The people's slang dictionary · 25 slang terms
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see all- 1 chidoIt's when something is really nice, pretty, or you just love it. You use it for things that look good, are well made, or that you have a great time with. 👍 0
- 2 chambaIt's your job, the work that puts food on the table. And when you're working, you say you're "chambeando". 👍 0
- 3 neta"La neta" is the truth, or what you say when you're about to be honest, like "to be honest". "Neta" on its own is like "for real", and if you ask "¿neta?" you want to know if something is true. 👍 0
- 4 jawnPhilly's all-purpose word that can mean basically anything: a thing, a place, a person, or an event. It works like 'thing' or 'thingy', and you figure out what it means from context. 👍 0
- 5 hellaMeans 'really', 'super', or 'a ton of'. It's classic Bay Area and NorCal slang, and you can put it in front of an adjective or a noun. 👍 0
- 6 no capBasically 'no lie' or 'for real'. You say it to show you're dead serious about what you just said. It comes from 'cap', which means a lie in Black and hip-hop slang. 👍 0
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see all- chido It's when something is really nice, pretty, or you just love it. You use it for things that look good, are well made, or that you have a great time with.
- chamba It's your job, the work that puts food on the table. And when you're working, you say you're "chambeando".
- neta "La neta" is the truth, or what you say when you're about to be honest, like "to be honest". "Neta" on its own is like "for real", and if you ask "¿neta?" you want to know if something is true.
- jawn Philly's all-purpose word that can mean basically anything: a thing, a place, a person, or an event. It works like 'thing' or 'thingy', and you figure out what it means from context.
- hella Means 'really', 'super', or 'a ton of'. It's classic Bay Area and NorCal slang, and you can put it in front of an adjective or a noun.
- no cap Basically 'no lie' or 'for real'. You say it to show you're dead serious about what you just said. It comes from 'cap', which means a lie in Black and hip-hop slang.
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