Results for “on the road”

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Roadman
noun

A UK term for a streetwise young man tied to road culture; can be respect or mockery.

#british#uk#mle
hoss road
noun

The street. Literally the 'horse road' — the bit where the traffic goes.

#brummie#black country#transport#midlands
On road
phrase

Out in the streets — hustling, repping, living the road life.

#uk-drill#london#street#hustle
frog and toad
noun

The road.

#cockney#london#rhyming-slang#british
sarn
noun

A causeway or paved track — Welsh for the kind of road Romans built.

#welsh#wales#geography#roman
knacker 18+
noun

Mature content — open to view.

#irish#hiberno-english#slur#traveller
neutral ground
noun

What New Orleans calls a road median.

#nola#southern#geography#mardi-gras
the loop
noun phrase

Houston's I-610 ring road; 'inner looper' = lives inside it.

#texas#houston#geography#infrastructure
the feeder
noun phrase

Texan for the highway frontage/access road.

#texas#houston#geography#driving
the Strip
proper noun

Cedar Springs Road — Dallas's main LGBTQ+ nightlife corridor in Oak Lawn.

#dallas#texas#lgbtq#nightlife
the Mile
proper noun

Detroit's Seven Mile Road — north-side cultural artery.

#midwest#detroit#place-name#hip-hop
Papa bear
noun

A male cop, or a senior officer on the road.

#trucker#cb-radio#police#supervisor
Bambi
noun

A deer on the road — alive, dead, or about to be a hood ornament.

#trucker#cb-radio#roadkill#hazard
garage queen
noun

The ambulance that spends more time in the shop than on the road.

#ems#fire#fleet#mechanics
Feds
noun

The police — used in UK road slang and US hip-hop alike.

#uk#british#mle#american
Ching 18+
noun

Mature content — open to view.

#uk#british#mle#hip-hop
Mort
noun

Cant for a woman — a 'walking mort' tramped the roads; an 'autem mort' was a wedded one.

#thieves-cant#cant#historical#british
Trim
noun

A haircut — getting a fresh trim from the barbers is a roadman ritual.

#uk#mle#british#gen-z
Skeng 18+
noun

Mature content — open to view.

#uk#british#mle#aave
Blud
noun

A friend or mate — UK road slang term of address.

#uk#british#mle#gen-z
Pagans
noun

Traitors or untrustworthy people — the plural of paigon in UK road slang.

#uk#british#hip-hop#mle
Active
adjective

Genuinely involved in road life — putting in real work, not just rapping about it.

#uk#british#hip-hop#aave