cred

[ kred ]

noun

, Slang.

1. the quality of being believable or worthy of respect, especially within a particular social, professional, or other group: street cred.

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

   Both chefs have plenty of Southern cred.

cred

/ krɛd /

noun

1. slang.
   short for credibility

   street cred

Word History and Origins

Origin of cred¹

Shortened form of credibility

Example Sentences

The Ohio-born comic further established his comedy cred when he became the youngest stand-up comedian to sell out the Hollywood Bowl during the second installment of the Netflix Is a Joke Festival in May.

From Los Angeles Times

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.

From Salon

Daring taggers are drawn to risky, high-profile locations where the chances of getting caught are not so high — such as abandoned building — and that can translate to social media cred.

From Los Angeles Times

The biggest problem with the Republican approach is that it operates in a vacuum, as if exempting tips from income tax is all that needs to be done to vest the GOP with pro-family cred.

From Los Angeles Times

“To begin with, the clocks were a way for the jewelers to get street cred” with passersby in Seattle’s burgeoning diamond district, he said.

From Seattle Times