Slang words: S
2,105 slang and Internet words starting with S, each with its slang meaning. Trending slang
- shoggothArtificial intelligence, especially a large language model, with a relatable user-facing persona but an...
- shoobieA visitor to a coastal area who looks or acts out of place; especially an awkward or annoying tourist.
- shookShaken up; rattled; shocked or surprised.
- shook upShaken; emotionally disturbed or agitated.
- shookethShaken up; rattled; shocked or surprised.
- shooktShaken up; rattled; shocked or surprised.
- shoopAn image that has been modified using Adobe Photoshop or similar image-manipulation software to produce a...
- shootTo ejaculate.
- shoot one's boltOf a male, to ejaculate.
- shoot one's mouth offTo make reckless or exaggerated statements.
- shoot one's wadTo expend all of one's resources or efforts; to express all the arguments or ideas which one has.
- shoot someone straightTo treat or deal honestly with; be truthful and upfront with.
- shoot the bootsTo kick swiftly and violently, especially in the groin.
- shoot the breezeTo chat idly or generally waste time talking.
- shoot the fiveTo fight in hand-to-hand combat.
- shoot the lights outTo perform very well; to exceed expectations.
- shoot the moonTo abscond without paying one's rent.
- shooterA firearm.
- shooting galleryA room where recreational drug users inject themselves with a drug.
- shootsGoodbye.
- shopTo report the criminal activities or whereabouts of someone to an authority.
- shopping basketA page on a shopping website where one's prospective purchases are listed before payment.
- shopping cartThe stored list of items that a person has chosen to purchase during an online shopping session but has not...
- shoppy shopA small, independent retail store that sells unique, upscale gourmet food and often called boutique grocers...
- shore breakThe area along the shoreline where waves break (as distinguished from other types of breaks).
- shortAn automobile.
- short and curliesPubic hair.
- short eyesA child molester.
- short hairsPubic hair.
- shortcodeA text sequence that produces a smiley or emoji.
- shortficSuch fan fiction collectively.
- shortieShortbread.
- shortlinkA short web address, produced by a URL shortener, that redirects to a desired address that is typically much...
- shotA punch or other physical blow.
- shot callerA prison inmate who holds informal authority over other inmates and who masterminds criminal activity.
- shot in the lockerMoney or other resources available on hand.
- shotabaitCharacters or media made to appeal to shotacons.
- shotgunTo inhale from a pipe or other smoking device, followed shortly by an exhalation into someone else’s mouth.
- shotgun debuggingA poorly-directed form of debugging, making various experimental changes to the source code in the hope that...
- shotgun surgeryThe antipattern of adding similar or identical source code in multiple parts of a software project, rather...
- shotgun weddingAny similarly reputedly forced partnership, between people, organizations, components, or concepts.
- shots firedUsed to indicate that one finds a statement or action derisive or combative.
- shottaAn armed gangster.
- shotterA drug dealer.
- shottieA kind of bong.
- shottiesThanks, thank you, shot.
- shottyA shotgun.
- shoujo aiLolicon.
- ShouldergateA 1978 controversy around the Pittsburgh Steelers practising in shoulder pads during an off-season period in...
- shouseAn outhouse; an outbuilding used as a lavatory.
- shoutA call-out for an emergency services team.
- shoutboxA tagboard.
- shoveTo pass (counterfeit money).
- shove the queerTo pass counterfeit money.
- showA battle; local conflict.
- show a little gingerTo play harder or smarter.
- show one's buttTo misbehave or act defiantly.
- show outTo display or present oneself; represent.
- showcasingThe activity of browsing bricks-and-mortar stores to examine goods before buying them online, frequently from...
- shpadoinkleAn exclamation meaning "great" or denoting surprise.
- shrapnelLoose change.
- shredTo reduce (something) by a large percentage; to slash.
- shredderSomeone who snowboards; a snowboarder.
- shreddiesUnderwear.
- shredduceShredded lettuce, especially on a burger or sandwich.
- ShrekkieA fan of the Shrek media franchise.
- ShrekkingThe practice of intentionally dating someone whom one finds unattractive, or less attractive than one...
- shrewdieA shrewd or cunning person.
- shriekAn exclamation mark.
- shriekfestAn event filled with shrieking.
- shrimpA small, puny or unimportant person.
- shrimpingA sex act in which one partner sucks on another's toes.
- shrimpleSynonym of simple.
- shrinkeeA psychiatrist's patient.
- shrinkerA psychiatrist; a head-shrinker.
- shrinketteA female shrink (psychiatrist or psychotherapist).
- shrinkflationThe practice of making products smaller while continuing to market them at the same price.
- shroomTo take magic mushrooms.
- shroomerA person who consumes hallucinogenic mushrooms for their effects.
- shroomheadOne who takes magic mushrooms.
- shruggieA kaomoji denoting a shrug; particularly ¯\_(ツ)_/¯.
- shrumpA pile of leaves with a mushroom underneath.
- shtuckTrouble.
- shtupPush.
- shtusNonsense, stupidity.
- shtwtThe Twitter community of people engaging in self-harm.
- shuckA fraud; a scam.
- shucky duckyPhrase indicating disappointment or excitement.
- shuftiA brief glance.
- shuftiscopeAn invasive medical instrument used to test a patient for dysentery.
- Shuric scanA type of video mashup that remixes a clip from a movie, video game, etc., and usually repeats in a rhythm.
- shut downTo pass (another vehicle), especially quickly.
- shut upTo murder, kill.
- shutdownA big success; a hyped atmosphere.
- shvigerA mother-in-law.
- shvitzerA show-off or braggart.
- shwastedExtremely intoxicated.
- siceTo excite.
- sickVery good, excellent, awesome, badass.
- sick and twistedMentally or emotionally disturbed or unsound.
- sick burnA particularly cutting insult.
- sickficA fanfic which focuses on a character dealing with illness.
- sickieA day, or time, off work due to (supposed) illness.
- sidSadiki.
- sideAn unjustified air of self-importance; a conceited attitude.
- side bootyThe gluteus medius.
- side chickA mistress; a woman one dates in addition to one's girlfriend or wife, usually in secret.
- side gigA gig (temporary or informal job) being done on the side; a person's non-primary job or other occupation...
- side hustleA secondary job or gig that brings in extra cash.
- side outThree outs.
- side pieceA person with whom someone already in a relationship carries on a physical affair (not emotional affair)...
- side tingA secondary lover, a mistress.
- side-postTo send a side-post.
- sidebarA block of information placed at the side of a webpage.
- sideblogA secondary weblog, ancillary to the author's primary blog.
- sidequestA real-world action or task which a person does in addition to or instead of a main action or task; a...
- sideshowAn incident in which drivers block traffic to perform stunts like donuts and burnouts for an extended period...
- sidewinderA person who is untrustworthy and dangerous.
- sidiesSideburns.
- sifFoul, disgusting.
- sigTo good-naturedly make fun of someone; to signify.
- sigblockA block of text used as a sig (e-mail or newsgroup signature).
- sigeonA pigeon or a creature resembling one (especially an AI-generated one).
- sigeon pexSpoonerism of pigeon sex.
- sigfileA text file containing a sig (e-mail or newsgroup signature).
- siggingThe act of sigging (insulting, roasting); signifying; banter.
- siggyA sig (signature used in posted messages).
- sighA person who is bored.
- sightjoggingSightseeing while jogging.
- siglessWithout a sig (electronic signature appended to one's messages).
- sigmaA sigma male (a self-reliant and assertive male).
- sigma maleA self-reliant and assertive male who occupies a position outside a social or group hierarchy; a lone wolf or...
- signalAn electromagnetic action, normally a voltage that is a function of time, that conveys the information of the...
- signatureText (or images, etc.) appended to a user's emails, newsgroup posts, forum posts, etc. as a way of adding a...
- silent but deadlyA fart that has little to no audio but has a very potent smell.
- silent keyA deceased ham radio operator.
- silent-but-violentA fart that is very quiet but has a very potent smell.
- siliconComputing.
- siliconeHaving had cosmetic surgery, especially breast enlargement.
- silk elevatorA parachute.
- silkpostA social media post, typically on Reddit, intended to, often humorously, deceive the reader about the...
- silkyHaving sensibilities of mainstream culture, in contrast to crunchy.
- sillSilly.
- silly slicingSelf-harm by cutting.
- silly window syndromeA problem in data transmission, where a server, unable to process all incoming data, repeatedly asks the...
- sillycidalSuicidal.
- sillycideSuicide.
- sillyficSuch fan fiction collectively.
- silver bulletA thermometer, especially one used for rectal temperature readings.
- silver topAn old person.
- silver trainIn China, a railway train assigned to take elderly retirees on touristic trips to underdeveloped areas whose...
- silvertailA wealthy person.
- SIM farmA device that can hold several SIM cards, used by criminals to send very large numbers of texts and calls at...
- SimblrThe community of Simmers and Sims-related blogs on Tumblr.
- simoleonA dollar.
- simoleonsMoney.
- simonSixpence coin.
- simpSomeone who foolishly overvalues someone else and defers to them, putting them on a pedestal.
- simplesIndicating that something is easy to do or to understand.
- Sin CityNickname for Las Vegas: a desert city, the county seat of Clark County, Nevada, United States.
- SinatraticA fan of American singer and actor Frank Sinatra (1915–1998).
- SindoThe Sunday Independent, an Irish newspaper.
- SindyThe Independent on Sunday, a British newspaper published until 2016.
- singTo confess under interrogation.
- sing like a canaryTo inform on a criminal in great detail.
- singkekA laborer who has recently arrived from China.
- single-serving siteA simple website consisting of a single page, with a dedicated domain name, that does only one thing.
- sinhoundA priest.
- sinkTo drink (especially something alcoholic).
- sinkerA doughnut; a biscuit.
- sinkholeA domain name server that has been configured to hand out non-routeable addresses for all domains, so that...
- Sinkie pwn SinkieThe situation where Singaporeans criticize and attack each other rather than being supportive.
- sinsationalBoth sinful and sensational.
- sir sandwichThe practice of beginning and ending a sentence with the address of sir.
- sir, this is an Arby'sUsed to indicate that one finds a statement to be bizarre, tangential, or inappropriate for the context in...
- sireeSir.
- sisexual bexSpoonerism of bisexual sex.
- sisterA black woman.
- sister actGroup sex involving two or more sisters (female siblings of each other) with one or more men.
- sistercestIncestuous relationships between sisters.
- sisters before mistersA woman should prioritize her female friends over her boyfriend or husband.
- sitchA situation.
- siteA website.
- sitebanTo ban (a user) from accessing or using a website.
- siteletA small website.
- siteopA warez site operator; the person in charge of a topsite.
- siteripA complete archive of a website.
- sitterA very easy scoring chance.
- situationAn outfit, garment, or look.
- situationshipA romantic or sexual relationship in which the parties do not consider or are not clear that they are in such...
- SitzfleischA person's bottom; the posterior.
- SiwanatorA fan of American dancer, singer, actress and YouTuber JoJo Siwa (born 2003).
- sixRear, behind (rear side of something).
- sixerA six-pack of a beverage.
- sixesA pair of sixes.
- sixpennyworthA prison sentence of six months.
- sixty-nineTo have sex in the sixty-nine position: to engage in mutual oral sex.
- sizzlerA person who is very sexually attractive.
- sizzurpA mixed drink including a codeine-laced promethazine cough syrup as an ingredient.
- skagAn unattractive woman.
- skankyResembling or characteristic of the skank dance.
- skateTo get away with something; to be acquitted of a crime for which one is manifestly guilty.
- skate ratA dedicated skater who is committed to the street lifestyle.
- skedaddlerA draft dodger.
- skeetA post on the Bluesky social media platform.
- skeetoA mosquito.
- skeeveTo disgust or disturb.
- skeeve outTo disgust or repulse.
- skeevyDisgusting or distasteful.
- skeeze outTo creep out.
- skeezicksA rascal, rogue.
- skeezyDespicable, tasteless.
- skegA surfer; a person who leads a surfing lifestyle.
- SkeggySkegness.
- skellA homeless person, especially one who sleeps in the New York subway.
- skellyA skeleton, especially a human one.
- skengA weapon, especially a gun or a knife.
- skeptopathyPathological skepticism; an irrational belief that a phenomenon must be false merely because it is unusual or...
- sketchA lookout; vigilant watch for something.
- sketchyDisturbing, or indicating possible danger.
- ski bunnyAn attractive female at a ski resort, especially one who is more interested in being seen than in skiing.
- skibidiA nonsense word, used in an ironic or humorous manner or to mock, or in reference to, the perceived slang...
- skibidi Ohio rizzA nonsense phrase implying, referencing, inferring or bemoaning the supposed slang, memes, trends and other...
- skibidyNon-lexical vocable used in scat singing.
- skidA script kiddie.
- skid lidMotorcycle helmet.
- skiddieA script kiddie.
- skiddiesUnderpants.
- skillGreat, excellent.
- skill issueA lack of skill at a game.
- skill monkeyIn roleplaying games, a character with a number of special abilities.
- skillionAny indefinitely large number.
- skilloGreat, excellent.
- skimpflationThe practice of reducing the quality of products while continuing to market them at the same price.
- skimpiesLightweight, revealing garments.
- skinA person; chap.
- skin and blisterA sister.
- skin jobA robot or android with humanoid flesh and skin.
- skin magShort form of skin magazine.
- skin upTo make a cannabis cigarette.
- skinbowOf a zebrafish: having been genetically engineered to have a skin of many colours, to aid in the...
- SkinemaxCinemax, an American pay television, cable, and satellite television network.
- skinfulPlenty; a large amount.
- skinimalismA skincare philosophy which emphasizes simplicity and only using products which are absolutely necessary.
- skinnedStripped of money or property.
- skinnerAn instance of skinning the lamb, i.e. a bookmaker winning all of his bets where nobody backed the winner.
- skinny drink of waterA person with a thin, gangly build.
- skinny jabAn injection of a drug (such as liraglutide or semaglutide) for the purpose of weight loss.
- skinpopTo inject drugs subcutaneously.
- skinsThe drums.
- skintPenniless, poor, impecunious, broke.
- skinternA female intern who wears very revealing clothing in an office setting where more conservative attire is the...
- skipAn Australian of Anglo-Celtic descent.
- skivvyA prostitute.
- skodyVery dirty and unpleasant; grody.
- skolTo drink the entire contents of a drinking vessel without pausing.
- skollieA hoodlum, a petty criminal.
- skookum houseA prison or jail.
- skreetStreet.
- skronkyRaw and discordant, especially of an electric guitar.
- skskskA nonsense sound, evoking playfulness, bewilderment or other sudden emotion.
- skuaTo steal, or borrow without permission.
- skubAn unspecified but insignificant fictional substance that is perpetually the subject of hostile disagreement.
- skull sessionA meeting for the purpose of brainstorming or developing a strategy.
- skull splitterAny highly potent alcoholic beverage, mixed drink, or knock-off spirit designed to give the drinker a severe...
- skulldogA furry having the form of a canid with an exposed skull for a face.
- skullieA skulldog.
- skunkA walkover victory in sports or board games, as when the opposing side is unable to score.
- skunkedHaving seen no birds at all when on a birding trip.
- skunkerA skunk.
- skunksonaA fursona that is a skunk.
- skunktaurA taur with the lower body of a skunk.
- skunkweedStrong-smelling cannabis.
- skutchA pest; an annoying person or thing; a bother.
- skyTo toss (something) upwards; specifically, to flip (a coin).
- sky ballA high fly ball.
- sky daddyA god.
- sky juicePlain water; drinking water.
- sky pilotA clergyman, especially a military chaplain or padre.
- sky the towelTo give up; to surrender.
- sky the wipeSynonym of sky the towel.
- skyfTo smoke cigarettes.
- skygodA skydiver, especially (approbative) a thoroughly experienced one.
- skyhookA CB radio antenna.
- skymanA male aviator.
- skyrocketA pocket.
- slabA large, luxury pre-1980 General Motors vehicle, particularly a Buick, Oldsmobile, or Cadillac.
- slab lineAn informal car club for customized slabs (luxury pre-1980 General Motors vehicles).
- slackVulgar; sexually explicit, especially in dancehall music.
- slack bobA schoolboy who does not take part in sports.
- slackerA user of the Slackware Linux distribution.
- slagTo talk badly about; to malign or denigrate (someone).
- slag offTo talk insultingly to or about someone or something; usually one who is not present.
- slagfestAn event or situation characterised by slagging off, or denigrating.
- slamTo strike and take the life of or at least incapacitate for some time.
- slam downTo eat or drink (something) quickly.
- slam on the brakesTo press down hard on the brakes of a vehicle in order to make it stop suddenly.
- slam pieceA sexual partner to whom one has no particular emotional attachment.
- slam-clickerAn unsociable crewmember who prefers to stay in his or her hotel room between flights.
- slambookAn online guestbook of this kind, where each visitor is invited to write personal replies to a set of...
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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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