STATUS
ADJECTIVES
► SUBLIME of status: very high, exalted → 1702 arch.
NOUNS
► CRED status among one’s peers; credibility → 1981 Brit. sl.
► STREET CRED status among one’s peers, esp. in fashionable urban youth subculture → 1981 Brit. sl.
► SUBLIMITY a high or dignified status → 1643 obs.
VERBS
► FALL to lose status, to be deprived of a comfortable situation → 1990s sl.
► RANK to lose status or job seniority → 1930s sl.
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