Streetwear Abbreviations - Glossary
A Guide to Essential Acronyms for Newbies and Veterans – Key Streetwear terms essential for communicating effectively in online communities.
Streetwear Dictionary
AND
- ASAP - “As soon as possible” – So as soon as possible…
- ACG - “All Condition Gear” – clothing , footwear and accessories created with all weather conditions in mind
B
- BACKDOOR – purchasing shoes / clothes through unofficial channels, e.g. through acquaintances from store employees
- BESPOKE – limited special editions that are not mass-produced
- BEATERS – Kicks that we don't take care of, usually worn-out shoes that we use every day
- BID – this is your bid in the auction/bidding
- BIN - “Buy it now” - buy now price
- GOD – “ Buy One Get One” – sweatshirt with a characteristic boxlogo such as Supreme
- BOT – an application used to drop limited items – e.g. Nike , adidas or Supreme drops
- BREDY - Jordan colors from the words black and red
- BUMP - “Bring up my post” - bumping is about bumping/refreshing your post in groups with a comment
C
- CW – “Color Way” - the color scheme of the model
- COP OR DROP? – “You take it or leave it” – To take or not to take?
- CMDNS – “What are you wearing today?” – a popular tag among Polish streetwear fans on Instagram # cmdns
- CMDNS – “What are you wearing today?” – a popular tag among Polish sneakerheads on Instagram # cmdnnn
- CRISPY - in the simplest translation still crispy - a term for something very pure
D
- DS – “Deadstock” – which means that the item we are describing is in perfect condition, straight from the store, 10/10
- DROP – shoe / clothing premiere, e.g. in the Nike SNKRS or adidas app
E
- EASY COP - easy, successful purchase
F
- FAKE / FAKES / FAKES – Fakes, Fakes – counterfeits / not original shoes or clothes
- FIT – Does something match a given style or other shoes or clothes?
- FLEX – to show off – to show off
G
- GRAIL – a model that is our dream, often a limited, hard-to-find and expensive edition
- GR - general release – release date of the selected collection
- GS – youth/women's sizing
- GOAT – “Greatest Of All Time” – e.g. the best shoe model ever released
H
- HARD COP - difficult purchase
- HEAT – fire – colors/model of shoes / clothes that are really v. good
- HO – “Highest Offer” - which means the current highest bid that the seller has received so far, if the seller's price is not so certain
- HMU – “Hit Me Up” – boost – request for BUMP
- HYPEBEAST – Hypebeast – a person who follows the latest Streetwear trends, i.e. hype (fashion)
- HYPE – fashion for something that everyone wants to have, something is hyped, i.e. something is fashionable and everyone knows it and desires it
AND
- ID – “the English equivalent of the word identifier ” – it means that we do not know the exact name of the item we want and we ask other group users for help in finding out its name
- ICY SALTS – transparent (ice) or semi-transparent sole in shoes
K
- CAMPING/CAMPER – staying in front of the store waiting for a drop
- KMWTW - whoever is supposed to know knows
- KOLABO / COLLABO – collaboration, cooperation of e.g. two well-known companies or people, most often unique items come out of such collaborations
L
- LC – “Legit Check” , aimed at confirming the authenticity of the item we want to buy or a streetwear store
- L – “ Legit ” – original shoes / clothes purchased from a trusted seller
- LPU - “Latest Pick Up” - recent purchases
M
N
- NDC – “ nike dot com” – or the website nike.com
- NWT – “New with tags” – new product with tags
- NWOT – “New without tags” – new product but without tags
- NUPTSE – is a series of popular winter jackets from the brand “ The North Face ”
ABOUT
- OBO – “or best offer” – our best offer
- IT – “or nearest offer” – the closest (price) offer
- OG – original – the first, original edition of a given model
- OUTFIT, FIT - clothing/outfit
P
- PAD - “Pass as DS” – Shoes that have only been tried on once and are in DS condition.
- PC – “Price Check” – title of the post in which we want to find out what the price of a given item is in the condition we specified
- EP - Player Exclusive – Player-only kicks that never went on sale officially, e.g. Kobe Bryant’s PE colorway
- PFA – pic for attention – photos to get attention
- PP READY – “PayPal ready” – someone has money in their PayPal account and offers immediate payment
- TO BUY – that is, to buy, acquire
- PROXY – buying broker (usually someone who has a discount on the store and sells shoes / clothes cheaper than in the store)
R
- RAP - When someone gives too high a price
- RESTOCK – supplementation of the size chart in the store
- RESELL , RESELLING – when you buy something with the intention of reselling it for a higher price
- RELEASE -shoe / clothing release date
- RETAIL - original manufacturer's catalog price
S
- SCAMMER – a fraudster, a person who does not intend to buy a given item, or tries to defraud it
- SELL , SELLNĄĆ – to sell, to chase away
- SE – “Special Edition – a limited version of shoes or clothes created most often for a special occasion
- SHIPPED – price for the product with the shipping cost already included
- STEAL – it is usually a great opportunity, e.g. a much lower price, or a limited and hard-to-find item at a good price
- SNEAKERS / SNEAKERS – kicks , sports shoes
- STREETWEAR – a person who promotes limited edition streetwear clothes and shoes , e.g. Supreme , Nike , Yeezy , etc.
T
- TAG / CARD WITH TAG – a way to confirm that the photos added in sales ads are ours and not copied from the internet. The most commonly used method is a card with a tag, i.e. with your nickname or name and surname, along with the item being sold in the background.
- TEE / TEES – t-shirt / shirt
- TTS – “True To Size” – this group slogan means the correspondence of the shoe size we normally wear to its actual width and length, which, as we know, does not always match 😉
AT
- UNBOXING – It's nothing more than opening shoe boxes, on YouTube you will find a lot of reviews of shoes of this type
V
- VNDS – Very nearly deadstock – condition almost like new, about 9/10.
IN
- W2C – “Where to Cop” – where can I buy shoes / clothes
- WTS – “Want To Sell” – which in English means “I want to sell”, this type of introduction to a post is logically used when you want to sell something
- WTB – “Want To Buy” – i.e. “I want to buy”, the topic of the post in terms of searching for offers from other members of the sales group
- WTT - “Want to trade” - meaning "I want to exchange"
- WOMFT - “What's on my feet today” – or what I have on my feet today, a popular tag among sneakerheads: #womft
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