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Pop Culture Slang
The Internet has popularlized the use of acronyms and abbreviations, which are now commonly used in pop culture. The list below includes slang terms related to movies, music, TV, games, and celebrities.
| Slang Term | Meaning | Popularity |
|---|---|---|
| Bling | Overly flashy jewelry | 180 |
| Swag | Skills or style | 109 |
| Dope | Illegal drugs | 117 |
| HBO | Home Box Office | 100 |
| HP | Harry Potter | 262 |
| Belieber | A committed fan of Justin Bieber | 200 |
| Off the hook | Totally awesome | 150 |
| Jump the shark | To decrease in quality | 125 |
| You know nothing, Jon Snow | You are naive | 220 |
| Galentine's Day | February 13th ladies-only celebration | 175 |
| OST | Original soundtrack | 200 |
| You got served | You were called out | 183 |
| 1D | One Direction | 250 |
| Ermahgerd | Oh my gosh | 125 |
| ICP | Insane Clown Posse | 200 |
| SWTLJ | Star Wars: The Last Jedi | 200 |
| BSB | Backstreet Boys | 200 |
| CCR | Creedence Clearwater Revival | 200 |
| Dougie | Dance move | 133 |
| Bromance | Non-sexual friendship between two or more males | 125 |
| Twerk | Hip-gyrating dance move | 167 |
| Dope | Cool | 150 |
| SOAD | System of a Down | 200 |
| IDFWU | I don't f*** with you | 167 |
| Twerking | Shaking hips and rear in a bouncing motion | 150 |
| Dab | Hip hop dance move | 133 |
| Hipster | A person who dislikes mainstream culture | 137 |
| Kimye | Kim Kardashian and Kanye West | 200 |
| CG | Computer Graphics | 300 |
| HIMYM | How I Met Your Mother | 233 |
| SNL | Saturday Night Live | 200 |
| NWO | New World Order | 250 |
| WWWF | World Wide Wrestling Federation | 350 |
| OMAM | Of Mice and Men | 200 |
| Movember | Mustache-growing November | 220 |
| Festivus | A holiday celebration | 200 |
| AFV | America's Funniest Videos | 200 |
| Rickroll | To trick someone into watching a Rick Astley music video | 120 |
| Rom com | Romantic comedy | 233 |
| TGIF | Thank goodness it's Friday | 233 |
| WWJD | What would Jesus do | 200 |
| LOTR | Lord of the Rings | 140 |
| FWB | Friends with benefits | 300 |
| Turn down for what | I'm excited | 300 |
| TWSS | That's what she said | 300 |
| Huckleberry | The one you're looking for | 300 |
| Travoltify | To mispronounce a name | 260 |
| AGT | America's Got Talent | 200 |
| FNL | Friday Night Lights | 300 |
| NIN | Nine Inch Nails | 367 |
| FF5 | Family Force 5 | 300 |
| APC | A Perfect Circle | 300 |
| Slasher | Horror film | 233 |
| JLo | Jennifer Lopez | 300 |
| Brangelina | Brad and Angelina | 300 |
| RHONJ | The Real Housewives of New Jersey | 233 |
| RHOBH | The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills | 300 |
| ICHC | I Can Has Cheezburger? | 300 |
| RHOC | The Real Housewives of Orange County | 250 |
| Tebowing | Getting in a position of praying | 275 |
| NKOTB | New Kids on the Block | 350 |
| DMB | Dave Matthews Band | 300 |
| 3EB | Third Eye Blind | 300 |
| GNR | Guns N' Roses | 300 |
| Bootylicious | Attractive with a nice rear end | 187 |
| Chrismukkah | Christmas and Hanukkah | 375 |
| Po-po | Police | 233 |
| Winter is coming | Something bad is going to happen | 300 |
| DemThrones | Game of Thrones | 200 |
| RHONY | The Real Housewives of New York City | 250 |
| GD | Green Day | 300 |
| PJ | Pearl Jam | 367 |
| Wail | To be awesome | 200 |
| LZ | Led Zeppelin | 300 |
| Airhead | Stupid | 175 |
| Fetch | Cool | 250 |
| JP | Jurassic Park | 233 |
| PTI | Pardon the interruption | 300 |
| ScarJo | Scarlett Johansson | 300 |
| KUWTK | Keeping up with the Kardashians | 233 |
| Fresh | Brand new | 325 |
| BMW | Boy Meets World | 180 |
| DWTS | Dancing with the Stars | 250 |
| Lip Dub | A lip synching music video | 300 |
| HOH | Head of Household | 250 |
| Walker | Zombie | 200 |
| WCW | World Championship Wrestling | 233 |
| WWF | World Wrestling Federation | 250 |
| WWE | World Wrestling Entertainment | 200 |
| Nae Nae | Hip-rocking, hand-raising dance move | 183 |
| WDTFS | What does the fox say? | 300 |
| Dramedy | Dramatic and comedic movie | 300 |
| BB | Breaking Bad | 300 |
| TWD | The Walking Dead | 129 |
| AFHV | America's Funniest Home Videos | 300 |
| SOA | Sons of Anarchy | 300 |
| KCCO | Keep calm and CHIVE on | 350 |
| Crows before hoes | Guy friends are more important than romantic interests | 233 |
| Chivette | Female who likes theCHIVE | 250 |
| Chiver | Male who likes theCHIVE | 300 |