" style "

 [ "style" ]

1: Noun: The basic defining characteristics of a person, everything from talk, dress, hairstyle, demeanor, etc. A majority of the time it is the person's appearance in general and can be categorized (grunge, hippie, preppy, hoochie, nerdy, etc). A few people have their own style which usually makes them unique while most go with whatever is the "in" thing at the time in all the above categories. Can also be used as a compliment (see example #2a and b).

  * e.g.,  ... #1a: "Toni's style is an odd one -- she keeps her hair groomed like a diva, wears alot of makeup, rocks Chuck Taylor All Stars, and buys her shirts at the Bass Pro Shop.....what's up with that??" 

 [ "style" ]

1: How you define something that isn't currently defined. Kind of to give a more accurate description.

  * e.g.,  ... I got raped...prison style. 

 [ "style" ]

1: To pass or to hand an object out of reach of the requester. Said with gratitude but also a hint of indifference. Origin: late 80s Vancouver.

  * e.g.,  ... "Style me that pen. No, not that one. The blue one." 

 [ "style" ]

1: someone who knows how to walk "the" walk and talk the talk and dress really well and funky and just really knows whats going down.

  * e.g.,  ... Hey girl he has soooooooo much style. You should go talk to him. 

 [ "style" ]

1: The way in which a jaded girlfriend who has just become the victim of an unfaithful boyfriend "hits 'em up" by spending large amounts of money on frivolous, superficial material possesions

  * e.g.,  ... Hey ladies. When your man goes and gets buck wild, just go 'head and hit 'em up style! 

 [ "style" ]

1: style is the way u dress carry urself n look

  * e.g.,  ... when ders a gilr walking n shes dressed really nicely n shes beautiful u would say 

 [ "style style style" ]

1: A state of eminently fashionable elegance and grandeur elevated by the subject's elation over his or her own narcissistic magnificence.

  * e.g.,  ... Jim: I look like a million bucks in this suit... 

 [ "style style style" ]

2: Pronunciation key: (generally, the three words are said in succession quickly, with teeth first clenched tightly, like the first syllable of the word "lollipop")

  * e.g.,  ... Andrew: Style style style...  

 [ "Styled On" ]

1: When you are being extremely embarrassed and disrespected in a very personal way. Examples explain it better: The principle in Ferris Bueller's Day Off, those high school kids that had to guard Lebron as a senior, Ryan Leaf's life.

  * e.g.,  ... Wow that girl styled on me by saying she didn't know who I was. 

 [ "Style" ]

1: To style a person -

  * e.g.,  ... Yo! Dawg! If you style the thing, yah know you in big trouble. Bob: Eats his slice of cake and goes back to eat his friend's slice. Peter: Don't try style me, my yute. You already had yours. 

 [ "Style" ]

2: Jamaican slang - to disrespect a person/ thing or treat them in an unfair way.

 [ "stylee" ]

1: From Jamaican patois stylistical derivation: It means "style."

  * e.g.,  ... "Melodically, this track would hardly sound out of place, reworked in a Euro stylee, representing the UK at Eurovision." 

 [ "stylee" ]

2: Currently the overused word of choice for British music critics, even (or especially) when it's completely inappropriate.

  * e.g.,  ...  - an NME review of Morrissey, fer chrissakes.