Results for “the T”

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the T
noun

Boston's subway and bus system — the MBTA, minus the syllables.

#boston#transit#regional#subway
the trap
noun

The drug-dealing spot, or the street life around it.

#atlanta#hip-hop#trap#drugs
The Trey
proper noun

Houston's Third Ward — Scarface country, Screwed Up territory.

#texas#houston#neighbourhood#hip-hop
the Tunnels
proper noun

Underground pedestrian network beneath downtown Dallas.

#dallas#texas#downtown#infrastructure
the tea / T
noun

Gossip, truth, the inside story.

#ballroom#drag#lgbtq#aave
the tea
noun

Gossip, or the truth — the 'T' originally stood for truth.

#drag#ballroom#lgbtq#gossip
Back up the truck
phrase

Buy a security in massive size because the price is too good to pass up.

#finance#wall-street#trading#slang
Painting the tape
phrase

Trading a stock among yourselves to fake volume or move the price.

#finance#wall-street#manipulation#regulation
spilling the tea
phrase

Dishing the gossip or the candid, unfiltered truth.

#ballroom#drag#lgbtq#gossip
spill the tea
phrase

To share the gossip or reveal the truth.

#drag#ballroom#lgbtq#gossip
Hit The Town
phrase

To go out partying — to hit bars, clubs, and nightlife for the night.

#american#british#2000s
theorycrafting
noun

Digging into the maths and game data to min-max the perfect build.

#wow#mmo#min-max#meta
the blue
noun

PUBG's shrinking damage wall that herds everyone in.

#battle royale#pubg#zone
the discourse
noun

Whatever exhausting argument Twitter has decided everyone must have today.

#twitter#x#culture#meta
the bird app
phrase

Coy nickname for Twitter, especially post-rebrand when people refuse to say 'X'.

#twitter#x#nickname#rebrand
the morra
phrase

Tomorrow.

#geordie#scots#north-east#british
the day
phrase

Today.

#geordie#scots#north-east#british
the outdoor
noun

The off-licence — where you nip out to grab a few cans.

#brummie#birmingham#black-country#british
the dibble
noun

The police — specifically Greater Manchester's finest.

#mancunian#manchester#police#british
them man
pronoun

Them, those guys — third-person plural.

#mle#london#british#pronoun
the noo
phrase

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

#scottish#scots#time#phrase
the neck
noun

Brass-neck cheek — the gall to do something shameless.

#irish#hiberno-english#attitude#ireland
the sun is splitting the stones
phrase

It's so hot the rocks are cracking — Irish for a proper scorcher.

#irish#ireland#weather#hiberno-english
the four
noun

Zone 4 — Westside / Southwest Atlanta.

#atlanta#hip-hop#geography#police-zones
the 404
noun

Atlanta's original area code — worn as a badge of true-city authenticity.

#atlanta#hip-hop#area-code#geography
the a
noun

Shorthand for Atlanta.

#atlanta#hip-hop#nickname#urban-lingo
the hooch
noun

Atlanta's nickname for the Chattahoochee River.

#atlanta#georgia#hip-hop#geography
the blanguage
noun

Young Thug's habit of rewriting other rappers' titles by swapping letters.

#atlanta#hip-hop#young-thug#ysl
The O
proper noun

Short for O'Block, the Parkway Gardens set in Chicago.

#chicago#drill#hip-hop#gang
The Wood
noun

Inglewood, California.

#la#inglewood#hip-hop#south-la
the reject
noun

The signature jerkin' move — a running-man done backwards.

#la#dance#jerkin#hip-hop
the dip
noun

Jerk-dance move where you drop low on the beat.

#la#hip-hop#jerkin#dance
The Nickel
proper noun

Houston's Fifth Ward — historic, hard, and often called 'The Bloody Nickel.'

#texas#houston#neighbourhood#hip-hop
The Fo-fo
proper noun

Acres Homes — named after the #44 Metro bus that runs through it.

#texas#houston#neighbourhood#hip-hop
The 'Stead
proper noun

Homestead — north-east Houston neighbourhood.

#texas#houston#neighbourhood#urban-lingo
The Clarke
proper noun

Hiram Clarke — south-west Houston neighbourhood.

#texas#houston#neighbourhood#hip-hop
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 Dot
noun

Dorchester, the sprawling Boston neighborhood locals call home.

#boston#neighborhood#regional#new-england
the Pike
noun

The Massachusetts Turnpike — I-90 to the rest of the country.

#boston#massachusetts#regional#transit
the Soo
proper noun

Sault Ste. Marie — the twin-city port at Michigan's eastern U.P. (and across the river in Ontario).

#midwest#michigan#yooper#place-name
the Lodge
proper noun

Detroit's M-10 / John C. Lodge Freeway.

#midwest#detroit#highway#place-name
the Mile
proper noun

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

#midwest#detroit#place-name#hip-hop
the Pru
noun

Boston nickname for the Prudential Tower.

#boston#regional#landmark
the Suck
noun

The Marine Corps. Said with love. Mostly.

#military#marines#usmc#self-deprecating
the hole
noun phrase

Solitary confinement — the box where they put you to rot alone.

#prison#incarceration#solitary#punishment
the pass
noun

The service window where finished plates get called, checked, and handed to runners.

#kitchen#boh#restaurant#service