Phrase

Meaning

Aight

Alright (pronounced like "height")

Bay, bro, cuz

Mate or friend

Bling bling

Flashy or expensive jewellery

Breaking

Break-dancing - a key element of hip-hop culture

Chur

Thanks - e.g. "chur cuz!"

Deejaying

The art of mixing music, usually on a record turntable. Part of hip-hop culture

Diss'

To show disrespect to someone

Dope, gravy, mint, wicked

Used to describe something looking or feeling good - e.g. "That concert was really dope"

Emceeing

Derivative of "MC" - the art of talking/integrating lyrics with music, usually hip-hop

Fo' shizzle ma nizzle

Means "I agree"

Ginga, morange

Person with red or ginger hair

Hella

Used to give emphasis to something, e.g. "Brad Pitt is hella good-looking"

Hook up

To get romantically involved with someone; to start dating

Jokes

Equivalent of "just kidding". Usually follows a follows a lie such as: "you smell terrible - jokes"

Kewl

Cool (pronounced "kee-yool") - e.g. "Brad Pitt is a hella kewl actor"

Klingon, blender

An outsider who does not belong to a certain social cluster and is attempting to join.

Laters

Short version of "see you later"

Meh

Expression of indifference - equivalent of "I don't know/don't care," e.g. Q: "What are you doing tonight?" - A: "Meh"

Moked, owned

Derivative of "smoked" - means embarrassed or ashamed e.g. "Jack was `moked after being told off in front of everyone at school." Or, "Jane was totally owned when she fell flat on her face in front of the whole class"

Peeps

People

Phat

Pronounced "fat" - means, cool, good-looking, hot or tempting e.g. "Catherine Zeta-Jones is really phat"

Phat-phree

Opposite of phat

Player

Someone (usually male) romantically involved with many people and "playing the scene"

Skux

Pretty boy/cool guy/nice gear (flexible)

Trippin'

On drugs, or acting as if drugged

True dat

That's true

Wack

Something that seems strange or abnormal