selling your soul to try to please some imagined audience
he bought the shoes and shirt but wasn't accepted so he found out about the downside of street cred.
Diluted standards and lowest common denominators are the dirty open secret of the downside of street cred.
by adam_before_eve September 10, 2005
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Slang term used in the hot rod world for a guy or girl who will do anything to their car to obtain "hero status" when noone really cares. But they secretly think that if they out perform someone that they will gain "street credits" which is a points list that doesnt exist. Ever
Billy keeps spending money on his car and going to the dragstrip but hasnt improved on anything. Sure looks like hes looking for more street creds. Too bad noone gives a shit.

I herd Jonny bought another new carb in the quest for more street creds.
by 10 years later October 25, 2014
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Short for "web logger street credibility"

1. The amount of respect you have gained from other members of your blogging community (generally a subcommunity of the overall blogger community, such as "video game bloggers")

2. A term used sarcastically because people who blog do so on the internet, which is widely regarded as the least credible source for information apart from televised news.
That dude totally lost some blogger street cred when he decided to post his views on violence in gaming, which every other video game blogger disagreed with.
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The importance given to a person based on his/her affiliation with Sesame Street.
I'm not really a big Chris Brown fan. But him singing about signs with Elmo, that made him cool. Serious Sesame Street Cred there.
by Youcan'tkillthemetal November 11, 2014
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Anyone who has knowledge that is relatively privileged in the sense of showing a certain amount of savvy, intuition, and knowledge, and has gained respect within a certain defined group.
"He may not know everything about running a burger joint in this neighborhood, but for me, he's definitely got street cred."
by Kassye August 5, 2017
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someone who is respected by their peers for their never say die approach to the challenges they have faced

no matter who you are where you come from you have street cred if you have endured challenges and struggle to play the game no matter what the game is! full stop!
his street cred is legendary her street cred it legendary
by KeepInIt Real Here August 19, 2022
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Something that Tick has none of. NONE.
Tick wished he could someday have the level of street cred Roca had, but alas, he’s just a typical white guy that the people with street cred like to rip on.
by Broke Roca February 7, 2021
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