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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
LOL	Laughing out loud	466
IRL	In real life	488
DM	Direct message	515
TTYL	Talk to you later	519
SMH	Shaking my head	534
sus	Suspicious	536
TY	Thank you	545
Y	Why	554
Bussin	Really good	555
xbf	Ex-boyfriend	555
BTW	By the way	559
IKR	I know, right?	560
YW	You're welcome	565
LAN	Local Area Network	569
TLDR	Too long, didn't read	570
thx	Thanks	571
FML	F*** my life	571
gf	Girlfriend	572
FTW	For the win	572
nvm	Nevermind	573
FFS	For f***'s sake	573
Simp	A person who obsesses over someone that does not return the same affection	573
TBH	To be honest	575
Swag	Skills or style	575
IMO	In my opinion	576
Friendversary	Friendship anniversary	576
143	I love you	577
Karen	An entitled woman	577
HRU	How are you	577
go brrr	Solve a problem	577
l8r	Later	578
2	To	579
Alphabet mafia	LGBTQIA+ people	580
YOLO	You only live once	580
OIC	Oh, I see	581
Clout chaser	A person who does things just to become popular	581
Bro	Brother	581
Selfie	A picture of yourself	581
pls	Please	582
LMIRL	Let's meet in real life	582
HUMM	Hope you miss me	582
bsf	Best friend	582
fb	Facebook	582
IMY	I miss you	583
IDEK	I don't even know	583
hun	Honey	583
LOLOL	Lots of laugh out louds	584
fit	Outfit	584
HMU	Hit me up	584
NGL	Not gonna lie	584
LMS	Like my status	584
MIA	Missing in action	585
feels	Feelings	585
CCG	Collectible card game	585
bbg	Baby girl	585
FOMO	Fear of missing out	585
Whoa	Expression of surprise	585
IMHO	In my humble opinion	586
NOYB	None of your business	586
TYVM	Thank you very much	586
IMU	I miss you	586
Dunk on	Make fun of	586
bday	Birthday	586
sux	Sucks	586
Tweet	Twitter post	586
Straight fire	Very cool	587
CMIIW	Correct me if I'm wrong	587
H&K	Hugs and kisses	587
L8	Late	587
YMMV	Your mileage may vary	587
d	Di**	587
FRFR	For real for real	587
lil	Little	587
SD	Sweet dreams	587
MCYT	Minecraft YouTuber	587
Paper hands	To sell a stock at the first sign of trouble	587
OG	Original gangster	587
LMFAO	Laughing my freakin' a** off	588
PM	Private message	588
rly	Really	588
IHY	I hate you	588
HIFW	How I felt when	588
AMA	Ask me anything	588
Bet	You bet	588
Catfish	To assume a false identity	588
BW	Best wishes	588
TFTA	Thanks for the add	588
POG	Play of the game	588
Sheesh	Expression of disbelief	588
xgf	Ex-girlfriend	588
favs	Favorites	588
Creeper	A socially invasive person	588
Vine	6 second video	588
2H2H	Too hot to handle	589
Big yikes	Wow	589
JSYK	Just so you know	589
LYL	Love you lots	589
TC	Take care	589
TFW	That feeling when	589
GS	GilvaSunner	589
TMG	That's my girl	589
IMD	In my dreams	589
TBR	To be real	589
lolz	Laugh out louds	589
IOU	I owe you	589
Thigh gap	Space between a person's thighs	589
Caught in 4K	Caught in the act	589
WYB	Watch your back	589
TCG	Trading card game	589
POTUS	President of the United States	589
Fetch	Cool	589
Tune up	Beat up	589
Don't @ me	Don't mention me in your tweets	590
Clapback	A clever comeback	590
FYP	For You page	590
obv	Obviously	590
Lady boner	Female feeling of sexual arousal	590
Keyboard warrior	A person that posts controversial opinions online	590
IWU	I want you	590
KMAB	Kiss my a, b**	590
IAB	In a bit	590
Twittersphere	The world of Twitter	590
Ratioed	Receiving many more replies than likes on your tweet	590
Slacktivism	Lazy activism	590
And I oop	I'm so embarassed	590
HML	Hate my life	590
Chasing clout	Doing things just to become popular	590
CSB	Cool story, bro	590
vlog	Video blog	590
Bestie	Best Friend	590
Hipster	A person who dislikes mainstream culture	590
Influencer	A social media user who affects others' behaviors	590
Crew	Group of friends	590
MCM	Man-crush Monday	590
HNY	Happy new year	590
LeBroning	Flopping	590
Mald	Mad and bald	590
Handle	Twitter username	590
LPP	Likes per post	591
CYL	Catch ya later	591
WTG	Way to go	591
DemThrones	Game of Thrones	591
ITYS	I told you so	591
Horny on main	Acting lustful on your primary social account	591
LYSM	Love you so much	591
The struggle is real	Having difficulty doing something	591
Lick	Theft	591
WEG	Wicked evil grin	591
FBF	Flashback Friday	591
Vacay	Vacation	591
Meme stock	A stock hyped on social media	591
NB	Not bad	591
Gang gang	I'm with you	591
ICYMI	In case you missed it	591
MM	Music Monday	591
LLS	Laughing like s***	591
Chillax	Chill and relax	591
TBR	To be rude	591
Planking	Lying face down and straight like a plank	591
TFF	Twitter follower-friend	591
Grelfie	Group selfie	591
fav	Favorite	591
TIL	Today I learned	591
Doge	Dog	591
yt	YouTube	591
AOTY	Album of the year	592
BION	Believe it or not	592
IBF	Internet best friend	592
WYWH	Wish you were here	592
BGF	Best guy friend	592
Nae Nae	Hip-rocking, hand-raising dance move	592
CBB	Can't be bothered	592
IFSFY	I feel sorry for you	592
WDYT	What do you think	592
D/C	Don't care	592
GPOY	Gratuitous picture of yourself	592
Voteflake	A person who does not accept official election results	592
Day one	A very close friend	592
RIP my mentions	I'm going to receive a lot of Twitter notifications	592
E choke	An expression of shock or surprise	592
PMKI	Pretty much killin' it	592
HMB	Hit me back	592
FOH	F*** outta here	592
2l8	Too late	593
IIRC	If I remember correctly	593
Movember	Mustache-growing November	593
NLT	No later than	593
SA	Sexual assault	593
BFFL	Best friends for life	593
DM slide	Direct message to a crush	593
mishu	Miss you	593
Sip tea	Mind your business	593
YYSS	Yeah yeah, sure sure	593
PTL	Praise the Lord	593
BCO	Big crush on	593
ADM	Ay dios mio	593
deets	Details	593
HWU	Hey, what's up?	593
ATW	All the way	593
XO	Kiss and Hug	593
Based	Agree	593
Spoopy	Spooky and funny	593
SG	SilvaGunner	593
Covfefe	Coverage	593
Twinsies	Two people who share a common trait	593
POIDH	Pictures or it didn't happen	593
Bling	Overly flashy jewelry	593
Cancel culture	Canceling people who do anything controversial	593
bbq	Barbecue	593
delish	Delicious	593
OTP	One true pairing	593
Elsagate	Inappropriate content targeted at kids on YouTube	594
SOS	Someone special	594
TAY	Thinking about you	594
Fire	Awesome	594
Redditor	A Reddit user	594
WBU	What 'bout you	594
TRS	That really sucks	594
Cinnamon roll	A kind, gentle person	594
TQVM	Thank you very much	594
Hop off	Go away	594
Comfort idol	A celebrity whose actions soothe you	594
On fleek	Perfect	594
Facebook friend	A friend on Facebook, but most likely not in real life	594
TTY	Talk to you	594
Roaching	Secretly dating many romantic partners at the same time	594
BNIB	Brand new in box	594
Gobbo	Goblin	594
Blursday	Literally any day of the week, they're all the same now	594
Mid	Mediocre	594
Slide into your DMs	To send a direct message on Twitter	594
Zaddy	A composed, fashionable, and attractive man	594
TikToker	A TikTok user	594
OT3	One true threesome	594
WCW	Woman-crush Wednesday	594
issa	It's a	594
2U2	To you too	595
Bikini bridge	Space between a bikini bottom and stomach	595
Procrastibaking	Baking to put off something else	595
YouTuber	A YouTube user	595
Simping	Obsessing over a person that does not return the same affection	595
Unicorn mom	An imperfect, authentic mom who defies mom shaming	595
TTYS	Talk to you soon	595
Periodt	An expression of emphasis	595
Snapback culture	Pressure on new moms to snap back to their pre-pregnancy bodies	595
Chonk	An overweight animal	595
Fake news	Fake news source that pretends to be real	595
Cottagecore	An aesthetic centered around romanticized rural living	595
OP	Original poster	595
VSCO girls	Preppy female teen Instagrammers	595
FB	Follow back	595
IHU	I hate you	595
RIP to your mentions	You're going to receive a lot of Twitter notifications	595
fbo	Facebook official	595
Shelfie	Picture of objects arranged on a shelf	595
Fleek	Perfect	595
Bing bong	Expression of emphasis	595
Trumper	A Donald Trump supporter	595
Book hangover	Remaining attached to a book you just finished	595
Himbo	A naive, musclebound male	595
Live-tweet	To tweet about something currently taking place	595
Virtue signaling	Demonstrating moral superiority	595
RT	Retweet	595
Tweetup	Twitter meetup	595
MDL	Might delete later	595
OOMF	One of my followers	595
Cancel	Shut down or force out	595
tl	Timeline	595
Hits different	Affects differently	595
Celine a scene	To add a Celine Dion song to a video for maximum emotional impact	595
Doomer	A person who focuses on negative possibilities	595
Quaranteam	A small group that socializes in-person during COVID-19	595
TGFF	Thank God for Friday	595
Quaranfifteen	Weight gained during COVID-19 quarantine	595
PFP	Profile picture	595
Ginger	Red-head	595
TBT	Throwback Thursday	595
GIF	Graphics Interchange Format	595
Faceremorse	Remorse after posting on Facebook	595
Mistweet	Tweet mistake	595
BFD	Big freakin' deal	596
Instagrammer	A person who uses Instagram	596
FCOL	For crying out loud	596
IMAO	In my arrogant opinion	596
IME	In my experience	596
KWIM	Know what I mean	596
Put on blast	To call out	596
yt	Whitey	596
Sending me	Making me laugh	596
Sharent	An oversharing parent on social media	596
Dadication	Fatherly dedication	596
CEO of	The best at	596
Moots	People you follow on social media who follow you back	596
Haunting	Following a romantic partner on social media after abruptly leaving them	596
Snacc	An attractive person	596
Say less	I understand	596
LSS	Long story short	596
OOTD	Outfit of the day	596
BBM	Brains by Mattel	596
Cape	To defend someone's actions, often undeservedly	596
Llello	Cocaine	596
FTFY	Fixed that for you	596
Hard pants	Any non-stretchy pants	596
egirl	An extremely online teen girl	596
CYF	Check your Facebook	596
Flurona	Having both the flu and covid	596
J-Pow	Jerome Powell	596
LRT	Last retweet	596
Snapchatter	Snapchat user	596
inspo	Inspiration	596
Rinstagram	Real Instagram account	596
pic	Picture	596
Finstagram	Fake Instagram account	596
Subtweet	Subliminal tweet	596
Clout leech	A person who is friends with someone just to become more popular	596
TBR	To be read	596
Unfriend	To remove a friend on Facebook	596
Larper	Live action role-player	596
F4F	Follow for follow	596
Instagram husband	A person who takes pictures of another person for Instagram	596
PBUH	Peace be upon Him	596
Fauci Ouchie	COVID-19 vaccine	596
lk	Like	596
Facestalking	Looking through someone's pictures on Facebook	596
PRT	Please Retweet	596
Crypto Mom	SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce	596
Who dey breet	Who is breathing?	596
Mood	How I'm feeling	596
Tweetsult	Insulting tweet	596
Seltering	Sticking out your rear in a fitness pose	596
Dead	Hilarious	596
AWOL	Absent while online	597
BD	Big deal	597
Idol	A K-pop star	597
HNM	Happy new month	597
Brigading	When one online community harasses another	597
IAG	It's all good	597
CAFO	Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation	597
Mutual	A person you follow on social media who also follows you	597
Slacktivist	Lazy activist	597
KIT	Keep in touch	597
LOL	Lots of love	597
Delulu	Delusional	597
Blow up	To become successful	597
NC	No Contact	597
TCOB	Takin' care of business	597
TIC	Tongue-in-cheek	597
OP	Outta pocket	597
Tweeter	A person who tweets	597
Bloomer	A well-adjusted 20-something	597
Ghost post	A Facebook comment that was removed	597
The gram	Instagram	597
Perc30	Oxycodone, commonly mixed with fentanyl	597
Baka	Fool	597
hbd	Happy birthday	597
Spill the tea	Share the gossip	597
Tea	Truth	597
Swipe right	Approve	597
S-tier	Top rank	597
Diamond hands	To hold a stock through losses	597
Tendies	Chicken tenders	597
Algospeak	Slang used to bypass content filters	597
YGG	You go girl	597
OG	Original	597
S4S	Share for share	597
LB	Like back	597
DU	Darn you	597
AHFY	Always here for you	597
Go off	Angrily complain	597
Pharbz	Phoebe Bridgers fans	597
Dressgate	Controversy about the colors of a dress	597
Clap back	A clever comeback	597
Wokefishing	Pretending to have progressive political views	597
WADR	With all due respect	597
POTB	Pat on the back	597
Retweet offender	A person who constantly retweets on Twitter	597
Parasocial relationship	A one-way relationship between a fan and a creator	597
Headcanon	A fan's unverified beliefs about a story	597
Flop era	A period of disappointment	597
Gatekeep	To police who has access to an identity or community	597
ACV	After coronavirus	597
Abow	Wow	597
OOTL	Out of the loop	597
BOLO	Be on the lookout	597
WOAT	Worst of all time	597
AITA	Am I the a**hole	597
Hellmaxxing	Committing a series of sinful acts	597
Winternity	Eternal winter	597
Cringe	Unpleasant	597
stimmy	Stimulus check	597
AFAYC	As fast as you can	597
IG	Instagram	597
Momfluencer	A mom who influences other moms on social media	597
Left no crumbs	Completely dominated	597
HHIS	Hanging head in shame	597
BHM	Black History Month	597
Sussy baka	Suspicious fool	597
Snapstreak	Snapchat streak	597
GPOYW	Gratuitous picture of yourself Wednesday	597
FYE	For your entertainment	597
BCBG	Bon Chic Bon Genre	597
TSS	Toxic Shock Syndrome	597
oh	Overheard	597
OTL	One true love	597
SAHD	Stay-at-home dad	597
Viner	Vine user	597
BFK	Big fat kiss	597
Rage baking	Baking to relieve anger or stress	597
LML	Laughing mad loud	597
TSNF	That's so not fair	597
GMAFB	Give me a friggin' break	597
TT	Trending topic	597
q	Coupon	597
Tweeps	Twitter peeps	597
MFW	My face when	597
Bop	An excellent song or album	597
Amazeballs	Amazing	597
derp	Expression of stupidity	597
DBTS	Don't believe that stuff	597
Gloomer	An apathetic 20-something	597
BMS	Broke my scale	597
Poser	A person who pretends to be someone they are not	597
Nocoiner	A person who owns no cryptocurrency	597
Quarantini	A quarantine-times cocktail	598
SOTD	Shoe of the day	598
FTR	For the record	598
Lapsonym	A word whose meaning you always forget	598
GFN	Gone for now	598
ITMT	In the meantime	598
KIR	Keepin' it real	598
notif	Notification	598
eboy	An extremely online teen boy	598
PM	Postmeridian	598
DILLIGAF	Do I look like I give a flip?	598
Sock puppet account	A fake online identity	598
AML	All my love	598
Blue-checked	Verified on Twitter	598
Insta cop	Buy immediately	598
FOMOF	Fear of missing out on football	598
DKDC	Don't know, don't care	598
mwahugz	Kisses and hugs	598
Quant	Quantitative analyst	598
Algo	Algorithm	598
Blackfishing	Pretending to be ethnically Black	598
NUMTOTS	New Urbanist Memes for Transit-oriented Teens	598
JFK	Just freakin' kidding	598
NBLM	Non-binary loving men	598
Wealthy selfie	Picture of yourself with a large amount of wealth	598
BDE	Big D*** Energy	598
WCGW	What could go wrong	598
HOPE	Have Only Positive Expectations	598
Went off	Angrily complained	598
SAT	Sorry about that	598
Multistan	An obsessed fan of multiple things	598
LLPOF	Liar liar pants on fire	598
IA	I agree	598
TikTok house	A house full of TikTok influencers	598
GGG	Gotta get a grip	598
Latergram	A picture posted on Instagram later than when it was taken	598
Asl	As hell	598
wtv	Whatever	598
Insta-lurking	Looking through a person's Instagram pictures	598
Valid	Excellent	598
LTD	Lovers 'til death	598
Collab house	A house full of social media influencers	598
GGGB	Good girl gone bad	598
Chub rub	Chafing where your thighs rub together	598
At home	A worse version of something	598
Ribcage bragging	Showing off your rib cage	598
Momala	Kamala Harris	598
IBC	Ice bucket challenge	598
OTS	On the scene	598
IJWTS	I just want to say	598
DITG	Down in the gutter	598
fbf	Facebook friend	598
Totes	Totally	598
Jellz	Jealous	598
POUS	President of the United States	598
Lawlz	Laugh out loud	598
It me	I identify with that	598
Felfie	Family picture	598
IMPO	In my personal opinion	598
Zumping	Dumping someone over Zoom	598
HYFR	Heck ya, freakin' right	598
Embiggen	Enlarge	598
ibfs	Internet best friends	598
Mannequin challenge	Challenge that involves one or more people freezing in place	598
Wojak	A Microsoft Paint-created Internet character	598
HBBD	Happy belated birthday	598
Likers get rate	Anyone who likes this post will get a rate	598
MBN	Must be nice	598
Finna	Fixing to	598
Opa	Greek exclamation	598
azz	A**	598
gma	Grandma	598
Ermahgerd	Oh my gosh	598
Slim thick	A female body shape	598
FF	Friends forever	598
ELO	Electric Light Orchestra	598
Detweet	To delete a tweet	598

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