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leng
LENG · /lɛŋ/
Local meaning
Extremely attractive, impressive, or exceptionally good.
“Leng” overlaps with “peng” and can praise a person, outfit, tune, or other impressive thing. Some speakers use it as a stronger or more appearance-focused compliment. Searchers commonly want to know whether it differs from “peng”; in practice, the boundary depends on speaker and context.
Examples in context
- That outfit is leng.
- The new track is absolute leng.
- Did you see those trainers? Leng.
How it is used
The word can be approving, playful, or flirtatious. When used about a person, it can also sound objectifying.
Strongly admiring, excited, informal.
Appearance, fashion, music, and peer praise.
Friends, peers, and familiar online spaces.
Avoid treating the word as a licence to comment on strangers’ bodies.
Spelling and scope
An MLE-associated adjective that has spread through UK music, youth culture, and social media; it is not used identically by every London group.
Common search forms stay discoverable without claiming that every London community uses one spelling.
Common patterns
- proper leng
- looks leng
- absolute leng
- leng ting
Read next
All words →Evidence and further reading
Sources support the definition, history, or usage layer. Local review remains welcome.
- leng — MLE adjectiveWiktionary contributors
Community lexicographic record of the MLE attractive or excellent sense, with cited usage examples.
- Multicultural London EnglishCambridge University Press
Research overview of MLE as an urban contact variety used across ethnic backgrounds.
- Recent changes in London English: an overview of Multicultural London EnglishComplutense Journal of English Studies
Peer-reviewed overview of MLE vocabulary, grammar, discourse features, and Caribbean and Jamaican English influence.