Results for “hep cat”

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Hep Cat
noun

A sharp, in-the-know person who's wise to jazz, style, and the latest jive.

#harlemese#jive#1930s#harlem-renaissance
Catjam
interjection

An animated head-bobbing cat emote spammed when the music or vibe is good.

#gen-z#meme#twitch#emote
Sadcat
noun

A teary-eyed cat emote for soft sadness, disappointment, or pity.

#gen-z#meme#twitch#emote
Catfish
noun

Someone who uses a fake online identity to deceive people, especially in dating — or the act of doing so.

#internet#dating#2010s#meme
Cool Cat
noun

A composed, stylish, in-the-know man — the very picture of beatnik cool.

#beatnik#1950s#beat-generation#vintage
Cattle Truck
noun

GI slang for the cramped troop transport that hauled men packed in like livestock.

#1940s#wartime#swing#vintage
The Cat's Pajamas
phrase

Jazz-age slang for the coolest, classiest, most wonderful thing going.

#1920s#flapper#jazz-age#prohibition
The Cat's Meow
noun

The gold standard of Twenties praise, the most stylish, splendid thing going.

#1920s#flapper#jazz-age#vintage
Cats
noun

The guys, especially musicians and people who are hip to the scene.

#beatnik#1950s#beat-generation#vintage
Spifflicated
adjective

Roaring Twenties for blind drunk, one of dozens of comic synonyms born under Prohibition.

#1920s#flapper#jazz-age#vintage
Catch You On The Flip Side
phrase

A breezy goodbye meaning 'see you later' or 'until next time.'

#1970s#disco#funk#soul
Category Is
phrase

The ballroom emcee's call announcing the theme contestants must serve — 'the category is...'

#aave#lgbtq#ballroom#drag
Bearcat
noun

A fiery, spirited young woman with attitude and energy to spare.

#1920s#flapper#jazz-age#prohibition
Catch Flights, Not Feelings
phrase

A mantra about staying detached, chasing travel and freedom instead of getting attached.

#gen-z#dating#internet#aave
Eleganza
noun

A ballroom category of high-fashion, over-the-top glamour and extravagance.

#lgbtq#ballroom#drag#fashion
Chick
noun

A young woman — the beatnik counterpart to calling a guy a 'cat.'

#beatnik#1950s#beat-generation#vintage
Clocked
verb

To notice, recognize, or call out something — especially catching what someone's trying to hide.

#aave#gen-z#internet#meme
Wassup
interjection

What's up — the drawn-out 90s greeting Budweiser turned into a national catchphrase.

#90s#aave#american#pop
Type Shit 18+
phrase

Mature content — open to view.

#aave#hip-hop#gen-z#meme
Locked
adjective

Extremely drunk — one of Ireland's many words for falling-down intoxicated.

#irish#uk
Sad Sack
noun

The hapless, bumbling soldier who can't catch a break — and any luckless screw-up since.

#1940s#wartime#swing#vintage
Spot
noun

Helping someone lift safely by being ready to catch the weight if they fail.

#gym#fitness#american#sports
Switch
noun

A device that makes a pistol fire fully automatic — a heavily referenced and illegal modification in drill.

#hip-hop#aave#american#gen-z
Railed 18+
adjective

Mature content — open to view.

#american#gen-z
WYA
phrase

'Where you at?' — the locator text when you're waiting on someone or trying to link up.

#acronym#texting#gen-z#aave
The Berries
noun

Top-shelf praise of the Jazz Age, the best of the best, right up there with the cat's meow.

#1920s#flapper#jazz-age#vintage
Nammow
noun

Cockney back-slang for 'woman' — said backwards so the subject didn't catch it.

#cockney#back-slang#british#uk
Mumble Rap
noun

A vibe-first rap style with slurred, hard-to-catch lyrics — often a dig, sometimes just a description.

#hip-hop#american#2000s#gen-z
ASL
adverb

"As hell" — a texting intensifier (e.g. "tired asl"); not to be confused with the older age/sex/location meaning.

#acronym#texting#gen-z#internet
Realness
noun

A ballroom category judged on how convincingly you embody a real-world look or role.

#aave#lgbtq#ballroom#drag
Bop
noun

A genuinely great, catchy song — if a track is a bop, it goes hard and you can't stop playing it.

#gen-z#music#internet#aave
Mortified
adjective

Cripplingly embarrassed — the Irish go-to for social mortification.

#irish#uk
Alligator
noun

A swing-music fan or hep jitterbug, often a white enthusiast soaking up Harlem jazz.

#harlemese#jive#1930s#harlem-renaissance
Gooning 18+
verb

Mature content — open to view.

#gen-z#meme#internet#nsfw
Pecho 18+
verb

Mature content — open to view.

#verlan#french#argot#dating
WYM
phrase

'What you mean?' — asks for clarification, sometimes with attitude.

#acronym#texting#gen-z#aave
Mossed
verb

In football, to out-jump a defender for a catch right over them — total aerial domination.

#sports#american#aave
Where's The Beef
phrase

An 80s catchphrase asking where the substance is — all sizzle, no steak.

#80s#american#pop#meme
Bodega
noun

A small neighborhood corner store — a New York City institution selling everything from snacks to sandwiches, often with a cat.

#american#spanish
Six Seven
phrase

A nonsense brainrot catchphrase kids shout while waving both hands up and down like scales.

#gen-z#meme#brainrot#tiktok
Lit
adjective

Exciting, fun, and full of energy — a lit party is amazing. (Also: intoxicated.)

#hip-hop#aave#gen-z#party
Kittenfishing
verb

Catfishing lite, where you misrepresent yourself with old photos, filters, or little white lies.

#gen-z#dating#internet#catfish
Bogan
noun

An unsophisticated, rough-around-the-edges Aussie — somewhere between affectionate and an insult.

#aussie#culture#class
Big Back
noun

A playful (or insulting) way to call someone greedy or overweight — often used self-deprecatingly about overeating.

#gen-z#internet#meme#food
Hook
noun

The catchy, repeated part of a song — usually the chorus — that hooks you and gets stuck in your head.

#hip-hop#american#music#aave
Che
interjection

The all-purpose 'hey' or 'mate' that's practically Argentina's national catchphrase.

#lunfardo#spanish#argentine#tango
Galvanized Square Steel
phrase

A meme catchphrase from a viral hot-tub building guy — used to mock overconfident DIY or expertise.

#gen-z#meme#internet
Aware
adjective

A cat or Pepe emote meaning a streamer secretly knows exactly what they're doing.

#gen-z#meme#twitch#emote