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cred

[ kred ]

noun

Slang.
  1. the quality of being believable or worthy of respect, especially within a particular social, professional, or other group: street cred.

    If you wear this t-shirt, you’ll be earning geek cred.

    Both chefs have plenty of Southern cred.



cred

/ ɛ /

noun

  1. slang.
    short for credibility

    street cred

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Origin of cred1

Shortened form of credibility
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For “La Presa,” a track that sounds like a time capsule from 1979 New York, she enlisted the backup vocalists of Puerto Rico’s El Gran Combo for an extra touch of street cred.

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Bill Clinton and Al Gore, two Southern white men with card-carrying membership in the centrist Democratic Leadership Council ended up finding it, largely by offering baby boomer identity cred in combination with pretty conservative ideology.

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Her street cred appears high as she distracts someone in the prison yard with a kiss—just long enough to pickpocket their phone.

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Well, that immediately puts them at the top of the pack, because there's a little bit of cred that goes with that.

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Trump embraced performers like Combs as a means of giving his brand street cred, and Combs flaunted their alleged friendship as proof of his membership in an elite social tier.

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