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Money, usually in reference to a substantial amount ($1,000 or a stack of bills).

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How it's used

Money slang travels fast through hip-hop and drill culture, and the GTA scene has its own well-worn set of terms for it.

“Spent racks on that jacket.”

Where it comes from

Origin: Hip-hop/drill slang, widely used in the GTA scene. 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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