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'''Skateboarding slang''' is [[slang]] used by [[skateboard]]ers. Most skateboarders use different terms for different tricks and obstacles.
Most skateboarding tricks have specific names (though they usually aren't considered slang in their own right). However, many tricks have several different names, and new names and tricks are evolving every day.

Below is a list of slang terms and a brief definition.


Please note that the now-separate subcultures of skating and surfing were once extremely tight-knit and frequently crossed over, as all skaters were surfers and vice versa. Therefore, many surfer words are common parts of a skater's vocabulary, regardless of whether or not the skater is also a surfer.

== # Set ==
A # set (pronounced as ''a number'' + "set" refers to a set of stairs. Skaters frequently ollie off/perform flip tricks off of sets. Sets can be hard to come by, as many are privately owned. A common usage is, "let's go skate the 3-set."

== 5-0 ==
While the most common usage of this term is as a trick, it is also used to refer to the police (a play on both the trick of the same name, and Hawaii Five-0).

SARAH BOICE LOVES ANTHONY GOBERNI!!!⏎
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== Pigs ==
A derogatory term for cops. Though not skater-specific, this word is common among skaters.

== Half-Pipe ==
A U-shaped type of ramp that is ridden as part of Vert skating. Skaters drop in at one end, skate to the other side, to a trick on the other end, and repeat the back-and forth motion. Half-Pipes are so-called because they resemble a full-pipe cut in half.

== Full Pipe ==
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== Old-School ==
Refers to a facet of skateboarding that is generally considered to be "extinct" or at least not a common practice in modern skateboarding. Most true skateboarders embrace their forefathers and to them, calling something old-school is a good thing "That bert was OLD SCHOOL!" Some may use it in a derogatory way, but these people are usually referred to by real skaters as "assclowns" (see above).