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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	197
mk	Okay	326
IRL	In real life	374
LOL	Laughing out loud	395
TTYL	Talk to you later	449
sus	Suspicious	450
TY	Thank you	492
DM	Direct message	494
BTW	By the way	508
Bussin	Really good	510
SMH	Shaking my head	512
Y	Why	521
thx	Thanks	535
TLDR	Too long, didn't read	537
xbf	Ex-boyfriend	539
LAN	Local Area Network	542
YW	You're welcome	543
IKR	I know, right?	543
gf	Girlfriend	550
Simp	A person who obsesses over someone	551
143	I love you	555
nvm	Nevermind	557
FML	F*** my life	557
bsf	Best friend	558
2	To	561
HRU	How are you	561
Whoa	Expression of surprise	562
IMO	In my opinion	563
FFS	For f***'s sake	564
Swag	Skills or style	564
TBH	To be honest	565
FTW	For the win	565
pls	Please	568
Selfie	A picture of yourself	568
Karen	An entitled woman	569
l8r	Later	570
LMFAO	Laughing my freakin' a** off	570
Only in Ohio	Claiming Ohio is strange	570
go brrr	Solve a problem	570
OIC	Oh, I see	571
TYVM	Thank you very much	571
Clout chaser	A person who does things just to become popular	572
bbg	Baby girl	573
IDEK	I don't even know	573
Bro	Brother	573
YOLO	You only live once	573
feels	Feelings	574
HMU	Hit me up	574
fit	Outfit	574
Friendversary	Friendship anniversary	574
sux	Sucks	575
H&K	Hugs and kisses	576
LMIRL	Let's meet in real life	576
IMY	I miss you	576
FOMO	Fear of missing out	576
hun	Honey	576
NOYB	None of your business	577
LOLOL	Lots of laugh out louds	578
SD	Sweet dreams	578
bday	Birthday	578
LMS	Like my status	578
OG	Original gangster	578
NGL	Not gonna lie	579
rly	Really	580
IMU	I miss you	580
KMAB	Kiss my a, b**	580
Bet	You bet	580
Tweet	Twitter post	580
xgf	Ex-girlfriend	581
Gang gang	I'm with you	581
Dunk on	Make fun of	582
L8	Late	582
LYL	Love you lots	582
PM	Private message	582
FRFR	For real for real	582
LPP	Likes per post	582
Based	Agree	582
MIA	Missing in action	582
lil	Little	582
HUMM	Hope you miss me	583
Zaddy	A composed, fashionable, and attractive man	583
Influencer	A social media user who affects others' behaviors	583
IHY	I hate you	583
IMD	In my dreams	583
Caught in 4K	Caught in the act	583
IDGAF	I don't give a f***	583
And I oop	I'm so embarassed	583
Doge	Dog	583
ASL	Age, sex, location	584
IMHO	In my humble opinion	584
MCYT	Minecraft YouTuber	584
Ratioed	Receiving many more replies than likes on your tweet	584
S-tier	Top rank	584
Catfish	To assume a false identity	584
YMMV	Your mileage may vary	584
ICYMI	In case you missed it	584
TFTA	Thanks for the add	584
d	Di**	584
WYB	Watch your back	584
Creeper	A socially invasive person	584
FYP	For You page	584
2H2H	Too hot to handle	585
Tune up	Beat up	585
obv	Obviously	585
Straight fire	Very cool	585
Clapback	A clever comeback	585
Alphabet mafia	LGBTQIA+ people	585
ATW	All the way	585
CCG	Collectible card game	585
Mid	Mediocre	585
favs	Favorites	585
Vacay	Vacation	585
Thigh gap	Space between a person's thighs	585
Paper hands	To sell a stock at the first sign of trouble	585
CMIIW	Correct me if I'm wrong	586
Comfort idol	A celebrity whose actions soothe you	586
AMA	Ask me anything	586
Mald	Mad and bald	586
IAB	In a bit	586
lolz	Laugh out louds	586
XO	Kiss and Hug	586
Horny on main	Acting lustful on your primary social account	586
Vine	6 second video	586
HML	Hate my life	586
POTUS	President of the United States	586
DM slide	Direct message to a crush	586
Bestie	Best Friend	586
Fetch	Cool	586
JSYK	Just so you know	587
TC	Take care	587
POG	Play of the game	587
Big yikes	Wow	587
Sip tea	Mind your business	587
Meme stock	A stock hyped on social media	587
HOPE	Have Only Positive Expectations	587
HIFW	How I felt when	587
Don't @ me	Don't mention me in your tweets	587
IBF	Internet best friend	587
Sheesh	Expression of disbelief	587
BW	Best wishes	587
GS	GilvaSunner	587
Chasing clout	Doing things just to become popular	587
Larper	Live action role-player	587
TCG	Trading card game	587
vlog	Video blog	587
Hipster	A person who dislikes mainstream culture	587
Crew	Group of friends	587
PMKI	Pretty much killin' it	587
Movember	Mustache-growing November	588
CYL	Catch ya later	588
The struggle is real	Having difficulty doing something	588
WTG	Way to go	588
ITYS	I told you so	588
BFFL	Best friends for life	588
Lick	Theft	588
Lady boner	Female feeling of sexual arousal	588
LYSM	Love you so much	588
Handle	Twitter username	588
TRS	That really sucks	588
WDYT	What do you think	588
Keyboard warrior	A person that posts controversial opinions online	588
Twittersphere	The world of Twitter	588
SG	SilvaGunner	588
TBR	To be real	588
WSG	What's good	588
Chillax	Chill and relax	588
adorbs	Adorable	588
2U2	To you too	589
FOH	F*** outta here	589
Facebook friend	A friend on Facebook, but most likely not in real life	589
OT3	One true threesome	589
WEG	Wicked evil grin	589
TMG	That's my girl	589
TFW	That feeling when	589
TTY	Talk to you	589
HWU	Hey, what's up?	589
Nae Nae	Hip-rocking, hand-raising dance move	589
RT	Retweet	589
MM	Music Monday	589
CSB	Cool story, bro	589
Planking	Lying face down and straight like a plank	589
SA	Sexual assault	589
fav	Favorite	589
LRT	Last retweet	589
HNY	Happy new year	589
LeBroning	Flopping	589
yt	YouTube	589
BFD	Big freakin' deal	590
BION	Believe it or not	590
TAY	Thinking about you	590
WYWH	Wish you were here	590
Secks	Sex	590
HMB	Hit me back	590
Twinsies	Two people who share a common trait	590
ICL	I can't lie	590
Himbo	A naive, musclebound male	590
GPOY	Gratuitous picture of yourself	590
CBB	Can't be bothered	590
PFP	Profile picture	590
pic	Picture	590
Cancel culture	Canceling people who do anything controversial	590
Bling	Overly flashy jewelry	590
delish	Delicious	590
TBT	Throwback Thursday	590
Slacktivism	Lazy activism	591
Redditor	A Reddit user	591
SOS	Someone special	591
F4F	Follow for follow	591
DemThrones	Game of Thrones	591
BGF	Best guy friend	591
E choke	An expression of shock or surprise	591
AOTY	Album of the year	591
mishu	Miss you	591
D/C	Don't care	591
Fake news	Fake news source that pretends to be real	591
BCO	Big crush on	591
deets	Details	591
NB	Not bad	591
TikToker	A TikTok user	591
issa	It's a	591
BFFR	Be f***ing for real	591
Grelfie	Group selfie	591
Simping	Obsessing over a person that does not return the same affection	591
TFF	Twitter follower-friend	591
TIL	Today I learned	591
MCM	Man-crush Monday	591
Periodt	An expression of emphasis	592
2l8	Too late	592
Subtweet	Subliminal tweet	592
Lurker	A forum user who reads but doesn't post	592
NLT	No later than	592
Whitesplain	To explain something as a white person	592
TTYS	Talk to you soon	592
WBU	What 'bout you	592
Unicorn mom	An imperfect, authentic mom who defies mom shaming	592
Mistweet	Tweet mistake	592
YouTuber	A YouTube user	592
14643	I will always love you	592
FTFY	Fixed that for you	592
Cinnamon roll	A kind, gentle person	592
Hits different	Affects differently	592
Celine a scene	To add a Celine Dion song to a video for maximum emotional impact	592
PTL	Praise the Lord	592
Sending me	Making me laugh	592
Tweetsult	Insulting tweet	592
Date ladder	A person you date to make yourself seem more desirable	592
Day one	A very close friend	592
RIP my mentions	I'm going to receive a lot of Twitter notifications	592
Fire	Awesome	592
TBR	To be read	592
bbq	Barbecue	592
Voteflake	A person who does not accept official election results	592
lk	Like	592
TGFF	Thank God for Friday	592
Cringe	Unpleasant	592
Facestalking	Looking through someone's pictures on Facebook	592
Bikini bridge	Space between a bikini bottom and stomach	593
Fleek	Perfect	593
Cancel	Shut down or force out	593
Quaranfifteen	Weight gained during COVID-19 quarantine	593
Snacc	An attractive person	593
Spoopy	Spooky and funny	593
Blue-checked	Verified on Twitter	593
IFSFY	I feel sorry for you	593
Brigading	When one online community harasses another	593
Cottagecore	An aesthetic centered around romanticized rural living	593
Slide into your DMs	To send a direct message on Twitter	593
ADM	Ay dios mio	593
Sussy baka	Suspicious fool	593
Seltering	Sticking out your rear in a fitness pose	593
Doomer	A person who focuses on negative possibilities	593
Live-tweet	To tweet about something currently taking place	593
BOAT	Best of all time	593
Unfriend	To remove a friend on Facebook	593
OOMF	One of my followers	593
OTP	One true pairing	593
Ginger	Red-head	593
Poser	A person who pretends to be someone they are not	593
FBF	Flashback Friday	593
BD	Big deal	594
FTR	For the record	594
Put on blast	To call out	594
KIT	Keep in touch	594
Hop off	Go away	594
Let him cook	Don't interfere	594
Banger	An awesome, energetic piece of media	594
Shelfie	Picture of objects arranged on a shelf	594
Wildin	Acting crazy	594
Left no crumbs	Completely dominated	594
Virtue signaling	Demonstrating moral superiority	594
Covfefe	Coverage	594
Gloomer	An apathetic 20-something	594
Moots	People you follow on social media who follow you back	594
OP	Original poster	594
BBM	Brains by Mattel	594
On fleek	Perfect	594
AHFY	Always here for you	594
Roaching	Secretly dating many romantic partners at the same time	594
IHU	I hate you	594
YYSS	Yeah yeah, sure sure	594
Say less	I understand	594
Ghost post	A Facebook comment that was removed	594
WCGW	What could go wrong	594
Algospeak	Slang used to bypass content filters	594
Face card	A gorgeous face	594
Mood	How I'm feeling	594
FYE	For your entertainment	594
Delulu	Delusional	594
Clout leech	A person who is friends with someone just to become more popular	594
VSCO girls	Preppy female teen Instagrammers	594
Gatekeep	To police who has access to an identity or community	594
MDL	Might delete later	594
Quaranteam	A small group that socializes in-person during COVID-19	594
ugh	Disappointed	594
TSNF	That's so not fair	594
Snapstreak	Snapchat streak	594
TT	Trending topic	594
Winternity	Eternal winter	594
Chad	A physically fit, overly confident man	594
Gobbo	Goblin	594
Blursday	Literally any day of the week, they're all the same now	594
AITA	Am I the a**hole	594
derp	Expression of stupidity	594
Trumper	A Donald Trump supporter	594
tl	Timeline	594
GIF	Graphics Interchange Format	594
Instagrammer	A person who uses Instagram	595
FCOL	For crying out loud	595
Snapchatter	Snapchat user	595
IIRC	If I remember correctly	595
Llello	Cocaine	595
Faceremorse	Remorse after posting on Facebook	595
NYP	Name your price	595
FB	Follow back	595
Snapback culture	Pressure on new moms to snap back to their pre-pregnancy bodies	595
Slacktivist	Lazy activist	595
Pick me	A person desperate for attention and approval	595
hbd	Happy birthday	595
IG	Instagram	595
Clap back	A clever comeback	595
LSS	Long story short	595
Tea	Truth	595
TQVM	Thank you very much	595
BBW	Be back whenever	595
YGG	You go girl	595
OOTD	Outfit of the day	595
Sleeper build	When a skinny person is surprisingly buff	595
POIDH	Pictures or it didn't happen	595
HNM	Happy new month	595
Hellmaxxing	Committing a series of sinful acts	595
TBR	To be rude	595
AFAYC	As fast as you can	595
Bing bong	Expression of emphasis	595
OOTL	Out of the loop	595
fbo	Facebook official	595
f9	Fine	595
U2U	Up to you	595
OTL	One true love	595
OME	Oh my Edward	595
BNIB	Brand new in box	595
RIP to your mentions	You're going to receive a lot of Twitter notifications	595
PRT	Please Retweet	595
S3x	Sex	595
Dead	Hilarious	595
Spill the tea	Share the gossip	595
Twitterstorm	A quick rise of activity about a specific topic on Twitter	595
Thread	A series of messages	595
Copypasta	A block of text that is often copied and pasted online	595
OTTOMH	Off the top of my head	595
Sock puppet account	A fake online identity	595
Parasocial relationship	A one-way relationship between a fan and a creator	595
Cape	To defend someone's actions, often undeservedly	595
Tweetup	Twitter meetup	595
LLS	Laughing like s***	595
Viner	Vine user	595
Totes	Totally	595
GRWM	Get ready with me	595
Chonk	An overweight animal	595
S4S	Share for share	595
Haunting	Following a romantic partner on social media after abruptly leaving them	595
Sharent	An oversharing parent on social media	595
Momfluencer	A mom who influences other moms on social media	595
DBTS	Don't believe that stuff	595
gma	Grandma	595
WCW	Woman-crush Wednesday	595
inspo	Inspiration	595
Heather	A desirable person	595
WBW	Wayback Wednesday	596
Clapped	Beaten	596
Instagram husband	A person who takes pictures of another person for Instagram	596
IAG	It's all good	596
The sidewalk rule	Your man should walk on the street side of the sidewalk	596
Disneybounding	Dressing similarly to Disney characters	596
itmt	In the meantime	596
It me	I identify with that	596
KWIM	Know what I mean	596
LOL	Lots of love	596
NTA	Not the a**hole	596
MFW	My face when	596
TCOB	Takin' care of business	596
Tradwife	A wife who adheres to traditional values	596
DU	Don't understand	596
OG	Original	596
Blackfishing	Pretending to be ethnically Black	596
That ain't it	That's no good	596
Tweeter	A person who tweets	596
PC4PC	Picture comment for picture comment	596
FH	Future husband	596
DAH	Dumb a** hole	596
OMGD	Oh my gosh, duh	596
Rage baking	Baking to relieve anger or stress	596
Bop	An excellent song or album	596
DU	Darn you	596
SOAB	Son of a b****	596
Non-GMO	Unvaccinated	596
SAT	Sorry about that	596
WADR	With all due respect	596
Wife guy	A social media user who constantly discusses his wife	596
Waifu	A fictional female that a real person has a crush on	596
GUFN	Grounded until further notice	596
Book hangover	Remaining attached to a book you just finished	596
Hard pants	Any non-stretchy pants	596
Yuck your yum	Criticize something you like	596
Ate that	Dominated	596
AFAICS	As far as I can see	596
The gram	Instagram	596
Rent Free In My Head	Is frequently on my mind	596
Elsagate	Inappropriate content targeted at kids on YouTube	596
Sub	Subreddit	596
Woke up and chose violence	Decided to be hostile	596
TikTok house	A house full of TikTok influencers	596
GPOYW	Gratuitous picture of yourself Wednesday	596
BMS	Broke my scale	596
Rinstagram	Real Instagram account	596
GOATed with the sauce	Awesome	596
CMV	Change my view	596
Edgar	High fade and bowl cut hairstyle	596
yt	Whitey	596
YA	Young Adult	596
Go off	Angrily complain	596
FOGO	Fear of going outside	596
IMPO	In my personal opinion	596
BOLO	Be on the lookout	596
YSK	You should know	596
HYFR	Heck ya, freakin' right	596
Slim thick	A female body shape	596
TIFU	Today I F***ed Up	596
GMAFB	Give me a friggin' break	596
HBBD	Happy belated birthday	596
Tweeps	Twitter peeps	596
Amazeballs	Amazing	596
GPS	God's positioning system	596
NPR	Not page related	596
Swipe right	Approve	596
Diamond hands	To hold a stock through losses	596
GFN	Gone for now	597
Finstagram	Fake Instagram account	597
egirl	An extremely online teen girl	597
PM	Postmeridian	597
Dadication	Fatherly dedication	597
DILLIGAF	Do I look like I give a flip?	597
J-Pow	Jerome Powell	597
Who dey breet	Who is breathing?	597
gz	Congratulations	597
TSIR	The struggle is real	597
CAFO	Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation	597
Volcel	Voluntary celibate	597
JFK	Just freakin' kidding	597
WTFNF	What the f**ing f*	597
Smol	Small and cute	597
MTF	More to follow	597
POTB	Pat on the back	597
IA	I agree	597
stimmy	Stimulus check	597
Kyle	A basic white boy	597
Corn	Porn	597
Greenwashing	Deceptively claiming to be eco-friendly	597
Outta pocket	Disreputable	597
fbf	Facebook friend	597
dur	Stupidly obvious	597
SAHD	Stay-at-home dad	597
DF	Dear fiance	597
BFK	Big fat kiss	597
POUS	President of the United States	597
MBN	Must be nice	597
eboy	An extremely online teen boy	597
Headcanon	A fan's unverified beliefs about a story	597
DIAF	Die in a fire	597
Crushing it	Doing very well	597
TW	Trigger warning	597
PBUH	Peace be upon Him	597
CX	Correction	597
q	Coupon	597
sbux	Starbucks	597
ACV	After coronavirus	597
Opa	Greek exclamation	597
NSFV	Not safe for viewing	597
azz	A**	597
NC	No Contact	597
Seggs	Sex	597

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