Definitions by TheLastArchitect
Cooking
Nowadays, if people say someone is "cooking", they usually don't mean actual cooking.
In modern day slang, when doing something exceptionally well, it means "cooking"; creating something impressive means "cooking", being in the middle of a successful streak of ideas or actions it also means "cooking".
Examples:
• "Let him cook." → he's knows what he's doing.
• "Bro is cooking" → Bro is coming up with something clever, impressive, he's on 🔥.
• "Who let him cook?" → rare, but usually sarcastic; what he did turned out badly.
The term became popular online through gaming, sports, memes, and social media. Based on the idea that a chef is preparing something great, so metaphorically when a person is "cooking", they're creating, planning, or executing something really well.
In modern day slang, when doing something exceptionally well, it means "cooking"; creating something impressive means "cooking", being in the middle of a successful streak of ideas or actions it also means "cooking".
Examples:
• "Let him cook." → he's knows what he's doing.
• "Bro is cooking" → Bro is coming up with something clever, impressive, he's on 🔥.
• "Who let him cook?" → rare, but usually sarcastic; what he did turned out badly.
The term became popular online through gaming, sports, memes, and social media. Based on the idea that a chef is preparing something great, so metaphorically when a person is "cooking", they're creating, planning, or executing something really well.
More examples (in context):
• A basketball player scores 20 points in a quarter: "oh shiiiiit, he's cooking!"
• Someone has a brilliant business idea: "Let him cook."
• A friend makes a terrible decision or does a bad thing: "on god, who let bro cook?🤦 ♂️"
• A basketball player scores 20 points in a quarter: "oh shiiiiit, he's cooking!"
• Someone has a brilliant business idea: "Let him cook."
• A friend makes a terrible decision or does a bad thing: "on god, who let bro cook?🤦 ♂️"
Cooking by TheLastArchitect June 10, 2026