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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.

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

    Both chefs have plenty of Southern cred.



cred

/ ɛ /

noun

  1. slangshort 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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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of cred1

Shortened form of credibility
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Wanderingly weird, “Dead Outlaw” retains its off-Broadway cred at the Longacre.

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Along with being a haven for divorcees, the apartment has celebrity cred: “There’s a fair chance Stevie Nicks lived here in ’71,” Villarreal said of the apartment’s glamorous history.

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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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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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