Slang words: S
2,105 slang and Internet words starting with S, each with its slang meaning. Trending slang
- s'matterWhat is the matter.
- s3xFilter-avoidance spelling of sex (“sexual activity”).
- SATo sexually assault (someone).
- saarAn Indian person.
- sabA sabbatical officer.
- saboA saboteur.
- sackTo give up on, to abandon, delay, to not think about someone or something.
- sack drillSleep.
- sack offTo abandon, to avoid, to get rid of, to cut relations with.
- sack outTo fall asleep, usually from implied exhaustion.
- sack timeTime spent sleeping.
- sack-tapTo strike lightly but quickly in the testicles with one's hand, usually playfully.
- sack-whackA slap in the testicles.
- sackedBothered; willing to make an effort.
- SacratomatoSacramento, California.
- sacrificeA monetary loss incurred by selling something at less than its value; also, the thing thus sold.
- sacriliciousProducing pleasure through the violation of taboos.
- SactoSacramento, California.
- sadUnfashionable; socially inadequate or undesirable.
- sadboiA young man who is open about his emotions, especially his feeling sad about failed relationships and...
- saddle beastAn overweight or contemptible person.
- saddle upTo engage in sexual intercourse.
- sadficA fanfic which intentionally deals with a tragic situation or theme.
- sadfishTo post about one's problems online for the sake of attracting attention and sympathy; to engage in...
- sadfishingThe practice of writing about one’s unhappiness or emotional problems on social media, especially in a vague...
- sadgeUsed to connote sadness or depression.
- sadistOne who enjoys teasing others.
- sadittyActing snobbish, arrogant, or superior; uppity; perceived to be trying to associate with a higher social...
- sadpostTo make sad, negative posts.
- sadsterA socially inadequate or undesirable person; a saddo or loser.
- safeGreat, cool, awesome, respectable; a term of approbation, often as interjection.
- safelistA list of e-mail addresses whose owners have agreed to receive promotional email.
- Saga loutAn older unruly tourist on holiday in the Mediterranean area.
- sageWord used in the email field of imageboards to prevent a bump of the post. Used as an option rather than a...
- saggerA young male who wears trousers very low on his hips, exposing underwear and/or his buttocks or lower...
- said no one everUsed to imply that the preceding statement is absurd or false.
- said the thingUsed to point out when a character in a work of fiction has spoken the title of the work they appear in, or...
- saikang warriorSomeone who is always assigned or forced to do unpleasant tasks.
- sail foamA cell phone.
- sail the high seasTo engage in piracy.
- sailboatA playing card with the rank of four.
- sailboat fuelThe air in an empty vehicle that would usually be transporting cargo.
- sailsThe sailmaker on board ship.
- Saino'sSainsbury's (British supermarket chain).
- Sainsbo'sSainsbury's, a British supermarket.
- sallyA member of the Salvation Army.
- salmonSnout (tobacco; from salmon and trout).
- salmon and troutSnout: tobacco or cigarettes.
- saltA sailor (also old salt).
- salt daddyA sugar daddy who is disagreeable or too poor to afford lavish expenditures.
- saltyIrritated, annoyed, angry, bitter.
- salty dogA sexually promiscuous man; a male sexual partner.
- saltybackIrritated, annoyed, soured.
- SalviA Salvadoran person born or raised in the United States.
- samFederal narcotics agent.
- Sam HillAn intensifier.
- sambazaTo send credit using the Sambaza system; (generally) to send or share something.
- sameIndicates approval or agreement with the previous material, especially in reference to the previous speaker's...
- same differenceA distinction which makes no difference; a distinction which does not matter.
- same-origin policyA rule, in web browsers, that permits scripts contained in a first web page to access data in a second web...
- sample roomA grogshop.
- San FranClipped compound of San Francisco.
- San Quentin quailJailbait (underage woman considered sexually attractive by adult men).
- sand crabA civilian.
- sandbagA bag of illicit drugs.
- sandboxThe Middle East.
- sandhogA person employed to dig tunnels, or (more generally) to work underground or under water.
- sandoSandwich.
- sangGinseng.
- sangingGathering wild ginseng in Appalachia.
- sangryBoth sad and angry.
- sanky-pankyA male sex worker in the Dominican Republic.
- sankyuThank you.
- sannyHand sanitiser.
- SanSanThe ship of characters Sandor Clegane and Sansa Stark from the novel series A Song of Ice and Fire and its...
- sapA naive person; a simpleton.
- Sapele waterMoonshine; illicit alcohol.
- sapioA sapiosexual.
- sarkariSupporting the government of India, pro-establishment; specifically, the BJP and Hindutva, against Indian...
- SatandiditA sarcastic assertion that something that has not been satisfactorily explained by science is therefore...
- sauceAlcohol, booze.
- sauce upTo get drunk.
- saucedDrunk.
- saucelessWithout sauce (vitality; capability); uninteresting.
- saucepotA person who behaves in a titillating or saucy manner.
- saucer eyesBig, round eyes, characteristic of astonishment.
- sausage factorySynonym of sausage party.
- sausage rollThe dole; unemployment.
- sausoA sausage.
- savA ruthless or badass person; a savage.
- saveA point in a professional wrestling match when one or more wrestlers run to the ring to aid a fellow wrestler...
- save shotAn injection of an anti-overdose medication given to a recreational drug user as an emergency measure in...
- save the drama for your mamaRefrain from inciting drama (rumor, lying, or an exaggerated reaction to life events).
- saw offFor the umpire to declare a batter out.
- sawbonesA surgeon.
- sawbuckA ten-dollar bill.
- sawdust jointA plain casino without ostentatious decoration.
- sawed-offA shotgun with a barrel and sometimes buttstock which have been shortened by sawing them off; a sawed-off...
- say gexSpoonerism of gay sex.
- say it, don't spray itOne should be careful not to spit or spray saliva when speaking.
- say lessIndicating enthusiastic agreement to a request.
- say thatUsed to express enthusiasm, encouragement, or agreement with the speaker.
- say whaSay what.
- SayonikaThe ship of characters Sayori and Monika from the visual novel videogame Doki Doki Literature Club!.
- SayosukiThe ship of characters Sayori and Natsuki from the visual novel videogame Doki Doki Literature Club!.
- SayuriThe ship of characters Sayori and Yuri from the visual novel videogame Doki Doki Literature Club!.
- SburbventureA fanventure in the style of Homestuck where the characters are players of the supernatural video game Sburb.
- SCAIn the UGSC (Underground Subliminal Community), a method or intended outcome of "respawning" where sudden...
- scabbyStingy; scrounging.
- scagHeroin.
- scagheadA heroin user.
- ScallisonThe ship of characters Scott McCall and Allison Argent from the television series Teen Wolf.
- scalpTo resell, especially tickets, usually for an inflated price, often illegally.
- scamTo seek out a partner for casual sex; to hit on.
- ScamazonAmazon.com Inc.
- scambaitTo pose as a potential victim of a scam, in order to waste the scammer's time and resources.
- scambaiterOne who engages in scambaiting.
- scambaitingThe practice of posing as a potential victim of a scam, in order to waste the scammer's time and resources.
- scammerA person who commits fraud by making dishonest scams and business deals: swindler, cheat, grifter.
- scampsmanHighwayman.
- ScamsungSamsung Electronics.
- ScandahoovianAmerican and of Scandinavian ancestry.
- ScandieScandinavian.
- scanlessScandalous, shameful.
- scanteThe drug methamphetamine hydrochloride, crystal meth.
- scarabThe currency sign ¤.
- ScarbsDiminutive word for Scarborough, Toronto.
- scare the bejeebers out ofTo terrify thoroughly.
- scare the pants offTo scare or startle someone thoroughly.
- scared spitlessVery frightened, terrified.
- scarfTo eat very quickly.
- scarfableAble to be devoured.
- scarferOne who scarfs or guzzles food.
- scarfieA university student, especially one from the University of Otago.
- scarousedBoth scared and aroused.
- scarperTo depart quickly; to escape, to flee, to run away.
- scarper the lettyTo depart quickly from a rented place without paying.
- scary devil monasteryThe newsgroup alt.sysadmin.recovery.
- scatCoprophilia, scatophilia.
- scatterTo leave.
- scattyScatterbrained; flighty.
- scavvyThe tropical shrub Scaevola taccada.
- scene packA curated collection of scenes from a larger work (typically a film or TV series) featuring a particular...
- scenecoreAn intense or hardcore idealized form of the scene youth subculture of the 2000s and early 2010s.
- scenery-chewerOne who "chews the scenery", performing melodramatically or flamboyantly.
- schemePart of a uniform resource identifier indicating the protocol or other purpose, such as http: or news:.
- schitzySchizophrenic.
- schizInvolving or pertaining to schizophrenia (in the medical sense); schizophrenic.
- schizinessThe fact or state of being schizy.
- schizo carSynonym of schizophrenic ride.
- schizo rideClipped compound of schizophrenic ride.
- schizo whipSynonym of schizophrenic ride.
- SchizogramCertain communities of the social media platform Instagram who believe in seemingly conspiratorial or...
- schizopostTo create schizoposts.
- schizoposterSomeone who schizoposts; someone creating memes making light of schizophrenia or is perhaps genuinely...
- schizz outTo go mad; to behave irrationally.
- schlawgA fanciful variation of dog or dawg.
- schlemielA loser or a fool.
- schlepTo carry, drag, or lug.
- schlockbusterA schlocky blockbuster; a film that is tasteless and inferior but still very successful.
- schlopThe sound of an animal, especially a canine, feline or ruminant, drinking water with its tongue.
- schloshedVery drunk.
- schlubbyClumsy, oafish, or socially awkward; unattractive or unkempt.
- schlumpTo move in a heavy, lazy or slovenly way.
- schmearTo bribe.
- schmeckHeroin.
- schmeckerA user of the drug heroin.
- schmickNeat; smart; snazzy.
- schmoopFan fiction, or part of a fan fiction, which is sweetly romantic or cute, usually to a degree considered...
- schmoopinessThe state or quality of being schmoopy.
- schmoopyCharacteristic of schmoop; maudlin.
- schmuckoA schmuck; a pitiful person; loser.
- schneidA losing streak.
- Schneider eggAn orange traffic barrel or cone, used to mark construction zones or hazards on the road.
- SchneiderverseThe fictional universe that serves as the simultaneous setting of several television series created by Dan...
- schnookA person who is easily taken advantage of.
- schnookeredExcessively drunk (from alcohol).
- schnozzNose.
- schnozzleThe human nose, especially one that is large.
- schnozzolaThe nose.
- schoolieA public school meal, the school cafeteria food.
- schoolmarmTo discipline in the manner of a schoolmarm; to harshly reprimand or chide.
- schoolsickMissing one's school and friends very much when away.
- schooner on the rocksA meal of roast beef served on a bed of potatoes.
- schroedinbugA software bug which begins to manifest only when somebody debugging the code finds out that it should not...
- schwagLow-grade or commercial-grade marijuana.
- schwiftyHaving lost all inhibition while having fun; going wild, going crazy.
- schwingAn exclamation of excitement or physical attraction.
- sci.chemistA participant in the Usenet newsgroup sci.chem.
- sci.langerA participant in the Usenet newsgroup sci.lang.
- sci.physicistA participant in the Usenet newsgroup sci.physics.
- sci.skepticA participant in the Usenet newsgroup sci.skeptic.
- science ovenSynonym of microwave oven.
- science-fictioneerCreator of science fiction.
- SciencemasChristmas, in an atheistic context.
- scientibookA book in the genre of science fiction.
- scienticomicA comic book in the genre of science fiction.
- scientifantasySynonym of stfsy.
- scientificomicA comic book in the genre of science fiction.
- scientifictionistA fan or creator of science fiction; one involved in some aspect of science fiction.
- scientifilmA motion picture in the genre of science fiction.
- scimmyA scimitar.
- SciraThe ship of characters Scott McCall and Kira Yukimura from the television series Teen Wolf.
- scisaacThe ship of characters Scott McCall and Isaac Lahey from the Teen Wolf series.
- scissor statementA polarising and incendiary topic, opinion or phrase.
- scobeA chav or ned; a delinquent.
- scoffTo eat food quickly.
- scoffableAble to be scorned or mocked at.
- scofferOne who eats a large amount.
- ScoganThe ship (romantic pairing) between Cyclops (Scott Summers) and Wolverine (James Howlett, alias: Logan) from...
- sconeTo hit on the head.
- Scooby snackA recreational drug, particularly cannabis or methamphetamine.
- Scooby-DooA clue.
- scoopA haul of money made through speculation.
- scootA scooter.
- scootsDiarrhea.
- scope dopeAn officer responsible for radar.
- scopieAn aerospace systems operator (ASOp) or fighter controller (FC) in the Royal Air Force.
- ScorbusThe ship of characters Scorpius Malfoy and Albus Potter of the Harry Potter franchise.
- scorchioScorching hot (originally and especially of weather).
- scoreA robbery.
- score offTo defeat (especially in an argument), get the better of, achieve a success over, gain an advantage or win...
- scorefileA file containing criteria for assigning a score to each email message received, for purposes of filtering...
- scoresA bag of cannabis worth £20.
- scorpA resident of Gibraltar.
- ScouseratiNotable or influential people whose place of birth or residence is in the city of Liverpool or its...
- ScowegianSynonym of Scandahoovian.
- SCPA genre of science fiction horror consisting of quasi-scientific reports on the capture, containment, and...
- scradgeFood.
- scraggingA beating.
- scramA gun, firearm.
- scrambled eggThe gold braid worn on the cap of an officer in the armed forces or police.
- scranFood, especially that of an inferior quality; grub.
- scrapeA D and C or abortion; or, a miscarriage.
- scraperA modified automobile, typically with oversized wheelrims.
- scratchMoney; especially, cash.
- scratch thatTo disregard, omit, or ignore the previous statement.
- scratcherA counterfeiter.
- screamerA video that unexpectedly frightens the viewer by cutting to a loud scream and disturbing image.
- screamingEffeminate, flamboyant or otherwise obviously gay.
- screaming abdabsA state of extreme nervousness.
- screaming meemiesA state of anxiety; the jitters.
- screaming trotsDiarrhea.
- screaming, crying, throwing upUsed to indicate enthusiasm or excitement.
- screaminglyTo a great degree.
- screen nameA string of characters used to identify a user of a bulletin board, e-mail etc; a pseudonym used for online...
- screen testSynonym of rough ride.
- screennameA string of characters used to identify a user of a bulletin board, e-mail etc; a pseudonym used for online...
- screwTo leave; to go away; to scram.
- screw aboutSynonym of screw around.
- screw aroundTo make out or engage in sexual activity, usually without actually having sex.
- screw looseA state of insanity or eccentricity.
- screw-offSomeone who often fails to do his or her work; someone known to goof off.
- screwfaceTo make a screwface (at someone).
- screwfacedHaving a screwface (an angry facial expression); angry, frustrated.
- screwgieA screwball.
- scrillMoney.
- scrillaMoney.
- scrillionAn unspecified large number (of).
- scrimA practice match between one or more organized teams usually in preparation for a more competitive format...
- scrimshankTo shirk duty.
- scrimshankerA shirker; one who scrimshanks.
- script monkeyAn operator at a call center who works entirely from a script and is therefore unable to help with any...
- scroScrotum.
- scrobbleTo waylay, kidnap or steal.
- scrobblerA program that scrobbles.
- scrollTo flood a chat system with numerous lines of text, causing legitimate messages to scroll out of view before...
- scrollingContinuous and aimless consumption of content on social media, especially on websites or apps with a...
- scrollytellingStorytelling enriched with multimedial elements triggered while scrolling down a webpage.
- Scrooge McDuckTo dive into money; to swim around in money.
- scroteCourage, balls.
- scrottyGrotty; dirty; unpleasant.
- scroungyDirty or shabby.
- scrubOne not on the first team of players; a substitute.
- scrubberA prostitute or a slovenly woman.
- scrubeenieSubstitute.
- scruffbagA scruffy person or creature.
- scruffyAn arctic fox.
- scrumdiddlyumptiousScrumptious; delicious.
- scrumpTo have sex.
- scrumpdillyiciousScrumptious; delicious.
- scrumtrulescentTranscendent and fantastic beyond description.
- scrunklyCute in a quirky, scruffy, or dishevelled way.
- scudThe drink Irn-Bru.
- scuffA scurf; a scale.
- scufflePoverty; struggle.
- scufterA policeman.
- scugA lower-school or inferior boy.
- SculderThe ship of characters Dana Scully and Fox Mulder from the television series The X-Files.
- scullTo drink the entire contents of a drinking vessel without pausing.
- scumbaggeryThe behaviour of a scumbag.
- scumbagginessThe condition or quality of being a scumbag.
- scumballA sleazy, disreputable, or despicable person; a lowlife.
- scummySleazy, worthless, no good.
- scummy mummyAn unpleasant or unattractive mother.
- scunderedEmbarrassed; caught off guard.
- scungeA dirty or untidy person; one who takes no pride in their appearance.
- scungiesMen's swimshorts.
- scutSome menial procedure left for a doctor or medical student to complete, sometimes for training purposes.
- scut monkeyA new medical student, beginning his/her clinical rotations (often after the first two years of a four-year...
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Slang meanings adapted from the Wiktionary entry of each word (English slang). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the words, left out vulgar and offensive ones, and linked each to its full entry. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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