| NOCAP | "For real," in modern parlance |
| LEGIT | For real, in slang |
| DINKUM | "Fair ___" ("For reals" in Aussie slang) |
| SHIP | Wish for a romantic pairing between, in modern parlance |
| TAKETHEL | Accept defeat, in modern parlance ... or a hint to entering five answers in this puzzle |
| IMPACTED | Affected, in modern parlance |
| ALLY | Discrimination battler, in modern parlance |
| LIFEHACK | Productivity-increasing trick, in modern parlance |
| BRO | Preceder of code or hang, in modern parlance |
| HATERSGONNAHATE | "Ignore the critics," in modern parlance |
| ADDICTION | Drug-habit, in modern parlance? |
| COMECORRECT | Approach respectfully, in modern parlance |
| FOMO | Exclusion anxiety, in modern parlance |
| SWOLE | Extremely muscular, in modern parlance |
| EGOT | Performer's grand slam, in modern parlance |
| ZADDY | Attractive, fashionable man, in modern parlance |
| NOOB | Tyro, in modern parlance |
| STANS | Is super into, in modern parlance |
| HATERADE | Virulent negativity, in modern parlance |
| YOLO | Devil-may-care attitude, in modern parlance |
