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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 | 110 |
| Afro | Natural bush-like hairstyle | 200 |
| Dope | Illegal drugs | 120 |
| HBO | Home Box Office | 100 |
| Dab | Hip hop dance move | 150 |
| Galentine's Day | February 13th ladies-only celebration | 175 |
| Kimye | Kim Kardashian and Kanye West | 200 |
| Rickroll | To trick someone | 133 |
| Movember | Mustache-growing November | 225 |
| HP | Harry Potter | 286 |
| Festivus | A holiday celebration | 200 |
| 1D | One Direction | 250 |
| You got served | You are called out | 180 |
| Ermahgerd | Oh my gosh | 125 |
| OST | Original soundtrack | 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 | 200 |
| fro | Afro | 200 |
| Dope | Cool | 150 |
| Belieber | A committed fan of Justin Bieber | 200 |
| SOAD | System of a Down | 200 |
| Twerking | Shaking hips and rear in a bouncing motion | 150 |
| You know nothing, Jon Snow | You are naive | 220 |
| Hipster | A person who dislikes mainstream culture | 137 |
| Off the hook | Totally awesome | 150 |
| CG | Computer Graphics | 300 |
| ICP | Insane Clown Posse | 200 |
| IDFWU | I don't f*** with you | 167 |
| Shorty | A fine female | 200 |
| HIMYM | How I Met Your Mother | 233 |
| Jump the shark | To decrease in quality | 133 |
| NWO | New World Order | 267 |
| WWWF | World Wide Wrestling Federation | 350 |
| OMAM | Of Mice and Men | 200 |
| SNL | Saturday Night Live | 200 |
| AFV | America's Funniest Videos | 200 |
| WWJD | What would Jesus do | 200 |
| LOTR | Lord of the Rings | 140 |
| Doge | Dog | 167 |
| Travoltified | To mispronounce a name | 167 |
| TWSS | That's what she said | 300 |
| Chiver | Male who likes theCHIVE | 300 |
| Huckleberry | The one you're looking for | 300 |
| Sledneck | A mountain person who drives a snowmobile | 250 |
| Slasher | Horror film | 250 |
| NIN | Nine Inch Nails | 367 |
| FF5 | Family Force 5 | 300 |
| APC | A Perfect Circle | 300 |
| AGT | America's Got Talent | 200 |
| JLo | Jennifer Lopez | 300 |
| Brangelina | Brad and Angelina | 300 |
| HOH | Head of Household | 250 |
| ICHC | I Can Has Cheezburger? | 300 |
| Dramedy | Dramatic and comedic movie | 300 |
| Crows before hoes | Guy friends are more important than romantic interests | 200 |
| NKOTBSB | New Kids on the Block and Backstreet Boys | 300 |
| NKOTB | New Kids on the Block | 350 |
| DMB | Dave Matthews Band | 300 |
| 3EB | Third Eye Blind | 300 |
| GNR | Guns N' Roses | 300 |
| Bootylicious | Attractive female's rear | 187 |
| Chrismukkah | Christmas and Hanukkah | 375 |
| Po-po | Police | 233 |
| Walker | Zombie | 200 |
| Nae Nae | Hip-rocking, hand-raising dance move | 200 |
| GD | Green Day | 300 |
| PJ | Pearl Jam | 367 |
| Wail | To be awesome | 200 |
| LZ | Led Zeppelin | 300 |
| Rom com | Romantic comedy | 250 |
| Airhead | Stupid | 200 |
| Fetch | Cool | 250 |
| Juggalette | A female fan of Insane Clown Posse | 300 |
| Fitty | Fifty | 400 |
| Shawtie | A fine female | 200 |
| Fresh | Brand new | 325 |
| Shortie | A fine female | 250 |
| BMW | Boy Meets World | 180 |
| Whip | Vehicle | 233 |
| Ride | Vehicle | 233 |
| Rollout | To leave | 250 |
| DWTS | Dancing with the Stars | 250 |
| PTI | Pardon the interruption | 300 |
| ScarJo | Scarlett Johansson | 300 |
| WCW | World Championship Wrestling | 233 |
| WWF | World Wrestling Federation | 250 |
| WWE | World Wrestling Entertainment | 200 |
| KUWTK | Keeping up with the Kardashians | 233 |
| WDTFS | What does the fox say? | 300 |
| FNL | Friday Night Lights | 300 |
| Lip Dub | A lip synching music video | 300 |
| BB | Breaking Bad | 300 |
| TWD | The Walking Dead | 133 |
| AFHV | America's Funniest Home Videos | 300 |
| SOA | Sons of Anarchy | 300 |
| KCCO | Keep calm and CHIVE on | 350 |