Home BrowseSocial Media Terms

Social Media Slang

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	191
mk	Okay	315
IRL	In real life	358
LOL	Laughing out loud	365
TTYL	Talk to you later	419
sus	Suspicious	433
TY	Thank you	466
BTW	By the way	482
DM	Direct message	489
Bussin	Really good	497
SMH	Shaking my head	498
Y	Why	501
thx	Thanks	515
YW	You're welcome	525
IKR	I know, right?	526
xbf	Ex-boyfriend	528
TLDR	Too long, didn't read	531
143	I love you	535
gf	Girlfriend	539
LAN	Local Area Network	539
FML	F*** my life	542
Whoa	Expression of surprise	544
2	To	545
bsf	Best friend	545
nvm	Nevermind	546
Simp	A person who obsesses over someone	546
IMO	In my opinion	548
HRU	How are you	549
FFS	For f***'s sake	550
pls	Please	552
TBH	To be honest	555
FTW	For the win	557
LMFAO	Laughing my freakin' a** off	558
Swag	Skills or style	558
l8r	Later	559
Selfie	A picture a person takes of themself	559
Karen	An entitled woman	560
Only in Ohio	Claiming Ohio is strange	561
bbg	Baby girl	563
Fr	For real	563
YOLO	You only live once	564
TYVM	Thank you very much	565
IDEK	I don't even know	567
feels	Feelings	567
H&K	Hugs and kisses	568
OIC	Oh, I see	568
go brrr	Solve a problem	568
sux	Sucks	569
FOMO	Fear of missing out	570
Clout chaser	A person who does things just to become popular	571
14643	I will always love you	571
HMU	Hit me up	571
Friendversary	Friendship anniversary	571
hun	Honey	571
NOYB	None of your business	572
LMIRL	Let's meet in real life	572
bday	Birthday	572
fit	Outfit	572
LOLOL	Lots of laugh out louds	573
LMS	Like my status	573
IMY	I miss you	574
OG	Original gangster	574
SD	Sweet dreams	575
L8	Late	575
IMU	I miss you	575
CFD	Clothing, fashion, design	576
NGL	Not gonna lie	576
PM	Private message	577
MIA	Missing in action	577
lil	Little	577
Zaddy	A composed, fashionable, and attractive man	577
Tweet	Twitter post	577
Bet	You bet	577
ASL	Age, sex, location	578
rly	Really	578
KMAB	Kiss my a, b**	578
xgf	Ex-girlfriend	578
LYL	Love you lots	579
IDGAF	I don't give a f***	579
Aggro	Aggressive	579
Gang gang	I'm with you	579
IMHO	In my humble opinion	580
Catfish	To assume a false identity	580
Tune up	Beat up	580
Dunk on	Make fun of	580
Influencer	A social media user who affects others' behaviors	580
Ratioed	Receiving many more replies than likes on your tweet	581
YMMV	Your mileage may vary	581
Based	Agree	581
S-tier	Top rank	581
And I oop	I'm so embarassed	581
IMD	In my dreams	581
XO	Kiss and Hug	581
LPP	Likes per post	581
Caught in 4K	Caught in the act	581
ICYMI	In case you missed it	581
CCG	Collectible card game	581
HUMM	Hope you miss me	582
Don't @ me	Don't mention me in your tweets	582
FYP	For You page	582
MCYT	Minecraft YouTuber	582
FRFR	For real for real	582
Doge	Dog	582
Vacay	Vacation	582
WYB	Watch your back	582
d	Di**	582
2H2H	Too hot to handle	583
CMIIW	Correct me if I'm wrong	583
Straight fire	Very cool	583
Mid	Mediocre	583
IHY	I hate you	583
lolz	Laugh out louds	583
ATW	All the way	583
Paper hands	To sell a stock at the first sign of trouble	583
TFTA	Thanks for the add	583
DM slide	Direct message to a crush	583
obv	Obviously	583
favs	Favorites	583
Creeper	A socially invasive person	583
TC	Take care	584
Thigh gap	Space between a person's thighs	584
Mald	Mad and bald	584
TRS	That really sucks	584
Alphabet mafia	LGBTQIA+ people	584
BW	Best wishes	584
AMA	Ask me anything	585
Vine	6 second video	585
Clapback	A clever comeback	585
Sheesh	Expression of disbelief	585
Fetch	Cool	585
Handle	Twitter username	586
The struggle is real	Having difficulty doing something	586
Keyboard warrior	A person that posts controversial opinions online	586
LYSM	Love you so much	586
Chasing clout	Doing things just to become popular	586
Comfort idol	A celebrity whose actions soothe you	586
Crew	Group of friends	586
Let him cook	Don't interfere	586
pic	Picture	586
HML	Hate my life	586
POG	Play of the game	586
Horny on main	Acting lustful on your primary social account	586
TCG	Trading card game	586
vlog	Video blog	586
Sip tea	Mind your business	586
Bestie	Best Friend	586
HIFW	How I felt when	587
JSYK	Just so you know	587
BFFL	Best friends for life	587
yt	YouTube	587
Lady boner	Female feeling of sexual arousal	587
PMKI	Pretty much killin' it	587
WDYT	What do you think	587
IBF	Internet best friend	587
HOPE	Have Only Positive Expectations	587
FOH	F*** outta here	587
HNY	Happy New Year	587
Twittersphere	The world of Twitter	587
Meme stock	A stock hyped on social media	587
Chillax	Chill and relax	587
SG	SilvaGunner	587
Secks	Sex	587
Big yikes	Wow	587
POTUS	President of the United States	587
adorbs	Adorable	587
Hipster	A person who dislikes mainstream culture	587
BION	Believe it or not	588
CYL	Catch ya later	588
WSG	What's good	588
Blue-checked	Verified on Twitter	588
Twinsies	Two people who share a common trait	588
TTYS	Talk to you soon	588
WTG	Way to go	588
ITYS	I told you so	588
WYWH	Wish you were here	588
Thread	A series of messages	588
Day one	A very close friend	588
TFW	That feeling when	588
TMG	That's my girl	588
FTEW	For the epic win	588
TTY	Talk to you	588
SA	Sexual assault	588
Movember	Mustache-growing November	588
Lick	Theft	588
RT	Retweet	588
Bling	Overly flashy jewelry	588
GS	GilvaSunner	588
ugh	Disappointed	588
CSB	Cool story, bro	588
fav	Favorite	588
BFD	Big freakin' deal	589
Facebook friend	A friend on Facebook, but most likely not in real life	589
TAY	Thinking about you	589
LeBroning	Flopping	589
WEG	Wicked evil grin	589
LRT	Last retweet	589
issa	It's a	589
Delulu	Delusional	589
TBR	To be real	589
GPOY	Gratuitous picture of yourself	589
PTL	Praise the Lord	589
deets	Details	589
HWU	Hey, what's up?	589
ICL	I can't lie	589
TBT	Throwback Thursday	589
BFFR	Be f***ing for real	589
HMB	Hit me back	589
Nae Nae	Hip-rocking, hand-raising dance move	589
MM	Music Monday	589
Himbo	A naive, musclebound male	589
Larper	Live action role-player	589
Planking	Lying face down and straight like a plank	589
Doomer	A person who focuses on negative possibilities	589
lk	Like	589
OT3	One true threesome	589
TIL	Today I learned	589
PFP	Profile picture	589
SOS	Someone special	590
Hits different	Affects differently	590
Redditor	A Reddit user	590
WBU	What 'bout you	590
Fake news	Fake news source that pretends to be real	590
mishu	Miss you	590
FTFY	Fixed that for you	590
Sussy baka	Suspicious fool	590
D/C	Don't care	590
Simping	Obsessing over a person that does not return the same affection	590
Cinnamon roll	A kind, gentle person	590
Fire	Awesome	590
TBR	To be read	590
delish	Delicious	590
CBB	Can't be bothered	590
Facestalking	Looking through someone's pictures on Facebook	590
2l8	Too late	591
MCM	Man-crush Monday	591
Cancel culture	Canceling people who do anything controversial	591
Sending me	Making me laugh	591
NLT	No later than	591
DemThrones	Game of Thrones	591
IM	Instant message	591
AITA	Am I the a**hole	591
BGF	Best guy friend	591
Slacktivism	Lazy activism	591
AOTY	Album of the year	591
Date ladder	A person you date to make yourself seem more desirable	591
Sleeper build	When a skinny person is surprisingly buff	591
BOAT	Best of all time	591
Subtweet	Subliminal tweet	591
Put on blast	To call out	591
Grelfie	Group selfie	591
Lurker	A forum user who reads but doesn't post	591
TikToker	A TikTok user	591
TFF	Twitter follower-friend	591
F4F	Follow for follow	591
E choke	An expression of shock or surprise	591
YouTuber	A YouTube user	592
Celine a scene	To add a Celine Dion song to a video for maximum emotional impact	592
Whitesplain	To explain something as a white person	592
IIRC	If I remember correctly	592
Mistweet	Tweet mistake	592
Tea	Truth	592
Moots	People you follow on social media who follow you back	592
Brigading	When one online community harasses another	592
Tweetsult	Insulting tweet	592
Voteflake	A person who does not accept official election results	592
Periodt	An expression of emphasis	592
OP	Original poster	592
On fleek	Perfect	592
BCO	Big crush on	592
Gatekeep	To police who has access to an identity or community	592
NB	Not bad	592
Unicorn mom	An imperfect, authentic mom who defies mom shaming	592
Banger	An awesome, energetic piece of media	592
RIP my mentions	I'm going to receive a lot of Twitter notifications	592
bbq	Barbecue	592
MLM	Men loving men	592
Cringe	Unpleasant	592
WAGs	Wives and girlfriends	592
FBF	Flashback Friday	592
Left no crumbs	Completely dominated	592
OTP	One true pairing	592
POC	Proof of concept	592
Algospeak	Slang used to bypass content filters	592
Gloomer	An apathetic 20-something	592
Poser	A person who pretends to be someone they are not	592
Snacc	An attractive person	592
Winternity	Eternal winter	593
Cape	To defend someone's actions, often undeservedly	593
FTR	For the record	593
Cottagecore	An aesthetic centered around romanticized rural living	593
Wildin	Acting crazy	593
Rent Free In My Head	Is frequently on my mind	593
Live-tweet	To tweet about something currently taking place	593
Fleek	Perfect	593
Seltering	Sticking out your rear in a fitness pose	593
DAH	Dumb a** hole	593
IFSFY	I feel sorry for you	593
YYSS	Yeah yeah, sure sure	593
Spoopy	Spooky and funny	593
Gobbo	Goblin	593
ADM	Ay dios mio	593
BNIB	Brand new in box	593
Crunchy	Natural and sustainable lifestyle	593
C.AI	Character.AI	593
tl	Timeline	593
OOTL	Out of the loop	593
Bikini bridge	Space between a bikini bottom and stomach	593
Covfefe	Coverage	593
Unfriend	To remove a friend on Facebook	593
OOMF	One of my followers	593
WCGW	What could go wrong	593
TSNF	That's so not fair	593
cx	Correction	593
Cancel	Shut down or force out	593
derp	Expression of stupidity	593
TGFF	Thank God for Friday	593
Quaranfifteen	Weight gained during COVID-19 quarantine	593
Ginger	Red-head	593
Edgar	High fade and bowl cut hairstyle	594
FCOL	For crying out loud	594
Copypasta	A block of text that is often copied and pasted online	594
NYP	Name your price	594
OTL	One true love	594
KIT	Keep in touch	594
VSCO girls	Preppy female teen Instagrammers	594
Sock puppet account	A fake online identity	594
Elsagate	Inappropriate content targeted at kids on YouTube	594
Face card	A gorgeous face	594
BMS	Broke my scale	594
hbd	Happy birthday	594
Blursday	Literally any day of the week, they're all the same now	594
Trumper	A Donald Trump supporter	594
Snapstreak	Snapchat streak	594
PC4PC	Picture comment for picture comment	594
LSS	Long story short	594
Chad	A physically fit, overly confident man	594
MDL	Might delete later	594
OMGD	Oh my gosh, duh	594
OOTD	Outfit of the day	594
BBM	Brains by Mattel	594
Shelfie	Picture of objects arranged on a shelf	594
AHFY	Always here for you	594
IHU	I hate you	594
Heather	A desirable person	594
Pick me	A person desperate for attention and approval	594
Hop off	Go away	594
Sub	Subreddit	594
Snapback culture	Pressure on new moms to snap back to their pre-pregnancy bodies	594
TIFU	Today I F***ed Up	594
HNM	Happy new month	594
Instagrammer	A person who uses Instagram	594
OME	Oh my Edward	594
yt	Whitey	594
Roaching	Secretly dating many romantic partners at the same time	594
OF	OnlyFans	594
Ghost post	A Facebook comment that was removed	594
Diamond hands	To hold a stock through losses	594
Slide into your DMs	To send a direct message on Twitter	594
FYE	For your entertainment	594
Clap back	A clever comeback	594
GIF	Graphics Interchange Format	594
DF	Dear fiance	594
Totes	Totally	594
Twitterstorm	A quick rise of activity about a specific topic on Twitter	594
Say less	I understand	594
IMPO	In my personal opinion	594
Virtue signaling	Demonstrating moral superiority	594
Clout leech	A person who is friends with someone just to become more popular	594
YA	Young Adult	594
GMAFB	Give me a friggin' break	594
TT	Trending topic	594
DBTS	Don't believe that stuff	594
Chonk	An overweight animal	594
Quaranteam	A small group that socializes in-person during COVID-19	594
DA	DeviantArt	594
FB	Follow back	595
BD	Big deal	595
TikTok house	A house full of TikTok influencers	595
IAG	It's all good	595
Who dey breet	Who is breathing?	595
-core	Aesthetic	595
KWIM	Know what I mean	595
Squick	A big turn-off	595
GOATed with the sauce	Awesome	595
ΘΔ	Therian	595
Sigma	Sigma male	595
Momfluencer	A mom who influences other moms on social media	595
Bloomer	A well-adjusted 20-something	595
Disneybounding	Dressing similarly to Disney characters	595
DU	Don't understand	595
CMV	Change my view	595
Retweet offender	A person who constantly retweets on Twitter	595
Llello	Cocaine	595
POIDH	Pictures or it didn't happen	595
Bop	An excellent song or album	595
TW	Trigger warning	595
BOLO	Be on the lookout	595
FH	Future husband	595
TQVM	Thank you very much	595
WCW	Woman-crush Wednesday	595
BBW	Be back whenever	595
Viner	Vine user	595
Sharent	An oversharing parent on social media	595
Blackfishing	Pretending to be ethnically Black	595
YGG	You go girl	595
Dead	Hilarious	595
Bing bong	Expression of emphasis	595
Spill the tea	Share the gossip	595
Waifu	A fictional female that a real person has a crush on	595
SOAB	Son of a b****	595
Faceremorse	Remorse after posting on Facebook	595
Mood	How I'm feeling	595
Seggs	Sex	595
Becky	A basic white girl	595
It me	I identify with that	595
WADR	With all due respect	595
Go off	Angrily complain	595
PRT	Please Retweet	595
DYOR	Do your own research	595
fbo	Facebook official	595
f9	Fine	595
Headcanon	A fan's unverified beliefs about a story	595
Instagram husband	A person who takes pictures of another person for Instagram	595
U2U	Up to you	595
LCS	Local comic store	595
Clapped	Beaten	595
S4S	Share for share	595
Slacktivist	Lazy activist	595
FOGO	Fear of going outside	595
YSK	You should know	595
AFAYC	As fast as you can	595
Snapchatter	Snapchat user	595
Silver fox	An attractive older man	595
TBR	To be rude	595
Alpha	Alpha male	595
OTTOMH	Off the top of my head	595
Volcel	Voluntary celibate	595
GPOYW	Gratuitous picture of yourself Wednesday	595
IG	Instagram	595
Haunting	Following a romantic partner on social media after abruptly leaving them	595
Smol	Small and cute	595
inspo	Inspiration	595
Outta pocket	Disreputable	595
CGPT	ChatGPT	595
RIP to your mentions	You're going to receive a lot of Twitter notifications	595
Tweetup	Twitter meetup	595
LLS	Laughing like s***	595
Hellmaxxing	Committing a series of sinful acts	595
SAHD	Stay-at-home dad	595
NTA	Not the a**hole	595
HYFR	Heck ya, freakin' right	595
Kyle	A basic white boy	595
PBUH	Peace be upon Him	595
Crypto Mom	SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce	595
GRWM	Get ready with me	595
HBBD	Happy belated birthday	595
q	Coupon	595
sbux	Starbucks	595
Tweeps	Twitter peeps	595
Book hangover	Remaining attached to a book you just finished	595
Amazeballs	Amazing	595
Rage baking	Baking to relieve anger or stress	595
Yuck your yum	Criticize something you like	595
azz	A**	595
GPS	God's positioning system	595
gma	Grandma	595
Parasocial relationship	A one-way relationship between a fan and a creator	595
Woke up and chose violence	Decided to be hostile	596
Crushing it	Doing very well	596
itmt	In the meantime	596
The sidewalk rule	Your man should walk on the street side of the sidewalk	596
MFW	My face when	596
TWIMC	To whom it may concern	596
WBW	Wayback Wednesday	596
Hard pants	Any non-stretchy pants	596
PM	Postmeridian	596
QAnutter	A QAnon believer	596
Tendies	Chicken tenders	596
Wife guy	A social media user who constantly discusses his wife	596
That ain't it	That's no good	596
Corn	Porn	596
Greenwashing	Deceptively claiming to be eco-friendly	596
SAT	Sorry about that	596
Perc30	Oxycodone, commonly mixed with fentanyl	596
MTF	More to follow	596
IA	I agree	596
S3x	Sex	596
Baby trap	When one partner misleads the other to cause a pregnancy	596
Fax no printer	Truth	596
FOMOF	Fear of missing out on football	596
J-Pow	Jerome Powell	596
BCBG	Bon Chic Bon Genre	596
OG	Original	596
gonna	Going to	596
NUMTOTS	New Urbanist Memes for Transit-oriented Teens	596
Non-GMO	Unvaccinated	596
dur	Stupidly obvious	596
dc	Daycare	596
Blursed	Blessed and cursed	596
Husbando	A fictional man that a real person has a crush on	596

Results limited to 500. View complete list.