(LogOut/ Hopefully ppl from where the slang originates lol, Batty - butt, ass (or gay as in batty boy), Chune-up - an assault (beat up) (tune-up), Dash, dasheen - run away from conflict/police, Drillin, Drillaz- honestly, if you dont know you shouldnt be here reading this, Head-top - mans head, shot in head (headtopped), K - kill, adding a k at the end of ones name means murder beef, KMT - kiss my teeth US says sucking teeth, Kwef, Kweffin, kwefed - violence, assault, Lighty - black gyal of a light complexion, Manna man - male person but usually third person, Neek - nerd + geek, not a drilla, not on road, not active, Obo, Ob* - short for observation - covertly monitored by the police, Pagan - non believer, snake, two faced person, Par - offense, generally any sort of misfortune, Peak - climactic point or bad (see comments). In music , a bar is is a specific length of time, which corresponds to a set number of beats. So a song with a BPM of 60 would be 1 beat per second. To label Hip Hop slang as a lexical phenomenon, you wouldnt be far wrong. In the end, it all boils down to the songs purpose. Trizzac (a UK rapper) and many gangs use the word like this: he got tingd in front of his bae (pronounced like thing without the h). This is similar to Toronto, since both Toronto and the UK (in particular London) have a very big Jamaican population, which has in-turn had a huge effect on the local culture. The * means it was edited by the discussions input. "Bitches ain't bad, let's keep it a bean.". Worth mentioning a lighty is usually a light-skinned black girl, rather than any light-skinned girl. Heres a quick guide to beat speed below. Diligent (member) has same meaning as active or hot steppa/ hot stepper. This is a nugget of slang thats actually thought to mean 3 things. A rapper whos said to have bars, is someone whos praised for their lyrical ability, be that because of their delivery or what theyre actually saying. Did that just happen?, Exactly the phrase that came out of my mouth when Will Smith smacked Chris Rock across the face. Should Drill music be banned? Well, just take a look at the A-Z above and you should notice something. Worth mentioning that the guys are really just saying "tune" here, but our accents can make it difficult to hear that. Its in my glossary of youth language and my dictionary with that meaning. Define: 1 man up One person, solo, alone Define: 10 Mac 10 Define: 10 toes In the streets, on road or to run Define: 125 Scooter Define: 2 man step 2 people ride out It actually fell under something much bigger a group of genres dubbed as urban music. Pingback: KNIFE CRIME AND GANG SLANG | tony thorne. Thanks for thisso cutter goes on the list? Its going to be significant though. "Suttin" is just the more hasteful way of saying "something" that our accents prefer. the perfect fuel to make the blood of any traditionalist boil in fury. No, it is a trap house the slang for car is dinger. Not what youd call the the ideal response but nevertheless, it does make one thing clear Drill slang isnt the easiest to wrap your head around. Y, of a 32 or 64. To penetrate some surface by boring: The geologist drilled into the Earth's crust. I think the term stems from specific groups of Jamaican immigrants who were relatively poor and housed in their own type of estates/Section 8 housing called "yards". Why? One rule: never use Urban Dictionary or Wikipedia. Slang doesnt just come and go in many cases it compounds. Im from the smallest state in America and I recently put a friend on to U.K. Belatedly aware that Drill is worthy of attention (demonic was The Times characterisation), the mainstream press began to investigate: https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/drill-music-london-stabbings-shootings-rap-67-abra-cadabra-comment-government-a8305516.html, https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/apr/09/uk-drill-music-london-wave-violent-crime. Powerups. Some of the words below may be for grime music but I threw em in there anyway. In fact, the genre only scored its first No1 this month, despite Drill music being around since 2010! Define: 2 man step 2 people ride out. By that I mean that while some old school slang words are lost in the pages of history, others stick around. Then theres ting, which is actually much as it sounds ting translates at thing. Or will Drill talk forever remain an underground form of speech? Ammi usually refers to a very popular strain of weed here called Amnesia. A small credit would be great but I dont need all too much. aside from being a form of rap thats brimming in slang, the, term Drill is actually a form of slang itself! What does KMT mean slang? UK slang is incomplete witout the word ting. Ting can mean a girl, especially used with the word peng (peng ting, which means an attractive girl). Something hell probs use to get his hands on your hard-earned gwop, especially if youre one of his opps. to impart or communicate by repetition. "I had a few too many sherbets last night, mate. Now, while some people have accused the phrase of objectifying women, I would beg to differ. Same way i constantly learn new words from readin books. Then team this with what roadman slang actually is, and you really do wonder why these kooky words prompt so much hate. (LogOut/ Rappers venting their feelings through their lyrics, or lashing out through the blade of a sam sam? Needs correction. Be aware that the page may be outdated, and mirror sites will not correctly mirror the annotations that explain the slang), Songs That Interpolate UK Slang Dictionary. In British slang, ace means "excellent; first-rate; outstanding." Whereas Americans might say they aced a test, ace is used in the UK as an adjective, like that movie was ace. FAQs about UK Drill slang, Hip Hop & more. How do we go about giving updated corrections to you? The above annotation has quick links that'll take you to a specific part of the page! Thanks for this. That could mean being monitored while on probation, having an ankle-tag, or just generally being covertly monitored by the police. 05. 537. trapping right now. The kind of thing youd say after a moutwatering Chinese or seeing a lux sports car. I gave VERY brief definitions for sake of space. To get a clearer picture of the difference between the two, read on. There was one song, called Next Up? Moral of the story: Do not mess with a roadman. A variation of language thats actually one of the things working to keep Hip Hop vibrant and fresh. Do so and I think youre completely missing the point, as rap slang is a lot more complex than just an on/off switch. Please note that these words were sourced from a few websites and I. However, there is another, slightly more musical way of describing BPM other than straight up numbers. Change), You are commenting using your Twitter account. West Yorkshire Rappers: Are UK Rap Artists Outside London Just A Fad. This is coming from a Londoner. Drenched 12. When compared with other breeds of slang used in rap,its actually quite niche; a total mindbender unless youre in the know. Last edited on Dec 10 2010. A large part of UK Drill slang rhymes, so in a freestyle environment where you need to think fast, this slang could really be a lifesaver. Reply. A word that is popular in the north and amongst youngsters. You mention Drillers - what is a Driller in UK slang? You can find a dictionary of multi-ethnic London slang and other examples of so called MLE (Multicultural London English) here on my site. 1 countable a tool used for making a hole in something. yea like i said i been exposed to the culture for years plus i speak Jamaican patois which UK slang is heavily influenced by. Powerup . In January 2021 Elliott Kime wrote in the Economist about UK Grime and Drill music as vehicles for exporting UK street language and slang: https://www.economist.com/britain/2021/01/30/grime-and-uk-drill-are-exporting-multicultural-london-english?fbclid=IwAR2VaFkDOBEjH7NSypk0P80huvEKBcmtGvbv1zXobfzyHzRvRENcil-lPWE. Of course, bars like "suttin in my coat" would obviously point to a strap, but definitely worth nothing that it's not uncommon at all for this word to be used in many other contexts. Heres just some of terms that came out of that era, While Drill slang is British, there was a form of dialect bubbling in the background long before it came about MLE otherwise known as (Multicultural London English). Do so & in effect saying Bruh becomes a more succinct way of saying: are you serious? or Wo! Wagwan~ A greeting whats going on Sort of. And while Drillers could have similar hobbies to Roadmen, they could also just be someone whos strong willed & true to their word. Trizzac said He got chinged infront of his bae, Ting would rather be a derivative of thing, ayo whats good bruv you missing THE CUTTER man cmon dat knife never leave my hip. Iirc, Trident is specifically an anti-gang division of the Metropolitan Police Force, which is the specific police force that polices London and some surrounding areas. a term used to refer to someone. British people like to enjoy themselves. All terms and definitions are reviewed by a real person before being added to the list. A less usual version of 'cop . As such, they're pretty involved in the investigations, arrests, and persecutions of gang members. However, not all verses are 16s and neither are 16s exclusive to Drill. So, if youve found this education in roadman slang words useful and want to continue your fix for blunt-minded articles on rap music, then what are you waiting for? However, not all verses are 16s and neither are 16s exclusive to Drill. Long story short, this aint someone you want to stumble across on your way back from a night out at 3am. A Ace - is used to describe something that is awesome. Sort of. Click on a letter above to see the corresponding slang terms and their meanings. Here is an update on the subject from the Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/feb/06/dont-censor-drill-music-listen-skengdo-am, https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2019/07/11/youtube-will-keep-drill-rap-videos-platform-despite-links-gang/. Well, the roadman will most likely carry a shank, or perhaps even a leng! We bring you more than 24,000 real definitions for over 17,000 slang words and phrases. 13. Ting is not used to replace kill practically ever. Slang words may have various meanings or usages, and not all of these meanings may be present in music. uk / fa drl / us / far drl / the set of actions that should be performed in order to safely leave a building, such as an office, factory, or school, when it is on fire, or an occasion when this is practised SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Fire service beat something out extinguisher fire alarm fire blanket fire department Explore Thesaurus 2 Im from NYS. A variation of language thats actually one of the things working to keep Hip Hop vibrant and fresh. We tend to talk about slang as . I've got some amendments for you. Some notable forms of slang that have names (this isn't exhaustive): Cockney Rhyming Slang MLE / Multicultural London English / UBE / Urban British English (aka Nang Slang / Nang Teen or Jafaican / Blinglish / Tikkiny / Blockney) Polari (aka Palare / Palyaree / Palary), 1 man up / One man up 2 2 2 man step / Two man step 3 man step / Three man step 4-door / Four door 5-0 / Five O / Five-O .9 / .9mil / Nine / Nina 10 Toes / 10 Toe / Ten toes / Ten toe 12 .22 .32 .357 / 3-5 .38 .40 .44 / Four four / 4's .45 / 4's / Four fifth .50 110s 125 / 1-2's, A-Town / A Town / The A Act up Aggro Aggy / Aggiest Ain't Air / Airing Akhi / Akh All mouth and trousers Alie / Ahlie Allow / 'Low / Lowe AM / M Ammi / Am / Amm / Ammy / Amnesia Amp Armshouse / Arms Arse Bandit Arse Arsehole / Arseholes Arselick / Arse lickers Askar Astra A that ting Athens of the North Auld Reekie Awoh, Babylon Bad B / Badders / Badeen / Badina Badman / Badmans Badness Baccy Bacon Back Back it / Back / Backed it / Backed out / Back out Backshot Bae Bag of / Bagga / Baggaman / Bagga man Bag of sand Bagged Baghdad Bags Baiders / Baider / Bade / Bading Bait Bally Bam Bando Bando base / Bando basing Bang Banging Barbie Bare Bark / Barking Bars Bash / Bashing / Bashed Basic Batty / Batty boy Beam Beanie / Beanies / Beans Beat / Beater Beef / Beefing / Beefin' Begfriend / Beg friend Bell Bellend / Bellends Bells Belly Benz / Ben / Benner / Benners Big mac / Big macs / Big M Big man ting / BMT / Big man tings Big up Bill / Billing / Belling Bill / Bills Billy no mates Bin Bine Bingo wings Bird / Birds Birded Birms / Birmz Biscuit Bisaad/Bisshead Bitch / Bitches / Bitching / Bitch boy Bits Bizzies Black Maria Blag / Blagging Blam / Blammed / Blammer Blem Blench Blicky Bloke Blootered Blud Blue Borough Blue Bridge Blues and twos Bly Boat / Boat race Bob Bobbies Bocat / Bocats / Bow cat / Bowcat Bog / Bog roll Bogtrotters Bollock naked Bollocking Bollocks Bollocksed Botty Boo Boogs Booky / Bookie / Buki / Bookey Boomting / Boom ting / Boom-ting Booting Bonkaz / Bonkers Bore / Bored / Boring Borer / Bora Boss / Bossman Boydem / Boysdem Boyed Boyment Bracking Bradistan Brain Brap / Blap Bread Breading Bredrin / Bredrins Breeze off Breh / Brer / Bre Brick / Bricks Bricky / Brix Bro Brodie Brooklyn Broom Broski Brown Bruce Bruck / Bruk Bruck-back / Brucky / Bruckshot Brudda / Bruddas / Bredda / Breddas / Bruddah / Breddah Brum Brummie Bruv Bubble / Bubblin' Buck / Bucky / Bucked Buff / Buff ting Bugger all / Bugger-all Bugger off / Buggered off Buggered Buggery Builder's bum Bujj / Buj / Bujju / Booj Bully van / Bully vans Bumfluff Bummy / Bum Bun Bunda Burger Burner / Burna Burst / Bursting Buss / Bussed Bust / Bustin' Butters, Cabbaged Cack-handed Cah / Cuh Cake Cannon Can't be arsed / CBA / Can't be asked Case / Cases Cat / Cats / Catty / Kat / Kit Kat / Katty / Kitties dem Catting Catfish Certi / Certified Chatty / Chatty Patty / Chatty-chatty Charlie Charver / Charvers / Charva / Charvas Chav / Chavs / Chavvy Cheese Cheesed off Cheddar Cheff / Cheffer / Cheffed / Cheffing / Cheffers / Cheffy 'Chette / 'Chette's Chib / Chibs / Chibbed Chief Chiefed Ching Chinged Chinger / Chingers Chinging / Chingings Chip Chips Chirps / Chirpsing Chocolate starfish Choong / Choong ting / Chung / Chungting / Choong tings / Choongest / Choongers Chuntering Civilian / Civilians / Civ Clanger Clap / Clappin' / Clapping / Clappaholic / The clap Clapper / Clappers Clap Town Clapped Clart / Clartin' / Clarting / Clarter Click / Clicking / Clicker Cling Clock / Clocked Clout Clunge Cockblock Codswallop Cold Colly Cop / Coppa / Copper / Cops / Coppers Cor blimey / Corblimey / Gorblimey / Gor blimey Corn Cotch / Cotched / Cotching / Kotch / Kotched / Kotching Crackhead Crash / Crashed / Crashing / Crashing corn Crasher / Crashers Creasing / Creasing up Crep / Creps Crib Criss Chrome Crow / Cro / Chro Crud / Cruddy C Town Cunch / Country Cut / Cutting, Dank Darg / Dog / Dawg Dark Dash / Dasheen / Dashing Dead / Dead ting / Deadout Dead up Dear Green Place Dem Deyah Dibble Dickhead Dinger / Ding-Dong / Ding Dinner / Dinners Dip / Dipper / Dippers / Dipped Do road Dog's bollocks Don / Dons / Donness / Donette / Donny Don dada / Don gorgon / Dangargan Done / Dun Done out / Dun out / Done out here / Dun out here Dosh Dot / Dots Dotty / Dotties Double-Tap Dough Doughnut / Donut Dove Downsuh Draw Drop Drop top Drum Ducking Dumpies Dunkno / Dunknow / Dun know / Dun kno / Done know Duppy / Duppying Dutty Drill / Drills / Drilling / Drillings Driller / Drillers Drip, Eat Eating Ediat / Eediat / Eediyat Elizabeth / Lizzy Ends, F Faff / Faffer Fag / Fags Fairs Fam Famalam Fanny Fassy / Fassyhole / Fassies / Fass Fed / Feds / Federals / Federaly Feen / Fiend Fence Field Fishing Fit / Fitter Five O / Five-O / 5-0 Fiver Flat roofin' Flicky / Flick / Flicks Flizz Food Four door / 4-door Four Fizzy / Fizzy Four four / .44 / 4's Frass / Frassed Fries From time Fry Fryer Funds Fuzz, G / G's / OG G-Check Gaari Gaff Gammon Gangdem / Gang dem Garm / Garms Gash Gassed Gauge Gavvers Gaza / Gaza Strip Geezer / Geez Gelato Gem Gemming it Glide / Glides Glizzy Got-got / Got got Gorblimey / Gor blimey / Cor blimey / Corblimey Gov / Govs / Govy Grand Granite City Green Greeze Grind / Grinder Groupie Grub Gully Gullyside / Illyside Gunchester Gwop Gyalchester Gyaldem / Gyal dem / Girl dem / Girls dem / Gyallie / Gyal, Habaad/Xabaad Had up Hammer / Hammers Hammered Handting / Hand ting Hang tight Harlem / Harlem City Hat / Hatterz Heater / Heat Head Headtop Headtopped Hella HMP Hench Home V's Hold tight Holla / Holla'd Hooptie / Hoopties / Hoopty / Hoop Hoover Hot Hotted Hudds Hunna Hype / Hyping / Hyped, I and I IC3 Illyside / Gullyside Innit Iron Itch / Itchy Izzy, Jack Jones / Jacks Jakes Jam sandwich Jarring Jeet Jezzy / Jezzie / Jezebel Jook / Jooked / Jooks / Jooking / Jookings Joint / Joints Jugg / Juggin' Juice / Juice Junk, K / K / K's / K'd Kat / Kit Kat / Katty / Cat / Cats / Catty Ken Ketchup Khalas / Khalaas Kicks Killy Kiss my arse Kitchen KMT ("Kiss / Kissing my teeth" or "Kiss / Kissing your teeth") Koalass Kotch / Kotched / Kotching / Cotch / Cotched / Cotching Kway / Qway Kweff / Queff / Kweffer / Queffer / Kweffed / Queffed / Kweffings / Queffing Kweng / Kwenger / Kwengers / Kwengings / Kwenged, L Lack / Lacking / Slipping / Slip Lay lay ting Leg it / Legged it / Legging it / Legs it Landing / Landings Leng Lengman Lengting / Lengtings Lick Lidge Lighty Lightwork Likkle Line Link / Linking Litch Live corn Live-O Long / Long ting / Longage Loo / Loo roll Loud Low flyer 'Low / Lowe / Allow Lughole / Lugholes Lunch Lurk / Lurking / Lurky, M / AM Mac / M10 / M11 Macaroni Machine Mad Madaax/Maddakh Mains Mali / Malis Mali Strip Man Man step / Step Mandem Manky Manny Manor Marsh Mash / Masheen Mash man Mash work Matic Maud Mazza / Mazzaleen / Mazzaleeni MCM / Man Crush Monday Meady / Meedi Melt 'Ments / 'Mense Merk / Murk / Merking / Murking / Merked / Murked / Murker / Merker Mill' Mindi Minge Minging / Minger Moist Monkey Moola / Moolah / Mola / Mulla / Mula / Mulah / Mulla / Mullah Moot Moscow Mop More Time Mr Plod / Plod / Plods / The plod / PC Plod Mug / Muggin' / Mugging / Mugged Muppet / Muppets Murderzone / MZ M-Way, Nang Nank / Nank's / Nanked / Nanking 'Narm / Nizzy / Nizzy Narm / Pecky / Pecknarm / Peckyside / Pecknizzy / Pecks / Peckz Ned / Neds Neek / Neeks / Neeky New plate NFA Nitty Nick / Nicked Nine / Nina / .9 / .9mil Niz Nizzy No Cap No Face, No Case No long ting / Nothing long Noddy Nonce North Weezy / Norf Weezy / Weezy Nyash, Obbo Old bill / The bill Older / Olders On Job / OJ On road On tops One man up / 1 man up Oner Ooter / Ooters Opp / Opps / Oppers Opp Block Opping On Tag Ones OT / Outer Town Ounto, P / P's Passer Passy / Pass Pack / Packs Packed Paigon / Paigons / Pagan / Pagans Panda Car / Panda cars Paper / Papes Par / Parred / Parring Passa Pattern / Patterned / Patterned up / Pattern up / Patterning Patty Pave P Block Peak Pecknarm / 'Narm / Pecky / Peckyside / Pecknizzy / Nizzy / Nizzy Narm / Pecks / Peckz PCD / Pull Up, Crash, Dash Peelers Peb / Pebs / Pebbles Ped Pen Peng / Pengers / Pengest Pengaleng / Peng-a-leng / Peng-aleng Pengting / Peng ting / Peng tings Petty PG Pickney / Pickneys Piff / Piffting / Piff ting Pig / Pigs / Piglets Pillock / Pillocks Pinky Ping Piss Pissed / Pissed off Plod / Plods / The plod / Mr Plod / PC Plod Plonker / Plonkers Plug / Plugging Poke Pole Ponce / Ponces / Poncy / Poncing Poomplex Pork / Porkies / Porky / Porked Prang Pree / Preeing / Preed Pum pum Pump / Pumpy Punani / Punanis Pussio / Pussy'ole / Pussy'oles / Pussyoles / Pussyole / Pussy hole / Pussyhole / Pussyholes / Pussy / Pussies / Pussy dem, Rack / Racks Racket Rah / Rahs Rahtid / Raatid / Rhaatid / Rarted / Ratid 'Rales Rambo / Rambz / Rambzy / Rammy / Rambizzy / Ramsey Ramp / Ramping Ratchet / Ratch' Rass / Rarse / Raas Readies Reh teh teh Reload / Re-up Rental Ringer Rizz / Rizzla Road / Roads Roadman / Roadmen Rozzer / Rozzers Rubbed Rubbish Rudeboy / Rudegirl / Rudie Runtz Russian Rusty, Sammy / Sammi / Samurai Sauce Scatty / Skatty Score Scoreboard Scorps Scram Second City of the Empire Seen / Skeen Shank / Shanks / Shanked / Shanking / Shankings Shave / Shaving Shell / Shellings / Shelling Shh Shift / Shifted / Shiffed Shing shao/Xin Zhao Shiv Shook Shot / Shots Shotting Shotty Showerman / Shower man Sideman / Sidemen Sing Siraq Skank Skate / Skating / Skeet Skeng / Skengs / Skengaleng / Skeng-a-leng Skengman Sket / Skets / Sketty Slag / Slags / Slaggy Slag off / Slagging / Slagged Slammer Slang / Slanging Slapper / Slapper Slew / Slewing / Slewed Slipping / Slip / Lack / Lacking Slop Smackers Smoke / Smokes / Smoker Snake Snap Sneeze Snitch Spanner Spannered Sparko Spesh / Speshy Spin / Spinner / Spinners / Spin ting Splash / Splashed / Splashy Spliff Spondulicks / Spondoolicks / Spondulics / Spondulacks Splurt Stain Standard Star Step / Man step Stick / Sticks Still / Styll Stiver Stones Strally Strap / Straps / Strapped Strip Swammy / Swammies Swear down Sweets / Sweeties Swim / Swimming Swiss Sword, Tanned Tark Tapped Teef Teeth Tek / Tec / Tekky Tekkers Tenner Ten toes / Ten toe / 10 Toes / 10 toe Tester The bill / Old bill The plod / Mr Plod / Plod / Plods / PC Plod The Seven / The 7 The Six / The 6 The Sweeney Three man step / 3 man step Three-ha'pence [on] Tick Ting / Tings Tips Tit wank Toff Touched Top / Toppers Top boy Tosser / Tossers Trap Trap House Trapping / Trapper Tre Pound / Trey Trident Trip TSG TT / TT grub Tug Tum-tum Twang Twat / Twatting Two man step / 2 man step Two two / Two twos, Uck / Uckers / Ucky UDN Undies Unlimited legs Upsah / Upsuh / Upsee, Verbal Vex / Vexed Vietnarm Volts Volvo, Wagwan Waigon / Waigons Wallad Wano Road Wank / Wanks / Wanker / Wankers / Wanking / Wanked Wank bank Wank mag Wankered Wankstain / Wankstains Wap / Waps Washed / Washed up Wass / Wassy Wasteman / Wastemen Wet wipe Wet 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