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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	168
Meekd	Suppressed	179
mk	Okay	244
IRL	In real life	291
TTYL	Talk to you later	311
TY	Thank you	362
BTW	By the way	373
sus	Suspicious	384
Y	Why	431
SMH	Shaking my head	436
DM	Direct message	453
YW	You're welcome	460
143	I love you	465
Bussin	Really good	466
IKR	I know, right?	475
gf	Girlfriend	482
Whoa	Expression of surprise	492
FML	F*** my life	493
xbf	Ex-boyfriend	498
TLDR	Too long, didn't read	501
2	To	506
pls	Please	515
Simp	A person who obsesses over someone	517
IMO	In my opinion	519
FFS	For f***'s sake	520
bsf	Best friend	521
HRU	How are you	522
nvm	Nevermind	523
LMFAO	Laughing my freakin' a** off	527
LAN	Local Area Network	527
Karen	An entitled woman	535
FTW	For the win	535
TBH	To be honest	539
Selfie	A picture a person takes of themself	539
bbg	Baby girl	542
Igh	Alright	543
OIC	Oh, I see	544
TYVM	Thank you very much	544
l8r	Later	545
YOLO	You only live once	545
Swag	Skills or style	545
Fr	For real	545
H&K	Hugs and kisses	547
14643	I will always love you	547
IDEK	I don't even know	548
Meme	A piece of media that spreads via the Internet	550
sux	Sucks	550
Gang gang	I'm with you	551
OF	OnlyFans	551
ASL	Age, sex, location	552
Delulu	Delusional	553
hun	Honey	553
LMIRL	Let's meet in real life	554
feels	Feelings	554
Clout chaser	A person who does things just to become popular	555
Skibidi Toilet Syndrome	Adverse effects of watching Skibidi Toilet	555
FOMO	Fear of missing out	556
Only in Ohio	Claiming Ohio is strange	557
MIA	Missing in action	559
bday	Birthday	559
LMAO	Laughing my a** off	560
Zaddy	A composed, fashionable, and attractive man	560
LOLOL	Lots of laugh out louds	561
NOYB	None of your business	561
fit	Outfit	561
IMU	I miss you	563
lil	Little	564
OG	Original gangster	564
Friendversary	Friendship anniversary	565
Bet	You bet	566
Influencer	A social media user who affects others' behaviors	566
Let him cook	Don't interfere	567
LYL	Love you lots	568
Caught in 4K	Caught in the act	569
S-tier	Top rank	569
NGL	Not gonna lie	569
LMS	Like my status	569
SD	Sweet dreams	570
HMU	Hit me up	570
IMY	I miss you	571
FOH	F*** outta here	571
d	Di**	571
cya	See ya	572
L8	Late	572
XO	Kiss and Hug	572
Bestie	Best Friend	572
ICYMI	In case you missed it	572
Tweet	Twitter post	572
Dunk on	Make fun of	572
CFD	Clothing, fashion, design	572
WYB	Watch your back	572
Pick me	A person desperate for attention and approval	572
MCYT	Minecraft YouTuber	572
IMHO	In my humble opinion	573
Fetch	Cool	573
IMD	In my dreams	573
Mid	Mediocre	573
IDGAF	I don't give a f***	573
go brrr	Solve a problem	573
ΘΔ	Therian	573
Ratioed	Receiving many more replies than likes on your tweet	574
And I oop	I'm so embarassed	574
2H2H	Too hot to handle	575
rly	Really	575
Don't @ me	Don't mention me in your tweets	575
CMIIW	Correct me if I'm wrong	576
PM	Private message	576
Sheesh	Expression of disbelief	576
Mald	Mad and bald	576
FYP	For You page	576
IBF	Internet best friend	576
Catfish	To assume a false identity	576
Clapback	A clever comeback	577
Vacay	Vacation	577
Aggro	Aggressive	577
Crew	Group of friends	578
YMMV	Your mileage may vary	578
Left no crumbs	Completely dominated	578
FRFR	For real for real	578
Hipster	A person who dislikes mainstream culture	578
Day one	A very close friend	578
F4F	Follow for follow	578
ICL	I can't lie	578
Sigma male	An introverted guy who goes his own way	578
CCG	Collectible card game	578
favs	Favorites	578
BFD	Big freakin' deal	579
TRS	That really sucks	579
Comfort idol	A celebrity whose actions soothe you	579
lolz	Laugh out louds	579
ATW	All the way	579
BW	Best wishes	579
DM slide	Direct message to a crush	579
HUMM	Hope you miss me	579
Simping	Obsessing over a person that does not return the same affection	579
TAY	Thinking about you	580
TC	Take care	580
TTYS	Talk to you soon	580
LYSM	Love you so much	580
Hop off	Go away	580
Straight fire	Very cool	580
Paper hands	To sell a stock at the first sign of trouble	580
HIFW	How I felt when	580
obv	Obviously	580
Doge	Dog	580
xgf	Ex-girlfriend	580
BION	Believe it or not	581
SA	Sexual assault	581
Based	Agree	581
Sending me	Making me laugh	581
LPP	Likes per post	581
WDYT	What do you think	581
Cringe	Extremely awkward	581
Face card	A gorgeous face	581
BFFR	Be f***ing for real	581
TFTA	Thanks for the add	581
4L	For life	581
Tune up	Beat up	581
Keyboard warrior	A person that posts controversial opinions online	582
BFFL	Best friends for life	582
PMKI	Pretty much killin' it	582
TFW	That feeling when	582
POG	Play of the game	582
The struggle is real	Having difficulty doing something	582
RT	Retweet	582
TCG	Trading card game	582
Cray	Crazy	582
CYL	Catch ya later	583
Horny on main	Acting lustful on your primary social account	583
Say less	I understand	583
JSYK	Just so you know	583
Movember	Mustache-growing November	583
Algospeak	Slang used to bypass content filters	583
Secks	Sex	583
TTY	Talk to you	583
Hits different	Affects differently	583
Chasing clout	Doing things just to become popular	583
ugh	Disappointed	583
GS	GilvaSunner	583
ASLP	Age, sex, location, picture	584
Creeper	A socially invasive person	584
HNY	Happy New Year	584
WTG	Way to go	584
ITYS	I told you so	584
WYWH	Wish you were here	584
Poser	A person who pretends to be someone they are not	584
C.AI	Character.AI	584
IHY	I hate you	584
HWU	Hey, what's up?	584
Cinnamon roll	A kind, gentle person	584
Alphabet mafia	LGBTQIA+ people	584
HML	Hate my life	584
Lady boner	Female feeling of sexual arousal	584
Looksmaxxing	Attempting to improve your appearance	584
Meme stock	A stock hyped on social media	584
lk	Like	584
POTUS	President of the United States	584
Sussy baka	Suspicious fool	585
Redditor	A Reddit user	585
Vine	A six-second social video	585
AMA	Ask me anything	585
Nae Nae	Hip-rocking, hand-raising dance move	585
Spill the tea	Share the gossip	585
HOPE	Have Only Positive Expectations	585
Big yikes	Wow	585
Pro-ship	Accepting of any fictional relationship	585
TBR	To be real	585
CGPT	ChatGPT	585
Blue-checked	Verified on Twitter	585
yt	YouTube	585
Fav	Favorite	585
adorbs	Adorable	586
onb	On, bro	586
IM	Instant message	586
LRT	Last retweet	586
Wildin	Acting crazy	586
Date ladder	A person you date to make yourself seem more desirable	586
Facestalking	Looking through someone's pictures on Facebook	586
Rizzler	A person with immense charisma	586
FTEW	For the epic win	586
Weeb	A non-Japanese person obsessed with Japanese pop culture	586
Cancel culture	Canceling people who do anything controversial	586
Doomer	A person who focuses on negative possibilities	586
Sip tea	Mind your business	586
MM	Music Monday	586
Bling	Overly flashy jewelry	586
Larper	Live action role-player	586
vlog	Video blog	586
Rent Free In My Head	Frequently on my mind	586
Handle	Twitter username	587
Alpha male	A dominant male	587
HMB	Hit me back	587
TBT	Throwback Thursday	587
NLT	No later than	587
tl	Timeline	587
issa	It's a	587
hbd	Happy birthday	587
OT3	One true threesome	587
mishu	Miss you	587
TMG	That's my girl	587
deets	Details	587
Twittersphere	The world of Twitter	587
Disneybounding	Dressing similarly to Disney characters	587
Lick	Theft	587
OTD	Of the day	587
Twinsies	Two people who share a common trait	587
TBR	To be read	587
Endgame	A couple that is meant to be together	587
Chillax	Chill and relax	587
Brigading	When one online community harasses another	587
CSB	Cool story, bro	587
WSG	What's good	587
uttp	UTubeTrollPolice	587
derp	Expression of stupidity	587
TIL	Today I learned	587
Waifu	A fictional female that a real person has a crush on	588
Thread	A series of messages	588
WBU	What 'bout you	588
Lurker	A forum user who reads but doesn't post	588
Fake news	Fake news source that pretends to be real	588
Sock puppet account	A fake online identity	588
PFP	Profile picture	588
Banger	An awesome, energetic piece of media	588
Fire	Awesome	588
FTFY	Fixed that for you	588
SFM	So freaking much	588
GPOY	Gratuitous picture of yourself	588
PTL	Praise the Lord	588
TikToker	A TikTok user	588
On fleek	Perfect	588
Sleeper build	When a skinny person is surprisingly buff	588
Moots	People you follow on social media who follow you back	588
bbq	Barbecue	588
LBVS	Laughing but very serious	588
delish	Delicious	588
Grelfie	Group selfie	588
SOS	Someone special	589
YouTuber	A YouTube user	589
WEG	Wicked evil grin	589
Whitesplain	To explain something as a white person	589
Beta male	A submissive male	589
Facebook friend	A friend on Facebook, but most likely not in real life	589
AITA	Am I the a**hole	589
MCM	Man-crush Monday	589
Himbo	A naive, musclebound male	589
SG	SilvaGunner	589
D/C	Don't care	589
CBB	Can't be bothered	589
FBF	Flashback Friday	589
Passenger princess	A woman whose partner always drives her around	589
Put on blast	To call out	589
Gloomer	An apathetic 20-something	589
Edgar	High fade and bowl cut hairstyle	589
Planking	Lying face down and straight like a plank	589
Kenergy	Conscientious masculinity	589
Unicorn mom	An imperfect, authentic mom who defies mom shaming	589
2l8	Too late	590
Slacktivism	Lazy activism	590
FTR	For the record	590
IC	I see	590
Clout leech	A person who is friends with someone just to become more popular	590
Brain rot	Negative effects from excessive Internet content	590
Heather	A desirable person	590
DH	Dear husband	590
IAWTC	I agree with the comment	590
Periodt	An expression of emphasis	590
SMF	So much fun	590
BGF	Best guy friend	590
DAH	Dumb a** hole	590
IFSFY	I feel sorry for you	590
OP	Original poster	590
Subtweet	Subliminal tweet	590
Baka	Fool	590
Aura farming	Trying to appear cool through curated actions	590
Dead	Hilarious	590
BNIB	Brand new in box	590
Cancel	Shut down or force out	590
E choke	An expression of shock or surprise	590
Washed	No longer good	590
Quaranteam	A small group that socializes in-person during COVID-19	590
Slide into your DMs	To send a direct message on Twitter	590
DF	Dear fiance	590
Snacc	An attractive person	590
Elsagate	Inappropriate content targeted at kids on YouTube	590
BIFL	Buy it for life	590
sbux	Starbucks	590
DemThrones	Game of Thrones	590
The sidewalk rule	Your man should walk on the street side of the sidewalk	590
Yuck your yum	Criticize something you like	590
Fleek	Perfect	591
AOTY	Album of the year	591
IIRC	If I remember correctly	591
Cottagecore	An aesthetic centered around romanticized rural living	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
Woke up and chose violence	Decided to be hostile	591
-core	Aesthetic	591
Big back	An overweight person	591
BOAT	Best of all time	591
RIP my mentions	I'm going to receive a lot of Twitter notifications	591
LeBroning	Flopping	591
OOMF	One of my followers	591
TSNF	That's so not fair	591
Trumper	A Donald Trump supporter	591
OTP	One true pairing	591
POC	Proof of concept	591
s	Sarcasm	591
Celine a scene	To add a Celine Dion song to a video for maximum emotional impact	592
Slim thick	A female body shape	592
LTR	Long-term relationship	592
NTA	Not the a**hole	592
Tweeter	A person who tweets	592
Haunting	Following a romantic partner on social media after abruptly leaving them	592
GIF	Graphics Interchange Format	592
Gatekeep	To police who has access to an identity or community	592
Diamond hands	To hold a stock through losses	592
Tweetsult	Insulting tweet	592
Aura	Coolness	592
Crunchy	Natural and sustainable lifestyle	592
IYKYK	If you know you know	592
Goblincore	An aesthetic centered around overlooked natural things	592
Tots and pears	Thoughts and prayers	592
Voteflake	A person who does not accept official election results	592
Canon event	A pivotal event in a person's life	592
Mogging	Dominating another person	592
Roaching	Secretly dating many romantic partners at the same time	592
GGGB	Good girl gone bad	592
VSCO girls	Preppy female teen Instagrammers	592
Sub	Subreddit	592
OME	Oh my Edward	592
MFW	My face when	592
OTL	One true love	592
NYP	Name your price	592
WCGW	What could go wrong	592
Creepypasta	A horror story posted on the Internet	592
POIDH	Pictures or it didn't happen	592
Chad	A physically fit, overly confident man	592
Clapped	Beaten	592
RU	Are you	592
Momfluencer	A mom who influences other moms on social media	592
GOATed with the sauce	Awesome	592
Gobbo	Goblin	592
Live-tweet	To tweet about something currently taking place	592
Clap back	A clever comeback	592
dat	That	592
Unfriend	To remove a friend on Facebook	592
Fanum tax	Taking food from a friend	592
WAGs	Wives and girlfriends	592
YA	Young Adult	592
Ginger	Red-head	592
PBUH	Peace be upon Him	592
Tea	Truth	592
GMAFB	Give me a friggin' break	592
Bop	An excellent song or album	592
TFF	Twitter follower-friend	592
DBTS	Don't believe that stuff	592
Mar10	Mario Day	592
allg	All good	592
Quaranfifteen	Weight gained during COVID-19 quarantine	593
FCOL	For crying out loud	593
Parasocial relationship	A one-way relationship between a fan and a creator	593
RIP to your mentions	You're going to receive a lot of Twitter notifications	593
MLM	Men loving men	593
KIT	Keep in touch	593
KWIM	Know what I mean	593
Cape	To defend someone's actions, often undeservedly	593
Blackpilled	Pessimistic about the future	593
DU	Don't understand	593
TW	Trigger warning	593
Outta pocket	Disreputable	593
Baby trap	When one partner misleads the other to cause a pregnancy	593
DA	DeviantArt	593
Snapchatter	Snapchat user	593
J6	January 6, 2021 U.S. Capitol Attack	593
ED	Eating disorder	593
TQVM	Thank you very much	593
Winternity	Eternal winter	593
BMS	Broke my scale	593
OOTD	Outfit of the day	593
Boy math	Male logic	593
AFAYC	As fast as you can	593
WADR	With all due respect	593
Ate that	Dominated	593
IA	I agree	593
Virtue signaling	Demonstrating moral superiority	593
OG	Original	593
Mistweet	Tweet mistake	593
Sharent	An oversharing parent on social media	593
f9	Fine	593
GUFN	Grounded until further notice	593
Instagram husband	A person who takes pictures of another person for Instagram	593
Instagrammer	An Instagram user	593
IBR	It's been real	593
DYOR	Do your own research	593
Perc30	Oxycodone, commonly mixed with fentanyl	593
Snapback culture	Pressure on new moms to snap back to their pre-pregnancy bodies	593
OTTOMH	Off the top of my head	593
FYE	For your entertainment	593
GOATed	Declared the best	593
inspo	Inspiration	593
SAHD	Stay-at-home dad	593
Mood	How I'm feeling	593
BookTok	TikTok users who discuss books	593
ONCO	Or nearest cash offer	593
GRWM	Get ready with me	593
Who dey breet	Who is breathing?	593
Blursday	Literally any day of the week, they're all the same now	593
HBBD	Happy belated birthday	593
Hater	A person who is angry or jealous of someone	593
Tweeps	Twitter peeps	593
JGH	Just got home	593
finna	Fixing to	593
NGMI	Not gonna make it	593
azz	A**	593
GPS	God's positioning system	593
BOLO	Be on the lookout	593
Dadication	Fatherly dedication	594
Copypasta	A block of text that is often copied and pasted online	594
YSK	You should know	594
Tradwife	A wife who adheres to traditional values	594
Bing bong	Expression of emphasis	594
YVW	You're very welcome	594
FOMOF	Fear of missing out on football	594
CMV	Change my view	594
Unforced error	An easily-avoidable mistake	594
sksksk	Overcome with emotion	594
Crushing it	Doing very well	594
PC4PC	Picture comment for picture comment	594
Covfefe	Coverage	594
FH	Future husband	594
IG	Instagram	594
YGG	You go girl	594
OMGD	Oh my gosh, duh	594
TikTok house	A house full of TikTok influencers	594
Crypto Mom	SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce	594
HNM	Happy new month	594
Twitterstorm	A quick rise of activity about a specific topic on Twitter	594
At home	A worse version of something	594
stimmy	Stimulus check	594
Girl dinner	A charcuterie board-esque dinner	594
NSFV	Not safe for viewing	594
Smol	Small and cute	594
Llello	Cocaine	594
Go ham	Do something intensely	594
Hellmaxxing	Committing a series of sinful acts	594
Blursed	Blessed and cursed	594
GPOYW	Gratuitous picture of yourself Wednesday	594
TBR	To be rude	594
Spoopy	Spooky and funny	594
meirl	Me in real life	594
FB	Follow back	594
dur	Stupidly obvious	594
Slacktivist	Lazy activist	594
totes	Totally	594
Vawulence	Violence	594
Pump your brakes	Pause and reflect	594
Swipe right	Approve	594

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