Internet slang
Slang languages used by different people on the Internet
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| March 26 2025 |
Delulu
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese uses the term 'delulu' in a parliamentary speech, criticizing the opposition's economic and energy policies with the phrase 'delulu with no solulu'.
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| 2025 |
Big dick energy
Lambrini Girls released the song 'Big Dick Energy' on their debut LP 'Who Let the Dog's Out'.
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| January 2025 |
Nepo baby
Fernanda Torres won a Golden Globe and subsequently criticized the negative perception of nepotism babies, arguing that learning from one's environment is natural and that the debate focuses on the wrong issues
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| 2024 |
SMS language
A research study revealed that using text message abbreviations can make the sender appear less sincere and potentially reduce the likelihood of receiving responses.
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| 2024 |
Emoji
Unicode Technical Committee resolved to allocate new code points for emoji characters instead of creating new presentation sequences, acknowledging their previous approach of unifying colorful emoji characters with textual symbols and dingbats as a 'mistake'.
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| July 2024 |
Femboy
The r/feminineboys Reddit community reached 264,000 members, demonstrating significant growth and community engagement.
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| July 2024 |
Femboy
The r/feminineboys subreddit reached 264,000 members, demonstrating significant growth and mainstream acceptance of the femboy community.
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| January 2024 |
Disney adult
A survey of self-identified Disney adults was conducted, revealing key demographic insights about the Disney adult community, including age distribution and gender composition.
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| 2023 |
Gyatt
The term 'gyatt' was nominated for the American Dialect Society's Word of the Year.
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| 2023 | Participates in his first interview under his own name, published in The Ringer, further confirming his identity as Paul Dochney. |
| 2023 | Dril created an account on Bluesky during its invite-only early access phase, becoming the first notable celebrity user on the platform according to Forbes. |
| 2023 |
Nepo baby
Penn & Teller publicly commented on the 'nepo baby' term, with Penn Jillette expressing dislike of its application to his daughter Moxie
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| 2023 |
Nepo baby
Hailey Bieber embraced the 'nepo baby' label by wearing a shirt with the term printed on it.
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| 2023 |
Rizz
Oxford English Dictionary named 'rizz' as the Word of the Year, officially recognizing its cultural significance.
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| 2023 |
Rizz
Oxford University Press selected 'rizz' as its Word of the Year, officially recognizing the term's cultural significance and widespread usage in contemporary language.
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| October 2 2023 |
Gyatt
A TikTok account @ovp.9 posted a viral video featuring a Fortnite character in a musical parody that helped popularize the term 'gyatt'.
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| June 2023 |
Rizz
Tom Holland explained in a BuzzFeed interview that he has 'limited rizz', causing the term to go viral and generate numerous memes about his relationship strategy with Zendaya.
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| April 2023 | Dril revived the #BlockTheBlue campaign, expressing hope for Twitter's downfall and criticizing Twitter Blue subscribers as 'dead-eyed cretins'. |
| April 22 2023 | Twitter unexpectedly gave dril a blue checkmark despite not subscribing to Twitter Blue. Dril repeatedly changed his display name in an attempt to remove the checkmark, ultimately settling on 'slave to Woke'. |
| January 2023 |
Tumblr Sexyman
Tumblr hosted its own Sexyman competition using a new polling feature, with Cecil Gershwin Palmer from Welcome to Night Vale podcast defeating Sans to become the 'ultimate Tumblr Sexyman'.
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| 2022 |
Gyatt
The term 'gyatt' gained virality on TikTok, becoming an internet meme popularized by online streamers.
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| 2022 |
Nepo baby
The term 'nepo baby' trended on TikTok after a user tweeted about Maude Apatow's role in Euphoria, leading to widespread discussion about celebrity offspring.
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| 2022 |
Nepo baby
New York magazine published a list of nepo babies and declared 2022 'The Year of the Nepo Baby', further popularizing the term.
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| 2022 |
Emoji
The Unicode Consortium decided to stop accepting proposals for new flag emoji, citing low use and potential exclusivity concerns.
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| 2022 |
Delulu
Term 'delulu' experiences a resurgence among Generation Z and Generation Alpha through viral trends on TikTok and Instagram, with the hashtag #delulu reaching over five billion views.
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| 2022 |
Femboy
A scholarly analysis was conducted on the most followed male creators on TikTok, identifying key attributes of femboy representation, including the use of hair dye and jewelry. The study found that top male creators were predominantly white, young, physically toned, with near-perfect facial symmetry and significant bodily adornment.
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| 2022 |
Grass Mud Horse
During the COVID-19 protests in China, Shanghai residents used the Grass Mud Horse meme as a symbolic form of protest, demonstrating the meme's cultural significance and ability to serve as a subversive communication tool.
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| December 2022 |
Big dick energy
Andrew Tate tweeted at Greta Thunberg about his carbon-emitting automobiles, to which Thunberg responded with the satirical email 'smalldickenergy@getalife.com', creating a viral Twitter moment.
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| November 2022 |
Nepo baby
Lily-Rose Depp publicly criticized the terms 'nepo baby' and 'industry baby', claiming they are sexist and misogynistic
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| November 9 2022 | Dril launched the #BlockTheBlue hashtag and publicly stated he would 'absolutely block on sight' anyone with a paid Twitter blue checkmark in response to Twitter's new verification system under Elon Musk. |
| September 8 2022 |
Tumblr Sexyman
A viral Twitter tournament to determine the most popular Tumblr Sexyman concluded, with Sans from Undertale winning a closely contested final against Arataka Reigen, receiving 50.1% of over 244,000 total votes.
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| 2021 |
Emoji
Microsoft removed Ninja Cat and its variants during the Fluent emoji redesign.
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| 2021 |
Grass Mud Horse
According to a NordPass study, 'caonima' was identified as the 43rd most common password in China.
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| 2021 |
Neijuan
The concept of 'neijuan' was translated into China's tech industry, highlighting the increasing competitiveness of the job market for graduates, with many becoming overqualified for roles such as takeaway drivers.
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| 2021 |
Big dick energy
Rapper Latto released her single 'Big Energy', which referenced the 'big dick energy' meme and reinterpreted it as an empowering concept of confidence applicable to all genders.
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| 2021 |
Homunculus loxodontus
The sculpture appeared on the album cover for 'Sand' by Belgian indie pop-rock band Balthazar.
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| 2021 |
Rizz
Kai Cenat popularized the term 'rizz' while streaming on Twitch, introducing phrases like 'W rizz' and 'L rizz' to describe a person's ability to attract or chat up potential love interests.
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| September 3 2021 |
Emoji
Drake released his sixth studio album Certified Lover Boy, with album cover art featuring twelve emoji of pregnant women in varying clothing colors, hair colors, and skin tones.
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| June 2021 |
Rizz
Kai Cenat popularized the term 'rizz' outside the African American community through his YouTube and Twitch platforms, bringing the slang word to wider public attention.
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| February 2021 |
Femboy
During the Myanmar Spring Revolution, femboy culture was employed as a protest tactic against the military junta following the coup d'état, using gender-nonconforming outfits to gain social and political exposure.
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| January 2021 |
Simp
Vogue reported on an Instagram account of 'simps' expressing affection towards Jon Ossoff.
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| January 22 2021 |
Simp
The planned implementation date for Twitch's new policy prohibiting certain words and content that 'expresses inferiority' based on perceived moral deficiencies.
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| January 20 2021 |
Simp
Jon Ossoff was sworn in as a senator after winning the Georgia Senate election.
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| 2020 |
Nepo baby
The term was first shortened to 'nepo baby', with an early instance appearing in a blog post describing Olivia Jade.
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| 2020 |
Neijuan
Neijuan was named one of China's 'top 10 buzzwords' of the year, indicating its significant cultural penetration and relevance to contemporary social discourse.
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