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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	181
LOL	Laughing out loud	199
mk	Okay	258
IRL	In real life	298
TTYL	Talk to you later	328
TY	Thank you	375
BTW	By the way	383
sus	Suspicious	390
thx	Thanks	425
Y	Why	442
SMH	Shaking my head	446
DM	Direct message	460
YW	You're welcome	461
Bussin	Really good	468
143	I love you	473
IKR	I know, right?	485
gf	Girlfriend	490
Whoa	Expression of surprise	498
FML	F*** my life	503
TLDR	Too long, didn't read	504
xbf	Ex-boyfriend	504
2	To	507
pls	Please	520
Simp	A person who obsesses over someone	521
IMO	In my opinion	523
bsf	Best friend	525
nvm	Nevermind	526
FFS	For f***'s sake	526
LAN	Local Area Network	527
LMFAO	Laughing my freakin' a** off	528
HRU	How are you	529
FTW	For the win	536
Karen	An entitled woman	538
Selfie	A picture a person takes of themself	540
TBH	To be honest	543
TYVM	Thank you very much	544
bbg	Baby girl	544
Igh	Alright	544
Fr	For real	545
l8r	Later	546
OIC	Oh, I see	546
Swag	Skills or style	548
IDEK	I don't even know	549
14643	I will always love you	549
YOLO	You only live once	549
H&K	Hugs and kisses	550
Meme	A piece of media that spreads via the Internet	550
OF	OnlyFans	551
Gang gang	I'm with you	552
sux	Sucks	552
Delulu	Delusional	553
Clout chaser	A person who does things just to become popular	554
LMIRL	Let's meet in real life	554
ASL	Age, sex, location	555
feels	Feelings	555
hun	Honey	556
Only in Ohio	Claiming Ohio is strange	557
Skibidi Toilet Syndrome	Adverse effects of watching Skibidi Toilet	557
LMAO	Laughing my a** off	558
bday	Birthday	560
fit	Outfit	561
FOMO	Fear of missing out	561
NOYB	None of your business	562
Zaddy	A composed, fashionable, and attractive man	562
LOLOL	Lots of laugh out louds	563
IMU	I miss you	563
MIA	Missing in action	563
lil	Little	564
OG	Original gangster	564
Friendversary	Friendship anniversary	565
Bet	You bet	567
Let him cook	Don't interfere	567
Influencer	A social media user who affects others' behaviors	568
go brrr	Solve a problem	569
LMS	Like my status	569
LYL	Love you lots	570
S-tier	Top rank	570
NGL	Not gonna lie	570
FOH	F*** outta here	571
d	Di**	571
HMU	Hit me up	571
cya	See ya	572
L8	Late	572
IMY	I miss you	572
Caught in 4K	Caught in the act	572
SD	Sweet dreams	573
ICYMI	In case you missed it	573
CFD	Clothing, fashion, design	573
WYB	Watch your back	573
Dunk on	Make fun of	574
Fetch	Cool	574
IMHO	In my humble opinion	574
ΘΔ	Therian	574
IDGAF	I don't give a f***	574
Bestie	Best Friend	574
Tweet	Twitter post	574
MCYT	Minecraft YouTuber	575
And I oop	I'm so embarassed	575
IMD	In my dreams	575
XO	Kiss and Hug	575
Ratioed	Receiving many more replies than likes on your tweet	575
Mid	Mediocre	575
Sheesh	Expression of disbelief	576
CMIIW	Correct me if I'm wrong	576
PM	Private message	576
FYP	For You page	576
Don't @ me	Don't mention me in your tweets	576
Pick me	A person desperate for attention and approval	576
2H2H	Too hot to handle	577
Catfish	To assume a false identity	577
rly	Really	577
IBF	Internet best friend	577
Aggro	Aggressive	577
CCG	Collectible card game	577
Mald	Mad and bald	577
Sigma male	An introverted guy who goes his own way	577
YMMV	Your mileage may vary	578
FRFR	For real for real	578
Clapback	A clever comeback	578
favs	Favorites	578
Crew	Group of friends	579
Vacay	Vacation	579
Left no crumbs	Completely dominated	579
lolz	Laugh out louds	579
ATW	All the way	579
ICL	I can't lie	579
HUMM	Hope you miss me	579
Hipster	A person who dislikes mainstream culture	579
xgf	Ex-girlfriend	579
BFD	Big freakin' deal	580
obv	Obviously	580
Doge	Dog	580
TC	Take care	580
LYSM	Love you so much	580
TRS	That really sucks	580
Day one	A very close friend	580
Hop off	Go away	580
Straight fire	Very cool	580
BW	Best wishes	580
Based	Agree	580
F4F	Follow for follow	580
ugh	Disappointed	580
SA	Sexual assault	581
BION	Believe it or not	581
TAY	Thinking about you	581
Tune up	Beat up	581
Comfort idol	A celebrity whose actions soothe you	581
4L	For life	581
HIFW	How I felt when	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
Paper hands	To sell a stock at the first sign of trouble	581
TFTA	Thanks for the add	581
Simping	Obsessing over a person that does not return the same affection	581
Thigh gap	Space between a person's thighs	582
Keyboard warrior	A person that posts controversial opinions online	582
TFW	That feeling when	582
BFFL	Best friends for life	582
WDYT	What do you think	582
POG	Play of the game	582
Secks	Sex	582
RT	Retweet	582
TCG	Trading card game	582
lk	Like	582
Face card	A gorgeous face	582
Cray	Crazy	582
JSYK	Just so you know	583
Movember	Mustache-growing November	583
Cringe	Unpleasant	583
TTYS	Talk to you soon	583
Sending me	Making me laugh	583
C.AI	Character.AI	583
IHY	I hate you	583
Creeper	A socially invasive person	583
GS	GilvaSunner	583
TTY	Talk to you	583
The struggle is real	Having difficulty doing something	583
Horny on main	Acting lustful on your primary social account	583
Algospeak	Slang used to bypass content filters	583
CYL	Catch ya later	584
WTG	Way to go	584
WYWH	Wish you were here	584
Hits different	Affects differently	584
Lady boner	Female feeling of sexual arousal	584
Poser	A person who pretends to be someone they are not	584
Alphabet mafia	LGBTQIA+ people	584
Chasing clout	Doing things just to become popular	584
HML	Hate my life	584
POTUS	President of the United States	584
Fav	Favorite	584
Sussy baka	Suspicious fool	584
ASLP	Age, sex, location, picture	585
CGPT	ChatGPT	585
Looksmaxxing	Attempting to improve your appearance	585
Blue-checked	Verified on Twitter	585
Vine	A six-second social video	585
ITYS	I told you so	585
AMA	Ask me anything	585
Cinnamon roll	A kind, gentle person	585
adorbs	Adorable	585
HOPE	Have Only Positive Expectations	585
Meme stock	A stock hyped on social media	585
TBR	To be real	585
HNY	Happy New Year	585
Redditor	A Reddit user	585
Big yikes	Wow	585
Sip tea	Mind your business	586
Spill the tea	Share the gossip	586
NLT	No later than	586
Rent Free In My Head	Frequently on my mind	586
Nae Nae	Hip-rocking, hand-raising dance move	586
yt	YouTube	586
FTEW	For the epic win	586
HWU	Hey, what's up?	586
Cancel culture	Canceling people who do anything controversial	586
Say less	I understand	586
Doomer	A person who focuses on negative possibilities	586
MM	Music Monday	586
Bling	Overly flashy jewelry	586
LBVS	Laughing but very serious	586
Rizzler	A person with immense charisma	586
Date ladder	A person you date to make yourself seem more desirable	586
Facestalking	Looking through someone's pictures on Facebook	586
vlog	Video blog	586
Handle	Twitter username	587
TBT	Throwback Thursday	587
Wildin	Acting crazy	587
Pro-ship	Accepting of any fictional relationship	587
Endgame	A couple that is meant to be together	587
hbd	Happy birthday	587
OT3	One true threesome	587
onb	On, bro	587
mishu	Miss you	587
TMG	That's my girl	587
Alpha male	A dominant male	587
LRT	Last retweet	587
Disneybounding	Dressing similarly to Disney characters	587
Twittersphere	The world of Twitter	587
deets	Details	587
HMB	Hit me back	587
OTD	Of the day	587
Twinsies	Two people who share a common trait	587
TBR	To be read	587
Larper	Live action role-player	587
Chillax	Chill and relax	587
issa	It's a	587
CSB	Cool story, bro	587
uttp	UTubeTrollPolice	587
PFP	Profile picture	588
Waifu	A fictional female that a real person has a crush on	588
IM	Instant message	588
Lurker	A forum user who reads but doesn't post	588
FTFY	Fixed that for you	588
Lick	Theft	588
GPOY	Gratuitous picture of yourself	588
PTL	Praise the Lord	588
Sock puppet account	A fake online identity	588
Thread	A series of messages	588
Fake news	Fake news source that pretends to be real	588
bbq	Barbecue	588
delish	Delicious	588
Grelfie	Group selfie	588
WSG	What's good	588
Banger	An awesome, energetic piece of media	588
TIL	Today I learned	588
2l8	Too late	589
CBB	Can't be bothered	589
FTR	For the record	589
Passenger princess	A woman whose partner always drives her around	589
SOS	Someone special	589
Edgar	High fade and bowl cut hairstyle	589
WBU	What 'bout you	589
Beta male	A submissive male	589
BGF	Best guy friend	589
WEG	Wicked evil grin	589
tl	Timeline	589
Gloomer	An apathetic 20-something	589
DAH	Dumb a** hole	589
Sleeper build	When a skinny person is surprisingly buff	589
Fire	Awesome	589
AITA	Am I the a**hole	589
On fleek	Perfect	589
Kenergy	Conscientious masculinity	589
Unicorn mom	An imperfect, authentic mom who defies mom shaming	589
D/C	Don't care	589
SG	SilvaGunner	589
Put on blast	To call out	589
Moots	People you follow on social media who follow you back	589
Brigading	When one online community harasses another	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
Himbo	A naive, musclebound male	589
Slacktivism	Lazy activism	590
Whitesplain	To explain something as a white person	590
Slide into your DMs	To send a direct message on Twitter	590
DemThrones	Game of Thrones	590
Subtweet	Subliminal tweet	590
DH	Dear husband	590
IAWTC	I agree with the comment	590
FBF	Flashback Friday	590
SMF	So much fun	590
Weeb	A non-Japanese person obsessed with Japanese pop culture	590
E choke	An expression of shock or surprise	590
IFSFY	I feel sorry for you	590
MCM	Man-crush Monday	590
OP	Original poster	590
SFM	So freaking much	590
BNIB	Brand new in box	590
Periodt	An expression of emphasis	590
TikToker	A TikTok user	590
Yuck your yum	Criticize something you like	590
Quaranteam	A small group that socializes in-person during COVID-19	590
Washed	No longer good	590
DF	Dear fiance	590
Elsagate	Inappropriate content targeted at kids on YouTube	590
OOMF	One of my followers	590
Snacc	An attractive person	590
TSNF	That's so not fair	590
BIFL	Buy it for life	590
derp	Expression of stupidity	590
OTP	One true pairing	590
The sidewalk rule	Your man should walk on the street side of the sidewalk	590
AOTY	Album of the year	591
IIRC	If I remember correctly	591
WCGW	What could go wrong	591
Cottagecore	An aesthetic centered around romanticized rural living	591
YouTuber	A YouTube user	591
LSS	Long story short	591
BOAT	Best of all time	591
BBW	Be back whenever	591
RIP my mentions	I'm going to receive a lot of Twitter notifications	591
SOAB	Son of a b****	591
AHFY	Always here for you	591
GGGB	Good girl gone bad	591
Aura farming	Trying to appear cool through curated actions	591
Dead	Hilarious	591
Woke up and chose violence	Decided to be hostile	591
Clout leech	A person who is friends with someone just to become more popular	591
POIDH	Pictures or it didn't happen	591
Fleek	Perfect	591
Heather	A desirable person	591
LeBroning	Flopping	591
Bop	An excellent song or album	591
POC	Proof of concept	591
Cancel	Shut down or force out	592
Trumper	A Donald Trump supporter	592
LTR	Long-term relationship	592
s	Sarcasm	592
Tweetsult	Insulting tweet	592
Sub	Subreddit	592
NTA	Not the a**hole	592
Tweeter	A person who tweets	592
NYP	Name your price	592
Clapped	Beaten	592
TQVM	Thank you very much	592
Clap back	A clever comeback	592
Tots and pears	Thoughts and prayers	592
Goblincore	An aesthetic centered around overlooked natural things	592
Gobbo	Goblin	592
IHU	I hate you	592
Gatekeep	To police who has access to an identity or community	592
Roaching	Secretly dating many romantic partners at the same time	592
MFW	My face when	592
OME	Oh my Edward	592
Momfluencer	A mom who influences other moms on social media	592
OTL	One true love	592
Crunchy	Natural and sustainable lifestyle	592
RU	Are you	592
Celine a scene	To add a Celine Dion song to a video for maximum emotional impact	592
Ginger	Red-head	592
Bikini bridge	Space between a bikini bottom and stomach	592
GOATed with the sauce	Awesome	592
-core	Aesthetic	592
dat	That	592
Live-tweet	To tweet about something currently taking place	592
Unfriend	To remove a friend on Facebook	592
Slim thick	A female body shape	592
WAGs	Wives and girlfriends	592
Mar10	Mario Day	592
GIF	Graphics Interchange Format	592
Canon event	A pivotal event in a person's life	592
Voteflake	A person who does not accept official election results	592
GMAFB	Give me a friggin' break	592
TFF	Twitter follower-friend	592
Tea	Truth	592
DBTS	Don't believe that stuff	592
Haunting	Following a romantic partner on social media after abruptly leaving them	592
FCOL	For crying out loud	593
IC	I see	593
Parasocial relationship	A one-way relationship between a fan and a creator	593
KIT	Keep in touch	593
KWIM	Know what I mean	593
Brain rot	Negative effects from excessive Internet content	593
Sharent	An oversharing parent on social media	593
Snapback culture	Pressure on new moms to snap back to their pre-pregnancy bodies	593
Blursday	Literally any day of the week, they're all the same now	593
BOLO	Be on the lookout	593
DU	Don't understand	593
ED	Eating disorder	593
Chad	A physically fit, overly confident man	593
Instagrammer	An Instagram user	593
Instagram husband	A person who takes pictures of another person for Instagram	593
Winternity	Eternal winter	593
Quaranfifteen	Weight gained during COVID-19 quarantine	593
OOTD	Outfit of the day	593
GRWM	Get ready with me	593
Mood	How I'm feeling	593
WADR	With all due respect	593
TW	Trigger warning	593
Big back	An overweight person	593
Seltering	Sticking out your rear in a fitness pose	593
Mistweet	Tweet mistake	593
Diamond hands	To hold a stock through losses	593
GUFN	Grounded until further notice	593
Creepypasta	A horror story posted on the Internet	593
IBR	It's been real	593
DA	DeviantArt	593
Outta pocket	Disreputable	593
VSCO girls	Preppy female teen Instagrammers	593
MLM	Men loving men	593
GPOYW	Gratuitous picture of yourself Wednesday	593
FYE	For your entertainment	593
IYKYK	If you know you know	593
OG	Original	593
GOATed	Declared the best	593
BMS	Broke my scale	593
BookTok	TikTok users who discuss books	593
SAHD	Stay-at-home dad	593
YA	Young Adult	593
PBUH	Peace be upon Him	593
Ate that	Dominated	593
JGH	Just got home	593
Boy math	Male logic	593
azz	A**	593
GPS	God's positioning system	593
AFAYC	As fast as you can	593
Fanum tax	Taking food from a friend	593
IAG	It's all good	594
TBR	To be rude	594
TOH	The other half	594
Tradwife	A wife who adheres to traditional values	594
Vawulence	Violence	594
CMV	Change my view	594
Unforced error	An easily-avoidable mistake	594
Girl dinner	A charcuterie board-esque dinner	594
Copypasta	A block of text that is often copied and pasted online	594
Crushing it	Doing very well	594
Smol	Small and cute	594
PC4PC	Picture comment for picture comment	594
FH	Future husband	594
J6	January 6, 2021 U.S. Capitol Attack	594
Bloomer	A well-adjusted 20-something	594
Covfefe	Coverage	594
YGG	You go girl	594
OMGD	Oh my gosh, duh	594
FOMOF	Fear of missing out on football	594
Crypto Mom	SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce	594
NSFV	Not safe for viewing	594
Pump your brakes	Pause and reflect	594
stimmy	Stimulus check	594
Husbando	A fictional man that a real person has a crush on	594
IA	I agree	594
Baby trap	When one partner misleads the other to cause a pregnancy	594
At home	A worse version of something	594
Virtue signaling	Demonstrating moral superiority	594
Llello	Cocaine	594
IG	Instagram	594
WLW	Women loving women	594
DYOR	Do your own research	594
Hellmaxxing	Committing a series of sinful acts	594
Snapchatter	Snapchat user	594
Cape	To defend someone's actions, often undeservedly	594
OTTOMH	Off the top of my head	594
Bing bong	Expression of emphasis	594
It me	I identify with that	594
Blursed	Blessed and cursed	594
Perc30	Oxycodone, commonly mixed with fentanyl	594
Spoopy	Spooky and funny	594
Hater	A person who is angry or jealous of someone	594
FB	Follow back	594
Slacktivist	Lazy activist	594
RIP to your mentions	You're going to receive a lot of Twitter notifications	594
totes	Totally	594
TikTok house	A house full of TikTok influencers	594
IMPO	In my personal opinion	594
meirl	Me in real life	594
Who dey breet	Who is breathing?	594
yt	Whitey	594
NGMI	Not gonna make it	594
HNM	Happy new month	594
HBBD	Happy belated birthday	594
Gigachad	An ultra-attractive, confident, and capable man	594
Tweeps	Twitter peeps	594
Dadication	Fatherly dedication	594
finna	Fixing to	594
YSK	You should know	594
Twitterstorm	A quick rise of activity about a specific topic on Twitter	594

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