Results for “house mom”

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house mom
phrase

The dressing-room manager who looks after the dancers.

#sex-work#stripping#club#staff
house fee
phrase

The flat fee a dancer pays the club just to work her shift.

#sex-work#stripping#club#fees
house
noun

A chosen-family crew in ballroom culture, led by a mother and/or father, that competes together at balls.

#ballroom#vogue#lgbtq#chosen-family
House of LaBeija
noun

The first ballroom house, founded by Crystal and Lottie LaBeija after racism shut Black queens out of white drag pageants.

#ballroom#houses#lgbtq#harlem
House of Xtravaganza
noun

The legendary all-Latino ballroom house, founded 1982 by Hector Valle and led to glory by mother Angie Xtravaganza.

#ballroom#houses#lgbtq#latino
House of Ninja
noun

The multiracial ballroom house founded in 1982 by Willi Ninja, the Godfather of Vogue.

#ballroom#houses#vogue#lgbtq
house mother
noun

The experienced leader who heads a ballroom house and mentors its children.

#ballroom#drag#lgbtq#houses
house father
noun

The male-presenting leader of a ballroom house, counterpart to the house mother.

#ballroom#drag#lgbtq#houses
trap house
noun

A house used as a base for selling drugs.

#atlanta#hip-hop#trap#drugs
ya mom'n'em
phrase

NOLA-speak for 'your mom and the rest of the family'.

#nola#family#southern#everyday
shotgun house
noun

Long narrow NOLA house with rooms in a straight line front to back.

#nola#architecture#southern#hip-hop
by my house
phrase

NOLA way of saying 'at my house,' calqued from French.

#nola#yat#dialect#southern
jailhouse lawyer
noun

An inmate who plays legal advisor — qualifications optional.

#prison#legal#us#inmate
404 moment
phrase

When the patient's notes have vanished mid-ward-round.

#medical#hospital#internet#rounds
father / house father
noun

The seasoned leader of a ballroom house who guides and protects its members.

#ballroom#lgbtq#house#chosen-family
children / house children
noun

The mentored members of a ballroom house, parented by its mother and father.

#ballroom#lgbtq#house#chosen-family
Pog Champ Moment
phrase

A genuinely jaw-dropping, hype-worthy moment that makes chat lose its mind.

#gen-z#twitch#meme#hype
The House Down
phrase

An intensifier meaning 'completely' or 'to the max' — she served the house down.

#aave#lgbtq#drag#ballroom
proc
noun

When an effect fires off automatically the moment its conditions are met.

#mmo#rpg#combat#mechanics
limit break
noun

A charged-up, party-wide super move you unleash at the perfect moment.

#mmo#ffxiv#final fantasy#raid
Tech
noun, verb

Inputting at the right moment to escape a throw or soften a knockdown.

#fighting games#defense#knockdown
making cycles
phrase

Timing moving stage elements so you hit them at the perfect moment.

#speedrun#technique#timing#platforming
suicide bullet
noun

A bullet an enemy fires at you the moment it dies.

#shmup#bullet-hell#enemies#retro
KEKWait
interjection

KEKW variant for when chat's mid-laugh and the moment suddenly flips.

#twitch#emote#laughter#streaming
bootcamp
noun

A team locks itself in a house to grind practice before a big tournament.

#esports#pro-play#practice#team
who is this diva
phrase

Affectionate caption hyping someone mid-diva moment.

#tiktok#gen-z#comment#compliment
L take
noun

An opinion so bad it's a loss the moment it's posted.

#twitter#discourse#opinion#dunk
debut
noun

A K-pop trainee's official first release as an idol — the moment they're no longer in training.

#kpop#industry#fandom#milestone
top signal
noun

A moment so unhinged it marks the peak of the market.

#crypto#market#twitter#cycle
hoose
noun

Geordie (and wider Scots) for house.

#geordie#scots#north-east#british
shoobz
noun

A house party. Also: to party.

#mle#london#british#party
lohbee
noun

Dundonian for the hallway or lobby of a house.

#scottish#dundonian#dundee#home
the noo
phrase

Right now, just now — the Scottish 'at the moment'.

#scottish#scots#time#phrase
rid neck
noun

A face-reddening moment of pure embarrassment.

#scottish#glaswegian#glasgow#embarrassment
bando
noun

An abandoned house, especially one used for trapping.

#atlanta#hip-hop#trap#slang
waho
noun

Waffle House — the 24-hour ATL institution.

#atlanta#food#late-night#southern
lagniappe
noun

A little something extra, on the house.

#nola#french-creole#southern#service
ova by
preposition

New Orleans-ese for 'at' or 'to' a place, usually someone's house.

#nola#yat#dialect#south
camelback
noun

A shotgun house with a single-story front and a two-story rear.

#nola#architecture#south#history
Shotgun
noun

Narrow NOLA row house with rooms strung in a single line, no hallway.

#nola#architecture#housing#new-orleans
Stoop
noun

The front steps of a house — and the social spot for sitting out and watching the block.

#nola#housing#new-orleans#street-life
wok
noun

Prison. Also 'wok house' — the jail.

#uk-drill#london#prison#street
FISH
acronym

Fighting In Someone's House — British shorthand for urban combat.

#military#british-army#acronym#urban-combat
a la minute
phrase

Cooked to order the moment the ticket lands.

#kitchen#boh#restaurant#french
BOH
noun

Back of house — the kitchen and everything behind the swinging door.

#kitchen#boh#restaurant#acronym
FOH
noun

Front of house — dining room, bar, host stand, anything the guest touches.

#kitchen#foh#restaurant#acronym
Romex
noun

The plastic-jacketed house wiring inside basically every American home built since the 60s.

#construction#electrical#wiring#trades
tip out
phrase

The cut a dancer owes the DJ, bouncers and house staff at end of shift.

#sex-work#stripping#club#fees