Internet Slang Dictionary

Rage bait is posts, thumbnails, or takes designed to trigger outrage so you comment, share, or dunk on them — feeding the algorithm. Unlike accidental bad takes, rage bait is often deliberate ('unpopular opinion' threads, inflammatory thumbnails). Calling something rage bait is a way to refuse engagement.

Glazing means showering someone with excessive, often cringe-level praise — hyping them so hard it looks like suck-up behavior. Calling someone a 'glazer' is rarely a compliment; 'stop glazing' is the usual callout. Closely related to older digs like 'dickriding' or kiss-ass, but framed with the donut-glaze metaphor of laying sweetness on thick.

My Shayla is affectionate slang for a person, pet, or thing you love intensely — often after a moment of annoyance melts into soft recognition. Online it can be sincere or playfully dramatic: 'that's my Shayla' means that's my beloved.

Type shit (also type shi / type shii) is flexible AAVE slang. Most often it means agreement or validation — roughly 'yeah, exactly' or 'I feel that.' It can also mean 'that kind of stuff' or label a vibe/quality ('that's my type shit'). Softened spellings (shi, shii) and emoji swaps help it past platform filters.

Aura farming means deliberately doing things to look cooler or more impressive so your 'aura' goes up — posing, training, traveling, or staying silent for the aesthetic, as if grinding XP in a game. Unlike naturally 'having aura,' farming is intentional reputation-building (and often called out as try-hard when obvious).

Cooked means you're finished, doomed, or beyond saving — there's no good way out. 'You're cooked' / 'we're cooked' is a blunt call that a situation is unwinnable (failed exam, lost game, caught lie, career-ending moment). Common in gaming and everyday internet speech; often delivered calmly for comic doom. Related forms include 'cooking' (doing well) vs. already being cooked (too late).

Internet lore is the deep or messy history behind something — creator feuds, deleted tweets, origin myths, inside jokes. 'That's lore' means newcomers are missing context. 'Adding to the lore' means someone did something that future fans will have to explain. Gaming and YouTube communities used 'lore' for worldbuilding; TikTok broadened it to personal and celebrity drama.

To crash out means to lose composure and act recklessly, impulsively, or aggressively — often with little regard for the fallout. As a noun, a 'crashout' is someone known for that behavior. Online it often overlaps with 'meltdown,' but the AAVE sense carries a sharper idea of risking yourself because consequences no longer matter.

A brainworm is a thought, lyric, soundbite, or meme that lodges in your mind and loops — stronger than a casual earworm because it can shape how you talk or think for days. People say 'that TikTok gave me a brainworm' when a random phrase keeps escaping their mouth. It overlaps with brainrot but emphasizes a single sticky idea rather than general content overload.

On the internet, 'feral' describes behavior that feels wild, unfiltered, or slightly unhinged — not literally animal, but emotionally or socially untamed. 'Feral girl' energy means rejecting polished wellness culture for messier freedom. A 'feral edit' might be chaotic cuts and feral audio. It is usually affectionate chaos, not a clinical insult.

BFFR stands for 'be for real' — a direct way of telling someone to stop lying, exaggerating, or acting like something obvious is not obvious. It often carries playful disbelief ('you really thought that was good? bffr') but can also shut down delusion or cap. The acronym spread because it fits short-form video captions and quote-tweets where typing the full phrase felt too long.

GG means 'good game.' Typed at match end as polite sportsmanship, acknowledgment of defeat, or sarcastically after a stomp. Often paired with EZ as the rude variant 'gg ez.'

EZ (also typed 'ez') means 'easy.' In multiplayer games and chats it is a post-match taunt or joke — claiming the win was effortless. Can be sincere flex, ironic after a sweaty fight, or sarcastic, after a loss ('ez' as salt). Closely tied to online gaming etiquette culture alongside GG / GG EZ.

Lag is noticeable delay between action and response — usually from high ping or packet loss. Players say 'lag' to describe stuttering gameplay or as a (sometimes dubious) excuse for dying.

Karen names a stereotype: a middle-aged woman who demands to speak to the manager, weaponizes politeness, or calls police over minor conflicts — often with racial entitlement undertones in viral videos. 'OK Karen' dismisses bad-faith arguments. Critics note the meme can mask misogyny or reduce complex racism to a haircut joke; defenders treat it as documenting real behavior.

Girl boss (or #GirlBoss) originally meant a woman building her own business or career on her terms — aspirational, pink-branded, hustle-culture feminism. By the late 2010s it became a punchline for performative empowerment (Scamanda, Theranos discourse, 'gaslight, gatekeep, girlboss' memes). Used sincerely it is a compliment; used ironically it mocks empty slogans over structural change.

Bussin means something is extremely good, especially food — as in 'this pizza is bussin' or the intensified 'bussin bussin.' It can also praise non-food things (music, fits, vibes) as fire or impressive. The term comes from African American Vernacular English and went mainstream through TikTok food and mukbang culture in the early 2020s.

Noob (also newbie, n00b) labels someone as inexperienced — especially in games or tech. Can describe a true newcomer or insult someone playing poorly regardless of tenure.

Yeet means to throw something hard and far — or to shout 'YEET!' while doing something forceful or celebratory. As a verb: 'I yeeted it across the room.' As an interjection: a loud burst of hype or commitment. It broke out on Vine in 2014 and later entered dictionaries as mainstream slang.

Doomscrolling (or doomscrolling) means endlessly scrolling through depressing news, outrage posts, or anxiety-inducing content even though it makes you feel worse. The verb captures the trance-like 'just one more headline' loop on Twitter, Reddit, or TikTok. It is both self-aware humor and a real description of how algorithmic feeds can trap attention during crises.

Acronym for 'Greatest Of All Time.' The highest possible compliment — reserved for individuals considered the undisputed best in their field. Used across sports, music, gaming, and internet culture broadly.

Brainrot (or brain rot) means the feeling that your brain got worse from too much chaotic, low-effort internet content — and also labels that content itself (Skibidi Toilet, endless meme spam, etc.). People say 'I have brainrot' self-deprecatingly after doomscrolling absurdist TikToks, or call a clip 'pure brainrot.' Oxford's 2024 Word of the Year definition: supposed mental/intellectual decline from overconsuming trivial or unchallenging material.

GG means 'good game.' Typed at match end as polite sportsmanship, acknowledgment of defeat, or sarcastically after a stomp. Often paired with EZ as the rude variant 'gg ez.'

Shorthand for 'loss.' Used to declare that someone has failed, embarrassed themselves, or made a bad decision. 'Taking an L' means suffering a loss or defeat. Also deployed as a single-letter reply on social media to highlight someone's failure.

A situationship is an ambiguous relationship where you act like partners — texting daily, maybe physical — but nobody has defined boundaries or titles. It lives in the gap between 'talking stage' and 'boyfriend/girlfriend.' The word names modern dating anxiety when apps and fear of labels keep things undefined for months.

Clickbait is any title, thumbnail, or preview designed to maximize clicks through curiosity gaps, shock, or misleading promises — 'You won't BELIEVE...' The word is neutral-descriptive but usually negative: the content rarely matches the hype. Modern variants include thumbnail faces, red circles, and listicle slugs optimized for Facebook and YouTube.

To mog someone is to outshine them in a specific trait by standing next to them or being compared — most often physical attractiveness, height, jawline, or body frame. Compounds like heightmogging, jawmogging, and frame-mogging name the trait being compared. Calling someone 'mogged' means they look worse by contrast.

To 'have receipts' means you saved evidence — usually screenshots of texts, tweets, or videos — that proves your side of a story. 'Show the receipts' demands proof before believing a callout. The metaphor treats documentation like a paper trail you can pull out during an argument or exposé thread.

Rizz is short for charisma: someone's ability to flirt, charm, or successfully attract romantic interest. Saying someone 'has rizz' means they're good at that game; 'W rizz' / 'L rizz' rates a flirting attempt as a win or a fail. Used sincerely or ironically. Oxford University Press named it Word of the Year for 2023 after it spread from Twitch/streamer culture into mainstream TikTok and everyday speech.

The talking stage is early dating where two people message, maybe hang out, and test chemistry — but neither has labeled the connection. It is the runway before 'official.' TikTok treats it as its own emotional sport: mixed signals, playlist sharing, and the dread of 'so what are we?'

A 'W' is internet shorthand for a win — any positive outcome, correct decision, or impressive action. 'Dub' (from the phonetic pronunciation of the letter 'W') is used interchangeably. 'Taking a W' means succeeding. 'That's a W' validates someone's choice. The paired opposite is 'L' (loss). The terms originate from sports win-loss records (W-L) and spread into gaming, then general internet vocabulary. In gaming, a 'dub' means a first-place finish or game win. 'Ratio W' is a compliment for winning a Twitter argument (see also: ratio).