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break

Language; Slang

(American) To leave, depart. A synonym for boot, jam, jet, bail, heard since 2000. It may be influenced by the phrase ‘make a break for it’ or possibly ‘break for the border’.

breakers

Language; Slang

(British) Excellent, exciting. A vogue term among clubbers, hip hop aficionados, etc., since the later 1990s.

breakfast

Language; Slang

1. (British ) ketamine. The drug is also nicknamed ‘Special K’ after a breakfast cereal, hence this play on words. ‘…you got any breakfast? …Man, you look like you already had ...

break it down

Language; Slang

(British) To enjoy oneself, act boisterously. A vogue term among teenagers and devotees of dance floor and acid house culture from the end of the 1980s. The term, per- haps American ...

break north

Language; Slang

(American) To depart, leave. A vogue term in black street slang of the 1990s, the origin of the term is obscure but may evoke the escape of a slave from the southern states. ...

bred

Language; Slang

(British) To behave in a sycophantic manner, curry favour, ‘suck up’. A term in use among schoolchildren and students from around 2002. Stop bredding Mr Green.

bredren

Language; Slang

(British) A good friend, welcome stranger. A term from Caribbean speech, also heard in the UK since 2000, especially among younger speakers. Hidren and idren are alternative forms.