adverb General Slang

boots

· adverb · drag

Intensifier meaning 'extremely' — done exceptionally, all the way.

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Definitions

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A ballroom-and-drag intensifier that turbocharges whatever comes before it. Tack 'boots' onto an adjective and you mean it to the maximum — 'sickening boots' is sickening at the highest possible level. Lives in the same family as 'the house down.'

“That entrance was gorgeous boots — I could not look away.”
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In the fuller form 'boots the house down' (and the deluxe 'boots the house down boots'), it means done so well it brings the whole house down — flawless, devastating, the top of the top. A stack of intensifiers where more words means more praise.

“She lip-synced that number boots the house down boots — best of the season.”
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boots In A Sentence

That entrance was gorgeous boots — I could not look away.
She lip-synced that number boots the house down boots — best of the season.

Origin & Usage

Ballroom/drag slang, carried into the mainstream via 'RuPaul's Drag Race'.

Variants boots the house downboots the house down bootsbootsing down the house
Tags #drag#ballroom#lgbtq#rupaul

People Also Ask

What does boots mean as slang?

Boots is an intensifier meaning 'extremely' or 'all the way' — it stresses that something was done exceptionally.

How do you use boots in a sentence?

"That outfit is cute boots" means the outfit is extremely cute. It comes after the word it's emphasising.

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