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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
LOL	Laughing out loud	177
Meekd	Suppressed	181
mk	Okay	250
IRL	In real life	294
TTYL	Talk to you later	318
TY	Thank you	367
BTW	By the way	374
sus	Suspicious	386
Y	Why	434
SMH	Shaking my head	437
DM	Direct message	458
YW	You're welcome	459
Bussin	Really good	467
143	I love you	468
IKR	I know, right?	477
gf	Girlfriend	485
Whoa	Expression of surprise	493
FML	F*** my life	496
xbf	Ex-boyfriend	499
TLDR	Too long, didn't read	500
2	To	505
pls	Please	515
FFS	For f***'s sake	519
Simp	A person who obsesses over someone	519
IMO	In my opinion	520
bsf	Best friend	521
nvm	Nevermind	523
HRU	How are you	525
LMFAO	Laughing my freakin' a** off	526
LAN	Local Area Network	527
FTW	For the win	535
Karen	An entitled woman	537
Selfie	A picture a person takes of themself	540
TBH	To be honest	541
bbg	Baby girl	542
TYVM	Thank you very much	544
Igh	Alright	544
OIC	Oh, I see	545
l8r	Later	546
YOLO	You only live once	546
Fr	For real	546
14643	I will always love you	547
Swag	Skills or style	547
H&K	Hugs and kisses	548
IDEK	I don't even know	549
Meme	A piece of media that spreads via the Internet	550
sux	Sucks	550
OF	OnlyFans	551
Gang gang	I'm with you	551
Delulu	Delusional	553
ASL	Age, sex, location	554
hun	Honey	554
Clout chaser	A person who does things just to become popular	555
LMIRL	Let's meet in real life	555
feels	Feelings	555
Skibidi Toilet Syndrome	Adverse effects of watching Skibidi Toilet	556
Only in Ohio	Claiming Ohio is strange	557
LMAO	Laughing my a** off	558
bday	Birthday	559
FOMO	Fear of missing out	560
Zaddy	A composed, fashionable, and attractive man	561
fit	Outfit	561
NOYB	None of your business	562
LOLOL	Lots of laugh out louds	563
IMU	I miss you	563
MIA	Missing in action	563
OG	Original gangster	564
lil	Little	565
Friendversary	Friendship anniversary	565
Bet	You bet	566
Influencer	A social media user who affects others' behaviors	567
Let him cook	Don't interfere	568
LYL	Love you lots	569
S-tier	Top rank	569
NGL	Not gonna lie	569
LMS	Like my status	569
SD	Sweet dreams	570
d	Di**	571
FOH	F*** outta here	571
Caught in 4K	Caught in the act	571
IMY	I miss you	571
HMU	Hit me up	571
go brrr	Solve a problem	571
cya	See ya	572
L8	Late	572
ICYMI	In case you missed it	572
Tweet	Twitter post	573
ΘΔ	Therian	573
CFD	Clothing, fashion, design	573
Pick me	A person desperate for attention and approval	573
WYB	Watch your back	573
Fetch	Cool	574
IMHO	In my humble opinion	574
Mid	Mediocre	574
MCYT	Minecraft YouTuber	574
Dunk on	Make fun of	574
IDGAF	I don't give a f***	574
Bestie	Best Friend	574
IMD	In my dreams	575
And I oop	I'm so embarassed	575
XO	Kiss and Hug	575
Ratioed	Receiving many more replies than likes on your tweet	575
2H2H	Too hot to handle	576
CMIIW	Correct me if I'm wrong	576
Don't @ me	Don't mention me in your tweets	576
PM	Private message	576
rly	Really	576
Sheesh	Expression of disbelief	576
FYP	For You page	576
IBF	Internet best friend	576
Catfish	To assume a false identity	577
Mald	Mad and bald	577
Aggro	Aggressive	577
Clapback	A clever comeback	577
YMMV	Your mileage may vary	578
Sigma male	An introverted guy who goes his own way	578
Day one	A very close friend	578
FRFR	For real for real	578
CCG	Collectible card game	578
favs	Favorites	578
BFD	Big freakin' deal	579
Crew	Group of friends	579
TRS	That really sucks	579
lolz	Laugh out louds	579
ATW	All the way	579
Vacay	Vacation	579
F4F	Follow for follow	579
HUMM	Hope you miss me	579
ICL	I can't lie	579
Simping	Obsessing over a person that does not return the same affection	579
Hipster	A person who dislikes mainstream culture	579
Left no crumbs	Completely dominated	579
TC	Take care	580
LYSM	Love you so much	580
obv	Obviously	580
Hop off	Go away	580
Straight fire	Very cool	580
BW	Best wishes	580
Cringe	Extremely awkward	580
Paper hands	To sell a stock at the first sign of trouble	580
Doge	Dog	580
xgf	Ex-girlfriend	580
BION	Believe it or not	581
TAY	Thinking about you	581
Sending me	Making me laugh	581
HIFW	How I felt when	581
Based	Agree	581
Comfort idol	A celebrity whose actions soothe you	581
Tune up	Beat up	581
4L	For life	581
WDYT	What do you think	581
SA	Sexual assault	581
PMKI	Pretty much killin' it	581
DM slide	Direct message to a crush	581
LPP	Likes per post	581
BFFR	Be f***ing for real	581
TFTA	Thanks for the add	581
ugh	Disappointed	581
TTYS	Talk to you soon	582
BFFL	Best friends for life	582
Keyboard warrior	A person that posts controversial opinions online	582
Face card	A gorgeous face	582
TFW	That feeling when	582
POG	Play of the game	582
Secks	Sex	582
RT	Retweet	582
The struggle is real	Having difficulty doing something	582
TCG	Trading card game	582
Cray	Crazy	582
JSYK	Just so you know	583
GS	GilvaSunner	583
Algospeak	Slang used to bypass content filters	583
Movember	Mustache-growing November	583
IHY	I hate you	583
Creeper	A socially invasive person	583
TTY	Talk to you	583
Hits different	Affects differently	583
Horny on main	Acting lustful on your primary social account	583
C.AI	Character.AI	583
ASLP	Age, sex, location, picture	584
Say less	I understand	584
CYL	Catch ya later	584
WTG	Way to go	584
ITYS	I told you so	584
Looksmaxxing	Attempting to improve your appearance	584
WYWH	Wish you were here	584
HNY	Happy New Year	584
Lady boner	Female feeling of sexual arousal	584
Meme stock	A stock hyped on social media	584
Poser	A person who pretends to be someone they are not	584
Alphabet mafia	LGBTQIA+ people	584
Cinnamon roll	A kind, gentle person	584
Chasing clout	Doing things just to become popular	584
HML	Hate my life	584
lk	Like	584
POTUS	President of the United States	584
Sussy baka	Suspicious fool	585
Nae Nae	Hip-rocking, hand-raising dance move	585
Blue-checked	Verified on Twitter	585
Vine	A six-second social video	585
HOPE	Have Only Positive Expectations	585
AMA	Ask me anything	585
HWU	Hey, what's up?	585
TBR	To be real	585
Big yikes	Wow	585
Redditor	A Reddit user	585
Fav	Favorite	585
adorbs	Adorable	586
Cancel culture	Canceling people who do anything controversial	586
CGPT	ChatGPT	586
Spill the tea	Share the gossip	586
Rent Free In My Head	Frequently on my mind	586
Date ladder	A person you date to make yourself seem more desirable	586
FTEW	For the epic win	586
Doomer	A person who focuses on negative possibilities	586
Weeb	A non-Japanese person obsessed with Japanese pop culture	586
Pro-ship	Accepting of any fictional relationship	586
Sip tea	Mind your business	586
MM	Music Monday	586
Bling	Overly flashy jewelry	586
yt	YouTube	586
Facestalking	Looking through someone's pictures on Facebook	586
vlog	Video blog	586
Rizzler	A person with immense charisma	586
Lick	Theft	587
Alpha male	A dominant male	587
TBT	Throwback Thursday	587
Handle	Twitter username	587
NLT	No later than	587
LRT	Last retweet	587
hbd	Happy birthday	587
TMG	That's my girl	587
deets	Details	587
Twittersphere	The world of Twitter	587
Wildin	Acting crazy	587
Disneybounding	Dressing similarly to Disney characters	587
HMB	Hit me back	587
OT3	One true threesome	587
onb	On, bro	587
Twinsies	Two people who share a common trait	587
OTD	Of the day	587
TBR	To be read	587
Endgame	A couple that is meant to be together	587
Larper	Live action role-player	587
Chillax	Chill and relax	587
issa	It's a	587
LBVS	Laughing but very serious	587
CSB	Cool story, bro	587
uttp	UTubeTrollPolice	587
TIL	Today I learned	587
Brigading	When one online community harasses another	588
Grelfie	Group selfie	588
IM	Instant message	588
Banger	An awesome, energetic piece of media	588
Waifu	A fictional female that a real person has a crush on	588
Thread	A series of messages	588
tl	Timeline	588
Fake news	Fake news source that pretends to be real	588
PFP	Profile picture	588
mishu	Miss you	588
WSG	What's good	588
FTFY	Fixed that for you	588
Lurker	A forum user who reads but doesn't post	588
GPOY	Gratuitous picture of yourself	588
PTL	Praise the Lord	588
Sleeper build	When a skinny person is surprisingly buff	588
Moots	People you follow on social media who follow you back	588
Sock puppet account	A fake online identity	588
bbq	Barbecue	588
DF	Dear fiance	588
delish	Delicious	588
derp	Expression of stupidity	588
FTR	For the record	589
Put on blast	To call out	589
SOS	Someone special	589
WBU	What 'bout you	589
YouTuber	A YouTube user	589
WEG	Wicked evil grin	589
Passenger princess	A woman whose partner always drives her around	589
DAH	Dumb a** hole	589
Fire	Awesome	589
Beta male	A submissive male	589
AITA	Am I the a**hole	589
On fleek	Perfect	589
Unicorn mom	An imperfect, authentic mom who defies mom shaming	589
D/C	Don't care	589
SG	SilvaGunner	589
CBB	Can't be bothered	589
TikToker	A TikTok user	589
Gloomer	An apathetic 20-something	589
Edgar	High fade and bowl cut hairstyle	589
Facebook friend	A friend on Facebook, but most likely not in real life	589
Planking	Lying face down and straight like a plank	589
sbux	Starbucks	589
SFM	So freaking much	589
Himbo	A naive, musclebound male	589
Kenergy	Conscientious masculinity	589
2l8	Too late	590
Dead	Hilarious	590
Elsagate	Inappropriate content targeted at kids on YouTube	590
DemThrones	Game of Thrones	590
Periodt	An expression of emphasis	590
Slacktivism	Lazy activism	590
BIFL	Buy it for life	590
DH	Dear husband	590
IAWTC	I agree with the comment	590
SMF	So much fun	590
BGF	Best guy friend	590
E choke	An expression of shock or surprise	590
Whitesplain	To explain something as a white person	590
Quaranteam	A small group that socializes in-person during COVID-19	590
IFSFY	I feel sorry for you	590
MCM	Man-crush Monday	590
OP	Original poster	590
Snacc	An attractive person	590
The sidewalk rule	Your man should walk on the street side of the sidewalk	590
FBF	Flashback Friday	590
BNIB	Brand new in box	590
Washed	No longer good	590
Slide into your DMs	To send a direct message on Twitter	590
Subtweet	Subliminal tweet	590
Baka	Fool	590
OOMF	One of my followers	590
Yuck your yum	Criticize something you like	590
Fleek	Perfect	591
IIRC	If I remember correctly	591
AOTY	Album of the year	591
Cottagecore	An aesthetic centered around romanticized rural living	591
Clout leech	A person who is friends with someone just to become more popular	591
LSS	Long story short	591
BBW	Be back whenever	591
SOAB	Son of a b****	591
AHFY	Always here for you	591
IHU	I hate you	591
Heather	A desirable person	591
s	Sarcasm	591
Brain rot	Negative effects from excessive Internet content	591
Aura farming	Trying to appear cool through curated actions	591
Woke up and chose violence	Decided to be hostile	591
Cancel	Shut down or force out	591
BOAT	Best of all time	591
RIP my mentions	I'm going to receive a lot of Twitter notifications	591
LeBroning	Flopping	591
TSNF	That's so not fair	591
OTP	One true pairing	591
POC	Proof of concept	591
Clap back	A clever comeback	592
Clapped	Beaten	592
IC	I see	592
WCGW	What could go wrong	592
Slim thick	A female body shape	592
LTR	Long-term relationship	592
Tea	Truth	592
OTL	One true love	592
Momfluencer	A mom who influences other moms on social media	592
NTA	Not the a**hole	592
Big back	An overweight person	592
Tweeter	A person who tweets	592
POIDH	Pictures or it didn't happen	592
TQVM	Thank you very much	592
IYKYK	If you know you know	592
Live-tweet	To tweet about something currently taking place	592
GIF	Graphics Interchange Format	592
Trumper	A Donald Trump supporter	592
allg	All good	592
Diamond hands	To hold a stock through losses	592
Haunting	Following a romantic partner on social media after abruptly leaving them	592
Aura	Coolness	592
GGGB	Good girl gone bad	592
Tweetsult	Insulting tweet	592
MFW	My face when	592
-core	Aesthetic	592
OME	Oh my Edward	592
Sub	Subreddit	592
Crunchy	Natural and sustainable lifestyle	592
NYP	Name your price	592
RU	Are you	592
Celine a scene	To add a Celine Dion song to a video for maximum emotional impact	592
GOATed with the sauce	Awesome	592
YA	Young Adult	592
dat	That	592
Unfriend	To remove a friend on Facebook	592
Tots and pears	Thoughts and prayers	592
Mar10	Mario Day	592
WAGs	Wives and girlfriends	592
Goblincore	An aesthetic centered around overlooked natural things	592
Gobbo	Goblin	592
Ginger	Red-head	592
Voteflake	A person who does not accept official election results	592
GMAFB	Give me a friggin' break	592
Gatekeep	To police who has access to an identity or community	592
TFF	Twitter follower-friend	592
Canon event	A pivotal event in a person's life	592
DBTS	Don't believe that stuff	592
Roaching	Secretly dating many romantic partners at the same time	592
FCOL	For crying out loud	593
MLM	Men loving men	593
KIT	Keep in touch	593
KWIM	Know what I mean	593
Snapback culture	Pressure on new moms to snap back to their pre-pregnancy bodies	593
Mistweet	Tweet mistake	593
J6	January 6, 2021 U.S. Capitol Attack	593
Bop	An excellent song or album	593
BOLO	Be on the lookout	593
Chad	A physically fit, overly confident man	593
DU	Don't understand	593
Outta pocket	Disreputable	593
ED	Eating disorder	593
Creepypasta	A horror story posted on the Internet	593
Instagram husband	A person who takes pictures of another person for Instagram	593
OOTD	Outfit of the day	593
Mood	How I'm feeling	593
Blursday	Literally any day of the week, they're all the same now	593
JGH	Just got home	593
Blackpilled	Pessimistic about the future	593
NGMI	Not gonna make it	593
WADR	With all due respect	593
IA	I agree	593
Fanum tax	Taking food from a friend	593
OG	Original	593
Sharent	An oversharing parent on social media	593
GUFN	Grounded until further notice	593
VSCO girls	Preppy female teen Instagrammers	593
DA	DeviantArt	593
DYOR	Do your own research	593
Instagrammer	An Instagram user	593
Winternity	Eternal winter	593
Perc30	Oxycodone, commonly mixed with fentanyl	593
IBR	It's been real	593
FYE	For your entertainment	593
BMS	Broke my scale	593
GOATed	Declared the best	593
Quaranfifteen	Weight gained during COVID-19 quarantine	593
Parasocial relationship	A one-way relationship between a fan and a creator	593
SAHD	Stay-at-home dad	593
GRWM	Get ready with me	593
BookTok	TikTok users who discuss books	593
PBUH	Peace be upon Him	593
AFAYC	As fast as you can	593
Ate that	Dominated	593
HBBD	Happy belated birthday	593
Boy math	Male logic	593
azz	A**	593
GPS	God's positioning system	593
TW	Trigger warning	593
Mogging	Dominating another person	593
Swipe right	Approve	594
Slacktivist	Lazy activist	594
Tradwife	A wife who adheres to traditional values	594
Baby trap	When one partner misleads the other to cause a pregnancy	594
Virtue signaling	Demonstrating moral superiority	594
Bing bong	Expression of emphasis	594
TBR	To be rude	594
YVW	You're very welcome	594
Unforced error	An easily-avoidable mistake	594
inspo	Inspiration	594
Smol	Small and cute	594
PC4PC	Picture comment for picture comment	594
Go ham	Do something intensely	594
FH	Future husband	594
It me	I identify with that	594
YGG	You go girl	594
OMGD	Oh my gosh, duh	594
FOMOF	Fear of missing out on football	594
Who dey breet	Who is breathing?	594
HNM	Happy new month	594
Dadication	Fatherly dedication	594
WLW	Women loving women	594
stimmy	Stimulus check	594
Cape	To defend someone's actions, often undeservedly	594
Hellmaxxing	Committing a series of sinful acts	594
Blursed	Blessed and cursed	594
OTTOMH	Off the top of my head	594
Snapchatter	Snapchat user	594
GPOYW	Gratuitous picture of yourself Wednesday	594
Bloomer	A well-adjusted 20-something	594
Spoopy	Spooky and funny	594
Covfefe	Coverage	594
IG	Instagram	594
Hater	A person who is angry or jealous of someone	594
meirl	Me in real life	594
Crypto Mom	SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce	594
RIP to your mentions	You're going to receive a lot of Twitter notifications	594
TikTok house	A house full of TikTok influencers	594
totes	Totally	594
CMV	Change my view	594
ONCO	Or nearest cash offer	594
Pump your brakes	Pause and reflect	594
At home	A worse version of something	594
Vawulence	Violence	594
Twitterstorm	A quick rise of activity about a specific topic on Twitter	594
Gigachad	An ultra-attractive, confident, and capable man	594
Girl dinner	A charcuterie board-esque dinner	594
Tweeps	Twitter peeps	594
NSFV	Not safe for viewing	594
YSK	You should know	594
finna	Fixing to	594
Copypasta	A block of text that is often copied and pasted online	594
Crushing it	Doing very well	594
FB	Follow back	594

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