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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	182
LOL	Laughing out loud	236
mk	Okay	268
IRL	In real life	308
TTYL	Talk to you later	347
TY	Thank you	392
sus	Suspicious	400
BTW	By the way	411
thx	Thanks	444
SMH	Shaking my head	457
Y	Why	461
DM	Direct message	466
Bussin	Really good	475
YW	You're welcome	476
143	I love you	478
IKR	I know, right?	491
gf	Girlfriend	495
Whoa	Expression of surprise	504
2	To	507
TLDR	Too long, didn't read	508
xbf	Ex-boyfriend	508
FML	F*** my life	513
Simp	A person who obsesses over someone	527
bsf	Best friend	528
LAN	Local Area Network	528
IMO	In my opinion	529
pls	Please	529
FFS	For f***'s sake	529
nvm	Nevermind	532
HRU	How are you	532
LMFAO	Laughing my freakin' a** off	535
FTW	For the win	542
Karen	An entitled woman	542
Selfie	A picture a person takes of themself	542
TBH	To be honest	543
TYVM	Thank you very much	545
Fr	For real	545
l8r	Later	546
bbg	Baby girl	550
OIC	Oh, I see	551
OF	OnlyFans	551
IDEK	I don't even know	551
Igh	Alright	551
Swag	Skills or style	551
H&K	Hugs and kisses	553
YOLO	You only live once	553
Delulu	Delusional	555
14643	I will always love you	555
Clout chaser	A person who does things just to become popular	557
feels	Feelings	557
Skibidi Toilet Syndrome	Adverse effects of watching Skibidi Toilet	557
Only in Ohio	Claiming Ohio is strange	557
Gang gang	I'm with you	557
LMIRL	Let's meet in real life	558
sux	Sucks	558
hun	Honey	559
NOYB	None of your business	560
bday	Birthday	560
LMAO	Laughing my a** off	561
fit	Outfit	561
ASL	Age, sex, location	562
LOLOL	Lots of laugh out louds	563
IMU	I miss you	563
FOMO	Fear of missing out	563
lil	Little	565
OG	Original gangster	565
go brrr	Solve a problem	566
MIA	Missing in action	566
LYL	Love you lots	567
Friendversary	Friendship anniversary	567
Zaddy	A composed, fashionable, and attractive man	568
KMAB	Kiss my a, b**	570
HMU	Hit me up	570
d	Di**	570
LMS	Like my status	570
FOH	F*** outta here	571
Let him cook	Don't interfere	571
Bet	You bet	571
cya	See ya	572
L8	Late	572
IMY	I miss you	572
Caught in 4K	Caught in the act	573
SD	Sweet dreams	573
S-tier	Top rank	573
CFD	Clothing, fashion, design	573
NGL	Not gonna lie	573
IMHO	In my humble opinion	575
MCYT	Minecraft YouTuber	575
IMD	In my dreams	575
IDGAF	I don't give a f***	575
Tweet	Twitter post	575
WYB	Watch your back	575
PM	Private message	576
rly	Really	576
XO	Kiss and Hug	576
Bestie	Best Friend	576
Mid	Mediocre	576
ΘΔ	Therian	576
ICYMI	In case you missed it	576
Sheesh	Expression of disbelief	577
Influencer	A social media user who affects others' behaviors	577
Aggro	Aggressive	577
IBF	Internet best friend	577
CCG	Collectible card game	577
Dunk on	Make fun of	577
FRFR	For real for real	577
xgf	Ex-girlfriend	577
2H2H	Too hot to handle	578
CMIIW	Correct me if I'm wrong	578
And I oop	I'm so embarassed	578
Fetch	Cool	578
favs	Favorites	578
YMMV	Your mileage may vary	579
ICL	I can't lie	579
Doge	Dog	579
Hipster	A person who dislikes mainstream culture	579
lolz	Laugh out louds	579
Ratioed	Receiving many more replies than likes on your tweet	579
lk	Like	579
TC	Take care	580
obv	Obviously	580
Crew	Group of friends	580
ATW	All the way	580
Catfish	To assume a false identity	580
BFFR	Be f***ing for real	580
BW	Best wishes	580
4L	For life	580
Mald	Mad and bald	580
Don't @ me	Don't mention me in your tweets	580
Tune up	Beat up	580
ugh	Disappointed	580
LYSM	Love you so much	581
DM slide	Direct message to a crush	581
LPP	Likes per post	581
HUMM	Hope you miss me	581
Straight fire	Very cool	581
BFD	Big freakin' deal	582
Horny on main	Acting lustful on your primary social account	582
Based	Agree	582
HIFW	How I felt when	582
TRS	That really sucks	582
Paper hands	To sell a stock at the first sign of trouble	582
POG	Play of the game	582
F4F	Follow for follow	582
Comfort idol	A celebrity whose actions soothe you	582
Thigh gap	Space between a person's thighs	582
TFTA	Thanks for the add	582
Clapback	A clever comeback	582
TCG	Trading card game	582
BION	Believe it or not	583
PMKI	Pretty much killin' it	583
TAY	Thinking about you	583
BFFL	Best friends for life	583
Vacay	Vacation	583
GS	GilvaSunner	583
FYP	For You page	583
Movember	Mustache-growing November	583
WDYT	What do you think	583
IHY	I hate you	583
SA	Sexual assault	583
Creeper	A socially invasive person	583
Day one	A very close friend	583
Face card	A gorgeous face	583
Keyboard warrior	A person that posts controversial opinions online	583
Cray	Crazy	583
JSYK	Just so you know	584
Secks	Sex	584
C.AI	Character.AI	584
Pick me	A person desperate for attention and approval	584
TTYS	Talk to you soon	584
Lady boner	Female feeling of sexual arousal	584
WTG	Way to go	584
adorbs	Adorable	584
Hop off	Go away	584
RT	Retweet	584
HML	Hate my life	584
Fav	Favorite	584
CYL	Catch ya later	585
Chasing clout	Doing things just to become popular	585
WYWH	Wish you were here	585
Sigma male	An introverted guy who goes his own way	585
Nae Nae	Hip-rocking, hand-raising dance move	585
HOPE	Have Only Positive Expectations	585
Handle	Twitter username	585
Cringe	Unpleasant	585
TTY	Talk to you	585
The struggle is real	Having difficulty doing something	585
Simping	Obsessing over a person that does not return the same affection	585
Bling	Overly flashy jewelry	585
HNY	Happy New Year	586
ASLP	Age, sex, location, picture	586
Sending me	Making me laugh	586
Vine	6 second video	586
Poser	A person who pretends to be someone they are not	586
ITYS	I told you so	586
Pro-ship	Accepting of any fictional relationship	586
Hits different	Affects differently	586
AMA	Ask me anything	586
TFW	That feeling when	586
Twittersphere	The world of Twitter	586
Cancel culture	Canceling people who do anything controversial	586
TBR	To be real	586
Redditor	A Reddit user	586
OT3	One true threesome	586
Looksmaxxing	Attempting to improve your appearance	586
MM	Music Monday	586
Left no crumbs	Completely dominated	586
Blue-checked	Verified on Twitter	586
Meme stock	A stock hyped on social media	586
vlog	Video blog	586
LRT	Last retweet	586
POTUS	President of the United States	586
Cinnamon roll	A kind, gentle person	586
yt	YouTube	587
Doomer	A person who focuses on negative possibilities	587
TBT	Throwback Thursday	587
Sussy baka	Suspicious fool	587
Alphabet mafia	LGBTQIA+ people	587
Rent Free In My Head	Frequently on my mind	587
SG	SilvaGunner	587
FTEW	For the epic win	587
Thread	A series of messages	587
deets	Details	587
Big yikes	Wow	587
Facestalking	Looking through someone's pictures on Facebook	587
Sip tea	Mind your business	587
Endgame	A couple that is meant to be together	587
HMB	Hit me back	587
Larper	Live action role-player	587
issa	It's a	587
Chillax	Chill and relax	587
Lick	Theft	587
Sock puppet account	A fake online identity	588
Grelfie	Group selfie	588
tl	Timeline	588
Wildin	Acting crazy	588
NLT	No later than	588
WSG	What's good	588
Lurker	A forum user who reads but doesn't post	588
WEG	Wicked evil grin	588
Fake news	Fake news source that pretends to be real	588
uttp	UTubeTrollPolice	588
mishu	Miss you	588
Alpha male	A dominant male	588
GPOY	Gratuitous picture of yourself	588
HWU	Hey, what's up?	588
onb	On, bro	588
Twinsies	Two people who share a common trait	588
Algospeak	Slang used to bypass content filters	588
delish	Delicious	588
CSB	Cool story, bro	588
Disneybounding	Dressing similarly to Disney characters	588
2l8	Too late	589
Spill the tea	Share the gossip	589
Say less	I understand	589
SOS	Someone special	589
Date ladder	A person you date to make yourself seem more desirable	589
IM	Instant message	589
WBU	What 'bout you	589
hbd	Happy birthday	589
DAH	Dumb a** hole	589
Kenergy	Conscientious masculinity	589
Passenger princess	A woman whose partner always drives her around	589
Fire	Awesome	589
TMG	That's my girl	589
LeBroning	Flopping	589
PTL	Praise the Lord	589
PFP	Profile picture	589
TBR	To be read	589
bbq	Barbecue	589
Planking	Lying face down and straight like a plank	589
Himbo	A naive, musclebound male	589
sbux	Starbucks	589
Banger	An awesome, energetic piece of media	589
Facebook friend	A friend on Facebook, but most likely not in real life	589
TikToker	A TikTok user	590
Sleeper build	When a skinny person is surprisingly buff	590
OP	Original poster	590
FTFY	Fixed that for you	590
DemThrones	Game of Thrones	590
CBB	Can't be bothered	590
D/C	Don't care	590
Edgar	High fade and bowl cut hairstyle	590
BNIB	Brand new in box	590
Gloomer	An apathetic 20-something	590
E choke	An expression of shock or surprise	590
Slacktivism	Lazy activism	590
Snacc	An attractive person	590
Unicorn mom	An imperfect, authentic mom who defies mom shaming	590
TIL	Today I learned	590
Tweetsult	Insulting tweet	591
BOAT	Best of all time	591
Heather	A desirable person	591
AITA	Am I the a**hole	591
Slide into your DMs	To send a direct message on Twitter	591
DH	Dear husband	591
IAWTC	I agree with the comment	591
FBF	Flashback Friday	591
BGF	Best guy friend	591
CGPT	ChatGPT	591
Quaranteam	A small group that socializes in-person during COVID-19	591
Put on blast	To call out	591
Brigading	When one online community harasses another	591
Cottagecore	An aesthetic centered around romanticized rural living	591
IFSFY	I feel sorry for you	591
Periodt	An expression of emphasis	591
GOATed with the sauce	Awesome	591
YouTuber	A YouTube user	591
MCM	Man-crush Monday	591
Whitesplain	To explain something as a white person	591
AOTY	Album of the year	591
Moots	People you follow on social media who follow you back	591
Subtweet	Subliminal tweet	591
DF	Dear fiance	591
Yuck your yum	Criticize something you like	591
LBVS	Laughing but very serious	591
OOMF	One of my followers	591
TSNF	That's so not fair	591
derp	Expression of stupidity	591
OTP	One true pairing	591
Tots and pears	Thoughts and prayers	592
Voteflake	A person who does not accept official election results	592
FTR	For the record	592
Woke up and chose violence	Decided to be hostile	592
Dead	Hilarious	592
OTL	One true love	592
Cancel	Shut down or force out	592
OTD	Of the day	592
Crunchy	Natural and sustainable lifestyle	592
Canon event	A pivotal event in a person's life	592
LSS	Long story short	592
Fleek	Perfect	592
On fleek	Perfect	592
SOAB	Son of a b****	592
Rizzler	A person with immense charisma	592
-core	Aesthetic	592
IHU	I hate you	592
Mistweet	Tweet mistake	592
Seltering	Sticking out your rear in a fitness pose	592
Outta pocket	Disreputable	592
Momfluencer	A mom who influences other moms on social media	592
OME	Oh my Edward	592
Clout leech	A person who is friends with someone just to become more popular	592
Washed	No longer good	592
Waifu	A fictional female that a real person has a crush on	592
Beta male	A submissive male	592
YA	Young Adult	592
POIDH	Pictures or it didn't happen	592
Elsagate	Inappropriate content targeted at kids on YouTube	592
Celine a scene	To add a Celine Dion song to a video for maximum emotional impact	592
Gobbo	Goblin	592
Unfriend	To remove a friend on Facebook	592
WAGs	Wives and girlfriends	592
RIP my mentions	I'm going to receive a lot of Twitter notifications	592
Gatekeep	To police who has access to an identity or community	592
SFM	So freaking much	592
Ginger	Red-head	592
TFF	Twitter follower-friend	592
POC	Proof of concept	592
Tea	Truth	592
Snapchatter	Snapchat user	593
Diamond hands	To hold a stock through losses	593
IC	I see	593
IIRC	If I remember correctly	593
Parasocial relationship	A one-way relationship between a fan and a creator	593
Winternity	Eternal winter	593
WCGW	What could go wrong	593
Boy math	Male logic	593
Clap back	A clever comeback	593
BIFL	Buy it for life	593
Trumper	A Donald Trump supporter	593
Clapped	Beaten	593
DU	Don't understand	593
SMF	So much fun	593
TQVM	Thank you very much	593
BBW	Be back whenever	593
OOTD	Outfit of the day	593
Blursday	Literally any day of the week, they're all the same now	593
The sidewalk rule	Your man should walk on the street side of the sidewalk	593
gz	Congratulations	593
AHFY	Always here for you	593
Roaching	Secretly dating many romantic partners at the same time	593
NYP	Name your price	593
DA	DeviantArt	593
Chad	A physically fit, overly confident man	593
Virtue signaling	Demonstrating moral superiority	593
MLM	Men loving men	593
Cape	To defend someone's actions, often undeservedly	593
It me	I identify with that	593
GOATed	Declared the best	593
Snapback culture	Pressure on new moms to snap back to their pre-pregnancy bodies	593
Instagrammer	An Instagram user	593
GRWM	Get ready with me	593
GPOYW	Gratuitous picture of yourself Wednesday	593
Quaranfifteen	Weight gained during COVID-19 quarantine	593
Bikini bridge	Space between a bikini bottom and stomach	593
Goblincore	An aesthetic centered around overlooked natural things	593
Live-tweet	To tweet about something currently taking place	593
Covfefe	Coverage	593
dat	That	593
SAHD	Stay-at-home dad	593
Bop	An excellent song or album	593
Who dey breet	Who is breathing?	593
AFAYC	As fast as you can	593
s	Sarcasm	593
GMAFB	Give me a friggin' break	593
Tweeps	Twitter peeps	593
Mood	How I'm feeling	593
DYOR	Do your own research	593
DBTS	Don't believe that stuff	593
azz	A**	593
GPS	God's positioning system	593
OG	Original	593
NTA	Not the a**hole	593
meirl	Me in real life	594
Girl dinner	A charcuterie board-esque dinner	594
FCOL	For crying out loud	594
inspo	Inspiration	594
yt	Whitey	594
HNM	Happy new month	594
KIT	Keep in touch	594
KWIM	Know what I mean	594
LTR	Long-term relationship	594
Sharent	An oversharing parent on social media	594
MDL	Might delete later	594
TOH	The other half	594
Slacktivist	Lazy activist	594
Baby trap	When one partner misleads the other to cause a pregnancy	594
BOLO	Be on the lookout	594
Haunting	Following a romantic partner on social media after abruptly leaving them	594
Twitterstorm	A quick rise of activity about a specific topic on Twitter	594
MFW	My face when	594
MBFA	Make baseball fun again	594
PC4PC	Picture comment for picture comment	594
Blursed	Blessed and cursed	594
Spoopy	Spooky and funny	594
BMS	Broke my scale	594
Slim thick	A female body shape	594
OMGD	Oh my gosh, duh	594
FOMOF	Fear of missing out on football	594
FB	Follow back	594
stimmy	Stimulus check	594
Pump your brakes	Pause and reflect	594
Dadication	Fatherly dedication	594
YSK	You should know	594
WADR	With all due respect	594
Copypasta	A block of text that is often copied and pasted online	594
Crypto Mom	SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce	594
fbo	Facebook official	594
VSCO girls	Preppy female teen Instagrammers	594
f9	Fine	594
U2U	Up to you	594
ADM	Ay dios mio	594
GUFN	Grounded until further notice	594
Retweet offender	A person who constantly retweets on Twitter	594
Instagram husband	A person who takes pictures of another person for Instagram	594
Chonk	An overweight animal	594
OTTOMH	Off the top of my head	594
RU	Are you	594
FYE	For your entertainment	594
Bloomer	A well-adjusted 20-something	594
GIF	Graphics Interchange Format	594
JGH	Just got home	594
Tweetup	Twitter meetup	594
Fanum tax	Taking food from a friend	594
Dreamscrolling	Scrolling for dream purchases	594
TikTok house	A house full of TikTok influencers	594
totes	Totally	594
IMPO	In my personal opinion	594
Silver fox	An attractive older man	594
Husbando	A fictional man that a real person has a crush on	594
NSFV	Not safe for viewing	594
HYFR	Heck ya, freakin' right	594
PBUH	Peace be upon Him	594
Creepypasta	A horror story posted on the Internet	594
Sub	Subreddit	594
HBBD	Happy belated birthday	594
Volcel	Voluntary celibate	594
TW	Trigger warning	594
IBR	It's been real	594
ED	Eating disorder	594
Smol	Small and cute	594
Go ham	Do something intensely	594
Crushing it	Doing very well	595
RIP to your mentions	You're going to receive a lot of Twitter notifications	595
Squick	A big turn-off	595
Wig	Incredible	595
CMV	Change my view	595
At home	A worse version of something	595
OOTL	Out of the loop	595
SAT	Sorry about that	595
Weeb	A non-Japanese person obsessed with Japanese pop culture	595
PSGWSP	Play stupid games, win stupid prizes	595
IA	I agree	595
YYSS	Yeah yeah, sure sure	595
FOGO	Fear of going outside	595
cx	Correction	595
q	Coupon	595
uno	You know	595
Amazeballs	Amazing	595

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