street cred
noun/ˈstriːt kred/
/ˈstriːt kred/
(also cred)
(informal) (also less frequent street credibility)
[uncountable]- a quality that makes somebody acceptable to young people, especially those who live in cities and have experienced the problems of real life
- Those clothes do nothing for your street cred.
- His spell in prison gained him a lot of street cred.
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