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Definition of new black, the
new black, the
noun
- a new popular thing.
Person A: I like your jacket.
Person B: Thanks. Yeah, gray is the new black.- See more words with the same meaning: well-known, popular.
Last edited on Nov 09 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 26 2009.
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Other terms relating to 'well-known, popular': | |
| Definitions include: See on the map. | |
| Definitions include: a person who is famous due to their world-wide web presence. | |
| Definitions include: something popular but lacking in substance. | |
| Definitions include: stolen. | |
| Definitions include: very popular. | |
| Definitions include: something that is currently popular. | |
| Definitions include: metaphorically, the center of attention. | |
| Definitions include: a metaphorical list of the post popular people. | |
| Definitions include: well-known, established. | |
| Definitions include: fashionable famous people. | |
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Other terms relating to 'black': | |
| Definitions include: a penis. | |
| Definitions include: rhyming term for a very large penis. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "big black cock". | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "big black dick". | |
| Definitions include: heroin. | |
| Definitions include: police. | |
| Definitions include: a person very skilled in a particular area. | |
| Definitions include: Crimes against criminals in the act of breaking the law | |
| Definitions include: oil. | |
| Definitions include: person who engages in computer security breaching for malicious purposes. | |
| Definitions include: not understood. | |
| Definitions include: not showering before bed after working all day. | |
| Definitions include: a type of heroin. | |
| Definitions include: a woman who kills her husband(s). | |
| Definitions include: "The answer to your question is obviously 'yes'." | |
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Other terms relating to 'new': | |
| Definitions include: put on airs. | |
| Definitions include: different, or fake, or hateful, like they was born yesterday. | |
| Definitions include: new. | |
| Definitions include: somewhere in the middle of nowhere | |
| Definitions include: "fucking new guy". | |
| Definitions include: a comment that usually serves no other purpose above telling listeners (or more often: readers) that the speaker (writer) is in the technological "in group". | |
| Definitions include: quickly. | |
| Definitions include: a new situation. | |
| Definitions include: a newcomer. | |
| Definitions include: a new popular thing. | |
| Definitions include: Also known as New Jersey, New Jeru is a shortened form of New Jerusalem, which the state is seen as to some people. | |
| Definitions include: the new person somewhere. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "New Year's Eve". | |
| Definitions include: to attack, beat up. | |
| Definitions include: to verbally attack someone; "rip (one) a new asshole". | |
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Other terms relating to 'the': | |
| Definitions include: Walking, generally as opposed to driving. | |
| Definitions include: interrogation. | |
| Definitions include: extremely intoxicated | |
| Definitions include: information. | |
| Definitions include: something you have now is worth more than two things you have just a chance of getting. | |
| Definitions include: A good estimate, term of agreement | |
| Definitions include: a secret advantage. | |
| Definitions include: Inclusive | |
| Definitions include: to make a bad situation worse. | |
| Definitions include: with the amount of time left to finish a task rapidly disappearing. | |
| Definitions include: of a male, to urinate. | |
| Definitions include: secret sexual activity with a person other than one's partner. | |
| Definitions include: extremely popular. | |
| Definitions include: taking a passive role. | |
| Definitions include: the bathroom. | |
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