Slang words: C
1,389 slang and Internet words starting with C, each with its slang meaning. Trending slang
- C-manA man who works for customs.
- c@Cat.
- C`vert`N`gt`KCoffee through nose to keyboard: suggesting that the user is laughing hard while reading a posted message.
- cabbageA human head.
- cabbagedVery drunk.
- cabbagingThe stealing of offcuts of material by a tailor making a garment with a customer's fabric.
- cable modemA modem that provides data communication via radio frequency channels over any of a variety of cable types to...
- cabooseThe buttocks.
- cabrewingThe practice of consuming alcohol while canoeing.
- caching proxyA proxy that provides temporary storage for results of operations that are expensive.
- cack upTo mess up; to get seriously wrong.
- cackleTo pretend to rattle (dice) in one's hand while gripping them so that they maintain their orientation.
- cackle fruitA chicken's egg.
- cackle-fartA chicken's egg.
- cackyCharacterized by or pertaining to excrement.
- CactiflowerThe ship of characters Basil and Kel from the video game Omori.
- cactusNon-functional, broken, exhausted, dead.
- cactusedBroken; ruined; no longer working, more recently especially related to a technical system.
- cadenzaTo become agitated or excited.
- cadgeTo obtain something by wit or guile; to convince people to do something they might not normally do.
- Caesar's PalaceAn obstetrics hospital with an excessively high rate of Caesarean sections.
- cafeteria bowlingPoor-quality bowling which is easy to hit, allowing the batters to help themselves to runs.
- caffSynonym of café.
- caffeinateTo drink caffeinated beverages in order to increase one's energy or wakefulness or to enhance physical or...
- cafoneA boorish, uneducated Italian-American.
- cagTo vex; annoy; insult, offend; grieve.
- cageA prison or prison cell.
- cageboxTo wear underpants.
- cahBecause.
- CaitriotA fan of the Irish actress Caitríona Balfe (born 1979).
- cakeSynonym of money.
- cake and wineA restricted diet of bread and water, imposed as a disciplinary measure.
- cake dayAn anniversary of the creation of a user's account on a social media platform or group.
- cake-eaterA well-off person who indulges himself or herself; a playboy or playgirl.
- cakedHaving a defined butt.
- caked upWealthy.
- cakerA Canadian, especially if Anglophone and exhibiting stereotypical or archetypal Canadian traits.
- cakeverseAn omegaverse variant genre with "cakes" and "forks".
- calamity howlerA person who makes dismal predictions about future catastrophe; a doomsayer.
- Calamity JaneThe queen of spades.
- calcium cannonA large female breast.
- calefareAn extra (actor playing a minor role).
- calico queenA prostitute.
- California bankrollSynonym of Michigan bankroll.
- California blanketNewspaper used as bedding.
- California corn flakesCocaine.
- California kilowattAn amateur radio broadcast strength exceeding the legal limit of one kilowatt, or (by extension) a...
- callA meeting with a client for paid sex; hookup; job.
- call it as one sees itTo speak frankly about a given topic, not withholding one's opinions.
- call outTo challenge (someone) to a fight.
- call someone everything but a child of GodTo call someone many abusive names.
- CallafanA fan of the English singer Sam Callahan.
- callboyA public transport barker (a man who, for a fee, calls out the destination of jeepneys and buses).
- calloutAn invitation to fight.
- calmGood; alright; cool; OK.
- calm your farmCalm down.
- CalvinsA pair of men's Calvin Klein underwear.
- CalzonaThe ship of characters Callie Torres and Arizona Robbins from the television series Grey's Anatomy.
- Camberwell carrotA large cannabis joint.
- cameltoeThe visible outline of a woman's labia or vulva, as a consequence of wearing tight pants.
- camfectingThe process of hacking (or attempting to hack) a webcam for illegal purposes, such as voyeurism.
- cammiesCamouflage clothing.
- cammingCamcording; the illegal re-recording of films on camcorder in a cinema.
- cammy upTo put on camouflage.
- campAny prison or prison camp.
- camp downTo lie down or rest somewhere.
- camperA person who stays too long at a table after eating.
- campoA police officer assigned to a university campus.
- canJail or prison.
- can hazTo be able to have.
- can houseA brothel, bordello.
- can openerA tool for safecracking.
- can you notUsed to politely or indirectly ask someone to stop doing something, conveying a hint of frustration or...
- can'tTo be unwilling to; to not have the desire of; to don’t want to.
- can't carry a tune in a bucketSings very badly.
- can't evenWithout a following verb, as an expression of aporia: to be unable to express one's feelings about an...
- CanadarianCanadian: of, from, or pertaining to Canada.
- Canadian BalletA strip club, especially one in Canada near the American border.
- Canadian healthcareSuicide.
- canaryAn informer or snitch; a squealer.
- canary birdA jailbird.
- cancelTo cease to provide financial or moral support to (someone deemed unacceptable); to disinvite. Compare cancel...
- cancel someone's ChristmasTo kill or destroy someone.
- cancelbombAn act of cancelbombing.
- cancelbomberA person who engages in cancelbombing.
- cancelbombingA malicious technique whereby a large number of cancel messages are sent out to one or more Usenet newsgroups.
- cancelbotA bot that sends messages to newsgroups to remove certain postings, especially spam.
- cancer stickA cigarette.
- cancerficFan fiction centered around a character undergoing treatment for or dying from cancer.
- CancerTokThe community of cancer patients on TikTok.
- candyCrack cocaine.
- candy flipA combination of the drugs LSD and MDMA.
- candy flippingThe experience of combining the drugs LSD and MDMA.
- candy manA drug dealer.
- candyliciousDelicious in a way that involves or resembles candy, including metaphorical senses such as eye candy.
- candymanA male drug dealer.
- caneTo destroy; to comprehensively defeat.
- cane itTo go very fast.
- canedIntoxicated by alcohol or drugs.
- canerA recreational drug user.
- canhouseA brothel.
- canineA king and a nine as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em due to phonetic similarity.
- cannabutterA product of cooking cannabis with butter, used to make edibles.
- cannamomA mother who regularly consumes cannabis.
- cannedDrunk.
- cannerSomeone who lives off container deposit refunds from recycling.
- cannonA pickpocket.
- cannon fodderAn expendable minor character primarily included to make the protagonist(s) stand out.
- cannonballSomething that moves fast, especially a fast train.
- cannonball runAn unsanctioned speed record drive from New York City to Los Angeles, in order to achieve a new record.
- canoeTo split someone's head with a round.
- canonThe officially recognized continuity, events, characters, relationships, etc. of a work of fiction.
- canon eventAn unpleasant but unavoidable event which has a significant effect on someone's life or personal development.
- canonicalA URL presented in canonical form.
- canoodleOf a person: to caress, fondle, or pet another person; of two people: to caress, fondle, or pet each other...
- canslawPieces of shredded aluminium cans that may trigger a metal detector.
- cantaloupeA woman's breasts, particularly large breasts.
- canteen cowboyAn aviator who spends his time flirting with or picking up girls at the canteen.
- canteen lizardA soldier who relishes eating out or working in kitchens in the rear.
- CanucklandCanada.
- capA lie or exaggeration.
- cap onTo spread caps (lies) or false rumors (about someone); to slander (someone); to insult (someone's) family.
- cap upTo divide (a drug) into capsules.
- Cap-eneseDishonesty.
- capeTo defend or praise, especially that which is unworthy.
- capedCancelled.
- capekinoSuperhero movies, especially those of high cinematic quality.
- capisceTo understand.
- capitalUsed as an expression of approval, satisfaction, or delight.
- capital warA state of intense economic conflict or geopolitical competition centered on the control, restriction, or...
- capo di tutti capiBoss of all the bosses, especially in the mafia, Cosa Nostra etc. Often used by law enforcement, the media...
- capperA by-bidder; a decoy for gamblers.
- cappingThe act of painting over someone else's piece or tag.
- CaprisunThe ship of characters Sunny and Kel from the videogame Omori.
- Captain CookA look.
- Captain ErsatzA fictional character created as a knock-off of another character whose copyright is owned by a separate...
- Captain SwanThe ship of characters Emma Swan and Killian Jones from the television series Once Upon a Time.
- captionA story that is embedded in a pre-existing image (sometimes with image manipulation).
- carA clique or gang.
- car bombFlatulence in an enclosed automobile.
- car cloutingThe theft of stealing valuables from parked motor vehicles.
- carb-faceA condition in which the face swells, attributed to water retention caused by carbohydrate intake.
- carbonTo send a carbon copy of an email message to.
- carbon copyA duplicate copy of an email.
- carburetorA water pipe or bong; a device or contrivance for mixing air with burning cannabis or cocaine.
- carcassThe body of a live person or animal.
- cardboard boxSyphilis.
- carderA person who distributes tart cards.
- caremadAngry or upset as a result of caring about some issue to an excessive degree.
- cargasmAn intense excitement or pleasure caused by looking at, sitting in, or driving a car.
- cargoidA member of the cargo crew.
- cark itTo die.
- carnageAny chaotic situation.
- carpet jointAn attractive casino with decorative carpets, etc.
- carrotA police officer from somewhere within the British Isles, but specifically outside of Greater London.
- carrot-toppedHaving ginger hair.
- carryTo insult, to diss.
- carry on like a pork chopTo make a foolish fuss.
- carton girlA female prostitute who has sexual intercourse with men using collapsed carton boxes as bedding.
- cartooneyAn empty and comically overstated threat of legal action, or a mock legal action.
- carve-upThe distribution of something, as of money or booty.
- CarylThe ship of characters Carol Peletier and Daryl Dixon from the television series The Walking Dead.
- casaHouse.
- casabaThe adult female breast.
- casbahA person's house or flat/apartment.
- cascadeA sequence of absurd short messages posted to a newsgroup by different authors, each one responding to the...
- Cascio tracksA set of twelve tracks which were allegedly recorded by the American dancer and singer-songwriter Michael...
- caseThe last remaining card of a particular rank.
- case outSynonym of case (to survey (a building or other location) surreptitiously, as in preparation for a robbery).
- case the jointTo thoroughly observe or examine a place, in order to familiarize oneself with its workings in preparation...
- case upSynonym of catch a case (to commit a crime and be arrested for it).
- caseficA fanfic, typically based on a mystery or procedural franchise, which focuses on the solving of a case.
- casemanA person who examines a building to determine whether it is worth burgling.
- caserA crown, a five-shilling coin.
- cashTo obtain a payout from a tournament.
- cash inTo die.
- cash moneyHighly desirable; beneficent or conveying high status.
- cashboxA toll booth.
- cashectomyThe removal of all of a person's money, usually by voluntary means.
- cashedExhausted or used up; finished, empty.
- CashiesCash Converters: an Australian secondhand goods and pawnbroking company.
- cashmasterA highly paid or exceptional findom, i.e., a dominant who practices financial domination.
- casholaCash; money.
- cashtagA kind of hashtag, conventionally preceded by a dollar sign ($), that links to a stock quote.
- cashtrationThe loss or lack of money.
- CaskettThe ship of characters Richard Castle and Kate Beckett from the television series Castle.
- castcestRomance or sexual activity between members of a cast.
- CasteníAn academic neologism that can be used to refer to a mostly Spanish-based Jopara.
- casting couchAn actual couch or sofa used for this practice.
- Castro cloneA gay man having a fashion style, popular in the 1970s and 1980s, that reflects a manly, working-class...
- casualA person whose engagement with media is relaxed or superficial.
- catA jazz musician; also, an enthusiast of jazz music.
- cat activation noiseThe trill sound "mrrp" made by cats.
- cat aroundTo engage in sex with various partners; to sleep around; to cheat on a sexual partner.
- Cat CityCathedral City, California.
- cat distribution systemA supposed system that makes stray cats seek out owners.
- cat meatSomeone who has been badly beaten.
- cat scratchA shallow self-harm cut or scar that reaches the epidermis.
- cat taxAn image or video of one's pet cat posted online, seen as a duty to be fulfilled upon introduction to a forum...
- cat's whiskersSomething outstandingly good.
- catastrophic killAn instance of damaging a vehicle by weaponry that renders it both unusable and unrepairable.
- catbloggingThe practice of posting pictures of cats on one's weblog.
- catboyA boy or man who wears a cat costume and plays the role of a cat.
- catch a bodyTo kill, to murder.
- catch a buzzTo become slightly inebriated, but not yet quite drunk.
- catch a caseTo be overcome by or enthused about anything; used with of.
- catch a dateOf a prostitute, to secure a client who is willing to pay for services.
- catch a fadeTo get knocked out (struck and rendered unconscious).
- catch a packetTo be fired upon.
- catch a squareTo prepare to fight; to square up.
- catch a strayTo be unexpectedly and casually insulted in a seemingly unrelated discussion or argument.
- catch handsTo take a punch; to get hit, especially with the hand or fist.
- catch hellTo be severely reprimanded, punished, or beaten.
- catch lackingTo catch off guard, unprepared, or in an embarrassing situation.
- catch outTo leave an area by jumping on a train; to ride the rails away.
- catch the busTo kill oneself deliberately; to commit suicide.
- catcher's mittA contraceptive diaphragm.
- catfightA fight or bickering, especially between women.
- catfishSomeone who creates a false profile on a social media platform in order to deceive people.
- catfishingThe practice of creating a fake profile on a social media platform in order to deceive people.
- catgirlA girl or woman who wears a cat costume and plays the role of a cat.
- catgut scraperA musician who plays the fiddle.
- Catholic twinsSiblings born within twelve months of each other.
- cathouseA brothel.
- catloafThe loaflike form of a domestic cat sitting with its paws and tail tucked underneath its body.
- catloafedShaped like or resembling a catloaf.
- catpawSynonym of cameltoe (clear visible presence of a woman's vulva).
- CatradoraThe ship of characters Catra and Adora from the animated series She-Ra and the Princesses of Power.
- catskinnerOne who drives (or operates) a tracked vehicle.
- catsonaAn original character, such as a fursona, that is a cat or other feline.
- cattle carA paddy wagon: a van for transporting people who have been arrested.
- cattyA catapult.
- CaturdaySaturday, as the day of the week for posting lolcats or other pictures of cats.
- caulkA short sleep; a nap.
- caulk offTo go to sleep; to sleep instead of working.
- caveA group that breaks from a larger political party or faction on a particular issue.
- CazzyThe Cast Iron Shore.
- CC boyAn effeminate male homosexual.
- CDI factorAn intangible quality of certain items of professional equipment that is believed to stir inordinate interest...
- ceiling birdSynonym of smoke detector.
- celestial transferThe act of dying; death.
- cell upTo share a cell with someone.
- cell yellThe act of speaking loudly or yelling into a cell phone or mobile.
- cellarLast place in a league or competition; some rank near last place.
- cellyA cellular phone.
- cement armA person's arm that has scarred and hardened from the repeated injection of recreational drugs.
- censored spellingA spelling of a word that was censored, possibly to reduce its shock value, to bypass a chat filter, and so...
- Center of the UniverseNickname for New York City: the largest city in the United States.
- Centrelink timeA frustratingly long, unpredictable, and often tedious waiting time spent when dealing with the Australian...
- certiFashionable, cool.
- cewebrityA celebrity who acquired fame via the World Wide Web.
- ch3apFilter-avoidance spelling of cheap.
- cha-chingMoney, cash.
- chabobA woman's breast. .
- ChadetteA female Chad; a woman with the characteristics of an alpha.
- chadmaxxTo act in an exaggeratedly masculine way in a bid to increase one's sexual market value.
- chaffleA low-carb or keto-style waffle, made from cheese and eggs rather than from traditional waffle batter.
- chainA necklace of chain jewelry, usually gold.
- chainikSomeone new to a computing system or online community.
- chairdrobeA chair on which someone stores clothing that has been worn but which is not yet too dirty to wear again.
- ChalamaniacA fan of American and French actor Timothée Chalamet (born 1995).
- chaldoA Chaldean.
- chalk againstTo hold against or count against; to a hold a grudge regarding (something).
- chalk eaterOne who bets on racehorses that are favourites to win.
- chalk it downTo agree enthusiastically.
- chalk offTo kill (someone).
- chalk outTo die.
- chalk playerSynonym of chalk eater (“one who bets on racehorses that are favourites to win”).
- chalk upTo attribute to something, often tangentially.
- champagne powderPowdery snow.
- champingThe practice of camping overnight in historic churches as a novelty or part of a holiday.
- chanAn IRC channel.
- chanateCoffee.
- chance the ducksTo take a risk.
- chancerA scheming opportunist.
- chanceryThe position of a boxer's head when under his adversary's arm.
- chancre mechanicA medic.
- changaA smokable blend of dimethyltryptamine and an MAOI to extend the drug experience in duration and intensity.
- chankingFood that is spat out, or otherwise rejected.
- channelA particular area for conversations on an IRC or similar network, analogous to a chat room and often...
- channel stopperA television broadcast that causes the viewer to stop flipping through channels with their remote control and...
- channeledOf a vehicle: having the height reduced by lowering the body with respect to the frame rails.
- channerA user of the imageboard site 4chan; a 4channer.
- chanopAn IRC channel operator.
- chanslashSlash fan fiction involving minor characters.
- chanspeakInternet language (including slang and neologisms) used on imageboards (also known as chans).
- chaotic evilExtremely bad or evil; abhorrent.
- chaotic goodDoing or being good in a very unexpected, offbeat, or unconventional manner.
- Chap lapsThe recreational practice of driving up and down Chapel Street in Melbourne.
- chargeCannabis.
- charge upTo deliberately infect (a person) with HIV as part of bug-chasing.
- charizzlerSomeone who possesses extreme charisma, charm, or the ability to effortlessly attract romantic partners.
- Charlie KirkTo assassinate; to kill, often for moral or politically motivated purposes.
- Charlie NobleA funnel for discharging smoke from the galley.
- Charlie PapaCommand post.
- CHARNAMEThe player character of Baldur's Gate and Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn.
- CharucaThe ship of characters Charlie Bucket and Veruca Salt in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
- chase the dragonTo inhale the vapor from heated morphine, heroin, oxycodone or opium that has been placed on a piece of foil.
- chaserA drink consumed after another of a different kind.
- chassisA woman's buttocks.
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