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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	186
LOL	Laughing out loud	282
mk	Okay	291
IRL	In real life	327
TTYL	Talk to you later	380
sus	Suspicious	414
TY	Thank you	417
BTW	By the way	438
SMH	Shaking my head	469
thx	Thanks	470
Y	Why	472
DM	Direct message	478
Bussin	Really good	483
143	I love you	495
YW	You're welcome	500
IKR	I know, right?	505
gf	Girlfriend	511
2	To	514
TLDR	Too long, didn't read	514
xbf	Ex-boyfriend	514
Whoa	Expression of surprise	519
FML	F*** my life	525
bsf	Best friend	532
LAN	Local Area Network	532
Simp	A person who obsesses over someone	533
FFS	For f***'s sake	534
IMO	In my opinion	535
HRU	How are you	536
nvm	Nevermind	537
pls	Please	537
LMFAO	Laughing my freakin' a** off	542
FTW	For the win	544
TBH	To be honest	548
Selfie	A picture a person takes of themself	549
Fr	For real	550
l8r	Later	551
TYVM	Thank you very much	551
Karen	An entitled woman	551
Swag	Skills or style	554
OF	OnlyFans	556
OIC	Oh, I see	557
IDEK	I don't even know	557
bbg	Baby girl	557
YOLO	You only live once	557
14643	I will always love you	560
feels	Feelings	561
H&K	Hugs and kisses	561
LMIRL	Let's meet in real life	561
bday	Birthday	561
Only in Ohio	Claiming Ohio is strange	562
Clout chaser	A person who does things just to become popular	562
sux	Sucks	563
hun	Honey	563
FOMO	Fear of missing out	564
LOLOL	Lots of laugh out louds	565
NOYB	None of your business	565
Delulu	Delusional	566
ASL	Age, sex, location	567
IMU	I miss you	567
go brrr	Solve a problem	567
lil	Little	568
Friendversary	Friendship anniversary	568
fit	Outfit	568
MIA	Missing in action	569
cya	See ya	570
OG	Original gangster	570
L8	Late	571
IMY	I miss you	571
Gang gang	I'm with you	571
SD	Sweet dreams	572
HMU	Hit me up	572
Bet	You bet	572
LMS	Like my status	572
LYL	Love you lots	573
KMAB	Kiss my a, b**	573
Caught in 4K	Caught in the act	573
NGL	Not gonna lie	573
Zaddy	A composed, fashionable, and attractive man	574
CFD	Clothing, fashion, design	574
XO	Kiss and Hug	575
Tweet	Twitter post	575
FOH	F*** outta here	576
PM	Private message	576
rly	Really	576
Mid	Mediocre	576
IMD	In my dreams	576
d	Di**	576
IDGAF	I don't give a f***	576
S-tier	Top rank	576
Let him cook	Don't interfere	577
Influencer	A social media user who affects others' behaviors	577
Aggro	Aggressive	577
MCYT	Minecraft YouTuber	577
WYB	Watch your back	577
IMHO	In my humble opinion	578
Bestie	Best Friend	578
BW	Best wishes	578
Dunk on	Make fun of	578
ICYMI	In case you missed it	578
CCG	Collectible card game	578
favs	Favorites	578
Catfish	To assume a false identity	579
TC	Take care	579
YMMV	Your mileage may vary	579
Doge	Dog	579
FRFR	For real for real	579
xgf	Ex-girlfriend	579
2H2H	Too hot to handle	580
Igh	Alright	580
Sheesh	Expression of disbelief	580
Ratioed	Receiving many more replies than likes on your tweet	580
And I oop	I'm so embarassed	580
Don't @ me	Don't mention me in your tweets	580
lolz	Laugh out louds	580
LPP	Likes per post	580
CMIIW	Correct me if I'm wrong	581
HUMM	Hope you miss me	581
obv	Obviously	581
ATW	All the way	581
Fetch	Cool	581
Mald	Mad and bald	581
BFFR	Be f***ing for real	581
IBF	Internet best friend	582
Based	Agree	582
LYSM	Love you so much	582
Paper hands	To sell a stock at the first sign of trouble	582
Crew	Group of friends	582
Tune up	Beat up	582
Hipster	A person who dislikes mainstream culture	582
POG	Play of the game	582
ICL	I can't lie	583
Thigh gap	Space between a person's thighs	583
Horny on main	Acting lustful on your primary social account	583
Vacay	Vacation	583
Comfort idol	A celebrity whose actions soothe you	583
Creeper	A socially invasive person	583
FYP	For You page	583
TFTA	Thanks for the add	583
Straight fire	Very cool	583
TCG	Trading card game	583
GS	GilvaSunner	584
TTYS	Talk to you soon	584
DM slide	Direct message to a crush	584
TRS	That really sucks	584
IHY	I hate you	584
Lady boner	Female feeling of sexual arousal	584
PMKI	Pretty much killin' it	584
Keyboard warrior	A person that posts controversial opinions online	584
BFD	Big freakin' deal	585
Secks	Sex	585
Skibidi Toilet Syndrome	Adverse effects of watching Skibidi Toilet	585
JSYK	Just so you know	585
HIFW	How I felt when	585
WTG	Way to go	585
Day one	A very close friend	585
AMA	Ask me anything	585
Clapback	A clever comeback	585
Handle	Twitter username	585
WDYT	What do you think	585
TTY	Talk to you	585
Face card	A gorgeous face	585
RT	Retweet	585
MM	Music Monday	585
HML	Hate my life	585
Nae Nae	Hip-rocking, hand-raising dance move	585
Movember	Mustache-growing November	585
ugh	Disappointed	585
Alphabet mafia	LGBTQIA+ people	585
lk	Like	585
Fav	Favorite	585
BION	Believe it or not	586
CYL	Catch ya later	586
HNY	Happy New Year	586
Vine	6 second video	586
TAY	Thinking about you	586
ITYS	I told you so	586
BFFL	Best friends for life	586
WYWH	Wish you were here	586
Twittersphere	The world of Twitter	586
Blue-checked	Verified on Twitter	586
adorbs	Adorable	586
Thread	A series of messages	586
Bling	Overly flashy jewelry	586
SA	Sexual assault	586
vlog	Video blog	586
POTUS	President of the United States	586
ASLP	Age, sex, location, picture	587
LRT	Last retweet	587
IM	Instant message	587
Sip tea	Mind your business	587
The struggle is real	Having difficulty doing something	587
Meme stock	A stock hyped on social media	587
yt	YouTube	587
HOPE	Have Only Positive Expectations	587
Cringe	Unpleasant	587
TMG	That's my girl	587
Chasing clout	Doing things just to become popular	587
Big yikes	Wow	587
FTEW	For the epic win	587
HMB	Hit me back	587
Chillax	Chill and relax	587
LeBroning	Flopping	588
NLT	No later than	588
Left no crumbs	Completely dominated	588
WBU	What 'bout you	588
SG	SilvaGunner	588
TFW	That feeling when	588
Twinsies	Two people who share a common trait	588
WSG	What's good	588
Grelfie	Group selfie	588
C.AI	Character.AI	588
Hits different	Affects differently	588
CBB	Can't be bothered	588
PTL	Praise the Lord	588
deets	Details	588
OT3	One true threesome	588
Simping	Obsessing over a person that does not return the same affection	588
Fake news	Fake news source that pretends to be real	588
TBR	To be read	588
ΘΔ	Therian	588
Larper	Live action role-player	588
onb	On, bro	588
TBT	Throwback Thursday	588
CSB	Cool story, bro	588
Lick	Theft	588
issa	It's a	589
Redditor	A Reddit user	589
Facebook friend	A friend on Facebook, but most likely not in real life	589
Cancel culture	Canceling people who do anything controversial	589
TBR	To be real	589
PFP	Profile picture	589
Doomer	A person who focuses on negative possibilities	589
WEG	Wicked evil grin	589
mishu	Miss you	589
Fire	Awesome	589
Himbo	A naive, musclebound male	589
F4F	Follow for follow	589
Pick me	A person desperate for attention and approval	589
HWU	Hey, what's up?	589
Sending me	Making me laugh	589
Algospeak	Slang used to bypass content filters	589
Pro-ship	Accepting of any fictional relationship	589
Cinnamon roll	A kind, gentle person	589
Planking	Lying face down and straight like a plank	589
TIL	Today I learned	589
2l8	Too late	590
Facestalking	Looking through someone's pictures on Facebook	590
SOS	Someone special	590
Lurker	A forum user who reads but doesn't post	590
AITA	Am I the a**hole	590
IFSFY	I feel sorry for you	590
FTFY	Fixed that for you	590
GPOY	Gratuitous picture of yourself	590
Unicorn mom	An imperfect, authentic mom who defies mom shaming	590
E choke	An expression of shock or surprise	590
Date ladder	A person you date to make yourself seem more desirable	590
delish	Delicious	590
DemThrones	Game of Thrones	590
Poser	A person who pretends to be someone they are not	590
Sigma	Sigma male	590
Mistweet	Tweet mistake	591
MCM	Man-crush Monday	591
Subtweet	Subliminal tweet	591
BOAT	Best of all time	591
Periodt	An expression of emphasis	591
Wildin	Acting crazy	591
uttp	UTubeTrollPolice	591
IAWTC	I agree with the comment	591
TikToker	A TikTok user	591
hbd	Happy birthday	591
BGF	Best guy friend	591
DAH	Dumb a** hole	591
OP	Original poster	591
AOTY	Album of the year	591
D/C	Don't care	591
Heather	A desirable person	591
FBF	Flashback Friday	591
YouTuber	A YouTube user	591
Rent Free In My Head	Is frequently on my mind	591
Slacktivism	Lazy activism	591
tl	Timeline	591
Whitesplain	To explain something as a white person	591
Tweetsult	Insulting tweet	591
Sussy baka	Suspicious fool	591
Passenger princess	A woman whose boyfriend always drives her around	591
Edgar	High fade and bowl cut hairstyle	591
TSNF	That's so not fair	591
Spill the tea	Share the gossip	591
sbux	Starbucks	591
OTP	One true pairing	591
FTR	For the record	592
YA	Young Adult	592
Hop off	Go away	592
Banger	An awesome, energetic piece of media	592
Sleeper build	When a skinny person is surprisingly buff	592
Snacc	An attractive person	592
RIP my mentions	I'm going to receive a lot of Twitter notifications	592
Gloomer	An apathetic 20-something	592
Moots	People you follow on social media who follow you back	592
Disneybounding	Dressing similarly to Disney characters	592
Voteflake	A person who does not accept official election results	592
IHU	I hate you	592
Outta pocket	Disreputable	592
Cancel	Shut down or force out	592
BCO	Big crush on	592
BNIB	Brand new in box	592
Quaranteam	A small group that socializes in-person during COVID-19	592
Brigading	When one online community harasses another	592
POIDH	Pictures or it didn't happen	592
Put on blast	To call out	592
Celine a scene	To add a Celine Dion song to a video for maximum emotional impact	592
Bikini bridge	Space between a bikini bottom and stomach	592
Gobbo	Goblin	592
Gatekeep	To police who has access to an identity or community	592
bbq	Barbecue	592
DF	Dear fiance	592
Unfriend	To remove a friend on Facebook	592
Seltering	Sticking out your rear in a fitness pose	592
OOMF	One of my followers	592
WAGs	Wives and girlfriends	592
TFF	Twitter follower-friend	592
Tea	Truth	592
OTL	One true love	592
POC	Proof of concept	592
IIRC	If I remember correctly	593
-core	Aesthetic	593
Covfefe	Coverage	593
Endgame	A couple that is meant to be together	593
Who dey breet	Who is breathing?	593
On fleek	Perfect	593
DH	Dear husband	593
TW	Trigger warning	593
WCGW	What could go wrong	593
Winternity	Eternal winter	593
LSS	Long story short	593
Fleek	Perfect	593
DA	DeviantArt	593
Trumper	A Donald Trump supporter	593
GOATed with the sauce	Awesome	593
AHFY	Always here for you	593
Chad	A physically fit, overly confident man	593
Momfluencer	A mom who influences other moms on social media	593
Clapped	Beaten	593
It me	I identify with that	593
OME	Oh my Edward	593
Quaranfifteen	Weight gained during COVID-19 quarantine	593
Sock puppet account	A fake online identity	593
Crunchy	Natural and sustainable lifestyle	593
Woke up and chose violence	Decided to be hostile	593
Cottagecore	An aesthetic centered around romanticized rural living	593
Live-tweet	To tweet about something currently taking place	593
Slide into your DMs	To send a direct message on Twitter	593
Cape	To defend someone's actions, often undeservedly	593
Blursday	Literally any day of the week, they're all the same now	593
MLM	Men loving men	593
Clap back	A clever comeback	593
Waifu	A fictional female that a real person has a crush on	593
derp	Expression of stupidity	593
Say less	I understand	593
DBTS	Don't believe that stuff	593
Ginger	Red-head	593
Snapback culture	Pressure on new moms to snap back to their pre-pregnancy bodies	594
Bop	An excellent song or album	594
FOMOF	Fear of missing out on football	594
FCOL	For crying out loud	594
GIF	Graphics Interchange Format	594
Yuck your yum	Criticize something you like	594
KIT	Keep in touch	594
Alpha	Alpha male	594
Elsagate	Inappropriate content targeted at kids on YouTube	594
Retweet offender	A person who constantly retweets on Twitter	594
BMS	Broke my scale	594
yt	Whitey	594
DYOR	Do your own research	594
Clout leech	A person who is friends with someone just to become more popular	594
Chonk	An overweight animal	594
The sidewalk rule	Your man should walk on the street side of the sidewalk	594
PC4PC	Picture comment for picture comment	594
Snapchatter	Snapchat user	594
FH	Future husband	594
Goblincore	An aesthetic centered around overlooked natural things	594
Silver fox	An attractive older man	594
OMGD	Oh my gosh, duh	594
OOTD	Outfit of the day	594
YSK	You should know	594
Bing bong	Expression of emphasis	594
Sharent	An oversharing parent on social media	594
Smol	Small and cute	594
Dead	Hilarious	594
Copypasta	A block of text that is often copied and pasted online	594
WADR	With all due respect	594
f9	Fine	594
U2U	Up to you	594
ADM	Ay dios mio	594
Spoopy	Spooky and funny	594
Crypto Mom	SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce	594
Snapstreak	Snapchat streak	594
Baby trap	When one partner misleads the other to cause a pregnancy	594
TIFU	Today I F***ed Up	594
TikTok house	A house full of TikTok influencers	594
OTTOMH	Off the top of my head	594
HNM	Happy new month	594
Sub	Subreddit	594
GPOYW	Gratuitous picture of yourself Wednesday	594
FYE	For your entertainment	594
Pump your brakes	Pause and reflect	594
GRWM	Get ready with me	594
AFAYC	As fast as you can	594
NYP	Name your price	594
dat	That	594
Totes	Totally	594
Volcel	Voluntary celibate	594
IMPO	In my personal opinion	594
Mood	How I'm feeling	594
HYFR	Heck ya, freakin' right	594
OG	Original	594
PBUH	Peace be upon Him	594
Diamond hands	To hold a stock through losses	594
cx	Correction	594
Twitterstorm	A quick rise of activity about a specific topic on Twitter	594
GMAFB	Give me a friggin' break	594
4L	For life	594
HBBD	Happy belated birthday	594
MDL	Might delete later	594
Tweeps	Twitter peeps	594
Instagrammer	An Instagram user	594
VSCO girls	Preppy female teen Instagrammers	594
GPS	God's positioning system	594
Virtue signaling	Demonstrating moral superiority	594
Seggs	Sex	594
IG	Instagram	595
Ghost post	A Facebook comment that was removed	595
Headcanon	A fan's unverified beliefs about a story	595
BD	Big deal	595
FB	Follow back	595
Wig	Incredible	595
IAG	It's all good	595
IC	I see	595
KWIM	Know what I mean	595
Looksmaxxing	Attempting to improve your appearance	595
Go off	Angrily complain	595
Husbando	A fictional man that a real person has a crush on	595
Squick	A big turn-off	595
Roaching	Secretly dating many romantic partners at the same time	595
Hellmaxxing	Committing a series of sinful acts	595
PRT	Please Retweet	595
WCW	Woman-crush Wednesday	595
SMF	So much fun	595
TBR	To be rude	595
CMV	Change my view	595
TQVM	Thank you very much	595
FOGO	Fear of going outside	595
BBW	Be back whenever	595
YGG	You go girl	595
RIP to your mentions	You're going to receive a lot of Twitter notifications	595
meirl	Me in real life	595
gz	Congratulations	595
Haunting	Following a romantic partner on social media after abruptly leaving them	595
SOAB	Son of a b****	595
CGPT	ChatGPT	595
NTA	Not the a**hole	595
Rage baking	Baking to relieve anger or stress	595
SAT	Sorry about that	595
Vawulence	Violence	595
LCS	Local comic store	595
IA	I agree	595
YYSS	Yeah yeah, sure sure	595
Book hangover	Remaining attached to a book you just finished	595
Shelfie	Picture of objects arranged on a shelf	595
GUFN	Grounded until further notice	595
Blursed	Blessed and cursed	595
CYF	Check your Facebook	595
Instagram husband	A person who takes pictures of another person for Instagram	595
Bloomer	A well-adjusted 20-something	595
Ate that	Dominated	595
Parasocial relationship	A one-way relationship between a fan and a creator	595
MBFA	Make baseball fun again	595
eboy	An extremely online teen boy	595
S4S	Share for share	595
Slacktivist	Lazy activist	595
BCBG	Bon Chic Bon Genre	595
gonna	Going to	595
Tweetup	Twitter meetup	595
stimmy	Stimulus check	595
LLS	Laughing like s***	595
dur	Stupidly obvious	595
SAHD	Stay-at-home dad	595
BOLO	Be on the lookout	595
OOTL	Out of the loop	595
Washed	No longer good	595
J-Pow	Jerome Powell	595
Blackfishing	Pretending to be ethnically Black	595
ED	Eating disorder	595
q	Coupon	595
WBW	Wayback Wednesday	595
Tots and pears	Thoughts and prayers	595
Amazeballs	Amazing	595
OTD	Of the day	595
azz	A**	595
Becky	A basic white girl	595

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