noun Street Slang

Plug

/plʌɡ/ · noun · slang

Your connection — the person who can get you what you need, party or otherwise.

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Definitions

1

Anyone with access or hookups, like a friend who scores you into events.

“She's the plug for VIP, knows every door guy.”
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2

A reliable connection or supplier who can get you something, classically drugs but now anything.

“My plug always comes through with last-minute tickets.”
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3

As a verb, to promote or recommend something to others.

“Let me plug my friend's event real quick.”
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Plug In A Sentence

You got a plug for cheap tickets?
My guy's the plug, he can get us in anywhere.
Shout out to the plug, the connect never fails.

Origin & Usage

AAVE and hip-hop slang where a 'plug' is a connection or supplier, originally drug-related. It broadened to mean any reliable hookup, and as a verb means to promote.

People Also Ask

What does plug mean in slang?

It means your connection — the person who can reliably get you something, whether tickets, hookups, or originally drugs.

Does plug always mean a drug dealer?

Originally it leaned that way, but now a plug can be anyone with access or hookups, like a friend who scores you into events.

What does it mean to 'plug' something?

As a verb, to plug something means to promote or recommend it, like plugging a friend's party or business.

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