Plain-English meanings, real example sentences and honest origins for the slang you see on TikTok, in group chats, in games and on the street.
Start with a topic. Each guide explains the most-used terms and links to a full entry for every word.
Rizz, delulu, no cap, based, sigma and the rest of Gen Z and Gen Alpha slang.
Girl dinner, bed rotting, goblin mode, GRWM, brat summer and other words TikTok made famous.
What fr, ngl, tbh, smh, wyd, iykyk and other text abbreviations mean.
Ratio, copium, touch grass, chronically online and other words from online culture.
Dark academia, cottagecore, coquette, clean girl and other internet aesthetics.
Situationships, ghosting, love bombing, red flags and other dating terms.
Gamer slang: GG, noob, nerf, sweaty, cracked, rage quit and more.
UK and London slang: bruv, peng, innit, roadman, wasteman and more.
Fandom words like bias, stan, selca, aegyo and fan service.
Weeb, otaku, senpai, waifu, tsundere, isekai and other anime and manga terms.
Quiet quitting, rage applying, side hustle, vibecession and loud budgeting.
Every entry in the dictionary, in alphabetical order.
De-influencing is when creators tell their followers what not to buy, or encourage them to buy less, instead of promoting…
OOTD stands for “outfit of the day,” a photo or video showing what someone is wearing today. It’s usually posted…
GRWM stands for “get ready with me,” a video where someone does their makeup, hair or outfit while talking to…
Cheugy (pronounced CHOO-gee) describes something that used to be trendy but now feels dated and try-hard, like it’s still stuck…
The soft life is a life of comfort, ease and low stress, chosen on purpose instead of constant hustle. For…
A hot girl walk is a long walk, usually around four miles, where you think only about what you’re grateful…
Brat summer was the summer of 2024 lived in the spirit of Charli XCX’s album Brat: messy, confident, a little…
A nepo baby is someone whose success seems to come from having a famous or well-connected parent, rather than from…
Bed rotting means spending hours in bed during the day on purpose, usually with snacks, a phone or a laptop,…
Every entry opens with a one-sentence answer, then shows how the word is used in real sentences and where it came from, with notes on similar or easily confused terms where they help. When the origin of a word is not documented, we say so instead of guessing.
Slang moves fast, so entries carry the date they were last updated, and we revise them when a meaning shifts. Read our editorial standards or tell us about a word we should cover.
