Another way to say “normal”

A self-imposed break from high-stimulus activities — short-form video, gaming, sugar, social media — meant to reset your ability to enjoy "normal" things. Contested by neuroscientists; popular on productivity TikTok anyway.

The 2020s default plant milk — creamy, neutral, barista-friendly. Ordering "oat" with your coffee is so standard it's basically a personality trait now.

A deliberate once-a-week unplugging — no phone, no laptop, no streaming. The religious weekly rest, updated for 2025. Sundays are standard; reports of restlessness in hour two are universal; the pay-off usually lands around hour four.

A relative-sizing unit for software work — 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13 being the standard Fibonacci scale. Abstract by design, so humans don't confuse them with hours. Within 18 months of any team adopting them, the whole thing becomes a proxy for hours anyway.

A re-release of a recent album with 4–8 extra tracks, dropped 3–6 months after the original to reset streaming momentum. Industry-standard since ~2020. Genuinely great sometimes (Olivia's "GUTS Spilled"), filler other times. Fans grade them like exam retakes.

Caribbean English term, especially common in Trinidad and Guyana, for the unripe fruit of the breadnut (Brosimum alicastrum) or jack-related trees used as a vegetable. When young and green, katahar is cooked in curries and stews; it has a meaty, fibrous texture that makes it popular in vegetarian cooking.

A dramatic, emphatic confirmation ritual — asking or asserting that something is without question true, correct, or happening, delivered with maximum certainty and zero room for doubt. Used when a regular 'yes' or 'for sure' simply does not carry enough force.

The state of being fully lost in academic overthinking — when someone shifts into a register so theoretical, formal, or citation-heavy that they become useless in a normal conversation. Often used to describe a person who has temporarily stopped functioning as a human and started functioning as a dissertation.

Agequeer coded describes someone or something that signals a fundamental disconnect from conventional age expectations — a person who doesn't 'read' as any particular age, whose interests and energy refuse to be pinned to a generation or life stage, or who seems genuinely unbothered by the milestones they've skipped or blown past. It can be a compliment (they're free from timeline pressure) or a playful observation (they're confusingly ageless in a way that makes your brain glitch). Either way, they're operating outside the standard age script.

Agequeer energy is the vibe someone gives off when they seem completely untethered from conventional age expectations — where it's genuinely impossible to clock their generation, or where they're clearly living on a personal timeline that has nothing to do with what anyone told them they should be doing by now. It's a quality you can feel before you know anyone's birthday: they reference things from multiple decades with equal authority, their interests are confusingly broad, and the question of whether they're 'too old' or 'too young' for something clearly never occurs to them.

A periodic, often humbling inventory of how well you're actually functioning as an adult — bills paid, fridge stocked, doctor's appointment not dodged for fourteen months, emotional regulation approximately intact. The adulting check is part self-assessment, part collective commiseration, usually deployed online when someone either discovers they've been unknowingly adulting correctly (rare, celebrated) or realises they've been spectacularly failing at the basics (common, relatable). It strips away the performance of having it together and asks for the raw, honest score.

A moment of daftness that crosses the line from endearing into genuinely catastrophic — when the yampy energy stops being cute and starts having real consequences. A yampy fail isn't a triumphant chaos story; it's the one that ends in a fine, an apology, or mild structural damage. The crucial distinction from regular yampy behaviour is the aftermath: yampy fails require some form of reckoning, even if that reckoning eventually becomes a legendary anecdote. They're proof that being loveable and daft has a risk premium attached.

The full narrative trajectory of a YouTube adpocalypse event — from the inciting controversy or advertiser revolt, through the creator panic and platform response, to the eventual (partial) recovery or new normal. Every major adpocalypse has its arc: the triggering event, the chaos peak, the think-pieces, the YouTube blog post, and the quiet stabilization. Fans and media critics use adpocalypse arc to discuss these events with the same narrative framing they'd apply to a TV drama season, because honestly the YouTube creator economy functions like one.

The supreme, fully realized Afrocrat — someone whose commitment to African political consciousness, cultural pride, and intellectual engagement is so thorough and unimpeachable that they've transcended regular afrocrat status into something legendary. The afrocrat god doesn't just talk the talk; their entire life is an expression of the ideology. They've read everything, built something, lived it, and can speak to it from any angle with clarity and depth. This is the elder or the icon that defines what the identity is actually about.

Someone who has mastered the art of being on the same page with everyone — the person in a group who keeps things cohesive, smooths out disagreements, and makes sure everyone's still pulling toward the same goal. An aligner isn't a pushover; they're skilled at finding the common thread between conflicting perspectives and weaving it into consensus. The word can also be slightly ironic, describing someone who always seems to agree with whoever is in charge, raising questions about authenticity versus diplomacy.

An artist — almost always applied to legends like Fela Kuti, Burna Boy, or Wizkid — whose mastery of the Afrobeats sound is considered so total and transformative that normal critical language doesn't cover it. The afrobeats god isn't just a successful act; they're someone who defined or redefined the genre's possibilities, whose output became the benchmark everyone else is measured against. Used with reverence in fan spaces, music Twitter, and diaspora communities worldwide. The term also floats casually in compliment form: calling someone's playlist or DJ set 'afrobeats god tier' means it's untouchable.

The behavioral state of someone who has received so much praise or validation that they start operating on a different plane — louder, bolder, and significantly less grounded in reality. Gassed mode is activated when the compliments start stacking: a good comment section, a few head nods from the right people, or one viral moment. Once someone flips into gassed mode, normal social calibration tends to stop working. They're not lying, they're just running on hype fumes and genuinely believe the version of themselves the group chat created. Handle with caution.

An aesthetic or lifestyle identity centred on radical authenticity — the 'based-core' person wears what they want, says what they think, consumes what they enjoy without ironic distance, and refuses to perform taste for an audience. It's a mood board built around unapologetic individuality: mismatched fits worn with total confidence, niche interests displayed without embarrassment, opinions delivered without the usual softening qualifiers. Based-core is less a fashion moment and more a relational posture toward the world.

An Indian English superlative meaning the most junior in rank, seniority, or experience within a group or organisation. While standard British and American English would typically say most junior or the most junior person, juniormost is a productive formation in Indian English where the -most suffix is applied more freely to adjectives. Common in workplace, academic, and military contexts across South Asia.

An Italian-American culinary term for whelk or conch — large, chewy sea snails that feature prominently in southern Italian and Italian-American seafood dishes. 'Scungilli' is especially associated with the Feast of the Seven Fishes, the traditional Italian Christmas Eve meal, and is often served marinated in lemon, olive oil, and herbs. The word is standard vocabulary in New York and New Jersey Italian-American communities.

Tech and internet slang for something that is broken, buggy, or behaving in an unpredictable and annoying way. A softer, more affectionate version of 'broken' — when something is borky, it's not catastrophically dead, it's just acting up in that irritating but vaguely endearing way software tends to. Common in developer Slack channels, gaming communities, and Discord servers where calling something 'broken' feels too formal and 'busted' feels too harsh. The playful '-ky' suffix gives it a cartoon quality.

The American variant name for the classic childhood game where one player counts with eyes closed while the others scatter and hide, then hunts them down one by one. 'Hide and go seek' is the version most kids in the US grow up saying, stressing the active 'go' that standard 'hide and seek' drops. The phrase has also migrated into adult slang — people use it metaphorically for evasive behavior, dodgy communication, or anything frustratingly hard to pin down.

A light, euphemistic slang term for the female genitalia, often used humorously or to soften an otherwise blunt reference. It carries a playful, slightly coy tone, making it a popular choice in casual conversation, comedy, and contexts where clinical terms feel too formal and explicit language feels too harsh. Common in British and Australian speech particularly, where this kind of understated humour is a staple.

A vulgar diminutive slang term for a small penis, formed by attaching the childlike '-let' suffix (as in 'booklet' or 'piglet') to make the insult sound simultaneously contemptuous and faintly ridiculous. It's used as a taunt or insult in crude humor and online arguments but also appears in comedy contexts where the word's inherently absurd construction is part of the joke. Not subtle, not kind, but fairly common in unfiltered internet slang.

Slang abbreviation for 'general population' in a prison context — referring to the main body of inmates who live together in standard housing blocks as opposed to those in solitary confinement, protective custody, or administrative segregation. Being in genpop means you're out in the mix with everybody else, which carries its own risks and social dynamics. The term has also spread beyond prisons into broader slang, sometimes used humorously to mean the general public or an undifferentiated crowd.

Mainly a Canadian term — especially common in Toronto — a parkette is a tiny pocket of green space tucked into an urban neighbourhood. Think a couple of benches, maybe a tree or two, a patch of grass squeezed between buildings. Parkettes are the unsung heroes of city living: not big enough for a full game of frisbee but perfect for eating lunch, letting the dog sniff around, or just escaping the concrete for five minutes. The word is an affectionate diminutive of "park."

Cantwoman is an Irish regional term for a female auctioneer — a woman who conducts auctions by calling out bids and driving up the price with the classic rapid-fire patter that defines the trade. The 'cant' element comes from the Irish word for auction, 'ceant', making this a satisfying bit of linguistic heritage. In Ireland, going to a cant (auction) is a normal part of rural and market life, and a skilled cantwoman is someone you don't want to underestimate.

Gangshag is a coarse slang term for group sex involving multiple participants. It's a blunt, vulgar compound drawn from British and Australian vernacular, where 'shag' is a common casual word for sexual intercourse. The term shows up in frank discussions of adult sexuality, edgy fiction, and comedy. It's not considered clinical and is definitely not polite company vocabulary, but it exists across dictionaries and has a straightforward meaning in contexts where explicit language is accepted.

An uparna is a long cloth — usually cotton or silk — draped over the shoulder or worn as a wrap across the upper body, common across South Asian communities. It's the everyday version of the more formal dupatta, worn by men and women alike in rural and traditional settings. Whether you're heading to a festival, a funeral, or just the market, an uparna adds dignity without the fuss.

An Indian English term for the act or process of weighing goods — standard in logistics, trade, and railway freight contexts across South Asia. Where British English would say 'weighing' or 'the weigh-in', Indian English formalised it into a noun with its own procedural weight (no pun intended). You'll find it on freight receipts, port documents, and commodity contracts throughout India.

AAVE second-person plural reflexive pronoun meaning 'yourselves' — a natural extension of 'y'all' into reflexive territory. It fills a grammatical gap that standard English handles awkwardly ('yourselves' feels stiff; 'y'allself' flows). You'll hear it in everyday Southern and Black American speech: 'make y'allself at home,' 'help y'allself to some food.' It's intuitive, grammatically logical within the AAVE system, and captures the warmth of Southern hospitality speech perfectly. Social media has given it wider visibility beyond regional use.

A Scottish dialectal word meaning quiet, used in some regional varieties of Scots. The form reflects historical vowel patterns in Scots English where standard 'quiet' becomes 'quate'. It is a regional pronunciation rendered into spelling rather than a separate word, and is rarely seen in writing outside dialect literature or specialized dictionaries of Scots. Rarely written; mostly heard in speech.

Standard English for someone who secretly listens to others' conversations. The word has a vivid origin: before modern drainage, rain fell from eaves onto the 'eavesdrop' ground below, and those who stood there could hear conversations inside a building. In military slang it was also applied to surveillance aircraft. The everyday sense remains fully current and standard rather than slangy.

A US academic term for the brief break between semesters or terms -- often a few weeks in January or between spring and summer sessions. Some institutions use the period for accelerated intensive courses that would be impractical during a standard semester. The term is standard in American higher education but may not be recognized outside North America, where semester breaks are described in different ways.

A British legal abbreviation for 'otherwise,' used in legal documents, statutes, and court proceedings as a contracted written form. Typically found in legal shorthand and older printed law reports rather than in spoken legal language. It reflects the long tradition in British legal writing of abbreviating common Latin-derived terms and connective words. Outside of formal legal documents and case citations, 'orse' is not used in everyday speech or general writing.

Obstinacious is a dated American regional variant of 'obstinate', meaning stubbornly persistent in refusing to change one's position or comply with requests. It appears to blend 'obstinate' with the '-acious' suffix pattern seen in words like 'tenacious' or 'audacious', perhaps under folk influence. The word is not standard in modern American English and would read as archaic, humorous, or dialectal to most contemporary speakers. It belongs to the tradition of expressive American folk vocabulary rather than formal usage.

The Indian English and Hindi word for eggplant or aubergine, also known as brinjal in South Asian and Southeast Asian English. Baingan is one of the most common vegetables in Indian cooking, featured prominently in dishes like baingan bharta (a smoky roasted eggplant preparation) and begun bhaja (fried eggplant). While considered uncommon as a loanword in international English, it is completely standard in Indian domestic contexts and widely understood across South Asia.

Indian English for an email address. The phrasing 'email ID' — treating the address itself as an identifier — is standard in Indian English and widely used in business, education, and daily life across South Asia. While speakers of British or American English typically say 'email address,' the 'ID' construction reflects a broader South Asian English pattern of using 'ID' for any unique personal identifier (e.g., 'mobile ID,' 'login ID'). Completely neutral in register; used in formal and informal contexts alike.

Irish confetti is a darkly humorous American and British slang phrase for bricks — specifically bricks thrown as weapons during a fight or riot. The term reflects an old ethnic stereotype associating Irish immigrants with street brawls and construction work. Its origins lie in the kind of derogatory ethnic humour that was common in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Today the phrase is considered offensive and is rarely used without awareness of its prejudiced roots. It's the kind of expression that turns up in historical texts or discussions of slang rather than current casual use.

Word up is a versatile piece of American hip-hop and street slang that emerged in the 1980s. It functions as a greeting ('what's up?'), a call for attention ('listen up!'), or an expression of agreement and affirmation ('exactly, I agree'). The agreement sense is the most enduring — 'word up' or just 'word' became a standard way of signalling that you cosign what someone just said. The phrase was immortalised in the 1986 Cameo song 'Word Up!' and spread from hip-hop culture into broader American slang. Register is informal and culturally rooted.

An Australian term for the phascogale, a small marsupial carnivore native to Western Australia. The word comes from the Noongar language of the southwest Australian Aboriginal peoples. Phascogales are known for their bushy black tails and short, intense lives — males typically die after the breeding season. Wambenger is typically used in wildlife and conservation contexts in Australia, where it's preferred over the more generic common names.

Australian slang for a barracouta — a long, slender, predatory fish (Thyrsites atun) found in southern Australian and New Zealand waters and popular as a food fish. The clipped form is typical of Australian informal speech, which routinely shortens and reshapes words. Typically used in fishing contexts, seafood markets, and casual conversation among those familiar with Australian coastal cuisine. Barracouta is distinct from barracuda, and the Australian pronunciation and abbreviated form reflect local fishing culture.

An internet slang spelling of white, typically used to describe white people. The alternate spelling can function neutrally as a stylistic variant or carry a mocking, ironic, or distancing edge depending on context. Often appears in social media commentary about white culture, white privilege, or white behavior, where the orthographic shift signals a critical or satirical stance. The alternate spelling creates just enough distance from the standard word to signal that the speaker is examining whiteness as a cultural or social phenomenon.

Internet and texting shorthand for thank you, using the phonetic substitution of 10 for ten (approximating thank) and q for the you sound. Part of a broader tradition of numeric and alphanumeric text compressions popular in early SMS and instant messaging culture. Now somewhat dated but still widely recognized. Variants like thx and ty have become more standard in contemporary texting.

A Singaporean Hokkien-origin colloquial term for a woman, typically an older or middle-aged woman. Ah is the standard Hokkien address particle; mm refers to a maternal or female figure. Used informally in Singaporean speech as a descriptor or address term, part of the same Ah-prefix address system that includes Ah Pek and Ah Chek for men of various ages. The term fits into a broader cultural pattern of Singlish using Hokkien-derived honorific vocabulary that reflects Singapore's multilingual heritage.

A Singaporean colloquial term for uncle or an older middle-aged man, used informally to address or refer to men in that age bracket. The Ah prefix is a common Hokkien address particle attached to names or titles. Can be used affectionately, neutrally, or slightly dismissively depending on tone and context. Part of the broader Singlish system of Ah-prefixed address terms.

A nonstandard dialectal form of anywhere, with a superfluous -s appearing in US regional speech, particularly the South and Midwest, and in older dialectal writing. Grammatically equivalent to anywhere in all contexts. Marked as uneducated by prescriptive grammarians but entirely common in natural conversation. Used in fiction writing to signal informal or regional speech patterns for a character. The form is largely unconscious in speakers who use it — it is not a deliberate stylistic choice but simply how the word sounds in their dialect.

The standard term in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the US for sweatpants or jogging bottoms — loose, comfortable trousers with an elasticated waist, typically made from soft fabric. The word is the natural equivalent of British 'tracksuit bottoms' and is used entirely without stigma in athletic and casual contexts.

An archaic Irish and Scottish dialect word meaning to yell — to cry out loudly or shriek. Also used as a noun for such a cry. Appears in dialect literature and poetry but has not survived in ordinary usage. The word has the short, sharp quality you'd expect from a term for a sudden loud cry.

In Philippine English, JO (job order) refers to a government employee hired on a contract or job-order basis rather than as a permanent civil servant. JO workers are common in Philippine government offices — they do the same work as regular employees but receive fewer benefits, no job security, and are technically not employees of the government. The term is a fixture of Philippine bureaucratic and labor vocabulary.

The Commonwealth and UK spelling of 'rain check' — a phrase meaning a promise to take up an offer at a later date when current circumstances prevent it. Originally from American baseball, where a rain check was a stub entitling the holder to attend a rescheduled game. The figurative use spread widely and 'take a rain cheque' is standard informal British idiom for politely deferring an invitation.

An informal North American clipping of 'university' — a shortened form used in casual conversation and informal writing. Common in speech but rarely written out in formal contexts. It functions identically to 'uni,' the British and Australian equivalent, though 'univ' is more distinctly North American. Both forms signal a casual, non-academic register when talking about higher education.

An American term for someone holding regular, steady employment — a person with a job in the conventional sense. It is a somewhat formal or bureaucratic word, more commonly found in sociological writing, labor statistics, or older journalism than in casual speech. It implies stability and regularity: a jobholder has ongoing employment rather than gig work or occasional income.

British public school slang for a new pupil — a first-year student or recent arrival at a boarding school. 'Bug' as a term for a junior schoolboy was common in English public school vernacular of the 19th and early 20th centuries, where elaborate hierarchies of slang marked status. A new-bug would be at the very bottom of the pecking order and subject to various forms of initiation.

A British colloquial name for the red-breasted merganser (Mergus serrator), a diving duck with a serrated bill adapted for gripping fish. The 'saw' in the name refers directly to the tooth-like serrations along the edges of the beak, a useful anatomical identifier. Sawbill is also applied more broadly to other merganser species. Common enough in birdwatching circles as an informal alternative to the full name.

A humorous coinage for an absurdly, incomprehensibly wealthy person — a step beyond mere billionaire. Typically deployed in ironic or hyperbolic registers, either to mock extreme wealth or to joke about someone's grandiose financial fantasies. The intensified prefix suggests wealth so vast it defies normal denomination.

South African slang, from Afrikaans, meaning stark naked — completely undressed without any covering. The word is direct and unambiguous, used informally and often humorously. 'Kaal' means naked or bare in Afrikaans, and 'gat' means hole or backside (here functioning as a general intensifier). Common in casual South African speech across language groups.

A nonstandard noun meaning initiative, drive, or the quality of taking action independently — essentially 'initiative' expressed with an additional abstract suffix. More verbose than necessary and not used in standard formal English, where 'initiative' or 'proactiveness' would be preferred. Occasionally appears in informal or non-native English writing where the formation follows intuitive word-building patterns.

An informal North American term primarily for a wiener sausage — a hot dog or frankfurter. Also used as a casual, juvenile term for the penis. The food sense is the more common and innocuous usage; the anatomical sense is childish rather than explicitly vulgar. 'Wienie' has the affectionate, slightly silly tone of diminutives commonly used with children. The word is more common in the US than Canada.

A dated British military slang term meaning 'go away' or 'clear off,' borrowed from Arabic during the British colonial presence in Egypt and the broader Middle East. Used as a curt dismissal. Most common in early 20th century British military writing and memoirs; rarely heard today outside historical contexts.

Caribbean and Jamaican English slang for someone who is grossly overweight or obese. The term is blunt and not polite; it can be used descriptively but often carries a derogatory edge. More common in everyday Jamaican vernacular speech than in formal contexts.

Internet slang term for a person who falsely accuses someone of faking a condition, identity, disability, or experience they genuinely have. Common in neurodivergent, chronic illness, and LGBTQ+ communities online, where people with less visible traits or atypical presentations face scepticism. A fakeclaimer is considered a hostile actor in these spaces.

An adjective meaning prone to arguing — a regional or older variant of 'quarrelsome' used mainly in American English or older texts. Applied to a person with a combative, contentious disposition who finds conflict wherever they go. The word is perfectly functional but has largely been displaced by 'quarrelsome' in standard usage.

Geordie dialect pronunciation and spelling of yourself, typical of the Tyneside accent of northeast England. Used in natural speech exactly where standard English would use yourself. Geordie retains a number of older English pronoun forms, and yersel is a well-documented example. Primarily spoken; rarely appears in formal writing.

An Indian and South Asian term for a theatrical play or dramatic production, from Sanskrit. In informal usage it can also describe someone putting on a dramatic performance or making a scene — the drama sense is a common colloquial extension. Used across Hindi, Urdu, and related languages.

The standard American English term for any railway vehicle used to carry passengers or freight — equivalent to the British carriage or wagon. The term covers passenger cars, freight cars, tank cars, and so on. A basic vocabulary item in US railway and transportation contexts.

Singaporean English term for deep-fried tofu puffs — a common ingredient in Singaporean and Malaysian cuisine, used in hawker dishes such as laksa and otah. The word comes from Hokkien and is standard vocabulary in Singaporean food culture.

The American English form of outcrop, referring to a section of bedrock or ore deposit that protrudes above the surface of the ground. Geologists and hikers use both forms interchangeably in North American usage. The -ing form is simply the gerund used as a noun, a common pattern in geological terminology.

An obsolete Scottish term meaning moreover or furthermore, used in legal and formal documents in medieval and early modern Scotland. It was a standard connective in Scots legal writing and appears regularly in old deeds, charters, and court records. Entirely archaic today.

Normal, principal or standard.

A period of one hundred consecutive years; often specifically a numbered period with conventional start and end dates, e.g., the twentieth century, which stretches from (strictly) 1901 through 2000, or (informally) 1900 through 1999. The first century AD was from 1 to 100.

, used in classification codes such as Standard Industrial Classification, International Standard Classification of Occupations, DSM-IV-TR, DSM-5, ICD-9 and ICD-10.

A regular patron of a place or institution; a person constantly present at a certain place.

The state of surpassing or going beyond a limit; the state of being beyond sufficiency, necessity, or duty; more than what is usual or proper.

Frequent repetition of the same behavior; way of behavior common to many; ordinary manner; habitual practice; method of doing, living or behaving.

A box containing a telephone for use in emergency, usually mounted on a post in an area where normal access to telephones is inconvenient (such as on an interstate highway or a very long highway bridge).

A type of hollow snack, common in westernized Chinese cuisine: a crisp sugary wafer containing a message on a narrow strip of paper, generally with a wise or vaguely prophetic message or random numbers usable in a lottery printed on the paper.

(electronics, also VCC) Common Collector Voltage; the positive supply voltage for an integrated circuit containing bipolar junction transistors.

(Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia) An ordinary citizen.

(South African) A consultative process between groups pursuing a common goal.

(countable) A group sharing common characteristics, such as the same language, law, religion, or tradition.

(NZ) An extended group of Maori kin groups or families, sharing common ancestry; a tribe. (An iwi is smaller than a waka and larger than a hapu.).

(archaic, US) toadflax, especially common toadflax ().

(common law) A public notary, a legal practitioner who prepares, attests to, and certifies documents, witnesses affidavits, and administers oaths.

(headwear) A warm cloth cap worn while sleeping, often with pajamas, being common attire in northern Europe before effective home heating became widespread.

(euphemistic) The COVID-19 pandemic and associated social changes.

(computer graphics) , an obsolete computer display standard between CGA and VGA, offering sixteen colours on screen from a palette of sixty-four.

(US, law) The set of the three United States Supreme Court cases that articulated the Daubert standard.

(education, US) A standard measure of academic credit, based on the amount of time spent in class, rather than the mastery of the material, representing 120 hours of instructional contact time over the course of a year.

(Scotland, mostly, in place names) An area of wasteland (or common land) now enclosed for farming.

(Scotland) The size of a standard load of straw, approximately 450 pounds.

(4chan slang, LGBT slang, derogatory) A trans woman who is clockable due to having a significantly lower or more masculine-sounding voice than a typical cis woman.

(AU) Any of several flowering plants resembling typical species of Fuchsia.

(medicine, slang, UK, derogatory) Of a patient, having lesser intellect.

(Britain, Ireland, derogatory, offensive) A working-class youth, especially one associated with aggression, poor education, and a perceived "common" taste in clothing and lifestyle.

(dated, UK, dialect, South England) The common shelduck, .

(rare, _, slang, medicine, of a patient) Having a certain medical statistic, or all medical statistics, within normal ranges.

Airborne collision avoidance system, an International Civil Aviation Organization standard