notes

• See the 411.

  by Nick M., Maple Valley, WA, USA, Oct 21 1999.

noun

• information.

  I've got the 411 on the new guy in town.

  by Anonymous, Oct 01 2001.

adjective

• in support of. Also about that. Sometimes prefixed with "all" as an intensifier. Sometimes pronounced "'bout it" or "'bout that."

  I'm so not about that.

  Speaker: You want to leave now?
  
  Response: I'm about it.

  Whatever you want to do, I'm all about it.

  by Nikkii, Jackson, TN, USA, Oct 16 1997.

• a greeting, similar to "What's happening?" In this context, the term is an abbreviation of "How about it?"

  by Ryan, Spartanburg, SC, USA, Mar 04 1998.

• all that, pimp, player. Sometimes used twice. Popularized by rapper Master P. in his song "Bout it, Bout it."

  I'm bout it.

  I'm bout it bout it.

  by Jackie Cuevas, San Jose, CA, USA, Mar 15 1998.

interjection

• as a question, to enquire whether someone is present.

  Speaker: ACK?
  
  Response: ACK.

  by Anonymous, Sep 28 2008.

• to affirm one's presence. An appropriate response to ping.

  Speaker: Are you there?
  
  Response: ACK.

  Speaker: ping
  
  Response: ACK.

  by Anonymous, Sep 28 2008.

• an exclamation of surprise or alarm.

  Ack!

  by Anonymous, Sep 28 2008.

• yes.

  Speaker: Do you want to shop for monitors?
  
  Response: ACK.

  by Anonymous, Sep 28 2008.

origin

• ACK is an abbreviation of "acknowledged," used commonly in computing. See also NAK. Note that "ack" as an exclamation of surprise or alarm has no relation to computing.

  by The Jargon File, Sep 28 2009.

other

• acronym of "as far as I know." Commonly used online.

  AFAIK, the store is still open.

  by Anonymous, Jul 17 2007.

other

• is not; am not; are not; do not; have not; will not; etc. Typically used in the double negative, as the example sentences show. Its use in the United States is generally limited to the south and midwest.

  Ain't nothing like that I ain't seen before. ("There is nothing like that I have not seen before.")

  He ain't got no money. ("He does not have any money.")

  I ain't seen him since last year. ("I have not seen him since last year.")

  She ain't going to school today. ("She is not going to school today.")

  by Jeremy P., Ropers Crossroads, SC, USA, Jul 20 1998.

interjection

• equivalent to "I already know" or "You already know," as if to say "YES!" emphatically. Demonstrates total agreement with what a speaker has said.

  Speaker: Did you know that Shemar Moore is so fine!
  
  Response: Already!

  Speaker: Man, your boy has skills!
  
  Response: Already!

  by Sherry N., Bryan, TX, USA, Dec 14 2001.

notes

• Submitter Syntax first recalls the term used in Texas in the late 1990s, and reports that it's typically pronounced with a drawn out and emphasized opening, e.g. "aaaawwwwll-ready!" This may be due to Southern United States "drawl."

  by Syntax, Fort Worth, TX, USA, Jun 07 2002.

interjection

• of course; definitely. Popularized by the 1995 movie Friday.

  Speaker: Is that your car?
  
  Response: And you know this, man!

  by Tara, Los Angeles, CA, USA, Feb 07 2003.

noun

• one's taste. That is, an activity that one finds appealing.

  Nah, man, smoking is not my bag.

  That movie last night was not my bag.

  by Mario C., Elizabeth, NJ, USA, Apr 26 1999.

• a (usually small, plastic) bag containing drugs or drug paraphernalia.

  What's in the bag, man?

  by Anonymous, Aug 10 2002.

• a displeasing woman; HAG.

  Laura next door is a real old bag.

  by Ash L., Burlingame, CA, USA, Jun 14 2003.

transitive verb

• to deceive.

  You've got to be baggin' me!

  by John S., Phoenix, AZ, USA, Jun 21 1997.

• to acquire

  I bagged the job I interviewed for!

  by Kevin H., Cedar Rapids, IA, USA, Nov 29 2001.

• to be caught doing something wrong, or arrested.

  John got bagged for stealing last night.

  by Toma D., Queens, NY, USA, Jan 18 2003.

• to discard.

  Person A: This CD player is broken.
  
  Person B: Well then, bag it.

  by Robert H., Kingston, PA, USA, Jun 13 2004.

• to make fun of.

  by Kelvin A., Aug 27 2004.

notes

• The "one's thing" meaning was re-popularized by the Austin Powers movies.

  by Gillian C., May 23 2003.

noun

• a female who is in a relationship only for illegal powdered drugs (e.g. cocaine,) which is often stored in a small bag.

  I can't believe he married that bag bitch.

  by gregg j., Tujunga, CA, USA, Feb 05 2000.

adjective

• obvious.

  That's so bait

  by Anonymous, Jun 25 2004.

noun

• one who tells on someone; A SNITCH; TATTLETALE.

  My little brother told my mom I smoke pot! He's such bait.

  by Caroline, Toronto, ON, Canada, Feb 26 2000.

verb

• to tell on someone; SNITCH.

  Why did you bait me out?

  by Shanelle, CA, USA, May 14 2002.

noun

• a rough numerical estimate.

  Give me a ball-park figure for how much this will cost us.

  by Igne, Milwaukee, WI, USA, Mar 05 2003.

verb

• to deceive using underhanded methods; DUPE; HOODWINK.

  The card cheat bamboozled me out of my money!

  by Warren R., Hayward, WI, USA, Jan 26 1999.

verb

• to delay in getting to the point.

  Quit beating around the bush and tell me the bad news!

  by Ahmed, Cairo, Egypt, Jun 22 1998.

verb

• a command (usually given by objects) implying that one is about to be taken advantage of, be in a bad situation, or fail miserably.

  Damn, that calculus exam was like, "bend over!"

  by Mark E, BC, Canada, Mar 13 2002.

verb

• to act as oneself - to not put on a facade.

  by Maurice J., Fall River, MA, USA, Nov 21 2002.

• to be truthful.

  by Maurice J., Fall River, MA, USA, Nov 21 2002.

verb

• to be truthful.

  by Maurice J., Fall River, MA, USA, Nov 21 2002.

• to proceed immediately to the matter at hand. To "get to the point."

  I'll be straight-up with you and tell you what's really going on at the factory.

  by Maurice J., Fall River, MA, USA, Nov 21 2002.

intransitive verb

• to act without worrying about decorum.

  When the food comes, just be ugly and don't worry about manners.

  by Michael C., Old Bridge Township, USA, Feb 02 1999.

intransitive verb

• to be of poor quality, displeasing.

  That movie really bites.

  by Kaeori, Kansas City, MO, USA, Oct 22 1997.

noun

• an instance of someone "biting," as described in the verb form.

  That is such a bite!

  by Kristan, Portland, OR, USA, May 22 2002.

transitive verb

• to plagiarize, typically in reference to a hip-hop artist stealing another hip-hop artist's lyrics.

  I hear he bites rhymes.

  Man, you ain't nothing bit a biter.

  by Jayne M., Detroit, MI, USA, Dec 13 1999.

• to copy or imitate.

  I hate it when people bite my moves.

  She bit my style.

  by Derrick P., Edmonton, AB, Canada, Dec 16 2001.