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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	180
LOL	Laughing out loud	219
mk	Okay	268
IRL	In real life	302
TTYL	Talk to you later	339
TY	Thank you	383
sus	Suspicious	395
BTW	By the way	401
thx	Thanks	436
SMH	Shaking my head	449
Y	Why	449
DM	Direct message	465
YW	You're welcome	467
Bussin	Really good	470
143	I love you	473
IKR	I know, right?	486
gf	Girlfriend	492
Whoa	Expression of surprise	501
2	To	505
TLDR	Too long, didn't read	505
FML	F*** my life	505
xbf	Ex-boyfriend	505
pls	Please	525
Simp	A person who obsesses over someone	525
IMO	In my opinion	526
FFS	For f***'s sake	526
bsf	Best friend	526
LAN	Local Area Network	527
nvm	Nevermind	528
HRU	How are you	529
LMFAO	Laughing my freakin' a** off	530
FTW	For the win	540
TBH	To be honest	541
Selfie	A picture a person takes of themself	541
Karen	An entitled woman	542
TYVM	Thank you very much	544
Fr	For real	544
Igh	Alright	546
bbg	Baby girl	546
l8r	Later	546
OIC	Oh, I see	548
IDEK	I don't even know	549
Swag	Skills or style	549
YOLO	You only live once	550
H&K	Hugs and kisses	551
OF	OnlyFans	551
Gang gang	I'm with you	552
Delulu	Delusional	553
14643	I will always love you	553
feels	Feelings	555
Skibidi Toilet Syndrome	Adverse effects of watching Skibidi Toilet	555
sux	Sucks	555
ASL	Age, sex, location	557
Clout chaser	A person who does things just to become popular	557
Only in Ohio	Claiming Ohio is strange	557
hun	Honey	557
LMIRL	Let's meet in real life	558
LMAO	Laughing my a** off	559
NOYB	None of your business	559
fit	Outfit	560
bday	Birthday	560
LOLOL	Lots of laugh out louds	562
IMU	I miss you	562
FOMO	Fear of missing out	563
OG	Original gangster	564
MIA	Missing in action	565
lil	Little	565
Zaddy	A composed, fashionable, and attractive man	567
Let him cook	Don't interfere	567
Friendversary	Friendship anniversary	567
LYL	Love you lots	568
KMAB	Kiss my a, b**	568
go brrr	Solve a problem	568
Bet	You bet	569
HMU	Hit me up	570
S-tier	Top rank	570
LMS	Like my status	570
d	Di**	571
cya	See ya	571
L8	Late	571
FOH	F*** outta here	571
IMY	I miss you	572
Influencer	A social media user who affects others' behaviors	572
SD	Sweet dreams	573
CFD	Clothing, fashion, design	573
NGL	Not gonna lie	573
Caught in 4K	Caught in the act	574
ΘΔ	Therian	574
Tweet	Twitter post	574
IMHO	In my humble opinion	575
IMD	In my dreams	575
IDGAF	I don't give a f***	575
XO	Kiss and Hug	575
Mid	Mediocre	575
ICYMI	In case you missed it	575
MCYT	Minecraft YouTuber	575
WYB	Watch your back	575
PM	Private message	576
rly	Really	576
Bestie	Best Friend	576
Sheesh	Expression of disbelief	576
IBF	Internet best friend	577
Dunk on	Make fun of	577
FRFR	For real for real	577
And I oop	I'm so embarassed	577
Aggro	Aggressive	577
CCG	Collectible card game	577
Fetch	Cool	577
2H2H	Too hot to handle	578
CMIIW	Correct me if I'm wrong	578
Ratioed	Receiving many more replies than likes on your tweet	578
Hipster	A person who dislikes mainstream culture	578
lolz	Laugh out louds	578
Don't @ me	Don't mention me in your tweets	578
xgf	Ex-girlfriend	578
favs	Favorites	578
YMMV	Your mileage may vary	579
Mald	Mad and bald	579
obv	Obviously	579
4L	For life	579
TC	Take care	580
Tune up	Beat up	580
Crew	Group of friends	580
Catfish	To assume a false identity	580
Doge	Dog	580
Vacay	Vacation	580
ATW	All the way	580
ICL	I can't lie	580
BW	Best wishes	580
FYP	For You page	580
LYSM	Love you so much	581
Comfort idol	A celebrity whose actions soothe you	581
Straight fire	Very cool	581
DM slide	Direct message to a crush	581
BFFR	Be f***ing for real	581
LPP	Likes per post	581
Sigma male	An introverted guy who goes his own way	581
HUMM	Hope you miss me	581
Clapback	A clever comeback	581
ugh	Disappointed	581
BFD	Big freakin' deal	582
F4F	Follow for follow	582
Pick me	A person desperate for attention and approval	582
Keyboard warrior	A person that posts controversial opinions online	582
HIFW	How I felt when	582
TRS	That really sucks	582
POG	Play of the game	582
Based	Agree	582
Creeper	A socially invasive person	582
Thigh gap	Space between a person's thighs	582
RT	Retweet	582
TFTA	Thanks for the add	582
TCG	Trading card game	582
lk	Like	582
Paper hands	To sell a stock at the first sign of trouble	582
Cray	Crazy	582
BION	Believe it or not	583
TAY	Thinking about you	583
TTYS	Talk to you soon	583
Sending me	Making me laugh	583
BFFL	Best friends for life	583
Secks	Sex	583
Simping	Obsessing over a person that does not return the same affection	583
WDYT	What do you think	583
IHY	I hate you	583
Face card	A gorgeous face	583
GS	GilvaSunner	583
TFW	That feeling when	583
Horny on main	Acting lustful on your primary social account	583
Day one	A very close friend	583
C.AI	Character.AI	583
Movember	Mustache-growing November	583
Lady boner	Female feeling of sexual arousal	584
PMKI	Pretty much killin' it	584
JSYK	Just so you know	584
WTG	Way to go	584
Chasing clout	Doing things just to become popular	584
Nae Nae	Hip-rocking, hand-raising dance move	584
adorbs	Adorable	584
TTY	Talk to you	584
The struggle is real	Having difficulty doing something	584
Hop off	Go away	584
HML	Hate my life	584
SA	Sexual assault	584
POTUS	President of the United States	584
Fav	Favorite	584
CYL	Catch ya later	585
Hits different	Affects differently	585
WYWH	Wish you were here	585
Cringe	Unpleasant	585
HOPE	Have Only Positive Expectations	585
Alphabet mafia	LGBTQIA+ people	585
Bling	Overly flashy jewelry	585
Blue-checked	Verified on Twitter	585
HNY	Happy New Year	586
ASLP	Age, sex, location, picture	586
Poser	A person who pretends to be someone they are not	586
ITYS	I told you so	586
IM	Instant message	586
Cancel culture	Canceling people who do anything controversial	586
TBR	To be real	586
Endgame	A couple that is meant to be together	586
Vine	6 second video	586
Sussy baka	Suspicious fool	586
Cinnamon roll	A kind, gentle person	586
AMA	Ask me anything	586
Facestalking	Looking through someone's pictures on Facebook	586
Redditor	A Reddit user	586
Doomer	A person who focuses on negative possibilities	586
OT3	One true threesome	586
MM	Music Monday	586
Looksmaxxing	Attempting to improve your appearance	586
Left no crumbs	Completely dominated	586
Meme stock	A stock hyped on social media	586
vlog	Video blog	586
Pro-ship	Accepting of any fictional relationship	586
Thread	A series of messages	587
HMB	Hit me back	587
Handle	Twitter username	587
NLT	No later than	587
Twittersphere	The world of Twitter	587
uttp	UTubeTrollPolice	587
WSG	What's good	587
Wildin	Acting crazy	587
issa	It's a	587
Disneybounding	Dressing similarly to Disney characters	587
FTEW	For the epic win	587
deets	Details	587
HWU	Hey, what's up?	587
yt	YouTube	587
Big yikes	Wow	587
Sip tea	Mind your business	587
Larper	Live action role-player	587
Chillax	Chill and relax	587
Rent Free In My Head	Frequently on my mind	587
Banger	An awesome, energetic piece of media	587
Lick	Theft	587
LRT	Last retweet	587
TBT	Throwback Thursday	588
Grelfie	Group selfie	588
SG	SilvaGunner	588
Lurker	A forum user who reads but doesn't post	588
hbd	Happy birthday	588
WEG	Wicked evil grin	588
tl	Timeline	588
Fake news	Fake news source that pretends to be real	588
mishu	Miss you	588
Rizzler	A person with immense charisma	588
LeBroning	Flopping	588
Spill the tea	Share the gossip	588
Say less	I understand	588
onb	On, bro	588
Twinsies	Two people who share a common trait	588
Alpha male	A dominant male	588
Sock puppet account	A fake online identity	588
delish	Delicious	588
CSB	Cool story, bro	588
2l8	Too late	589
CGPT	ChatGPT	589
Moots	People you follow on social media who follow you back	589
FTR	For the record	589
Facebook friend	A friend on Facebook, but most likely not in real life	589
Fire	Awesome	589
SOS	Someone special	589
Algospeak	Slang used to bypass content filters	589
WBU	What 'bout you	589
Passenger princess	A woman whose partner always drives her around	589
PFP	Profile picture	589
TMG	That's my girl	589
D/C	Don't care	589
GPOY	Gratuitous picture of yourself	589
PTL	Praise the Lord	589
Put on blast	To call out	589
Gloomer	An apathetic 20-something	589
Brigading	When one online community harasses another	589
TBR	To be read	589
Date ladder	A person you date to make yourself seem more desirable	589
Kenergy	Conscientious masculinity	589
bbq	Barbecue	589
Unicorn mom	An imperfect, authentic mom who defies mom shaming	589
Planking	Lying face down and straight like a plank	589
sbux	Starbucks	589
Himbo	A naive, musclebound male	589
TikToker	A TikTok user	590
Periodt	An expression of emphasis	590
Edgar	High fade and bowl cut hairstyle	590
Slacktivism	Lazy activism	590
DH	Dear husband	590
Quaranteam	A small group that socializes in-person during COVID-19	590
DAH	Dumb a** hole	590
OP	Original poster	590
Subtweet	Subliminal tweet	590
FTFY	Fixed that for you	590
BNIB	Brand new in box	590
Sleeper build	When a skinny person is surprisingly buff	590
E choke	An expression of shock or surprise	590
Snacc	An attractive person	590
OOMF	One of my followers	590
On fleek	Perfect	590
DemThrones	Game of Thrones	590
OTP	One true pairing	590
TIL	Today I learned	590
Whitesplain	To explain something as a white person	591
Dead	Hilarious	591
AOTY	Album of the year	591
SFM	So freaking much	591
BOAT	Best of all time	591
Clout leech	A person who is friends with someone just to become more popular	591
OTD	Of the day	591
IAWTC	I agree with the comment	591
FBF	Flashback Friday	591
SMF	So much fun	591
BGF	Best guy friend	591
Heather	A desirable person	591
Fleek	Perfect	591
Cottagecore	An aesthetic centered around romanticized rural living	591
IFSFY	I feel sorry for you	591
RIP my mentions	I'm going to receive a lot of Twitter notifications	591
CBB	Can't be bothered	591
Waifu	A fictional female that a real person has a crush on	591
MCM	Man-crush Monday	591
Beta male	A submissive male	591
Slide into your DMs	To send a direct message on Twitter	591
DF	Dear fiance	591
AITA	Am I the a**hole	591
Yuck your yum	Criticize something you like	591
LBVS	Laughing but very serious	591
TSNF	That's so not fair	591
derp	Expression of stupidity	591
POC	Proof of concept	591
Woke up and chose violence	Decided to be hostile	591
Tweetsult	Insulting tweet	592
IIRC	If I remember correctly	592
Gobbo	Goblin	592
Voteflake	A person who does not accept official election results	592
Outta pocket	Disreputable	592
Cancel	Shut down or force out	592
LSS	Long story short	592
Celine a scene	To add a Celine Dion song to a video for maximum emotional impact	592
TQVM	Thank you very much	592
BBW	Be back whenever	592
Momfluencer	A mom who influences other moms on social media	592
Clap back	A clever comeback	592
Bop	An excellent song or album	592
SOAB	Son of a b****	592
Trumper	A Donald Trump supporter	592
IHU	I hate you	592
s	Sarcasm	592
GIF	Graphics Interchange Format	592
GGGB	Good girl gone bad	592
OME	Oh my Edward	592
Tweeter	A person who tweets	592
OTL	One true love	592
Washed	No longer good	592
YouTuber	A YouTube user	592
Crunchy	Natural and sustainable lifestyle	592
POIDH	Pictures or it didn't happen	592
Elsagate	Inappropriate content targeted at kids on YouTube	592
GOATed with the sauce	Awesome	592
Mar10	Mario Day	592
Bikini bridge	Space between a bikini bottom and stomach	592
Tots and pears	Thoughts and prayers	592
Canon event	A pivotal event in a person's life	592
dat	That	592
Live-tweet	To tweet about something currently taking place	592
Unfriend	To remove a friend on Facebook	592
WAGs	Wives and girlfriends	592
BIFL	Buy it for life	592
The sidewalk rule	Your man should walk on the street side of the sidewalk	592
Gatekeep	To police who has access to an identity or community	592
Ginger	Red-head	592
-core	Aesthetic	592
TFF	Twitter follower-friend	592
Tea	Truth	592
YA	Young Adult	593
Snapchatter	Snapchat user	593
IC	I see	593
WCGW	What could go wrong	593
Seltering	Sticking out your rear in a fitness pose	593
Quaranfifteen	Weight gained during COVID-19 quarantine	593
GRWM	Get ready with me	593
Goblincore	An aesthetic centered around overlooked natural things	593
DA	DeviantArt	593
NYP	Name your price	593
NTA	Not the a**hole	593
Sharent	An oversharing parent on social media	593
DU	Don't understand	593
Slim thick	A female body shape	593
OOTD	Outfit of the day	593
gz	Congratulations	593
Mistweet	Tweet mistake	593
AHFY	Always here for you	593
Sub	Subreddit	593
OG	Original	593
Snapback culture	Pressure on new moms to snap back to their pre-pregnancy bodies	593
Clapped	Beaten	593
MLM	Men loving men	593
Instagrammer	An Instagram user	593
GOATed	Declared the best	593
RU	Are you	593
GPOYW	Gratuitous picture of yourself Wednesday	593
Winternity	Eternal winter	593
Parasocial relationship	A one-way relationship between a fan and a creator	593
SAHD	Stay-at-home dad	593
Boy math	Male logic	593
Blursday	Literally any day of the week, they're all the same now	593
Mood	How I'm feeling	593
AFAYC	As fast as you can	593
GMAFB	Give me a friggin' break	593
Roaching	Secretly dating many romantic partners at the same time	593
DBTS	Don't believe that stuff	593
Diamond hands	To hold a stock through losses	593
azz	A**	593
GPS	God's positioning system	593
Chad	A physically fit, overly confident man	593
Fanum tax	Taking food from a friend	593
MFW	My face when	594
FCOL	For crying out loud	594
Twitterstorm	A quick rise of activity about a specific topic on Twitter	594
Husbando	A fictional man that a real person has a crush on	594
Slacktivist	Lazy activist	594
KIT	Keep in touch	594
KWIM	Know what I mean	594
LTR	Long-term relationship	594
inspo	Inspiration	594
meirl	Me in real life	594
J6	January 6, 2021 U.S. Capitol Attack	594
TOH	The other half	594
FB	Follow back	594
Silver fox	An attractive older man	594
Haunting	Following a romantic partner on social media after abruptly leaving them	594
Volcel	Voluntary celibate	594
Weeb	A non-Japanese person obsessed with Japanese pop culture	594
DYOR	Do your own research	594
PC4PC	Picture comment for picture comment	594
FH	Future husband	594
BMS	Broke my scale	594
Vawulence	Violence	594
OMGD	Oh my gosh, duh	594
Dreamscrolling	Scrolling for dream purchases	594
Pump your brakes	Pause and reflect	594
NSFV	Not safe for viewing	594
Dadication	Fatherly dedication	594
BOLO	Be on the lookout	594
YSK	You should know	594
TW	Trigger warning	594
WADR	With all due respect	594
Baby trap	When one partner misleads the other to cause a pregnancy	594
Creepypasta	A horror story posted on the Internet	594
Go ham	Do something intensely	594
Chonk	An overweight animal	594
Virtue signaling	Demonstrating moral superiority	594
IBR	It's been real	594
fbo	Facebook official	594
Cape	To defend someone's actions, often undeservedly	594
f9	Fine	594
Hellmaxxing	Committing a series of sinful acts	594
U2U	Up to you	594
VSCO girls	Preppy female teen Instagrammers	594
ADM	Ay dios mio	594
GUFN	Grounded until further notice	594
It me	I identify with that	594
MBFA	Make baseball fun again	594
Blursed	Blessed and cursed	594
Spoopy	Spooky and funny	594
Bloomer	A well-adjusted 20-something	594
IYKYK	If you know you know	594
FYE	For your entertainment	594
Instagram husband	A person who takes pictures of another person for Instagram	594
Covfefe	Coverage	594
IG	Instagram	594
RIP to your mentions	You're going to receive a lot of Twitter notifications	594
Crypto Mom	SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce	594
TikTok house	A house full of TikTok influencers	594
totes	Totally	594
Who dey breet	Who is breathing?	594
yt	Whitey	594
IMPO	In my personal opinion	594
stimmy	Stimulus check	594
HYFR	Heck ya, freakin' right	594
Girl dinner	A charcuterie board-esque dinner	594
PBUH	Peace be upon Him	594
Smol	Small and cute	594
HBBD	Happy belated birthday	594
Tweeps	Twitter peeps	594
Crushing it	Doing very well	594
finna	Fixing to	594
ED	Eating disorder	594
Copypasta	A block of text that is often copied and pasted online	594
At home	A worse version of something	595
SAT	Sorry about that	595
IA	I agree	595
Wig	Incredible	595
FOGO	Fear of going outside	595
cx	Correction	595
q	Coupon	595
uno	You know	595
Amazeballs	Amazing	595
OOTL	Out of the loop	595
PSGWSP	Play stupid games, win stupid prizes	595

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