SFRaves Slang Dictionary

version 1.1

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badass, bad ass

adj - very, very good (usually applying to people)

bogus

adj - bad, bullshit

bomb

n - really good (it was the ~)

BSP

abbr - Blatant Self-Promotion

BTW

abbr - By The Way

candyflip

n - combining acid and ecstasy

clubkid

n - teenager going into clubs

coffin

n - box holding the decks (see deck)

crate

n - a box of records

deck

n - turntable

dope

adj - very good

freak

n -

1. a complement
2. an insult

fresh

adj - very good

hippieflip

n - combining mushrooms and ecstasy

hella, hecka

adv - a lot of, very

hippie crack

n - nitrous gas

IMO, IMHO

abbr - In My (Humble) Opinion

khole, K-hole

n - that one hour voyage that IM doses of ketamine throw you into; recepient is usually pretty unreceptive to outside stimuli

marathon set

n - when a DJ spins for a very long time (aka The John Carol Death Set)

mental

adj - deep, psychedelic (see sick)

MX missile

n - combining mushrooms and Ecstasy

nervous

adj - bad (see sketchy)

NRR

abbr - Non-Rave Related

peace

interj - good-bye!

phat

adj - cool

PLUR

abbr - Peace Love Unity Respect

rad

adj - good, cool (see fresh, dope, badass)

ROTFL

abbr - Rolling On The Floor Laughing

seamless set

n - when a DJ mixes very well, thus each record is seamlessly mixed with the next

shit

n - the best (it was the ~)

sick

adj -

1. very good (as in the best at something)
2. a good track (that beat is ~!)

sketchy

adj -

1. uncertain (a bad feeling about something)
2. description of someone on speed

spin

vb -

1. what a dj does
2. smoking pot while drunk

spun

pp -

1. coming down
2. not being able to sleep

stack

n - set of speakers

sweet

adj - very good

train wreck

n - when a DJ doesn't match the beats, thus creating a sound like a train coming through the walls

vibe

n -

1. The feeling that is generated by a party. Common sources of the 'vibe' are music, people, and miscellaneous foreign substances ;-)
   Eg: "Da vibe at dat party was phat!", trans: "at the rave, the feeling induced by the atmosphere was overall a very good one"
2. a musical instrument
   Eg: "That vibe player is very good", trans: "the person playing that tube-shaped musical instrument is producing a calm, harmonious sound"
3. something that you would buy at one of those seedy shops on Market (you know the ones ;-). Usually 2 AA batteries are sold separately.
   Eg: "I killed two packs of batteries in my vibe last night", trans: "I had a *VERY* good evening" :-)

went off

pp - was good, was "happening"

Credits

• Nancy & Eric Peterson (version 1.0),
• Tony Rotundo,
• David Parks,
• kcroy,
• and all the SFRaves people