street cred
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8.8
- noun
- /strit krɛd/
- Slang
:
credibilidad callejera
- It's also a good way to build up your street cred.
- give street cred
- lose street cred
- bring street cred
Well, I don't want to blow my street cred here, but what is an indie rat?
- Well, I don't want to blow my street cred here, but what is an indie rat?
- He just doesn't have the street cred I think to do it.
- I can't break the the street cred like that.
- But that you came back and all my street cred was lost.
- And only for my boy John where I go on the Internet and expose myself, mess with my street cred.
Examples
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It's bad for my street cred.
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That party we had last night has given us all kinds of street cred.
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And I have a street cred and sort of something to back it up, right.
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A guy with... with a lot of academic street cred.
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At least we're getting our street cred back.
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If I could walk in alone, you know, for my street cred.
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If we're able to do that, we're going to have so much street cred.
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My street cred is low.
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Key to my success was winning an SBIR grant, which gives me a lot of street cred when approaching companies to do business development.
Blog text (26) -
Attending that concert helped boost my street cred among my friends.
Synonyms
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9.2
Respect and trust from a group because someone seems fashionable, skilled or real
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7.4
Respect and acceptance from young people in the city for being real
Antonyms
How Credible
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly built from 'street' (urban/hip context) + 'cred' (credibility/respect); a learner who knows both constituents can readily infer 'respect or credibility among urban/young people.' Although 'cred' is informal slang, the compound is compositionally predictable rather than idiomatic, so its sense is transparent.
Etymology
Street cred may come from city music and youth scenes where being real on the street earned people cred, a short form of the word 'credibility'. So street cred now means 'respect among urban people for being authentic and stylish'.