Bare
Means the opposite of its dictionary definition — "a lot" or "very," not "empty."
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How it's used
This is hype vocabulary — words used to big something up, whether it's an outfit, a song, or a moment.
“There's bare people at the mall today.”
Where it comes from
Origin: UK/Caribbean-influenced GTA slang. It overlaps with UK street slang — multiethnolects like Toronto's Multicultural Toronto English and London's Multicultural London English share real linguistic DNA. More in our history page.
Sources
This entry was compiled through general research into Toronto/GTA slang rather than one single citable source — see the full bibliography in SOURCES.md and the wider context in our history of Toronto slang.
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