If always being mogged by sigmas has you feeling like a fuhuhluhtoogan, and you haven’t any concept what any of meaning, you’ve got come to the proper place. This glossary goals to outline and clarify well-liked slang phrases and phrases of Era Z (normally outlined as folks born between 1997 and 2012) and Era A (anybody born between 2012 and now) so you will know what the hell individuals are speaking about.
A phrase of warning: In the event you aren’t of these generations, and/otherwise you want a web-based listing to know what slang phrases imply, you shouldn’t say them aloud, until you are making an attempt to be embarrassing.
304: Hoe. (Sort “304” on a calculator and switch it the other way up.)
4+4: Ate. 4 plus 4 is eight, or “ate.” (See “ate.”)
Alpha male: Taken from animal ethology, an alpha male is the dominant member of a bunch of males, or only a male who’s in cost. (See “beta male” and “sigma male.”)
Ate/eat: Finished very effectively, typically concerning clothes. e.g.: “You ate that outfit.” See additionally: “serving.”
Aura: Somebody who’s mysterious and funky is claimed to “have aura.”
Aura farming: Relying on the context, “aura farming” can check with an individual who does one thing cool with out making an attempt or somebody who’s making an attempt too onerous to look cool.
Baddie: A nasty/wild woman. Meant as a praise.
Baka: Japanese phrase that means “loopy” or “silly.” Used primarily within the anime group.
Based mostly: Unbiased in a cool manner.
Mattress-rotting: Staying in mattress all day. You could comprehend it as “lazing round.” See additionally: “Hurkle-durkle.”
Beta male: A beta male, or simply “beta,” is a weaker, subservient male. (See “alpha male” and “sigma male.”)
Boombayah: A euphemism for “having intercourse.” It’s used largely on-line, typically to defeat censorship algorithms.
Bop: A lady who sleeps round. Additionally: an excellent music.
Boysober: Somebody who has sworn off intercourse, relationships, and/or courting.
Mind-rot: An outline of the overuse of silly slang. See additionally: “Skibidi.” Additionally used to explain the results of being overly on-line.
Brat: The modern that means of “brat” is an adjective describing an individual who’s edgy, imperfect, and assured. It was coined by pop star Charli XCX who outlined it as “that woman who’s a little bit messy and likes to celebration and perhaps says some dumb issues generally. Who feels herself however perhaps additionally has a breakdown.”
Bruzz: Bros. A part of the -uzz household of slang phrases. See “Huzz” and “-uzz.”
Bubba truck: A lifted or in any other case modified pick-up truck.
Bussin‘: Excellent or wonderful.
Cap: A lie. Usually used to say “no cap.”
Cake: Butt, particularly a pleasant butt.
Chad: A gorgeous man; an “alpha male.” See “Giga-Chad.”
Chat: A reference to streamers addressing their chat home windows aloud. Saying “chat” in actual life is an ironic joke.
Chud: A bodily unappealing individual. Generally used for a person who holds right-wing views.
Coomer: A person who masturbates too typically.
Corn: “Corn” is algo-speak meaning “porn.” Utilized in on-line areas the place the phrase would possibly trigger your account to be flagged or banned.
Coworker-core: A catch-all description for issues which can be unfunny or uninteresting in a manner that appeals to older folks.
Lifeless: Previous tense of getting died laughing. If somebody responds to a joke with “useless” or a cranium emoji, they discover it humorous.
Deadass: Significantly. Used like, “I’m deadass not mendacity.”
Delulu: Delusional.
Doomer: An individual who’s overly destructive and/or cynical.
Drip: A trendy or fashionable look.
Edgar: A variation of the Caesar haircut worn particularly amongst Hispanic males. Additionally refers back to the sort of one that wears the haircut.
Fanum tax: The theft of meals between mates. Named for streamer Fanum, identified for “taxing” his mates by taking bites of their meals or stealing fries.
Fax, no printer: Telling the reality, since “fax and “details” are pronounced the identical. It is a colourful manner of claiming “details, no cap.”
Fent-fold: An outline of the bent-over posture of individuals nodding on heavy medication.
Match: Brief for “outfit.”
Fuhuhluhtoogan: Supposedly from Baltimore slang, it is a nonsense phrase used so folks will ask what it means however by no means obtain a solution. Usually paired with “Jittleyang.”
Gamer dent: The non permanent indentation left on somebody’s hair or pores and skin after carrying headphones for too lengthy.
Geeker: Somebody who makes use of loads of medication.
Giga-Chad: A Chad amongst Chads.
Glaze: To overly reward somebody, typically insincerely, or with the hope of getting one thing in return.
Gleek: An older slang time period that’s gaining prominence currently, gleeking describes squirting saliva from below the tongue.
Glizzy: Sizzling canine. “Glizzy” was initially slang for Glock or gun, however got here to imply sizzling canine based mostly on the new canine form of a Glock’s journal.
Inexperienced fn: An interjection one would possibly used when somebody does one thing cool or spectacular. Usually used satirically.
Gooning: Prolonged masturbation with out orgasm finished for the aim of coming into an altered state of consciousness.
Gyatt or Gyat: As soon as an interjection used when seeing somebody horny, like “god-DAMN,” “gyatt” has come to imply “engaging booty.”
Hewwo: An excessively cute manner of claiming “howdy.” Normally used on-line, and sometimes satirically.
HGS: Abbreviation for “dwelling ladies” utilized in remark sections.
Hurkle-durkle: Based mostly on an archaic Scottish phrase, “hurkle-durkle” means to lounge in mattress after it’s time to rise up. See additionally: “bed-rotting.”
Huzz: -uzz slang for “hoes.” See “bruzz” and “-uzz.”
“It is giving“: Used to convey that one thing has a particular vibe. Instance: “That dude texts you each 10 minutes; it is giving determined.”
“It is so over”: The state of affairs is hopeless. The other of “we’re so again.” See additionally: “Doomer.”
Jelqing: The usage of stretching or weights in an try to extend penis dimension.
Jit: A child. Used satirically on-line.
Jittleyang: Supposedly from Baltimore slang, it is a nonsense phrase used so folks will ask what it means however by no means obtain a solution. See additionally: “Fuhuhluhtoogan.”
JOMO: A play on FOMO (worry of lacking out) JOMO is an acronym that stands for “pleasure of lacking out.”
“Study Chinese language”: Sports activities slang directed at failing gamers. They’re in peril of being despatched to play in China, so they need to “study Chinese language.”
Looksmaxxing: Maximizing one’s bodily attractiveness by means of private grooming, understanding, and dressing stylishly. See additionally: “-maxxing.”
-maxxing: A suffix used with any phrase to point making an attempt to enhance. Seeing your pals might be referred to as “friendmaxxing,” understanding might be referred to as “gymmaxxing,” making jokes might be referred to as “jestermaxxing,” and so forth.
Mid: Common, bland, anticipated.
Mewing: A facial train meant to strengthen the jawline.
Mirror intercourse: Utilizing a mirror to look at your self have intercourse.
Mog: To be extra engaging than somebody, normally in an intentional or aggressive manner. Instance: “I used to be rizzing up this woman, however he walked in and completely mogged me.”
Neurospicy: A special manner of claiming “neuro-divergent.”
NPC: Non-player character. Initially describing online game characters, NPC is now used on the web to imply individuals who do not assume for themselves.
Opp: Brief for “opposition.” Somebody who’s out to get you. An enemy.
Pink cocaine: Often known as “pink snow,” pink cocaine is slang for a powdered drug combination that normally incorporates some mixture of ketamine, MDMA, meth, opioids, and different substances.
Pole: A gun. See “up pole.”
“Press F for respect:” In 2014 online game Name of Responsibility: Superior Warfighter, the participant attends a funeral and a immediate is on condition that reads “Press F to pay respects.” Now, a singular “F” in a chat window signifies respect. It is normally ironic.
Regarded: “Regarded” is algo-speak for “retarded.”
“Reheating your individual nachos:” This slang phrase comes from cultural critics in on-line fandom communities. It refers to performers and/or artists whose new works are seen as making an attempt to recapture what was good about their earlier creative output. It is not all the time destructive; it is attainable to efficiently reheat your individual nachos.
Rizz: As a noun, “rizz” means charisma. As a verb, “rizz” or “rizz up” means attracting somebody along with your charisma.
Serve: Sporting a very fashionable outfit. See additionally: “ate.”
Serve cunt: To behave in a powerfully and unapologetically female manner; to slay.
Sigma male: An online-created male classification, a “sigma male” is as dominant as an alpha male, however is outdoors the male hierarchy, i.e.: a lone wolf. Initially used significantly, the idea was so broadly derided it is now nearly all the time used satirically. (See “Alpha male” and “Beta male.”)
Skibidi: Named after “Skibidi Rest room,” a well-liked collection of YouTube movies, “skibidi” itself has no particular that means, past ridiculing the overuse of slang itself. See “brain-rot.”
Skrt: Onomatopoetic phrase for the sound of tires squealing upon acceleration.
Snatched: Very engaging and/or flawlessly styled.
Spawn level: Mom. Based mostly on the spot you begin in a online game.
Spoopy: Spooky.
Striker: Stolen/no-title automotive.
Sweat: An individual who tries too onerous, normally utilized in reference to video video games. The adjective kind is “sweaty.”
SYBAU: An internet acronym that stands for “shut your bitch ass up.”
Tradwife: Believer in conventional married gender roles.
Treatler (and Treatlerite): “Treatler” and “Treatlerite” are on-line insults that mix “deal with” and “Hitler” to check with entitled customers of providers like Doordash or Uber Eats who regard luxurious supply providers as a human proper, and do not think about the hardships of the individuals who do the work that makes “non-public taxis for burritos” attainable.
TS: TS initially was AAVE shorthand for “this shit,” however it’s typically used to only imply “this.”
Turnt: Excited or intoxicated, or excitedly intoxicated.
Unc: Brief for “uncle,” used to explain barely older folks. Instance: “The category of 2024 are unc-status to the category of 2028.” See “yunc.”
-uzz: -uzz slang phrases use “uzz” on the finish of any phrase, so “bros” turns into “bruzz,” “hoes” turns into “huzz,” “granny” turns into “gruzz,” and so forth.
Up pole: To boost a gun.
Twelve: Police.
Twin: Greatest buddy.
“We’re so again”: Reverse of “it is so over.”
Wojack: The identify of a mode of web drawings used to shortly stereotype somebody. See this publish for a full clarification of the Wojak universe.
Yapping: Describes a presentational model typically seen on on-line streams of speaking so much and/or shortly whereas not saying something worthwhile.
Yeet: To shortly and/or forcibly eject.
Yunc: Yunc is a variation of “unc.” In AAVE, a “yn” is a “younger n-word.” So “yunc” means one thing like “younger uncle,” or an individual who could also be younger however has uncle vibes or unc standing.
Zoomer Perm: A curly on prime, quick on the perimeters haircut well-liked amongst younger folks.