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, ate, slay and the rest of Gen Z slang.
Six seven, skibidi, Ohio, aura farming, mog and unc, explained for parents and teachers.
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.
Gutted, chuffed, skint, cheeky, bloke and quid, plus London slang like bruv, peng and innit.
Arvo, servo, bottle-o, Maccas, thongs, fair dinkum and good on ya.
Sweet as, chur, yeah nah, jandals, bach, togs and the wop-wops.
Howzit, lekker, braai, eish, bakkie, robot and why “just now” means later.
Wahala, japa, sapa, abeg, gist, aza and Detty December.
Kilig, yalla, habibi, jugaad, krass, chelou and qué onda, from languages around the world.
Oppa, maknae, bias, stan, sasaeng, comeback and other K-pop fandom words.
Weeb, otaku, senpai, waifu, tsundere, isekai and other anime and manga terms.
Canon, fanon, headcanon, ship, OTP, Mary Sue and alignment-chart words like chaotic good.
Phat, da bomb, as if, talk to the hand, booyah and a sarcastic NOT!, explained.
Quiet quitting, coffee badging, lazy girl job, side hustle and loud budgeting.
HODL, diamond hands, paper hands, FUD, WAGMI, degen and other crypto and trading terms.
Gains, swole, PR, natty, bulking, deload, leg day and mirin.
Every entry in the dictionary, in alphabetical order.
A clapback is a quick, sharp comeback to criticism or an insult, the kind that leaves the other person with…
Bloke is British and Australian slang for a man, any ordinary guy. It’s neutral and friendly, the everyday equivalent of…
Bae is a pet name for a boyfriend, girlfriend or partner, like “babe” or “baby.” It can also describe anything…
Fam is slang for your closest friends, the people you treat like family. It’s also a casual way to address…
Bruh is an exclamation of disbelief, disappointment or exasperation, like “seriously?” or “come on.” It started as a casual form…
Salty means bitter, annoyed or resentful, usually over something minor. If someone is salty, they’re visibly upset about losing, being…
Shade is a subtle, indirect insult: disrespect delivered with a smile, a look or a carefully chosen word. To “throw…
“Bless your heart” is a Southern US phrase that can be kind (“Bless your heart, you brought soup!”) or quietly…
In slang, being petty means being spiteful about small things: holding a grudge over a tiny slight, or getting revenge…
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.
