Pop Culture Slang
The Internet has popularlized the use of acronyms and abbreviations, which are now commonly used in pop culture. The list below includes slang terms related to movies, music, TV, games, and celebrities.
Slang Term | Meaning | Votes |
---|---|---|
Easter egg | A hidden message | 545 |
DnD | Dungeons & Dragons | 556 |
Swag | Skills or style | 562 |
Rickroll | To trick someone into watching a Rick Astley music video | 562 |
MTFBWY | May the Force be with you | 568 |
sfx | Special effects | 572 |
OST | Original soundtrack | 574 |
Streamer | Someone who regularly broadcasts on Twitch.tv | 574 |
TGIF | Thank goodness it's Friday | 576 |
ASMR | Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response | 577 |
G | Gangster | 578 |
IDFWU | I don't f*** with you | 579 |
FWB | Friends with benefits | 580 |
You got served | You were called out | 581 |
Bootylicious | Attractive with a nice rear end | 582 |
WAP | Wet A** P***y | 582 |
Zaddy | A composed, fashionable, and attractive man | 582 |
da | The | 583 |
Dope | Cool | 583 |
Doge | Dog | 583 |
You know nothing, Jon Snow | You are naive | 583 |
And I oop | I'm so embarassed | 583 |
Influencer | A social media user who affects others' behaviors | 583 |
Potterhead | A Harry Potter fan | 584 |
Fetch | Cool | 585 |
CG | Computer Graphics | 585 |
Kpop | Korean Pop music | 585 |
Dope | Illegal drugs | 586 |
Hipster | A person who dislikes mainstream culture | 586 |
Comfort idol | A celebrity whose actions soothe you | 586 |
Bromance | Deep friendship between two or more males | 587 |
Po-po | Police | 587 |
WWE | World Wrestling Entertainment | 587 |
DTP | Disturbing the peace | 587 |
Stan | An obsessed fan of someone or something | 587 |
Stanning | Obsessing over a person | 587 |
Dump stat | An ability that an RPG player doesn't prioritize | 587 |
SW | Star Wars | 587 |
WWJD | What would Jesus do | 588 |
Airhead | Stupid | 588 |
Movember | Mustache-growing November | 588 |
Juggalo | A fan of Insane Clown Posse | 588 |
Y/N | Your name | 588 |
Bling | Overly flashy jewelry | 589 |
Travoltified | To mispronounce a name | 589 |
Nae Nae | Hip-rocking, hand-raising dance move | 589 |
Crows before hoes | Guy friends are more important than romantic interests | 589 |
Woke | Aware of social issues | 589 |
OT3 | One true threesome | 589 |
BTS | Bangtan Sonyeondan | 589 |
Twerk | Hip-gyrating dance move | 590 |
Spit | To freestyle rap | 590 |
Rom com | Romantic comedy | 590 |
1D | One Direction | 591 |
TWD | The Walking Dead | 591 |
HP | Harry Potter | 591 |
Kimye | Kim Kardashian and Kanye West | 591 |
DemThrones | Game of Thrones | 591 |
E choke | An expression of shock or surprise | 591 |
TNG | The Next Generation | 592 |
MLP | My Little Pony | 592 |
Duckroll | To mislead someone | 592 |
Dab | Hip hop dance move | 592 |
LWYMMD | Look what you made me do | 592 |
Swiftie | A devoted fan of Taylor Swift | 592 |
OTP | One true pairing | 593 |
HBO | Home Box Office | 593 |
HIMYM | How I Met Your Mother | 593 |
WCW | World Championship Wrestling | 593 |
Dashie | Rainbow Dash | 593 |
Seltering | Sticking out your rear in a fitness pose | 593 |
AGT | America's Got Talent | 593 |
Galentine's Day | February 13th ladies-only celebration | 593 |
KOTLC | Keeper of the Lost Cities | 593 |
WW | Wonder Woman | 593 |
Delulu | Delusional | 593 |
BOAT | Best of all time | 593 |
Fanboy | A dedicated male fan | 594 |
Tebowing | Getting in a position of praying | 594 |
GNR | Guns N' Roses | 594 |
Dougie | Dance move | 594 |
Twerking | Shaking hips and rear in a bouncing motion | 594 |
Chivette | Female who likes theCHIVE | 594 |
KUWTK | Keeping up with the Kardashians | 594 |
Walker | Zombie | 594 |
Winter is coming | Something bad is going to happen | 594 |
K-pop | Korean Pop music | 594 |
Festivus | A holiday celebration | 594 |
VSCO girls | Preppy female teen Instagrammers | 594 |
Fan service | Indulging fans' desires | 594 |
Mark | A fan who believes pro wrestling is real | 594 |
Banger | An awesome, energetic piece of media | 594 |
LOTR | Lord of the Rings | 595 |
OME | Oh my Edward | 595 |
Huckleberry | The one you're looking for | 595 |
GOT | Game of Thrones | 595 |
MST3K | Mystery Science Theater 3000 | 595 |
Chiver | Male who likes theCHIVE | 595 |
Jump the shark | To decrease in quality | 595 |
Slasher | Horror film | 595 |
AHS | American Horror Story | 595 |
Dabbin | Leaning your head into your elbow with your other arm outstretched | 595 |
Welcome to your tape | I'm mad at you | 595 |
Bars | Lyrical hip hop sentences | 595 |
Put over | Make someone look good | 595 |
Parasocial relationship | A one-way relationship between a fan and a creator | 595 |
TikTok house | A house full of TikTok influencers | 595 |
YA | Young Adult | 595 |
Cinephile | A devoted fan of cinema | 595 |
Normie | A person whose tastes are mainstream | 595 |
Disneybounding | Dressing similarly to Disney characters | 595 |
ILUM | I love you man | 596 |
OMJ | Oh my Jonas | 596 |
TWSS | That's what she said | 596 |
A7X | Avenged Sevenfold | 596 |
NKOTBSB | New Kids on the Block and Backstreet Boys | 596 |
NKOTB | New Kids on the Block | 596 |
OITNB | Orange is the New Black | 596 |
Brony | Male viewer of My Little Pony | 596 |
BMW | Boy Meets World | 596 |
TDSWJS | The Daily Show with Jon Stewart | 596 |
Off the hook | Totally awesome | 596 |
Travoltify | To mispronounce a name | 596 |
PTI | Pardon the interruption | 596 |
Belieber | A committed fan of Justin Bieber | 596 |
Mansome | Manly handsome | 596 |
RHONJ | The Real Housewives of New Jersey | 596 |
Cosplay | Costume play | 596 |
Superfan | An extremely dedicated fan | 596 |
Tay tay | Taylor Swift | 596 |
Nerfherder | An untamed and unkempt person | 596 |
Pain in the choobies | Annoyance | 596 |
Treat yo self | Take care of yourself | 596 |
Steve Harvey | To announce the wrong winner | 596 |
Christmas creep | The slow expansion of the Christmas shopping season | 596 |
MMPR | Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers | 596 |
MCU | Marvel Cinematic Universe | 596 |
Headcanon | A fan's unverified beliefs about a story | 596 |
WW84 | Wonder Woman 1984 | 596 |
Speak truth to power | Stand up for what is right | 596 |
Meet cute | A charming first meeting between two people | 596 |
Kayfabe | Pretending something fake is real | 596 |
Who dey breet | Who is breathing? | 596 |
Waifu | A fictional female that a real person has a crush on | 596 |
Bag | Success and wealth | 596 |
FNAF | Five Nights at Freddy's | 596 |
LL&P | Live long and prosper | 597 |
NIN | Nine Inch Nails | 597 |
JLo | Jennifer Lopez | 597 |
Brangelina | Brad and Angelina | 597 |
JP | Jurassic Park | 597 |
TAAHM | Two and a Half Men | 597 |
OMAM | Of Mice and Men | 597 |
AFV | America's Funniest Videos | 597 |
AFHV | America's Funniest Home Videos | 597 |
SNL | Saturday Night Live | 597 |
Broment | Bro moment | 597 |
Sledneck | A mountain person who drives a snowmobile | 597 |
LLAP | Live long and prosper | 597 |
Khaleesi | Queen | 597 |
RHONY | The Real Housewives of New York City | 597 |
RHOM | The Real Housewives of Miami | 597 |
Cosplayer | A person who wears a costume and plays a character | 597 |
T Swift | Taylor Swft | 597 |
BTFD | Back to the Future day | 597 |
SWTFA | Star Wars: The Force Awakens | 597 |
Laserbrain | Idiot | 597 |
Diddy crop | To cut a person out of your life | 597 |
Kween | Queen | 597 |
Juggalette | A female fan of Insane Clown Posse | 597 |
Cipher | An informal dance or rap gathering | 597 |
Binge racer | A person who watches an entire season of a show within 24 hours | 597 |
Nuked the fridge | A movie series drastically decreased in quality | 597 |
JLU | Justice League Unlimited | 597 |
Cut a promo | Stage a promotional interview | 597 |
Heel | Villain | 597 |
DS9 | Deep Space Nine | 597 |
Pharbz | Phoebe Bridgers fans | 597 |
Multistan | An obsessed fan of multiple things | 597 |
Multifandom | Subscribing to multiple communities of fans | 597 |
RPF | Real person fiction | 597 |
Slash | Same-sex romance fan fiction | 597 |
Husbando | A fictional man that a real person has a crush on | 597 |
LCS | Local comic store | 597 |
Actual play | TTRPGs played for an audience | 597 |
MTFBWU | May the Force be with you | 598 |
TOS | The Original Series | 598 |
HK | Hello Kitty | 598 |
HSM | High school musical | 598 |
KOTOR | Knights of the Old Republic | 598 |
Ermahgerd | Oh my gosh | 598 |
3EB | Third Eye Blind | 598 |
Chrismukkah | Christmas and Hanukkah | 598 |
LZ | Led Zeppelin | 598 |
STP | Stone Temple Pilots | 598 |
Fresh | Brand new | 598 |
AYAOTD | Are You Afraid of the Dark? | 598 |
WWF | World Wrestling Federation | 598 |
FE | Finger Eleven | 598 |
BB | Breaking Bad | 598 |
MCR | My Chemical Romance | 598 |
Fitty | Fifty | 598 |
ScarJo | Scarlett Johansson | 598 |
Silverstoning | Chewing up food before serving it | 598 |
HOH | Head of Household | 598 |
Hate-watch | To watch something you love to hate | 598 |
Sharpen a mustache | Smoke a joint | 598 |
RHOBH | The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills | 598 |
RHOC | The Real Housewives of Orange County | 598 |
Fangirl | A dedicated female fan | 598 |
VMA | Video Music Awards | 598 |
Damp down your power core | Settle down | 598 |
Hodor | Hold the door | 598 |
Unstan | A person who is trying to be less obsessed with a celebrity | 598 |
Cypher | An informal rap or dance gathering | 598 |
Retcon | Retroactively change | 598 |
Idol | A K-pop star | 598 |
Jobber | A character who loses fights to make others look good | 598 |
Collab house | A house full of social media influencers | 598 |
Baka | Fool | 598 |
Silver fox | An attractive older man | 598 |
Glitching | Dance move that includes subtle jerks synced to music | 598 |
EATEOT | Everywhere at the End of Time | 598 |
Meta | Self-referential | 598 |
Arianator | An Ariana Grande fan | 598 |
OC | Original character | 598 |
Nepo baby | A child who benefits from a famous parent | 598 |
IASIP | It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia | 598 |
Weeb | A non-Japanese person obsessed with Japanese pop culture | 598 |
Requel | A movie featuring elements from a previous film | 598 |
gtrdun | Get 'er done | 599 |
POTO | Phantom of the Opera | 599 |
MIB | Men in Black | 599 |
ANTM | America's Next Top Model | 599 |
FOB | Fresh off the boat | 599 |
PM5K | Powerman 5000 | 599 |
5FDP | Five Finger Death Punch | 599 |
APC | A Perfect Circle | 599 |
Chibi | Miniature Character | 599 |
CCR | Creedence Clearwater Revival | 599 |
DMB | Dave Matthews Band | 599 |
TFK | Thousand Foot Krutch | 599 |
PJ | Pearl Jam | 599 |
SOAD | System of a Down | 599 |
Wail | To be awesome | 599 |
ELO | Electric Light Orchestra | 599 |
F11 | Finger Eleven | 599 |
McConaughssance | Matthew McConaughey's renaissance | 599 |
Solange | Crazy | 599 |
FNL | Friday Night Lights | 599 |
Lip Dub | A lip synching music video | 599 |
Turn down for what | I'm excited | 599 |
Bromantic | Action showing friendship between two or more males | 599 |
Mo sista | A woman who supports Movember | 599 |
Kartrashians | Kardashian family | 599 |
RHOOC | The Real Housewives of Orange County | 599 |
Hallyu | Korean wave | 599 |
TIO | Turn it off | 599 |
BTTF | Back to the Future | 599 |
Bantha fodder | As good as dead | 599 |
TFA | The Force Awakens | 599 |
Mom com | Romantic comedy directed at moms | 599 |
Draking | Placing Drake's head on handicap wheelchair signs | 599 |
Sparrowface | Facial expression with eyes wide open and mouth slightly open | 599 |
Smize | To smile with your eyes | 599 |
ICP | Insane Clown Posse | 599 |
Binge racing | Watching an entire season of a show within 24 hours | 599 |
SWTLJ | Star Wars: The Last Jedi | 599 |
UPF | Ultra passionate fan | 599 |
Bro country | A subgenre of mainstream country music | 599 |
sksksk | Overcome with emotion | 599 |
DCAU | DC Animated Universe | 599 |
Deep cut | An obscure work or reference | 599 |
Face | Hero | 599 |
BTAS | Batman: The Animated Series | 599 |
Embiggen | Enlarge | 599 |
Shoot | An unscripted event | 599 |
Worked shoot | A scripted event that contains unscripted elements | 599 |
Bitcoin Pizza Day | May 22, 2010 | 599 |
Grok | Intuitively understand | 599 |
Trans | Translation | 599 |
Smark | A fan who knows pro wrestling is scripted | 599 |
Tweener | A wrestler who is neither hero nor villain | 599 |
Comfort character | A fictional character who soothes you | 599 |
WBW | World Between Worlds | 599 |
Queerbaiting | Implying but never actualizing a non-hetero relationship | 599 |
WAG | Wives and girlfriends | 599 |
DBZ | Dragon Ball Z | 599 |
ARMY | Adorable Representative M.C. for Youth | 599 |
Showmance | A romance between actors starring in the same production | 599 |
Anti-ship | Anti-problematic shipping | 599 |
NOTP | Not one true pairing | 599 |
Fanfic | Fan fiction | 599 |
Fanon | Unverified story points fans believe are canon | 599 |
AEW | All Elite Wrestling | 599 |
MFM | My Favorite Murder | 599 |
MBMBaM | My Brother, My Brother and Me | 599 |
TAZ | The Adventure Zone | 599 |
Hiatus brain | When superfans' minds go wild during a hiatus | 599 |
Internet boyfriend | An online community's collective guy crush | 599 |
WDW | Walt Disney World | 599 |
AU | Alternate universe | 599 |
Endgame | A couple that is meant to be together | 599 |
KotH | King of the hill | 599 |
supe | Superhuman | 599 |
DCU | DC Universe | 599 |
Buddy cop | Movie and TV genre featuring two different character that must work together | 599 |
Up to eleven | Up to an excessive degree | 599 |
MCRmy | My Chemical Romance fans | 599 |
MOTU | Masters of the Universe | 600 |
SF | Science Fiction | 600 |
TAWOG | The Amazing World of Gumball | 600 |
WTA | Women tell all | 600 |
KFC | Kid's Fattening Clinic | 600 |
GD | Green Day | 600 |
DWTS | Dancing with the Stars | 600 |
NWO | New World Order | 600 |
WWWF | World Wide Wrestling Federation | 600 |
WDTFS | What does the fox say? | 600 |
DAR | Daily afternoon randomness | 600 |
Somepony | Somebody | 600 |
HOC | House of Cards | 600 |
TSFH | Two Steps From Hell | 600 |
Grool | Great and cool | 600 |
UTFL | Use the force, Luke | 600 |
Manssiere | Male brassiere | 600 |
BVB | Black Veil Brides | 600 |
Gleek | Glee geek | 600 |
Mo bro | A movember participant | 600 |
RHOA | The Real Housewives of Atlanta | 600 |
celeb | Celebrity | 600 |
Dramedy | Dramatic and comedic movie | 600 |
Schmuck bait | A ludicrous tease for a show plot | 600 |
Work | A scripted event | 600 |
MHA | My Hero Academia | 600 |
Needle drop | When an existing song is used in a movie or show | 600 |
The G | Girlfriend | 600 |
SCP | Special Containment Procedures Foundation | 600 |
FFDP | Five Finger Death Punch | 601 |
Bennifer | Ben and Jennifer | 601 |
PF | Pink Floyd | 601 |
SYTYCD | So You Think You Can Dance | 601 |
Brolling | James Bond trolling | 601 |
RHODC | The Real Housewives of D.C. | 601 |
5SOS | 5 Seconds of Summer | 601 |
Jonerys | Jon and Daenerys | 601 |
KCCO | Keep calm and CHIVE on | 602 |
Bro | A male bra | 603 |
Pro-ship | Pro-problematic shipping | 603 |
CNRHKYITF | Chuck Norris roundhouse kick you in the face | 604 |
TTTHCS | Things that Tim Howard could save | 605 |
FF5 | Family Force 5 | 600 |
DT | Dream Theater | 600 |
ICHC | I Can Has Cheezburger? | 600 |
BSB | Backstreet Boys | 600 |
OMAM | Of Monsters and Men | 600 |
STTW | Sabrina the Teenage Witch | 600 |
SOA | Sons of Anarchy | 600 |
AFI | A Fire Inside | 600 |
Travoltafy | To mispronounce a name | 600 |
Travoltafied | To mispronounce a name | 600 |
FWBL | Friends with Better Lives | 600 |
The Rachel | Voluminous shoulder-length haircut | 600 |