Another way to say “violence”

Adult maxxing is the act of going all-in on being a functional, responsible adult — optimising every corner of your life for stability, competence, and general maturity. Think batch cooking, building an emergency fund, flossing every day, and actually reading the terms and conditions. It's the grown-up version of self-improvement grindset culture, applied to the deeply unglamorous business of just having your life together. People who are adult maxxing usually do it with a degree of self-awareness and mild exhaustion, knowing full well that none of this is as exciting as it sounds.

An aesthetic category defined by the visual and cultural identity of Nicki Minaj and her fanbase — think hot pink, hyper-femme maximalism, long acrylic nails, bold lips, Barbie references, and zero subtlety. Barb core is a full aesthetic commitment: it's not just liking pink, it's weaponizing pink. The look is theatrical, the energy is dominant, and the whole point is that you cannot be ignored. It exists at the intersection of pop-rap culture, hyperfemme fashion, and unashamed stan devotion. Full barb core means you've made a lifestyle of it.

ADC coded describes a person whose personality, behavior, or playstyle aligns with the stereotypical Attack Damage Carry archetype from League of Legends: high damage output, fragile under pressure, dependent on others to set up their success, and prone to flaming when things go wrong. Gaming communities use it affectionately or roastingly to call out the carry ego — the person who needs to be protected, does the most damage, and will absolutely point it out in all-chat. Also applied to real-life 'main character' types.

Being established, permitted, required or prescribed by law.

A military action consisting of armed forces of one geopolitical entity entering territory controlled by another such entity, generally with the objective of destruction, plunder, or bodily harm rather than an intent to conquer territory or alter the established government; contrast invasion in its narrow sense.

A small cafeteria or snack bar, especially one in a military establishment, school, or place of work.

A ball of fire, especially one associated with an explosion, or (fiction, mythology) thrown as a weapon.

Exceedingly violent, severe, ferocious, cruel or savage.

an AK-47, AK-74, or related assault rifle (Avtomat Kalasnikova or Kalashnikov).

A session of shooting at an angle or a shot taken in such a session.

Mild expletive substituting for a stronger word. "Aw, shoot." Quintessentially Southern.

(informal, humorous) A tool of any kind.

(informal, military, historical) A spigot mortar-type of depth charge weapon from World War II that simultaneously fires a number of explosives into the water to create a pattern of underwater explosions intended to attack submerged submarines.

(slang) To give or transfer; to pawn off to.

(slang) The pilot of a jet fighter aircraft.

(slang, offensive, vulgar, derogatory) A citizen of Europe, seen as being inherently submissive and prone to shrinking from threats of violence.

(slang) A song or hip-hop track, frequently as part of a hip-hop feud, primarily intended to verbally assault or insult a person or a group of people.

(slang, AAVE) To shoot (someone).

(slang) The act of shooting at an angle.

(slang, ethnic slur, derogatory, offensive) An assault perpetrated by a black person.

(Florida, prison slang, derogatory) An inmate who complies with extortion demands from a prison gang, usually under threats of violence from a protection racket; a prison bitch.

(Singapore, Malaysia, metonym, or, attributively) A traditional scrap dealer or rag-and-bone man who visits residential zones to collect unwanted items.

(India) A gun.

(South Africa) A Nguni Bantu ideology focusing on people's allegiances and relations with each other.

(chiefly, India, Pakistan, Myanmar) Violent robbery carried out by a dacoit or a gang of dacoits.

(NZ) Genealogy, as a fundamental principle of Māori culture that is critical in establishing one's identity.

(US, informal) The 2006 controversy over the accidental shooting of Harry Whittington, a 78-year-old Texas attorney, by U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney, while participating in a quail hunt on a ranch in Riviera, Texas.

(American) A passageway or access road that allows firefighting apparatus such as a fire engine to pass through.

(US, figurative) A venture with a highly risky or unpredictable outcome.

(US, military slang, sometimes, derogatory) A member of the military who fires guns; a soldier involved in gunnery.

(business, US) A retailer that offers a wider selection of merchandise in a category than existing retailers, at lower prices, thereby gaining substantial share of the market and "killing" the existing retailers.

(US, _, criminal, _, legal) Assault with disregard for the value of life, or with a deadly weapon.

(historical, US) A violence-prone man who has had run-ins with the law; especially one from the Old West days of U.S. history.

(Geordie, Scottish, Yorkshire, Cumbrian) Violent or crazy.

(Midland US, Scotland) Food that is intended to be eaten outside the establishment from which it is bought.

(chiefly, Australia) Carrying a weapon (chiefly of a criminal); of a crime, committed using a weapon or weapons.

(transitive, slang, AAVE) To murder (someone).

(US, MLE, slang) An act of murdering or seriously injuring someone.

(Australia, NZ, informal) A milkman or milkwoman.

(sports) Involving one attacker and one defender.

(AU, informal) laughing kookaburra.

(transitive) To murder.

(obsolete) The full range of a bullet or other projectile; hence, the angle at which a weapon is tilted to allow the greatest range.

(UK, regional) fierce; violent.

(UK, North American) A small room, closet, or cabinet usually located in or near the kitchen, dedicated to shelf-stable food storage or storing kitchenware, like a larder, but smaller.

(military) : refers to fighter jet units that provide aerial defense of the nation via high-readiness aircraft.

(countable) One who carries out a suicide attack, especially with an aircraft.

(idiomatic) To receive a negative thing: to receive punishment; to receive a retaliation; to receive a beating; to get what's coming to one; to feel someone's wrath.

(Australia, slang, derogatory) An insignificant, contemptible or unfashionable person; a loser; used as a general insult.

(video games, slang, humorous) Call of Duty: Black Ops, a first-person shooter game series dating from 2010.

(military, slang, historical) The Yokosuka MXY-7 Ohka, a rocket-powered, human-guided kamikaze attack aircraft employed by Japan against Allied ships towards the end of the Pacific War.

(law enforcement) An attack or invasion for the purpose of making arrests, seizing property or plundering.

(transitive, intransitive, slang, AAVE) To shoot (a gun); to shoot or start a shootout.