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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 | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| Easter egg | A hidden message | 561 |
| DnD | Dungeons & Dragons | 567 |
| Rickroll | To trick someone into watching a Rick Astley music video | 573 |
| Swag | Skills or style | 575 |
| sfx | Special effects | 582 |
| FWB | Friends with benefits | 583 |
| OST | Original soundtrack | 584 |
| Bootylicious | Attractive with a nice rear end | 585 |
| You got served | You were called out | 586 |
| WAP | Wet A** P***y | 586 |
| TGIF | Thank goodness it's Friday | 587 |
| IDFWU | I don't f*** with you | 587 |
| You know nothing, Jon Snow | You are naive | 588 |
| Potterhead | A Harry Potter fan | 588 |
| MTFBWY | May the Force be with you | 589 |
| Dope | Cool | 589 |
| Dope | Illegal drugs | 589 |
| Po-po | Police | 589 |
| Fetch | Cool | 589 |
| Kpop | Korean Pop music | 589 |
| Streamer | Someone who regularly broadcasts on Twitch.tv | 589 |
| WWJD | What would Jesus do | 590 |
| Hipster | A person who dislikes mainstream culture | 590 |
| And I oop | I'm so embarassed | 590 |
| Influencer | A social media user who affects others' behaviors | 590 |
| Bromance | Deep friendship between two or more males | 591 |
| Doge | Dog | 591 |
| Travoltified | To mispronounce a name | 591 |
| Rom com | Romantic comedy | 591 |
| Crows before hoes | Guy friends are more important than romantic interests | 591 |
| DemThrones | Game of Thrones | 591 |
| Dab | Hip hop dance move | 591 |
| ASMR | Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response | 591 |
| Twerk | Hip-gyrating dance move | 592 |
| Airhead | Stupid | 592 |
| Spit | To freestyle rap | 592 |
| Kimye | Kim Kardashian and Kanye West | 592 |
| G | Gangster | 592 |
| Nae Nae | Hip-rocking, hand-raising dance move | 592 |
| DTP | Disturbing the peace | 592 |
| Woke | Aware of social issues | 592 |
| Galentine's Day | February 13th ladies-only celebration | 592 |
| Stan | An obsessed fan of someone or something | 592 |
| Stanning | Obsessing over a person | 592 |
| E choke | An expression of shock or surprise | 592 |
| Bling | Overly flashy jewelry | 593 |
| OTP | One true pairing | 593 |
| 1D | One Direction | 593 |
| CG | Computer Graphics | 593 |
| HIMYM | How I Met Your Mother | 593 |
| TWD | The Walking Dead | 593 |
| Duckroll | To mislead someone | 593 |
| HP | Harry Potter | 593 |
| Walker | Zombie | 593 |
| Movember | Mustache-growing November | 593 |
| Juggalo | A fan of Insane Clown Posse | 593 |
| WW | Wonder Woman | 593 |
| SW | Star Wars | 593 |
| TNG | The Next Generation | 594 |
| GOT | Game of Thrones | 594 |
| Tebowing | Getting in a position of praying | 594 |
| Dougie | Dance move | 594 |
| HBO | Home Box Office | 594 |
| MST3K | Mystery Science Theater 3000 | 594 |
| Twerking | Shaking hips and rear in a bouncing motion | 594 |
| WWE | World Wrestling Entertainment | 594 |
| Dashie | Rainbow Dash | 594 |
| Dump stat | An ability that an RPG player doesn't prioritize | 594 |
| Comfort idol | A celebrity whose actions soothe you | 594 |
| OT3 | One true threesome | 594 |
| Zaddy | A composed, fashionable, and attractive man | 594 |
| LOTR | Lord of the Rings | 595 |
| GNR | Guns N' Roses | 595 |
| Chivette | Female who likes theCHIVE | 595 |
| Chiver | Male who likes theCHIVE | 595 |
| AGT | America's Got Talent | 595 |
| KUWTK | Keeping up with the Kardashians | 595 |
| KOTLC | Keeper of the Lost Cities | 595 |
| VSCO girls | Preppy female teen Instagrammers | 595 |
| Fanboy | A dedicated male fan | 596 |
| NKOTBSB | New Kids on the Block and Backstreet Boys | 596 |
| MLP | My Little Pony | 596 |
| BMW | Boy Meets World | 596 |
| TDSWJS | The Daily Show with Jon Stewart | 596 |
| WCW | World Championship Wrestling | 596 |
| Travoltify | To mispronounce a name | 596 |
| Seltering | Sticking out your rear in a fitness pose | 596 |
| Jump the shark | To decrease in quality | 596 |
| Winter is coming | Something bad is going to happen | 596 |
| RHONJ | The Real Housewives of New Jersey | 596 |
| Cosplayer | A person who wears a costume and plays a character | 596 |
| Superfan | An extremely dedicated fan | 596 |
| Festivus | A holiday celebration | 596 |
| Dabbin | Leaning your head into your elbow with your other arm outstretched | 596 |
| Steve Harvey | To announce the wrong winner | 596 |
| LWYMMD | Look what you made me do | 596 |
| MMPR | Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers | 596 |
| WW84 | Wonder Woman 1984 | 596 |
| Kayfabe | Pretending something fake is real | 596 |
| Who dey breet | Who is breathing? | 596 |
| Swiftie | A devoted fan of Taylor Swift | 596 |
| A7X | Avenged Sevenfold | 597 |
| JLo | Jennifer Lopez | 597 |
| Brangelina | Brad and Angelina | 597 |
| NKOTB | New Kids on the Block | 597 |
| Chrismukkah | Christmas and Hanukkah | 597 |
| Brony | Male viewer of My Little Pony | 597 |
| JP | Jurassic Park | 597 |
| TAAHM | Two and a Half Men | 597 |
| WWF | World Wrestling Federation | 597 |
| OMAM | Of Mice and Men | 597 |
| AFHV | America's Funniest Home Videos | 597 |
| Off the hook | Totally awesome | 597 |
| SNL | Saturday Night Live | 597 |
| Belieber | A committed fan of Justin Bieber | 597 |
| Hate-watch | To watch something you love to hate | 597 |
| Sledneck | A mountain person who drives a snowmobile | 597 |
| Slasher | Horror film | 597 |
| RHONY | The Real Housewives of New York City | 597 |
| RHOM | The Real Housewives of Miami | 597 |
| K-pop | Korean Pop music | 597 |
| Tay tay | Taylor Swift | 597 |
| BTFD | Back to the Future day | 597 |
| SWTFA | Star Wars: The Force Awakens | 597 |
| Damp down your power core | Settle down | 597 |
| Laserbrain | Idiot | 597 |
| Pain in the choobies | Annoyance | 597 |
| Welcome to your tape | I'm mad at you | 597 |
| Bars | Lyrical hip hop sentences | 597 |
| Kween | Queen | 597 |
| Christmas creep | The slow expansion of the Christmas shopping season | 597 |
| Nuked the fridge | A movie series drastically decreased in quality | 597 |
| MCU | Marvel Cinematic Universe | 597 |
| Headcanon | A fan's unverified beliefs about a story | 597 |
| Fan service | Indulging fans' desires | 597 |
| Speak truth to power | Stand up for what is right | 597 |
| JLU | Justice League Unlimited | 597 |
| Y/N | Your name | 597 |
| Cut a promo | Stage a promotional interview | 597 |
| Put over | Make someone look good | 597 |
| Idol | A K-pop star | 597 |
| Meet cute | A charming first meeting between two people | 597 |
| DS9 | Deep Space Nine | 597 |
| Pharbz | Phoebe Bridgers fans | 597 |
| Multifandom | Subscribing to multiple communities of fans | 597 |
| Delulu | Delusional | 597 |
| Parasocial relationship | A one-way relationship between a fan and a creator | 597 |
| Baka | Fool | 597 |
| BTS | Bangtan Sonyeondan | 597 |
| da | The | 598 |
| MTFBWU | May the Force be with you | 598 |
| TOS | The Original Series | 598 |
| HSM | High school musical | 598 |
| LL&P | Live long and prosper | 598 |
| Huckleberry | The one you're looking for | 598 |
| Ermahgerd | Oh my gosh | 598 |
| 3EB | Third Eye Blind | 598 |
| OITNB | Orange is the New Black | 598 |
| LZ | Led Zeppelin | 598 |
| ELO | Electric Light Orchestra | 598 |
| STP | Stone Temple Pilots | 598 |
| AYAOTD | Are You Afraid of the Dark? | 598 |
| FE | Finger Eleven | 598 |
| BB | Breaking Bad | 598 |
| AFV | America's Funniest Videos | 598 |
| Fitty | Fifty | 598 |
| PTI | Pardon the interruption | 598 |
| Silverstoning | Chewing up food before serving it | 598 |
| HOH | Head of Household | 598 |
| Mansome | Manly handsome | 598 |
| Broment | Bro moment | 598 |
| LLAP | Live long and prosper | 598 |
| Khaleesi | Queen | 598 |
| RHOBH | The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills | 598 |
| RHOC | The Real Housewives of Orange County | 598 |
| Cosplay | Costume play | 598 |
| Fangirl | A dedicated female fan | 598 |
| T Swift | Taylor Swft | 598 |
| VMA | Video Music Awards | 598 |
| Nerfherder | An untamed and unkempt person | 598 |
| Treat yo self | Take care of yourself | 598 |
| Hodor | Hold the door | 598 |
| Diddy crop | To cut a person out of your life | 598 |
| Unstan | A person who is trying to be less obsessed with a celebrity | 598 |
| Cypher | An informal rap or dance gathering | 598 |
| Cipher | An informal dance or rap gathering | 598 |
| Binge racer | A person who watches an entire season of a show within 24 hours | 598 |
| Retcon | Retroactively change | 598 |
| Heel | Villain | 598 |
| Embiggen | Enlarge | 598 |
| Multistan | An obsessed fan of multiple things | 598 |
| Mark | A fan who believes pro wrestling is real | 598 |
| Collab house | A house full of social media influencers | 598 |
| TikTok house | A house full of TikTok influencers | 598 |
| Glitching | Dance move that includes subtle jerks synced to music | 598 |
| Banger | An awesome, energetic piece of media | 598 |
| RPF | Real person fiction | 598 |
| Slash | Same-sex romance fan fiction | 598 |
| EATEOT | Everywhere at the End of Time | 598 |
| Waifu | A fictional female that a real person has a crush on | 598 |
| YA | Young Adult | 598 |
| Arianator | An Ariana Grande fan | 598 |
| Bag | Success and wealth | 598 |
| Cinephile | A devoted fan of cinema | 598 |
| Normie | A person whose tastes are mainstream | 598 |
| Nepo baby | A child who benefits from a famous parent | 598 |
| Husbando | A fictional man that a real person has a crush on | 598 |
| Disneybounding | Dressing similarly to Disney characters | 598 |
| ILUM | I love you man | 599 |
| MOTU | Masters of the Universe | 599 |
| MIB | Men in Black | 599 |
| ANTM | America's Next Top Model | 599 |
| OMJ | Oh my Jonas | 599 |
| TWSS | That's what she said | 599 |
| NIN | Nine Inch Nails | 599 |
| Chibi | Miniature Character | 599 |
| TFK | Thousand Foot Krutch | 599 |
| PJ | Pearl Jam | 599 |
| Wail | To be awesome | 599 |
| Fresh | Brand new | 599 |
| MCR | My Chemical Romance | 599 |
| McConaughssance | Matthew McConaughey's renaissance | 599 |
| ScarJo | Scarlett Johansson | 599 |
| Solange | Crazy | 599 |
| Lip Dub | A lip synching music video | 599 |
| Turn down for what | I'm excited | 599 |
| Mo sista | A woman who supports Movember | 599 |
| Sharpen a mustache | Smoke a joint | 599 |
| RHOA | The Real Housewives of Atlanta | 599 |
| Kartrashians | Kardashian family | 599 |
| Hallyu | Korean wave | 599 |
| AHS | American Horror Story | 599 |
| BTTF | Back to the Future | 599 |
| Bantha fodder | As good as dead | 599 |
| TFA | The Force Awakens | 599 |
| Mom com | Romantic comedy directed at moms | 599 |
| Smize | To smile with your eyes | 599 |
| Juggalette | A female fan of Insane Clown Posse | 599 |
| Binge racing | Watching an entire season of a show within 24 hours | 599 |
| UPF | Ultra passionate fan | 599 |
| Bro country | A subgenre of mainstream country music | 599 |
| Schmuck bait | A ludicrous tease for a show plot | 599 |
| DCAU | DC Animated Universe | 599 |
| Face | Hero | 599 |
| Jobber | A character who loses fights to make others look good | 599 |
| BTAS | Batman: The Animated Series | 599 |
| Shoot | An unscripted event | 599 |
| Work | A scripted event | 599 |
| Worked shoot | A scripted event that contains unscripted elements | 599 |
| Bitcoin Pizza Day | May 22, 2010 | 599 |
| Grok | Intuitively understand | 599 |
| Smark | A fan who knows pro wrestling is scripted | 599 |
| Tweener | A wrestler who is neither hero nor villain | 599 |
| Comfort character | A fictional character who soothes you | 599 |
| Meta | Self-referential | 599 |
| WBW | World Between Worlds | 599 |
| OC | Original character | 599 |
| MHA | My Hero Academia | 599 |
| FNAF | Five Nights at Freddy's | 599 |
| Queerbaiting | Implying but never actualizing a non-hetero relationship | 599 |
| Needle drop | When an existing song is used in a movie or show | 599 |
| IASIP | It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia | 599 |
| WAG | Wives and girlfriends | 599 |
| SF | Science Fiction | 600 |
| TAWOG | The Amazing World of Gumball | 600 |
| DMB | Dave Matthews Band | 600 |
| GD | Green Day | 600 |
| DWTS | Dancing with the Stars | 600 |
| NWO | New World Order | 600 |
| WWWF | World Wide Wrestling Federation | 600 |
| WDTFS | What does the fox say? | 600 |
| DAR | Daily afternoon randomness | 600 |
| HOC | House of Cards | 600 |
| TSFH | Two Steps From Hell | 600 |
| Grool | Great and cool | 600 |
| UTFL | Use the force, Luke | 600 |
| Manssiere | Male brassiere | 600 |
| BVB | Black Veil Brides | 600 |
| Gleek | Glee geek | 600 |
| Mo bro | A movember participant | 600 |
| celeb | Celebrity | 600 |
| Dramedy | Dramatic and comedic movie | 600 |
| Jonerys | Jon and Daenerys | 600 |
| sksksk | Overcome with emotion | 600 |
| Deep cut | An obscure work or reference | 600 |
| Silver fox | An attractive older man | 600 |
| FFDP | Five Finger Death Punch | 601 |
| WTA | Women tell all | 601 |
| Bennifer | Ben and Jennifer | 601 |
| PF | Pink Floyd | 601 |
| Somepony | Somebody | 601 |
| Brolling | James Bond trolling | 601 |
| RHODC | The Real Housewives of D.C. | 601 |
| 5SOS | 5 Seconds of Summer | 601 |
| KFC | Kid's Fattening Clinic | 602 |
| SYTYCD | So You Think You Can Dance | 602 |
| KCCO | Keep calm and CHIVE on | 602 |
| Bro | A male bra | 602 |
| TTTHCS | Things that Tim Howard could save | 604 |
| CNRHKYITF | Chuck Norris roundhouse kick you in the face | 605 |
| gtrdun | Get 'er done | 600 |
| FF5 | Family Force 5 | 600 |
| APC | A Perfect Circle | 600 |
| DT | Dream Theater | 600 |
| ICHC | I Can Has Cheezburger? | 600 |
| BSB | Backstreet Boys | 600 |
| CCR | Creedence Clearwater Revival | 600 |
| SOAD | System of a Down | 600 |
| OMAM | Of Monsters and Men | 600 |
| STTW | Sabrina the Teenage Witch | 600 |
| F11 | Finger Eleven | 600 |
| SOA | Sons of Anarchy | 600 |
| AFI | A Fire Inside | 600 |
| Travoltafy | To mispronounce a name | 600 |
| Travoltafied | To mispronounce a name | 600 |
| FWBL | Friends with Better Lives | 600 |
| FNL | Friday Night Lights | 600 |
| Bromantic | Action showing friendship between two or more males | 600 |
| RHOOC | The Real Housewives of Orange County | 600 |
| TIO | Turn it off | 600 |
| Draking | Placing Drake's head on handicap wheelchair signs | 600 |
| Sparrowface | Facial expression with eyes wide open and mouth slightly open | 600 |
| ICP | Insane Clown Posse | 600 |
| SWTLJ | Star Wars: The Last Jedi | 600 |
| Trans | Translation | 600 |