June 08, 2020
General Sneaker Slang
As mentioned in a previous blog post we gets so many messages every day with lots of different questions. We love helping out the community with any questions they have, however our team put this list together to help anyone who is confused about what any of these terms mean.
1’s, 3’s, 4’s, 5’s, etc - Specific Jordan model
Beaters - Shoes that you wear very often and beat up
BIN - Buy it now (price)
BNIB - Brand new in box
Breds - Black and red sneakers
Brick - An none profitable item
Cop - To purchase or buy something
Crepes - Sneakers
Crispy - Clean/crisp sneakers
Deadstock - Brand new, never worn (DS)
DSWT - Deadstock with tag
FSR - Full size run
Footsites - Footlocker, footaction, champs, eastbay
FTA - Footaction
FTL - Footlocker
FNL - Finishline
G.O.A.T - Greatest of all time
Grails - All time favorite sneakers
GR - General release, not limited
GS - Grade school, kids sizes
Gum sole - Yellow/brownish sole of a sneaker
Highs - High top sneakers
Hypebeast - Person into sneakers or hyped items
Icy - Usually in reference to the clean sole of a sneaker
JB - Jordan brand
Lows - Low top sneakers
Mids - Mid top sneakers
NIB - New in box
OG - Original
PE - Player edition
Retro - Rerelease of a classic sneaker
Upper - Upper part of a sneaker (its material)
VNDS - Very near deadstock
WTB - Want to buy
WTS - Want to sell
WTT - Want to trade