L7

noun

A square; a stuffy or uncool person.

Meanings

nounL7 (plural L7s)

plural L7s

  1. slangA square; a stuffy or uncool person.

    "You're an L7." / "A what?" he stopped in his tracks and asked. / "An L7. Put them together and you get a big old square."

    2009, Jenny Lofters, Flying Backward in the Sky, page 11
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    You will marvel at expressions like "That one was a pain in my chewy" and "I was an L7, a square," as well as the expressive play they use with their friends: "Oh, Miss Thang. Child, please. Bitch, it ain't all about you."

    1996, Leon Pettiway, Honey, Honey, Miss Thang: Being Black, Gay, and on the Streets

    So while my intelligent-cool students knew that they were smart, they did not wear it on their sleeves for fear of being perceived as an L7 (a square), a nerd, or a geek.

    2005, Paul Chamness Miller, Narratives from the Classroom: An Introduction to Teaching, page 77

Synonyms & antonyms

Origin

From the shape of the characters L and 7, visually resembling a square when juxtaposed.

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APA

L7. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/L7

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“L7.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/L7. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “L7,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/L7.

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