(on) top

Variant form: on top

Used to talk ‘about people/objects that someone likes very much or are fashionable, up-to-date’; ‘about something that is the best’;

Borrowed from English: English noun top – peak, adj. ‘highest’, but also ‘great, excellent’ (see http://onlineslangdictionary.com/meaning-definition-of/top and on top ‘on the top of’ (see https://dictionary.cambridge.org/pl/dictionary/english/on-top).

Emoji replacing the word top: 🔝 (source: https://emojipedia.org/top-arrow);

Online dictionaries also note other meanings related to the word top ‘peak’, such as

1. the female flower, bud, and youngest leaf of the cannabis plant. The dried buds are commonly referred to as weed or marijuana (see https://www.miejski.pl/slowo-Top);
2. top G – ‘a person who is a dangerous opponent in many spheres e.g. fighting, business, physical fitness (see https://www.miejski.pl/slowo-Top+G);
3. a dominant person during sexual contact (see https://www.miejski.pl/slowo-Top).

Examples of usage:

[The quotations have been translated from the Polish language]

1. THIS IS THE ABSOLUTE TOP 1 OF POLISH RAP – BOBER/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=br4xxhCQn4Y
2. TS6 on top 👌👏👻/ https://www.tiktok.com/@utfbcal/video/7279544109159927073?q=on%20top&t=1699256148534
3. MMA TOP NEWS / https://twitter.com/MMA_TOP_NEWS
4. you’re an awesome guy – top journalist❤️ / https://twitter.com/jan_mazi/status/1719451983826804788
5. this guy is still on top /Heard/.