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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.{{Fact|date=March 2007}}

==Slang terms==

;<nowiki>#</nowiki> Set/Stair
:A # set/stair (pronounced as ''a number'' + "stair" or number of sets of stairs) refers to a set of stairs. Skaters frequently ollie or perform tricks off of stairs. Stairs can be hard to come by, as many are privately owned. A common usage is, "let's go skate the 3-stair." A set would be how many sets of stairs there are. As in a double set of 4 stairs. Usage would be " He just tre-flipped that double set" {{Fact|date=March 2007}}

;3/4 Pipe
:A half-pipe extended to the point where it resembles a full pipe with one quarter removed. It is not ridden the same way as a half-pipe is ridden.{{Fact|date=March 2007}}

;Wilson
:To land badly on the board so that one's front foot is on the board and the back foot behind it on the floor, causing the skater to do the splits. (Derived from "Dennis The Menace" American cartoon strip - Dennis' neighbour Mr. Wilson frequently stepped on Dennis's carelessly abandoned board causing the aforementioned to occur)

;5-0
:While the most common usage of this term is as a grind, the 5-0 grind (see [[Grinds (skateboarding)]]), it is also used to refer to the police (a play on both the trick of the same name, and Hawaii Five-0).{{Fact|date=March 2007}}

;Air
:To propel oneself into the air without popping the board. The act of performing an air is known as "catching air."{{Fact|date=March 2007}}

;Crookie Monster
:Another term for crooked grind.  Also can be called crooks or K-grind (referring to Eric Koston who was believed for awhile to have invented the trick).  However it is very seldom called a K-grind in current times.

;Mung
:Mung, (to mung) The act of munging consists of sliding the board along a railing on its griptape side and landing in a primo grind. "Dude, Johnny just munged with that granny! gnarly!!".{{Fact|date=May 2007}}

;Full Pipe
:A full pipe is a piece of huge cement piping with a large diameter, often of ten feet or more. Skaters start at the bottom and gradually start getting higher and higher up the sides as they push back and forth. Pipe-riding is not so common any more. A few notable full pipes are Toxic Land and Glory Hole.{{Fact|date=March 2007}}

;Gnar: A trick or spot that is sick.  Short for gnarly. "That ledge is so gnar." "Ya, so was that switch flip back noseblunt."

;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.{{Fact|date=March 2007}}

;Kicker or Launch ramp
:A small ramp designed for catching air off of. Skaters usually just ride off them, ollie off them, or perform flip tricks off of them.{{Fact|date=March 2007}}

;Mob
:Crappy style, originated from Jim Greco's explanation of a mob kickflip in Baker2G, in which the front foot does not flick properly.  "Yo, that kickflip was mob, and he pushin' mongo.  His style is wack."
A newer definitation of mob, is to land with your toes or heels touching the ground

;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. Many skateboarders embrace their forefathers and to them, calling something old-school is a good thing, as in "That slappy was OLD SCHOOL!"{{Fact|date=March 2007}}

;Rail
:Any long piece of metal or stone that is fit for grinding. Rails can be round or square, though square rails are common only in skateparks, where they are built for riding on. Skaters grind along rails. Rails that skaters commonly ride are handrails alongside stairs.{{Fact|date=March 2007}}

;Ledge
:Concrete such as a curb or park bench that is fit for grinding. A ledge is differs from a rail being that a rail is no wider than the width of average size trucks (7.75 inches).{{Fact|date=March 2007}}

;Wax
:Skateboard wax is used for grinding. Some rails and ledges need to be waxed first to grind them. Alternatives include candles, crayons, etc.{{Fact|date=March 2007}}

;Radical/Hammer/Banger
:Excellent trick or demonstration of skill.{{Fact|date=March 2007}}

;Ender 
:The very last trick that closes a skaters part in a skate video. Usually something extremely difficult and jawdropping.

;Roll-in
:A type of ramp designed specifically for riding down. Skaters rarely perform tricks on these, nor do they ride up them (unless they are getting back up to the top for another run). These ramps are designed to give a skater maximum momentum as he rockets down them, so he gains enough speed to attempt large obstacles ahead.{{Fact|date=March 2007}}

;Bust
:1,To bust a trick is perfectly executing trick, or performing a trick that the skateboarder has been working very hard to land. "You busted a perfect Smith grind!", 2, A spot that can no longer be skated. Often due to a high likelihood of being kicked out. "That spot is a bust now."{{Fact|date=March 2007}}

;Slaugter
:To "bust" a trick only it is used more often than "bust" in the northern skateboarding territories (New England).{{Fact|date=March 2007}}

;Vert
:1,Short for vertical skateboarding on a half pipe or pool. 2, a style of skating.{{Fact|date=March 2007}}

;Mongo
:To push with your front foot. (i.e. Goofy skater, push with right foot with left at the back and vice versa){{Fact|date=March 2007}} 

;Mongo switch
:the act of skating mongo while in switch stance

;Regular (stance)
:To stand on the skateboard facing right and push with right foot.{{Fact|date=March 2007}}

;Goofy (stance)
:To stand on skateboard facing left and push with left foot. {{Fact|date=March 2007}}

;Spod
:An avid skateboard fanatic who takes a mental log of every trick committed to any video, ie, "Yeah when Keenan landed that amazing switch flip over that picnic bench on "goldfish"!" A spod would be quick to reply, "I think you'll find that was actually on "Mouse" Mirza!"


;Sick
:Cool, "That was sick!"{{Fact|date=March 2007}}


;Shred
:To skateboard.{{Fact|date=March 2007}}


;Drop-in
:To put the tail of your board on the edge of a Half-pipe or ¼-pipe and push down.{{Fact|date=March 2007}}

;Credit-Card
:To bail, landing on an upright board between your legs, very nasty. Also known as Tamponed, Nutted, Sledged{{Fact|date=March 2007}}

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;Pulling a half chub
:to pull off a desired trick, or to achieve ones goal. "Hey guys check it out, Brian totally just pulled a half chub!" {{Fact|date=May 2007}}

;Haggard
:messed up, broken, or sketchy

;flippin the crapper
:to do a flip trick with a board that has a haggard set up

;Shredsled
:A skateboard, typically used for shredding the gnar, and only the finest of gnar.

;Make(ing)Gnar
:What skaters do. Make gnar.On their shredsleds. Yeah, we're just that damn cool.