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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	477
IRL	In real life	495
DM	Direct message	523
TTYL	Talk to you later	524
SMH	Shaking my head	544
sus	Suspicious	546
xbf	Ex-boyfriend	557
IKR	I know, right?	564
BTW	By the way	567
Y	Why	569
TY	Thank you	571
gf	Girlfriend	575
FFS	For f***'s sake	576
Swag	Skills or style	576
nvm	Nevermind	578
YW	You're welcome	578
IMO	In my opinion	579
thx	Thanks	579
143	I love you	580
FTW	For the win	580
Friendversary	Friendship anniversary	580
TLDR	Too long, didn't read	581
Selfie	A picture of yourself	581
TBH	To be honest	582
Bussin	Really good	582
2	To	583
HRU	How are you	583
FML	F*** my life	583
LAN	Local Area Network	583
YOLO	You only live once	583
l8r	Later	584
LOLOL	Lots of laugh out louds	584
LMIRL	Let's meet in real life	584
Clout chaser	A person who does things just to become popular	584
Dunk on	Make fun of	584
HUMM	Hope you miss me	584
go brrr	Solve a problem	585
HMU	Hit me up	585
Alphabet mafia	LGBTQIA+ people	585
NGL	Not gonna lie	586
LMS	Like my status	586
hun	Honey	586
CMIIW	Correct me if I'm wrong	587
pls	Please	587
IMY	I miss you	587
Simp	A person who obsesses over someone that does not return the same affection	587
MIA	Missing in action	587
Bro	Brother	587
FOMO	Fear of missing out	587
Vine	6 second video	588
H&K	Hugs and kisses	588
OIC	Oh, I see	588
IMU	I miss you	588
POG	Play of the game	588
bsf	Best friend	588
fb	Facebook	588
d	Di**	588
LLS	Laughing like s***	588
TFTA	Thanks for the add	588
CCG	Collectible card game	588
favs	Favorites	588
Straight fire	Very cool	589
IDEK	I don't even know	589
Catfish	To assume a false identity	589
BW	Best wishes	589
GS	GilvaSunner	589
bday	Birthday	589
OG	Original gangster	589
Creeper	A socially invasive person	589
LeBroning	Flopping	589
AMA	Ask me anything	589
Karen	An entitled woman	590
IMHO	In my humble opinion	590
L8	Late	590
Bet	You bet	590
FRFR	For real for real	590
IWU	I want you	590
HIFW	How I felt when	590
IHY	I hate you	590
IMD	In my dreams	590
Thigh gap	Space between a person's thighs	590
feels	Feelings	590
lolz	Laugh out louds	590
lil	Little	590
Keyboard warrior	A person that posts controversial opinions online	590
Slacktivism	Lazy activism	590
TFW	That feeling when	590
Tweet	Twitter post	590
CSB	Cool story, bro	590
Whoa	Expression of surprise	590
POTUS	President of the United States	590
Hipster	A person who dislikes mainstream culture	590
Crew	Group of friends	590
yt	YouTube	590
Chasing clout	Doing things just to become popular	591
JSYK	Just so you know	591
LYL	Love you lots	591
WEG	Wicked evil grin	591
Sheesh	Expression of disbelief	591
TMG	That's my girl	591
IOU	I owe you	591
Grelfie	Group selfie	591
ICYMI	In case you missed it	591
HML	Hate my life	591
obv	Obviously	591
Chillax	Chill and relax	591
Lady boner	Female feeling of sexual arousal	591
TBR	To be real	591
Planking	Lying face down and straight like a plank	591
MCYT	Minecraft YouTuber	591
TCG	Trading card game	591
xgf	Ex-girlfriend	591
Fetch	Cool	591
SD	Sweet dreams	591
2H2H	Too hot to handle	592
LMFAO	Laughing my freakin' a** off	592
NOYB	None of your business	592
TYVM	Thank you very much	592
WTG	Way to go	592
AOTY	Album of the year	592
Paper hands	To sell a stock at the first sign of trouble	592
BGF	Best guy friend	592
IFSFY	I feel sorry for you	592
IAB	In a bit	592
HMB	Hit me back	592
PTL	Praise the Lord	592
ADM	Ay dios mio	592
bbg	Baby girl	592
Nae Nae	Hip-rocking, hand-raising dance move	592
Clapback	A clever comeback	592
fit	Outfit	592
Tune up	Beat up	592
sux	Sucks	592
vlog	Video blog	592
fav	Favorite	592
TIL	Today I learned	592
TBR	To be rude	592
Bestie	Best Friend	592
MCM	Man-crush Monday	592
PMKI	Pretty much killin' it	592
HNY	Happy new year	592
Doge	Dog	592
Vacay	Vacation	592
2l8	Too late	593
IIRC	If I remember correctly	593
FBF	Flash Back Friday	593
TAY	Thinking about you	593
TC	Take care	593
TRS	That really sucks	593
rly	Really	593
Twittersphere	The world of Twitter	593
Covfefe	Coverage	593
KMAB	Kiss my a, b**	593
Hits different	Affects differently	593
YouTuber	A YouTube user	593
Blursday	Literally any day of the week, they're all the same now	593
The struggle is real	Having difficulty doing something	593
Fake news	Fake news source that pretends to be real	593
GPOY	Gratuitous picture of yourself	593
BCO	Big crush on	593
ATW	All the way	593
XO	Kiss and Hug	593
Twinsies	Two people who share a common trait	593
Spoopy	Spooky and funny	593
IBF	Internet best friend	593
Bling	Overly flashy jewelry	593
Cancel culture	Canceling people who do anything controversial	593
TFF	Twitter follower-friend	593
FOH	F*** outta here	593
SG	SilvaGunner	594
DemThrones	Game of Thrones	594
NLT	No later than	594
SOS	Someone special	594
LYSM	Love you so much	594
TikToker	A TikTok user	594
OOTD	Outfit of the day	594
WDYT	What do you think	594
D/C	Don't care	594
TTY	Talk to you	594
Himbo	A naive, musclebound male	594
Periodt	An expression of emphasis	594
Caught in 4K	Caught in the act	594
FB	Follow back	594
Mald	Mad and bald	594
MM	Music Monday	594
FYP	For You page	594
delish	Delicious	594
Ratioed	Receiving many more replies than likes on your tweet	594
LPP	Likes per post	594
OTP	One true pairing	594
WCW	Woman-crush Wednesday	594
BION	Believe it or not	595
IMAO	In my arrogant opinion	595
Bikini bridge	Space between a bikini bottom and stomach	595
Fleek	Perfect	595
LSS	Long story short	595
TQVM	Thank you very much	595
Slide into your DMs	To send a direct message on Twitter	595
Movember	Mustache-growing November	595
bbq	Barbecue	595
E choke	An expression of shock or surprise	595
Larper	Live action role-player	595
Ginger	Red-head	595
Celine a scene	To add a Celine Dion song to a video for maximum emotional impact	595
TBT	Throwback Thursday	595
GIF	Graphics Interchange Format	595
Handle	Twitter username	595
Don't @ me	Don't mention me in your tweets	595
Horny on main	Acting lustful on your primary social account	596
VSCO girls	Preppy female teen Instagrammers	596
KIT	Keep in touch	596
TTYS	Talk to you soon	596
Virtue signaling	Demonstrating moral superiority	596
PM	Postmeridian	596
Mood	How I'm feeling	596
Big yikes	Wow	596
Quaranfifteen	Weight gained during COVID-19 quarantine	596
Redditor	A Reddit user	596
mishu	Miss you	596
Doomer	A person who focuses on negative possibilities	596
Bloomer	A well-adjusted 20-something	596
DU	Darn you	596
CBB	Can't be bothered	596
On fleek	Perfect	596
POIDH	Pictures or it didn't happen	596
YYSS	Yeah yeah, sure sure	596
CEO of	The best at	596
fbo	Facebook official	596
Cancel	Shut down or force out	596
Put on blast	To call out	596
Hop off	Go away	596
Quaranteam	A small group that socializes in-person during COVID-19	596
Shelfie	Picture of objects arranged on a shelf	596
Day one	A very close friend	596
Dressgate	Controversy about the colors of a dress	596
FYE	For your entertainment	596
RIP my mentions	I'm going to receive a lot of Twitter notifications	596
SAHD	Stay-at-home dad	596
Fire	Awesome	596
Gobbo	Goblin	596
Instagrammer	A person who uses Instagram	596
derp	Expression of stupidity	596
TGFF	Thank God for Friday	596
tl	Timeline	596
Mistweet	Tweet mistake	596
Seltering	Sticking out your rear in a fitness pose	596
Dadication	Fatherly dedication	597
RIP to your mentions	You're going to receive a lot of Twitter notifications	597
WOAT	Worst of all time	597
ITMT	In the meantime	597
Meme stock	A stock hyped on social media	597
F4F	Follow for follow	597
TCOB	Takin' care of business	597
TOH	The other half	597
Perc30	Oxycodone, commonly mixed with fentanyl	597
yt	Whitey	597
BOLO	Be on the lookout	597
WBU	What 'bout you	597
WYWH	Wish you were here	597
Rinstagram	Real Instagram account	597
Chonk	An overweight animal	597
Outta pocket	Disreputable	597
OTL	One true love	597
Fauci Ouchie	COVID-19 vaccine	597
Cottagecore	An aesthetic centered around romanticized rural living	597
Clap back	A clever comeback	597
Faceremorse	Remorse after posting on Facebook	597
AHFY	Always here for you	597
And I oop	I'm so embarassed	597
BMS	Broke my scale	597
PFP	Profile picture	597
Blow up	To become successful	597
AFAYC	As fast as you can	597
WADR	With all due respect	597
PRT	Please Retweet	597
IG	Instagram	597
Trumper	A Donald Trump supporter	597
LTD	Lovers till death	597
NC	No Contact	597
Retweet offender	A person who constantly retweets on Twitter	597
LB	Like back	597
Spill the tea	Share the gossip	597
LRT	Last retweet	597
inspo	Inspiration	597
CYF	Check your Facebook	597
Winternity	Eternal winter	597
Slacktivist	Lazy activist	597
OP	Outta pocket	597
egirl	An extremely online teen girl	597
Live-tweet	To tweet about something currently taking place	597
GPOYW	Gratuitous picture of yourself Wednesday	597
BCBG	Bon Chic Bon Genre	597
pic	Picture	597
RT	Retweet	597
Tweetup	Twitter meetup	597
Viner	Vine user	597
TBR	To be read	597
Gloomer	An apathetic 20-something	597
OT3	One true threesome	597
Simping	Obsessing over a person that does not return the same affection	597
Unfriend	To remove a friend on Facebook	597
Totes	Totally	597
Snacc	An attractive person	597
Instagram husband	A person who takes pictures of another person for Instagram	597
OOMF	One of my followers	597
TSNF	That's so not fair	597
PBUH	Peace be upon Him	597
Zaddy	A composed, fashionable, and attractive man	597
GMAFB	Give me a friggin' break	597
TT	Trending topic	597
Voteflake	A person who does not accept official election results	597
Finstagram	Fake Instagram account	597
Amazeballs	Amazing	597
DBTS	Don't believe that stuff	597
stimmy	Stimulus check	597
Cape	To defend someone's actions, often undeservedly	597
Facestalking	Looking through someone's pictures on Facebook	597
Swipe right	Approve	597
issa	It's a	597
It me	I identify with that	597
Clout leech	A person who is friends with someone just to become more popular	597
Sharent	An oversharing parent on social media	597
Tweetsult	Insulting tweet	597
Dead	Hilarious	597
Llello	Cocaine	597
Facebook friend	A friend on Facebook, but most likely not in real life	597
BHM	Black History Month	597
Idol	A K-pop star	597
2U2	To you too	598
AWOL	Absent while online	598
Go off	Angrily complain	598
BD	Big deal	598
CYL	Catch ya later	598
Tea	Truth	598
Chub rub	Chafing where your thighs rub together	598
Blackfishing	Pretending to be ethnically Black	598
FCOL	For crying out loud	598
FTR	For the record	598
Clout demon	A social media user who covets popularity	598
OF	OnlyFans	598
GFN	Gone for now	598
IAG	It's all good	598
Went off	Angrily complained	598
IME	In my experience	598
ir8	Irate	598
KIR	Keepin' it real	598
KWIM	Know what I mean	598
NSFV	Not safe for viewing	598
J-Pow	Jerome Powell	598
OG	Original	598
SLY	Still love you	598
WLW	Women loving women	598
TIC	Tongue-in-cheek	598
Hard pants	Any non-stretchy pants	598
YVW	You're very welcome	598
Moots	People you follow on social media who follow you back	598
TSIR	The struggle is real	598
ITYS	I told you so	598
WTT	Watching TikTok	598
Unforced error	An easily-avoidable mistake	598
Likers get rate	Anyone who likes this post will get a rate	598
Lick	Theft	598
Virtual restaurant	Delivery-only restaurant	598
AML	All my love	598
Ghost post	A Facebook comment that was removed	598
finsta	Fake Instagram account	598
Twitterstorm	A quick rise of activity about a specific topic on Twitter	598
hbd	Happy birthday	598
Subtweet	Subliminal tweet	598
Tendies	Chicken tenders	598
Diamond hands	To hold a stock through losses	598
PTO	Positive Talk Only	598
Zumping	Dumping someone over Zoom	598
Algo	Algorithm	598
PSOG	Pure stroke of genius	598
Quarantini	A quarantine-times cocktail	598
MDL	Might delete later	598
FH	Future husband	598
WCGW	What could go wrong	598
ibfs	Internet best friends	598
Insta-lurking	Looking through a person's Instagram pictures	598
Doom-scrolling	Scrolling through your newsfeed for the latest COVID-19 information	598
notif	Notification	598
TikTok house	A house full of TikTok influencers	598
FOGO	Fear of going outside	598
Volcel	Voluntary celibate	598
BIFL	Buy it for life	598
SAT	Sorry about that	598
Roaching	Secretly dating many romantic partners at the same time	598
CAFO	Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation	598
NPR	Not page related	598
POTB	Pat on the back	598
LLPOF	Liar liar pants on fire	598
IA	I agree	598
Snapstreak	Snapchat streak	598
GGG	Gotta get a grip	598
wtv	Whatever	598
Diddy crop	To cut a person out of your life	598
Tindering	Using Tinder	598
YSK	You should know	598
U2U	Up to you	598
Sip tea	Mind your business	598
OME	Oh my Edward	598
HWU	Hey, what's up?	598
Momala	Kamala Harris	598
OOTL	Out of the loop	598
Biffles	Best friends for life	598
S4S	Share for share	598
AFAICS	As far as I can see	598
Ribcage bragging	Showing off your rib cage	598
eboy	An extremely online teen boy	598
Pharbz	Phoebe Bridgers fans	598
That ain't it	That's no good	598
FOMOF	Fear of missing out on football	598
pl0x	Please	598
Comfort idol	A celebrity whose actions soothe you	598
PP	Profile picture	598
GMAB	Give me a break	598
BBF	Body by Fisher	598
IBC	Ice bucket challenge	598
Wokefishing	Pretending to have progressive political views	598
Wig	Incredible	598
Who dey breet	Who is breathing?	598
Embiggen	Enlarge	598
OTS	On the scene	598
IJWTS	I just want to say	598
Felfie	Family picture	598
Slim thick	Female body shape with a flat stomach, toned thighs, and large booty	598
TSS	Toxic Shock Syndrome	598
Wuz	What is	598
DITG	Down in the gutter	598
Wealthy selfie	Picture of yourself with a large amount of wealth	598
oh	Overheard	598
Headcanon	A fan's unverified beliefs about a story	598
BFK	Big fat kiss	598
Jellz	Jealous	598
POUS	President of the United States	598
Goblincore	An aesthetic centered around overlooked natural things	598
Collab house	A house full of social media influencers	598
SOTD	Shoe of the day	598
IMPO	In my personal opinion	598
AITA	Am I the a**hole	598
Bop	An excellent song or album	598
WSG	What's good	598
HYFR	Heck ya, freakin' right	598
LML	Laughing mad loud	598
Tweeter	A person who tweets	598
The gram	Instagram	598
Latergram	A picture posted on Instagram later than when it was taken	598
ACV	After coronavirus	598
Banger	An awesome, energetic piece of media	598
Tweeps	Twitter peeps	598
Haunting	Following a romantic partner on social media after abruptly leaving them	598
Finna	Fixing to	598
Opa	Greek exclamation	598
Cinnamon roll	A kind, gentle person	598
SA	Sexual assault	598
gma	Grandma	598
Ermahgerd	Oh my gosh	598
Poser	A person who pretends to be someone they are not	598
FF	Friends forever	598
ELO	Electric Light Orchestra	598
Swipe left	Reject	598
Rage baking	Baking to relieve anger or stress	598
Mannequin challenge	Challenge that involves one or more people freezing in place	598
Procrastibaking	Baking to put off something else	598
Tweeple	Twitter people	598
At home	A worse version of something	598
BDE	Big D*** Energy	598
YTA	You're the a**hole	599
LYLAB	Love you like a brother	599
LOL	Lots of love	599
LUM	Love you, man	599
LYMI	Love you, mean it	599
NOMBR	None of my business, right	599
22	Tutu	599
LA	Laughing a lot	599
OLTL	One Life to Live	599
MBFA	Make baseball fun again	599
Snapchatter	Snapchat user	599
Twitler	An overbearing Twitter user	599
BFTD	Best friends till death	599
IDW	I don't want	599
BFFN	Best friend for now	599
LEP	Love emo people	599
ILMM	I love my man	599
GGGB	Good girl gone bad	599
CRTLA	Can't remember the three-letter acronym	599
h8t	Hate	599
alt	A lot	599
TIHI	Thanks, I hate it	599
Gram it	Post it on Instagram	599
GPS	God's positioning system	599
gpa	Grandpa	599
Attwicted	Addicted to Twitter	599
Tweavesdropping	Eavesdropping on Twitter	599
BYOD	Bring your own device	599
Supes	Super	599
Detweet	To delete a tweet	599
FF	Follow Friday	599

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