and age-mates, disrespectful with elders.

To observe something sharply and call it out—spotting a detail, recognizing a truth, or noticing what others missed.

Toronto street slang for a close friend that signals belonging to the city's Caribbean-influenced youth culture.

A Filipino discourse marker that retracts what you just said—verbal punctuation meaning 'just kidding' that softens bold statements while keeping them in play.

A Brazilian music genre and close-partner dance from the northeast, carried by accordion and migration, expressing both rural roots and urban reinvention.

The Nigerian expression for being genuinely broke, carrying solidarity and humor rather than shame about financial hardship.

Wahala means trouble or problems, but carries Nigerian versatility — acknowledging genuine difficulties while allowing playful, even affectionate uses depending on tone and context.

When someone rises so high above ordinary life that they can no longer see it clearly — success that severs connection with everyday reality.

A sincerity marker that signals authentic opinion — the phrase French speakers use to cut through politeness and say what they genuinely think.

An expression of masculine respect for boldness or daring actions, rooted in anatomical slang but softened through repetition into street-level approval.

The informal term for work that acknowledges what most employment actually is — not a calling, but what pays for living.

Southern Vietnamese's direct, emphatic way of calling out chaos — whether physical mess, digital disorder, or systems that stopped making sense.

An intensifier meaning something happened instantly or unexpectedly fast, emphasizing the sudden speed of an action.

An informal Venezuelan address term carrying warmth and ease, used with anyone you're comfortable around — from close friends to familiar strangers.