Definition of the new black

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':
red-hot	Definitions include: very popular.
a-list	Definitions include: a metaphorical list of the post popular people.
feel-good hit of the summer	Definitions include: something popular but lacking in substance.
spotlight, the	Definitions include: metaphorically, the center of attention.
glitterati	Definitions include: fashionable famous people.
flavor of the month	Definitions include: something that is currently popular.
on the map	Definitions include: well-known, established.
cewebrity	Definitions include: a person who is famous due to their world-wide web presence.
hot	Definitions include: stolen.
on-trend	Definitions include: adhering to current trends.
put on the map	Definitions include: See on the map.

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Other terms relating to 'black':
Alabama black snake	Definitions include: a penis.
BBC	Definitions include: acronym for "big black cock".
BBD	Definitions include: acronym for "big black dick".
black	Definitions include: heroin.
black and white	Definitions include: police.
black belt	Definitions include: a person very skilled in a particular area.
black collar crime	Definitions include: crime against a criminal who is in the act of breaking the law.
black gold	Definitions include: oil.
black hat	Definitions include: person who engages in computer security breaching for malicious purposes.
black magic	Definitions include: not understood.
black snake it	Definitions include: not showering before bed after working all day.
black tar	Definitions include: a type of heroin.
black widow	Definitions include: a woman who kills her husband(s).
did Rose Kennedy have a black frock?	Definitions include: "The answer to your question is obviously 'yes'."
DWB	Definitions include: acronym for "driving while black".
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Other terms relating to 'new':
act brand new	Definitions include: to put on airs.
brand new	Definitions include: different, or fake, or hateful, like they was born yesterday.
brand spanking new	Definitions include: new.
East Jesus, New Jersey	Definitions include: somewhere in the middle of nowhere
FNG	Definitions include: "fucking new guy".
I for one welcome our new 'X' overlords	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".
in a New York minute	Definitions include: quickly.
new ball game	Definitions include: a new situation.
new blood	Definitions include: a newcomer.
new hotness, the	Definitions include: a new popular thing.
New Jeru	Definitions include: New Jersey.
new kid on the block	Definitions include: the new person somewhere.
New York minute	Definitions include: a brief amount of time.
NYE	Definitions include: acronym for "New Year's Eve".
rip a new *sshole	Definitions include: to attack, beat up.
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Other terms relating to 'the':
101 scoop, the	Definitions include: the real information or the proof, instruction, the know how, where, when, and why about something or someone.
2-10, the	Definitions include: walking, generally as opposed to driving.
3rd degree, the	Definitions include: interrogation.
3 sheets to the wind	Definitions include: extremely intoxicated
411, the	Definitions include: information.
a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.	Definitions include: something you have now is worth more than two things you have just a chance of getting.
about the size of it	Definitions include: a good estimate.
ace in the hole	Definitions include: a secret advantage.
across the board	Definitions include: inclusive.
add fuel to the fire	Definitions include: to make a bad situation worse.
against the clock	Definitions include: with the amount of time left to finish a task rapidly disappearing.
ahead of the curve	Definitions include: having an opinion or belief prior to it becoming common or popular.
aim Archie at the adamant	Definitions include: of a male, to urinate.
ain't no fun when the rabbit got the gun	Definitions include: Someone being butthurt over having something, they do to others regularly, done to the them
a little on the side	Definitions include: secret sexual activity with a person other than one's partner.
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