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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 |
| 1D | One Direction | 250 |
| Ermahgerd | Oh my gosh | 125 |
| 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 |
| Twerking | Shaking hips and rear in a bouncing motion | 150 |
| Hipster | A person who dislikes mainstream culture | 137 |
| CG | Computer Graphics | 300 |
| HIMYM | How I Met Your Mother | 233 |
| NWO | New World Order | 250 |
| WWWF | World Wide Wrestling Federation | 350 |
| OMAM | Of Mice and Men | 200 |
| AFV | America's Funniest Videos | 200 |
| Rickroll | To trick someone into watching a Rick Astley music video | 120 |
| HP | Harry Potter | 262 |
| Off the hook | Totally awesome | 150 |
| Kimye | Kim Kardashian and Kanye West | 200 |
| Jump the shark | To decrease in quality | 125 |
| SNL | Saturday Night Live | 200 |
| Belieber | A committed fan of Justin Bieber | 200 |
| You got served | You were called out | 183 |
| Movember | Mustache-growing November | 220 |
| You know nothing, Jon Snow | You are naive | 220 |
| IDFWU | I don't f*** with you | 167 |
| Festivus | A holiday celebration | 200 |
| Dab | Hip hop dance move | 133 |
| Galentine's Day | February 13th ladies-only celebration | 175 |
| OST | Original soundtrack | 200 |
| ICP | Insane Clown Posse | 200 |
| SWTLJ | Star Wars: The Last Jedi | 200 |
| TGIF | Thank goodness it's Friday | 233 |
| WWJD | What would Jesus do | 200 |
| LOTR | Lord of the Rings | 140 |
| TWSS | That's what she said | 300 |
| Huckleberry | The one you're looking for | 300 |
| A7X | Avenged Sevenfold | 233 |
| NIN | Nine Inch Nails | 367 |
| FF5 | Family Force 5 | 300 |
| APC | A Perfect Circle | 300 |
| JLo | Jennifer Lopez | 300 |
| Brangelina | Brad and Angelina | 300 |
| ICHC | I Can Has Cheezburger? | 300 |
| NKOTBSB | New Kids on the Block and Backstreet Boys | 300 |
| 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 |
| GD | Green Day | 300 |
| PJ | Pearl Jam | 367 |
| Wail | To be awesome | 200 |
| LZ | Led Zeppelin | 300 |
| Airhead | Stupid | 175 |
| Fetch | Cool | 250 |
| sfx | Special effects | 267 |
| JP | Jurassic Park | 233 |
| Fresh | Brand new | 325 |
| BMW | Boy Meets World | 180 |
| DWTS | Dancing with the Stars | 250 |
| WCW | World Championship Wrestling | 233 |
| WWF | World Wrestling Federation | 250 |
| WWE | World Wrestling Entertainment | 200 |
| WDTFS | What does the fox say? | 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 |
| Chivette | Female who likes theCHIVE | 250 |
| Chiver | Male who likes theCHIVE | 300 |
| FWB | Friends with benefits | 300 |
| Doge | Dog | 167 |
| Travoltify | To mispronounce a name | 260 |
| Fitty | Fifty | 400 |
| Travoltified | To mispronounce a name | 167 |
| PTI | Pardon the interruption | 300 |
| ScarJo | Scarlett Johansson | 300 |
| AGT | America's Got Talent | 200 |
| KUWTK | Keeping up with the Kardashians | 233 |
| FNL | Friday Night Lights | 300 |
| Lip Dub | A lip synching music video | 300 |
| HOH | Head of Household | 250 |
| Turn down for what | I'm excited | 300 |
| Walker | Zombie | 200 |
| Nae Nae | Hip-rocking, hand-raising dance move | 183 |
| Sledneck | A mountain person who drives a snowmobile | 250 |
| Dramedy | Dramatic and comedic movie | 300 |
| Rom com | Romantic comedy | 233 |
| Slasher | Horror film | 233 |
| Crows before hoes | Guy friends are more important than romantic interests | 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 |
| RHONJ | The Real Housewives of New Jersey | 233 |
| RHOBH | The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills | 300 |
| RHOC | The Real Housewives of Orange County | 250 |
| Cosplay | Costume play | 300 |
| Cosplayer | A person who wears a costume and plays a character | 300 |
| K-pop | Korean Pop music | 300 |
| Kpop | Korean Pop music | 150 |
| Tay tay | Taylor Swift | 200 |
| T Swift | Taylor Swft | 250 |
| VMA | Video Music Awards | 250 |
| BTFD | Back to the Future day | 250 |
| BTTF | Back to the Future | 250 |
| SWTFA | Star Wars: The Force Awakens | 200 |
| Nerfherder | An untamed and unkempt person | 233 |
| Pain in the choobies | Annoyance | 225 |
| Treat yo self | Take care of yourself | 200 |
| Dabbin | Leaning your head into your elbow with your other arm outstretched | 333 |
| Welcome to your tape | I'm mad at you | 200 |
| Bars | Lyrical hip hop sentences | 300 |
| LWYMMD | Look what you made me do | 180 |
| Juggalo | A fan of Insane Clown Posse | 300 |
| Juggalette | A female fan of Insane Clown Posse | 300 |
| Unstan | A person who is trying to be less obsessed with a celebrity | 300 |
| Cypher | An informal rap or dance gathering | 300 |
| Binge racing | Watching an entire season of a show within 24 hours | 300 |
| Binge racer | A person who watches an entire season of a show within 24 hours | 250 |
| UPF | Ultra passionate fan | 200 |
| Bro country | A subgenre of mainstream country music | 300 |
| Schmuck bait | A ludicrous tease for a show plot | 300 |
| ILUM | I love you man | 400 |
| MTFBWU | May the Force be with you | 300 |
| MIB | Men in Black | 400 |
| ANTM | America's Next Top Model | 400 |
| OMJ | Oh my Jonas | 400 |
| MTFBWY | May the Force be with you | 225 |
| FFDP | Five Finger Death Punch | 367 |
| Fanboy | A dedicated male fan | 250 |
| TAWOG | The Amazing World of Gumball | 267 |
| GOT | Game of Thrones | 200 |
| DT | Dream Theater | 400 |
| WTA | Women tell all | 350 |
| Bennifer | Ben and Jennifer | 400 |
| Chibi | Miniature Character | 400 |
| KFC | Kid's Fattening Clinic | 400 |
| OITNB | Orange is the New Black | 225 |
| TFK | Thousand Foot Krutch | 400 |
| MLP | My Little Pony | 240 |
| MST3K | Mystery Science Theater 3000 | 250 |
| Spit | To freestyle rap | 200 |
| Brony | Male viewer of My Little Pony | 233 |
| ELO | Electric Light Orchestra | 400 |
| PF | Pink Floyd | 400 |
| STP | Stone Temple Pilots | 250 |
| TDSWJS | The Daily Show with Jon Stewart | 243 |
| TAAHM | Two and a Half Men | 325 |
| SYTYCD | So You Think You Can Dance | 400 |
| AYAOTD | Are You Afraid of the Dark? | 325 |
| OMAM | Of Monsters and Men | 400 |
| STTW | Sabrina the Teenage Witch | 400 |
| F11 | Finger Eleven | 400 |
| FE | Finger Eleven | 400 |
| DAR | Daily afternoon randomness | 350 |
| Duckroll | To mislead someone | 300 |
| MCR | My Chemical Romance | 350 |
| AFI | A Fire Inside | 400 |
| HOC | House of Cards | 300 |
| TSFH | Two Steps From Hell | 350 |
| Seltering | Sticking out your rear in a fitness pose | 240 |
| G | Gangster | 250 |
| Grool | Great and cool | 425 |
| FWBL | Friends with Better Lives | 400 |
| Solange | Crazy | 375 |
| Silverstoning | Chewing up food before serving it | 283 |
| TTTHCS | Things that Tim Howard could save | 400 |
| Bro | A male bra | 375 |
| Manssiere | Male brassiere | 350 |
| BVB | Black Veil Brides | 350 |
| Gleek | Glee geek | 400 |
| Hate-watch | To watch something you love to hate | 267 |
| Mansome | Manly handsome | 400 |
| Mo bro | A movember participant | 350 |
| Broment | Bro moment | 350 |
| Bromantic | Action showing friendship between two or more males | 400 |
| Mo sista | A woman who supports Movember | 350 |
| Sharpen a mustache | Smoke a joint | 420 |
| RHOA | The Real Housewives of Atlanta | 350 |
| celeb | Celebrity | 400 |
| Kartrashians | Kardashian family | 367 |
| DTP | Disturbing the peace | 400 |
| Khaleesi | Queen | 267 |
| RHOOC | The Real Housewives of Orange County | 400 |
| RHOM | The Real Housewives of Miami | 350 |
| RHODC | The Real Housewives of D.C. | 400 |
| Superfan | An extremely dedicated fan | 333 |
| Fangirl | A dedicated female fan | 300 |
| Hallyu | Korean wave | 300 |
| AHS | American Horror Story | 350 |
| TIO | Turn it off | 400 |
| Bantha fodder | As good as dead | 333 |
| TFA | The Force Awakens | 333 |
| Damp down your power core | Settle down | 233 |
| Laserbrain | Idiot | 400 |
| Hodor | Hold the door | 300 |
| Potterhead | A Harry Potter fan | 150 |
| 5SOS | 5 Seconds of Summer | 250 |
| Mom com | Romantic comedy directed at moms | 400 |
| Steve Harvey | To announce the wrong winner | 250 |
| Draking | Placing Drake's head on handicap wheelchair signs | 400 |
| Diddy crop | To cut a person out of your life | 333 |
| Jonerys | Jon and Daenerys | 350 |
| Sparrowface | Facial expression with eyes wide open and mouth slightly open | 400 |
| Smize | To smile with your eyes | 300 |
| Kween | Queen | 250 |
| Stan | An obsessed fan of a famous person | 350 |
| Cipher | An informal dance or rap gathering | 400 |
| Christmas creep | The slow expansion of the Christmas shopping season | 350 |
| KOTLC | Keeper of the Lost Cities | 400 |
| gtrdun | Get 'er done | 500 |
| MOTU | Masters of the Universe | 500 |
| CNRHKYITF | Chuck Norris roundhouse kick you in the face | 480 |
| Somepony | Somebody | 433 |
| Dashie | Rainbow Dash | 267 |
| McConaughssance | Matthew McConaughey's renaissance | 500 |
| Travoltafy | To mispronounce a name | 500 |
| Travoltafied | To mispronounce a name | 500 |
| Brolling | James Bond trolling | 350 |
| UTFL | Use the force, Luke | 350 |