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Underworld Lexicon: Arcane Street Vernacular
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- 1. Philadelphia lingo for things, derived from a colloquial noun
- 2. Impressive fashion or swagger, often shiny or wet-looking attire
- 3. Moving energetically, especially dancing to a street beat or urban rhythm
- 5. Quick, sharp verbal retaliation; a comeback with street-edge repartee
- 7. Unrefined, loud, or ostentatiously gaudy behavior or object—often pejorative
- 8. Modern cryptic slang for a firearm, also a type of hot dog in NYC slang
- 10. Young or inexperienced person; origin from Florida street vernacular
- 12. Short for suspicious; suspect behavior doubted in urban circles
- 14. Slang for a handgun, spherical as the world
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- 4. Abandoned structure turned trap house, slang from Southern vernacular
- 6. Portmanteau city where gun violence meets apocalypse, cryptically war-torn
- 9. Woolen shirt or rugged attire, named from American textile legend used in streetwear
- 11. Urban slang for currency; paper chase’s slang synonym
- 13. A sly hustle for illicit gains, like a smooth con artist’s trade
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