street cred

noun

Slang.

1. popularity with and acceptance by the general public, especially young people.

Word History and Origins

Origin of street cred¹

street + cred(ibility)

Example Sentences

Watching a Rajinikanth movie is less a screening than a carnival that is a heady mix of street cred, working-class pride, communal revelry and delirious joy.

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It's not an ideal environment for domestic bliss to blossom - or good for Michael's street cred - but it does provide the scene for the 36-year-old actor's "most amazing" TV experience to date.

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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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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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Pound for pound, dollar for dollar, no Democratic president measured up to the Biden-Harris administration’s progressive street cred since LBJ’s Great Society.

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