Results for “chosen family”

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found family
noun

A chosen-not-born family — friends, crew, misfits — who become each other's people.

#fandom#trope#booktok#fanfic
Leather family
noun

A chosen-family structure within leather culture, built on mentorship and belonging rather than blood.

#leather#kink#bdsm#lgbtq
family meal
phrase

The free staff feed cooked and eaten before service.

#kitchen#boh#foh#restaurant
house
noun

A chosen-family crew in ballroom culture, led by a mother and/or father, that competes together at balls.

#ballroom#vogue#lgbtq#chosen-family
Peepo
noun

The whole family of crudely drawn Pepe-like emotes covering every mood.

#twitch#emote#pepe#streaming
hooty hoo
interjection

Dungeon Family rally call — owl-style holler for the crew.

#atlanta#hip-hop#outkast#dungeon-family
carnal
noun

Caló for brother — blood-tight, family-close.

#la#calo#chicano#hip-hop
ya mom'n'em
phrase

NOLA-speak for 'your mom and the rest of the family'.

#nola#family#southern#everyday
Ya mamma'n'em
phrase

Your mother and the whole rest of the family — one mashed-up word.

#nola#family#yat#southern
Hollywood Code
noun

A fake, for-show resuscitation done so the family thinks everything was tried.

#medical#hospital#ethics#end-of-life
rellies
noun

Relatives / family.

#australian#aussie#family
mob
noun

a group / one's extended family or community

#australian#aussie#indigenous-origin#community
whānau
noun

Family, including extended kin and close friends

#australian#aussie#family#maori
we is we
phrase

We're family; we stick together.

#caribbean#patois#identity#solidarity
wash belly
noun

The last-born / youngest child of a family

#caribbean#patois#family#children
skunk
noun

Pungent, potent cannabis (and a strain family).

#weed#cannabis#420#strain
made man
noun

A fully inducted member of a Mafia family.

#prison#criminal#mafia#member
wiseguy
noun

A made member of an organized-crime family.

#prison#criminal#mafia#member
capo
noun

A captain who heads a crew in a Mafia family.

#prison#criminal#mafia#rank
consigliere
noun

A crime family's trusted adviser.

#prison#criminal#mafia#rank
grifter's mark
noun

See mark; the chosen dupe of a con.

#prison#criminal#con#victim
underboss
noun

The second-in-command of a crime family.

#prison#criminal#mafia#rank
associate
noun

A criminal who works with a Mafia family but is not made.

#prison#criminal#mafia#member
we're a' Jock Tamson's bairns
phrase

We're all the same under the skin; all one family

#scottish#irish#proverb#equality
Geographic bachelor
noun

A married member stationed apart from family.

#military#army#homefront#assignment
velcro
noun

Family members who never leave the bedside

#medical#nursing#family#behaviour
nakama
noun

Close comrades or a tight-knit found family.

#anime#weeb#theme#friendship
Nne
noun

An affectionate term of address — 'dear,' used for women/girls regardless of actual family ties.

#igbo#igbo-slang#nigerian#west-african
Nwanne
noun

Sibling, or a close friend treated like family.

#igbo#igbo-slang#nigerian#west-african
Omo Iya Mi
noun

"My mother's child" — a friend so close he's basically family.

#yoruba#yoruba-slang#nigerian#west-african
Our Kid
noun

Northern term for your younger sibling — usually a brother, sometimes any close family.

#british#uk#northern-english
Huzz
noun

Censored slang for women/girls, part of the joke '-uzz' family alongside bruzz and chuzz.

#gen-z#tiktok#meme#american
Pick Me
noun

Someone who seeks validation by putting others down and acting "not like the rest" to be chosen.

#gen-z#dating#internet#relationships
Stashing
verb

Keeping your partner hidden from your friends, family, and online life like a stashed secret.

#gen-z#dating#internet#relationships
Pocketing
verb

Dating someone but hiding them from your friends, family, and socials like they're a secret.

#gen-z#dating#internet#relationships