cred
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9.2
- noun
- /krɛd/
- Slang
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respeto
- At least we're getting our street cred back.
- street cred
- get cred
- earn cred
I mean, people, people get cred from writing Amazon reviews.
- I mean, people, people get cred from writing Amazon reviews.
- And you alienate your base to have some sort of diversity, I don't know, cred?
- It actually, I mean, I quote from a lot of from literature that says it kind of undermines your cred as an artist if you're teaching.
- You must get people coming to you and being like, oh, I know your friends so and so in order to get cred with you.
- 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.
- 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.
- Plus, you know, it's I get a lot of cred if I am transsexual.
- And I think people are OK with you dropping in something, you know, some some cred.
- I can't break the the street cred like that.
Examples
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Now how do you get back any level of cred with this article?
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And not only did these bands have street cred, but they were all topping the charts.
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And I have a street cred and sort of something to back it up, right.
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Now what are you gonna do to get that cred back?
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Hey, let's give cred for where it's due.
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For some reason, he said he needed street cred.
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It's bad 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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The man's got some street cred.
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His knowledge of fashion trends gave him a lot of cred among his peers.
Synonyms
45
7.9
A person's reputation in a group or online community
11
8.8
Respect from young people in a city for being real and stylish
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7.4
Respect and acceptance from young people in the city for being real
Antonyms
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How Credible
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Etymology
Cred is a short form of credit and comes from the Latin root credere, which means 'to believe'. So cred is about being believed or trusted by a group, meaning the respect or credibility you have, as in 'street cred'.