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Slang terms have become increasingly prevalent on social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter. The list below includes common slang used in social media. You can also view a list of chat slang terms used specifically on Facebook or Twitter.

Slang Term	Meaning	Votes
Meekd	Suppressed	199
mk	Okay	351
IRL	In real life	410
LOL	Laughing out loud	423
TTYL	Talk to you later	471
sus	Suspicious	477
DM	Direct message	504
TY	Thank you	519
SMH	Shaking my head	526
Bussin	Really good	528
BTW	By the way	529
Y	Why	538
xbf	Ex-boyfriend	542
TLDR	Too long, didn't read	543
LAN	Local Area Network	547
IKR	I know, right?	549
thx	Thanks	552
YW	You're welcome	552
FML	F*** my life	560
Simp	A person who obsesses over someone that does not return the same affection	560
143	I love you	563
gf	Girlfriend	563
nvm	Nevermind	563
FTW	For the win	563
FFS	For f***'s sake	565
Swag	Skills or style	565
2	To	567
IMO	In my opinion	568
HRU	How are you	568
TBH	To be honest	569
l8r	Later	572
Karen	An entitled woman	572
pls	Please	573
bsf	Best friend	573
Friendversary	Friendship anniversary	573
YOLO	You only live once	573
Whoa	Expression of surprise	573
Bro	Brother	574
Selfie	A picture of yourself	574
OIC	Oh, I see	576
TYVM	Thank you very much	576
go brrr	Solve a problem	576
Clout chaser	A person who does things just to become popular	577
IDEK	I don't even know	577
sux	Sucks	577
IMY	I miss you	578
feels	Feelings	578
bbg	Baby girl	578
LMFAO	Laughing my freakin' a** off	579
NOYB	None of your business	579
HMU	Hit me up	579
fit	Outfit	579
FOMO	Fear of missing out	579
hun	Honey	579
LOLOL	Lots of laugh out louds	580
LMIRL	Let's meet in real life	580
LMS	Like my status	580
H&K	Hugs and kisses	581
HUMM	Hope you miss me	581
MIA	Missing in action	581
bday	Birthday	581
NGL	Not gonna lie	581
L8	Late	582
IMU	I miss you	582
KMAB	Kiss my a, b**	582
d	Di**	582
lil	Little	582
Tweet	Twitter post	582
Dunk on	Make fun of	582
LYL	Love you lots	583
FRFR	For real for real	583
rly	Really	583
Bet	You bet	583
IOU	I owe you	583
xgf	Ex-girlfriend	583
OG	Original gangster	583
SD	Sweet dreams	583
IMHO	In my humble opinion	584
YMMV	Your mileage may vary	584
IMD	In my dreams	584
IDGAF	I don't give a f***	584
Alphabet mafia	LGBTQIA+ people	584
WYB	Watch your back	584
Doge	Dog	584
Tune up	Beat up	585
PM	Private message	585
Paper hands	To sell a stock at the first sign of trouble	585
Catfish	To assume a false identity	585
Caught in 4K	Caught in the act	585
Zaddy	A composed, fashionable, and attractive man	585
ICYMI	In case you missed it	585
TFTA	Thanks for the add	585
CCG	Collectible card game	585
Ratioed	Receiving many more replies than likes on your tweet	585
Creeper	A socially invasive person	585
2H2H	Too hot to handle	586
CMIIW	Correct me if I'm wrong	586
AMA	Ask me anything	586
Based	Agree	586
Straight fire	Very cool	586
obv	Obviously	586
Clapback	A clever comeback	586
IHY	I hate you	586
lolz	Laugh out louds	586
LPP	Likes per post	586
Vine	6 second video	586
MCYT	Minecraft YouTuber	586
FYP	For You page	586
favs	Favorites	586
JSYK	Just so you know	587
TC	Take care	587
Meme stock	A stock hyped on social media	587
Chasing clout	Doing things just to become popular	587
IAB	In a bit	587
TBR	To be real	587
Horny on main	Acting lustful on your primary social account	587
Sheesh	Expression of disbelief	587
Big yikes	Wow	587
GS	GilvaSunner	587
FOH	F*** outta here	587
Vacay	Vacation	587
Larper	Live action role-player	587
Gang gang	I'm with you	587
Thigh gap	Space between a person's thighs	587
Mid	Mediocre	587
vlog	Video blog	587
POTUS	President of the United States	587
Crew	Group of friends	587
CYL	Catch ya later	588
HIFW	How I felt when	588
And I oop	I'm so embarassed	588
Lady boner	Female feeling of sexual arousal	588
ITYS	I told you so	588
LYSM	Love you so much	588
POG	Play of the game	588
TRS	That really sucks	588
IBF	Internet best friend	588
Keyboard warrior	A person that posts controversial opinions online	588
DM slide	Direct message to a crush	588
S-tier	Top rank	588
XO	Kiss and Hug	588
Handle	Twitter username	588
Mald	Mad and bald	588
SG	SilvaGunner	588
Comfort idol	A celebrity whose actions soothe you	588
Chillax	Chill and relax	588
TCG	Trading card game	588
Don't @ me	Don't mention me in your tweets	588
Bestie	Best Friend	588
Fetch	Cool	588
Hipster	A person who dislikes mainstream culture	588
yt	YouTube	588
2U2	To you too	589
WTG	Way to go	589
WEG	Wicked evil grin	589
Influencer	A social media user who affects others' behaviors	589
PFP	Profile picture	589
Lick	Theft	589
TMG	That's my girl	589
TTY	Talk to you	589
ATW	All the way	589
Sip tea	Mind your business	589
Movember	Mustache-growing November	589
The struggle is real	Having difficulty doing something	589
BW	Best wishes	589
HML	Hate my life	589
TFW	That feeling when	589
Twittersphere	The world of Twitter	589
Planking	Lying face down and straight like a plank	589
fav	Favorite	589
PMKI	Pretty much killin' it	589
HNY	Happy new year	589
ASL	Age, sex, location	590
Nae Nae	Hip-rocking, hand-raising dance move	590
BION	Believe it or not	590
Facebook friend	A friend on Facebook, but most likely not in real life	590
BFFL	Best friends for life	590
CBB	Can't be bothered	590
HMB	Hit me back	590
WDYT	What do you think	590
GPOY	Gratuitous picture of yourself	590
deets	Details	590
Cancel culture	Canceling people who do anything controversial	590
WSG	What's good	590
RT	Retweet	590
Bling	Overly flashy jewelry	590
bbq	Barbecue	590
CSB	Cool story, bro	590
Twinsies	Two people who share a common trait	590
2l8	Too late	591
BFD	Big freakin' deal	591
DemThrones	Game of Thrones	591
Grelfie	Group selfie	591
Simping	Obsessing over a person that does not return the same affection	591
Mistweet	Tweet mistake	591
SOS	Someone special	591
TAY	Thinking about you	591
WYWH	Wish you were here	591
SA	Sexual assault	591
Fake news	Fake news source that pretends to be real	591
HOPE	Have Only Positive Expectations	591
Himbo	A naive, musclebound male	591
D/C	Don't care	591
Redditor	A Reddit user	591
BCO	Big crush on	591
HWU	Hey, what's up?	591
NB	Not bad	591
F4F	Follow for follow	591
MM	Music Monday	591
delish	Delicious	591
TFF	Twitter follower-friend	591
LRT	Last retweet	591
MCM	Man-crush Monday	591
TBT	Throwback Thursday	591
Subtweet	Subliminal tweet	592
FBF	Flashback Friday	592
NLT	No later than	592
OT3	One true threesome	592
TTYS	Talk to you soon	592
Voteflake	A person who does not accept official election results	592
WBU	What 'bout you	592
Secks	Sex	592
Fire	Awesome	592
issa	It's a	592
BGF	Best guy friend	592
Slacktivism	Lazy activism	592
Slide into your DMs	To send a direct message on Twitter	592
Sussy baka	Suspicious fool	592
TikToker	A TikTok user	592
RIP my mentions	I'm going to receive a lot of Twitter notifications	592
E choke	An expression of shock or surprise	592
AOTY	Album of the year	592
TGFF	Thank God for Friday	592
TIL	Today I learned	592
LeBroning	Flopping	592
YouTuber	A YouTube user	592
Celine a scene	To add a Celine Dion song to a video for maximum emotional impact	593
Cinnamon roll	A kind, gentle person	593
Covfefe	Coverage	593
Quaranfifteen	Weight gained during COVID-19 quarantine	593
Live-tweet	To tweet about something currently taking place	593
Doomer	A person who focuses on negative possibilities	593
Spoopy	Spooky and funny	593
IFSFY	I feel sorry for you	593
Cringe	Unpleasant	593
Cottagecore	An aesthetic centered around romanticized rural living	593
FTFY	Fixed that for you	593
Periodt	An expression of emphasis	593
Tweetsult	Insulting tweet	593
Day one	A very close friend	593
PTL	Praise the Lord	593
ADM	Ay dios mio	593
Seltering	Sticking out your rear in a fitness pose	593
Blue-checked	Verified on Twitter	593
pic	Picture	593
Roaching	Secretly dating many romantic partners at the same time	593
Unfriend	To remove a friend on Facebook	593
Fleek	Perfect	593
OOMF	One of my followers	593
TT	Trending topic	593
lk	Like	593
Facestalking	Looking through someone's pictures on Facebook	593
ICL	I can't lie	593
WCW	Woman-crush Wednesday	593
GIF	Graphics Interchange Format	593
On fleek	Perfect	593
TBR	To be rude	594
BD	Big deal	594
FTR	For the record	594
Sending me	Making me laugh	594
IIRC	If I remember correctly	594
KIT	Keep in touch	594
Bing bong	Expression of emphasis	594
Hits different	Affects differently	594
Mood	How I'm feeling	594
TQVM	Thank you very much	594
mishu	Miss you	594
OP	Original poster	594
Hop off	Go away	594
AHFY	Always here for you	594
Ghost post	A Facebook comment that was removed	594
Hellmaxxing	Committing a series of sinful acts	594
IHU	I hate you	594
Date ladder	A person you date to make yourself seem more desirable	594
Bikini bridge	Space between a bikini bottom and stomach	594
YYSS	Yeah yeah, sure sure	594
Moots	People you follow on social media who follow you back	594
VSCO girls	Preppy female teen Instagrammers	594
Clout leech	A person who is friends with someone just to become more popular	594
Cancel	Shut down or force out	594
FYE	For your entertainment	594
Gatekeep	To police who has access to an identity or community	594
tl	Timeline	594
Put on blast	To call out	594
Tweetup	Twitter meetup	594
Quaranteam	A small group that socializes in-person during COVID-19	594
TBR	To be read	594
Shelfie	Picture of objects arranged on a shelf	594
Brigading	When one online community harasses another	594
Snacc	An attractive person	594
Gobbo	Goblin	594
AITA	Am I the a**hole	594
Blursday	Literally any day of the week, they're all the same now	594
TSNF	That's so not fair	594
OTP	One true pairing	594
Ginger	Red-head	594
Poser	A person who pretends to be someone they are not	594
MDL	Might delete later	594
WCGW	What could go wrong	594
Clap back	A clever comeback	595
Lurker	A forum user who reads but doesn't post	595
FCOL	For crying out loud	595
OOTL	Out of the loop	595
PRT	Please Retweet	595
OTL	One true love	595
Copypasta	A block of text that is often copied and pasted online	595
Slacktivist	Lazy activist	595
Faceremorse	Remorse after posting on Facebook	595
Trumper	A Donald Trump supporter	595
Llello	Cocaine	595
Tea	Truth	595
RIP to your mentions	You're going to receive a lot of Twitter notifications	595
POIDH	Pictures or it didn't happen	595
LSS	Long story short	595
Snapchatter	Snapchat user	595
AFAYC	As fast as you can	595
OOTD	Outfit of the day	595
HNM	Happy new month	595
fbo	Facebook official	595
U2U	Up to you	595
Instagrammer	A person who uses Instagram	595
BNIB	Brand new in box	595
Spill the tea	Share the gossip	595
Sock puppet account	A fake online identity	595
Gloomer	An apathetic 20-something	595
Virtue signaling	Demonstrating moral superiority	595
Cape	To defend someone's actions, often undeservedly	595
OTTOMH	Off the top of my head	595
TSS	Toxic Shock Syndrome	595
Dead	Hilarious	595
Chonk	An overweight animal	595
Haunting	Following a romantic partner on social media after abruptly leaving them	595
LLS	Laughing like s***	595
Snapback culture	Pressure on new moms to snap back to their pre-pregnancy bodies	595
S4S	Share for share	595
inspo	Inspiration	595
derp	Expression of stupidity	595
DBTS	Don't believe that stuff	595
IG	Instagram	595
Unicorn mom	An imperfect, authentic mom who defies mom shaming	595
Sharent	An oversharing parent on social media	595
Algospeak	Slang used to bypass content filters	595
BOLO	Be on the lookout	596
Disneybounding	Dressing similarly to Disney characters	596
IAG	It's all good	596
KWIM	Know what I mean	596
LOL	Lots of love	596
The gram	Instagram	596
TCOB	Takin' care of business	596
TIC	Tongue-in-cheek	596
Say less	I understand	596
S3x	Sex	596
AML	All my love	596
OG	Original	596
FB	Follow back	596
Hard pants	Any non-stretchy pants	596
hbd	Happy birthday	596
Parasocial relationship	A one-way relationship between a fan and a creator	596
FH	Future husband	596
YGG	You go girl	596
FOGO	Fear of going outside	596
SAT	Sorry about that	596
Elsagate	Inappropriate content targeted at kids on YouTube	596
Left no crumbs	Completely dominated	596
Wildin	Acting crazy	596
CYF	Check your Facebook	596
AFAICS	As far as I can see	596
Viner	Vine user	596
GPOYW	Gratuitous picture of yourself Wednesday	596
It me	I identify with that	596
Go off	Angrily complain	596
Banger	An awesome, energetic piece of media	596
Momfluencer	A mom who influences other moms on social media	596
Chad	A physically fit, overly confident man	596
BFK	Big fat kiss	596
Totes	Totally	596
Headcanon	A fan's unverified beliefs about a story	596
HYFR	Heck ya, freakin' right	596
Swipe right	Approve	596
HBBD	Happy belated birthday	596
GRWM	Get ready with me	596
YSK	You should know	596
Tweeps	Twitter peeps	596
Amazeballs	Amazing	596
Book hangover	Remaining attached to a book you just finished	596
NYP	Name your price	596
Thread	A series of messages	596
BOAT	Best of all time	596
Tweeter	A person who tweets	597
Snapstreak	Snapchat streak	597
NC	No Contact	597
IME	In my experience	597
ir8	Irate	597
Husbando	A fictional man that a real person has a crush on	597
ITMT	In the meantime	597
egirl	An extremely online teen girl	597
Tikbait	Shallow TikTok content created to get views	597
notif	Notification	597
Volcel	Voluntary celibate	597
Slim thick	A female body shape	597
Waifu	A fictional female that a real person has a crush on	597
PM	Postmeridian	597
DILLIGAF	Do I look like I give a flip?	597
DU	Don't understand	597
Blackfishing	Pretending to be ethnically Black	597
PC4PC	Picture comment for picture comment	597
Procrastibaking	Baking to put off something else	597
yt	Whitey	597
BBW	Be back whenever	597
Rinstagram	Real Instagram account	597
insta	Instagram	597
OMGD	Oh my gosh, duh	597
Smol	Small and cute	597
gz	Congratulations	597
BBM	Brains by Mattel	597
DU	Darn you	597
SOAB	Son of a b****	597
JFK	Just freakin' kidding	597
WTFNF	What the f**ing f*	597
stimmy	Stimulus check	597
NPR	Not page related	597
ACV	After coronavirus	597
Heather	A desirable person	597
Swipe left	Reject	597
WADR	With all due respect	597
MTF	More to follow	597
POTB	Pat on the back	597
Pick me	A person desperate for attention and approval	597
IA	I agree	597
MFW	My face when	597
DYOR	Do your own research	597
Woke up and chose violence	Decided to be hostile	597
Face card	A gorgeous face	597
GGGB	Good girl gone bad	597
BookTwt	Book Twitter	597
Retweet offender	A person who constantly retweets on Twitter	597
f9	Fine	597
GUFN	Grounded until further notice	597
Twitterstorm	A quick rise of activity about a specific topic on Twitter	597
TSIR	The struggle is real	597
SFF	So freaking funny	597
BMS	Broke my scale	597
Fax, no printer	Truth	597
IJDGAF	I just don't give a f***	597
Delulu	Delusional	597
Crypto Mom	SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce	597
Finstagram	Fake Instagram account	597
DTRT	Do the right thing	597
GMAB	Give me a break	597
CMV	Change my view	597
Who dey breet	Who is breathing?	597
Rage baking	Baking to relieve anger or stress	597
At home	A worse version of something	597
Non-GMO	Unvaccinated	597
BDE	Big D*** Energy	597
Blow up	To become successful	597
BCBG	Bon Chic Bon Genre	597
oh	Overheard	597
fbf	Facebook friend	597
dur	Stupidly obvious	597
SAHD	Stay-at-home dad	597
POUS	President of the United States	597
TIFU	Today I F***ed Up	597
Goblincore	An aesthetic centered around overlooked natural things	597
ugh	Disappointed	597
IMPO	In my personal opinion	597
Tindering	Using Tinder	597
Dressgate	Controversy about the colors of a dress	597
DIAF	Die in a fire	597
Diddy crop	To cut a person out of your life	597
PBUH	Peace be upon Him	597
CX	Correction	597
Dadication	Fatherly dedication	597
GMAFB	Give me a friggin' break	597
WBW	Wayback Wednesday	597
Greenwashing	Deceptively claiming to be eco-friendly	597
sbux	Starbucks	597
Take the L	Take the loss	597
Ate that	Dominated	597
Opa	Greek exclamation	597
Yuck your yum	Criticize something you like	597
azz	A**	597
Diamond hands	To hold a stock through losses	597
gma	Grandma	597
NTA	Not the a**hole	597
The sidewalk rule	Your man should walk on the street side of the sidewalk	597
J-Pow	Jerome Powell	597
DisTwitter	Disney Twitter	597
That ain't it	That's no good	597
Instagram husband	A person who takes pictures of another person for Instagram	597

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