The secret world of gang slang

[Lenny]

SMH @ none of my friends knowing the word Wavey.

Where do you live bro?

[charliechalk]

Tekkers lmao

[Grafter]

SMH @ none of my friends knowing the word Wavey.

Where do you live bro?

mus be the whoop whoops

[Guest haze-e]

SMH @ none of my friends knowing the word Wavey.

Where do you live bro?

Trust. Smh.

[Black Ant]

podsmead

[Percy]

lmao wot is this

why is my boy mikey contributing to such an interview

pmsl at tekkers being in there

wot is this

[LS]

SMH @ none of my friends knowing the word Wavey.

Where do you live bro?

Jetz, you asain bro? Swear Crunked gets rinsed instead of Wavey? loool

[Hank]

THE WORDS ON OUR STREETS

Irrespective of who uses it and for what purpose, street slang is constantly evolving. Words in common parlance five years ago like “buff” (good-looking) are now deemed antediluvian, replaced by newer terms such as “chug”, “peak” and “wavey”. “Skadoosh”, a personal favourite, is a relative newcomer.

Bang — punch

Bare — a lot

Bate — obvious

Blud — friend

Booky — suspicious

Butters — ugly

Chug — good-looking

Dutty — nasty

Fam — friends

Gallis — womaniser

Gased — talking nonsense

Gem — fool

Ghost — to be frequently absent

Greezy — bad

Junge — whore

Liccle — small

Marga — extremely skinny

Moist — no ratings, silly, naff

Murk — attack

Nang — good

Peak — used to highlight an eventful situation

Peng — good-looking

Shank — stab

Shower — cool, good

Skadoosh — goodbye

Skettel — loose woman

Slipping — to be caught off-guard

Swag — crap

Tekkers — technique

Wallad — idiot

Wavey — high or drunk