What does tweaking mean in Chicago?

TWEAKING: Telling someone they're full of it. Stiff.
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What does you tweaking mean in slang?

The word 'tweaking' is a much used term in rap and hip-hop culture to refer to someone high on stimulants. It can even be used to define someone who is acting irrationally or saying something stupid.
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What is the meaning of tweaking something?

Definition of tweak

(Entry 1 of 2) transitive verb. 1 : to make usually small adjustments in or to tweak the controls especially : fine-tune. 2 : to injure slightly. 3 : to pinch (a person or a body part) lightly or playfully.
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What does NA He tweaking mean?

You've probably seen "nah he tweakin" all over the comment sections of Instagram posts in the past 24 hours. But what does it mean and why is it trending? The phrase basically means "he's crazy" and since Lil Nas X said that about Tony Hawk, the three words have become pretty inescapable every time you scroll.
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What does tweaking mean urban?

For the uninitiated, according Urban Dictionary “tweaking” means not making sense or saying something stupid. But it is a phrase that has been used in black culture for many years, and it basically means 'he's crazy'.
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Where did tweaking come from?

The phrase was first used in a comment from Lil' Nas X under a post about Tony Hawk's blood-enthused skateboards. It then went viral on Instagram after it became part of a glitch on the platform where comments were all being replaced by the phrase.
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What is a tweaker in drug terms?

2 slang : a person who illicitly uses methamphetamine and especially crystal meth When he got like this, his neighbors would scream at him and threaten to call the cops, but they were tweakers too.—
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What does tweek mean in slang?

noun - uncountable

a methamphetamine-like substance. He's in the closet doing tweek. See more words with the same meaning: stimulants (e.g. methamphetamines, caffeine).
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What type of word is tweaking?

Slang. behaving in a wildly excited or agitated manner, especially as an effect of using methamphetamine, cocaine, or other stimulant drugs: He was pacing around and bursting in and out of emotional fits like a tweaking junkie.
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What does bugging mean in slang?

To annoy, irritate,” is the Oxford English Dictionary's definition of this slang usage of the word. This is one of the most widely used forms of bug.
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What does tweaking someone's nose mean?

verb (transitive) to twist, jerk, or pinch with a sharp or sudden movement. to tweak someone's nose.
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What does tweaking mean in gaming?

Tweaking is the process of fine-tuning complex devices, typically electronic devices. In simple words, it is a method for making small changes to fine-tune hardware or software.
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What does tweaking mean on Snapchat?

A plugin, or “tweak,” is an add-on that creates additional functionalities not included in the official Snapchat app. If you use them or have them installed on your device, you may have trouble logging in — or your Snapchat account may even get locked.
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What's another name for a tweaker?

Tweak, a slang name for methamphetamine. Tweaker, or alternate spelling tweeker, an individual addicted to methamphetamine.
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What does crackhead mean in slang?

noun. plural crackheads. Britannica Dictionary definition of CRACKHEAD. [count] informal. : a person who smokes the illegal drug crack.
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Why is everyone posting Nah Tweakin?

Why is everyone posting “nah he tweakin”? It has to do with shoes, blood, and skateboards, reports WPST. Long story short, earlier this year the rapper Lil Nas X debuted a limited edition “Satan shoe” that literally had a drop of his blood in the soles.
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What is this Nah He tweaking meme?

The phrase "nah he tweakin" went viral on Wednesday after Lil Nas X used it in a comment about Tony Hawk, spawning a social media craze where thousands of people pasted the same three words across the internet.
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What does he tweaking mean on Instagram?

Tweaking is a word used a lot in rap and hip hop culture and to mean someone who is on drugs or is high. It can loosely be translated to somebody not making sense or saying something stupid. To us, they all be tweakin.
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Is Tweakable a real word?

Tweakable definition

That can be tweaked; moddable, customizable.
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When did Twerk get added to the dictionary?

But in a 2015 update, the Oxford English Dictionary entry for twerk gave 1848 as the first date the word is used as a verb, meaning “to move (something) with a twitching, twisting, or jerking motion.” As a noun, it was first used in 1820 (albeit with a different spelling) in a letter to Frankenstein author Mary Shelley ...
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How do you use tweak in a sentence?

1. She gave his ear a tweak. 2. He gave the boy's ear a painful tweak.
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What does Bud mean in slang?

a slang word for marijuana.
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What does bog mean in slang?

British Slang. a lavatory; bathroom.
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What does Buggin mean in New York slang?

When someone says “you're buggin”, you're probably irritating, freaking out, or tripping.
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