Flex
As a verb, to show off or stunt. Tacked onto a noun, it can also mean you're about to go do something ("gym flex" = heading to the gym).
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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.
“He's flexing that new watch on every story.”
Where it comes from
Origin: General hip-hop slang, everyday GTA usage. It's tied to Toronto's music and sports culture more than to a specific immigrant-language root — see our "from the block to global" section for how that side of Toronto slang spread.
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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