40 daily slang words that have been invented online

You have the internet to thank for these "words" frequently used in your lexicon.


Internet has undeniably changed the way we live, fromAmazon gets our packages nightSocial media give us a welcome distraction the marasm of the work week. And considering that 77% of AmericansGo online every day, with a quarter of this number claiming to be online "almost constantly", it is not surprising that the influence of the Internet has been engaged in our vernacular. In fact, you could talk about internet talking and do not realize it even. The propagation of the internet slang is so ubiquitous that many words we use every day were actually once on the internet lingo. We gathered 40 argot words invented online, "failure" to "Fomo". And for the story behind some words more frequently used, checkThe amazing origins of the terms of the argot of every day that you constantly use.

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OMG

Man staring at phone surprised
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While more conversations started to happen without seeing the other person's face or hearing their voices, people needed a way to express a shock or an excitement that went beyond a pile of exclamation points. Thus, OMG is born. And for a fascinating regional language, checkThese are all the terms of slang you will only hear in the Midwest.

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Evolution

woman talking to another woman about big boobs
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A lot of internet slang stems from a desire for brevity when typing, especially whenWrite your phone. Thus, evolution is a great way to say obviously without having to use so many letters. And it also sounds in a convo too, avoids.

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Personally attacked

Angry woman talking on smart phone on street. Wears casual clothes.
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Personally attacked the habit of being a legitimate way ofexpressive feeling as if you were taken gangmed. However, we live in an era of irony now, I say now that you feel personally attacked means that you relate to something you want you to want it. And to make sure you do not embarrass yourself as you get older,These are all argot terms that you are too old to use after 40.

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Jk

Two women laughing together
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When all your communication takes place viaMessaging and textsIt's super important to let people know that you are, in fact, I'm joking. JK is a great way to do that without all these pesky letters. It is also very convenient in conversation if you no longer have the energy to transmit your feelings with your voice tone. Just prick a jk at the end, and everyone will know you're still cool.

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Srsly

Man annoyed at driving girlfriend
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A little like Obs, ssrly is another little shortening on the internet that has been stripped of vowels. To say that it is aloud requires a good amount of disdain. And if you always remember your grunge glory days, check these20 SLAOT Terms of the 1990s person does not rely.

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Besides

meeting Life Easier
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By the way, it is normal to say BTW in spoken conversation these days. If you feel Extra-Sassy, ​​shorten it to BT-Dubs, because it takes a lot of time to pronounce the letter W.

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Garbage tipper

a dumpster that is on fire
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When an online argument turns into a giant catastrophe, it is a garbage tipper. But many other things can also be garbage dump fires, such as your first attempt to make Osso Buco or the last Bachelorette party you went. And for Slang Trivia and more delivered in your inbox,Sign up for our daily newsletter.

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Mdr

Guy on Phone Smiling Romance
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LOL started with the positive intention of letting someone know that laughing aloud had become. But if someone says lol to you, you can be sure they do not like it certainly. If it's in a text, maybe there was a smiling smile. May be.

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Nightmare

sleep after 40
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The nightmare fuel has been used once to describe images or stories that you will find online guarantee to give you nightmares. In person, it can be used to describe everything from a bad date to the current political climate. And to test your knowledge of local lingo,Can you guess the most popular argot term in your state?

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Filthy

two girls sharing a cringeworthy video with each other
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Because people share their entire life for you to see on the Internet, it's easy to see a lot of behavior on social media that makes you feel like whistled. But people do not limit their embarrassing moments to their lives online, so there are many opportunities to see something Cringy in real life.

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BFF

two girls posing and laughing for the camera
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According to the healthiest days of the web, a BFF is your best friend forever, and there is absolutely no shame to use this acronym every time you need to talk about your number one route number one.

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Babe

Couple at State Summer Fair
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There is a certain disagreement on the origin of BAE. Some people say that BAE is short for baby, while others say that it represents before everyone else. However, one thing is: what was used to be an online term only is a perfectly acceptable way toRefer to your BOO.

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Wat

man looking at computer shocked
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Wat is the best absolute answer for when something makes no sense and lets you quite GOBS. This indicates that you are too confusing to include the h and the question marks necessary to ask: "What?" He had his rise on discussion boards, then became the same, and now we are here.

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Rekt

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Rekt is the argot from the online game. It's short for irregularities and it means losing in such a way that you are completely humiliated and destroyed. This can also be simply stenographic to have a lot of inequity.

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Shake

office man woman shocked appalled
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If you see something that shakes you in the heart, you have been shaken. If it shakes you so hard that you are seriously starting to ask if you really believe that the existence is real, you are ShooOkth.

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Normal

career secrets
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A Normie is a person who does not go to the strange parts of the Internet, has relatively large public of tastes and opinions, and has probably little or no interest in that one of these words means.

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Faq

Side gigs ebook typing computer
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People have made lists of frequently asked questions for decades, but thefirst known use of the FAQ Was for the ARPNet Email List in the 1980s. Yup, it's true: you have NASA to thank for this one. And if you have any FAQs, you would like to answer, consult these30 amazing facts that will change the way you see the world

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Postal mail

Mail
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Before Internet, Snail Mail was just email. But with the advent of the email, the ordinary mail suddenly seemed slower ... snails, you could almost say.

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Ghost

woman checking phone surprised shocked
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When you ghost someone, you disappear without a trace, and it's as if you have never existed. This use of the word has come to popularity thanks to the online meeting and the ease of disappearing from someone's life.

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Selfie

couple Being Single in your thirties
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People take pictures of themselves for ages, but thanks to the internet, we now know how popular a hobby. The word has even been added to theOxford Online Dictionaries in 2013.

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FACEPALM

Embarrassed woman
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When you have to hit you in the forehead because someone says or does something stupid monument, it's aFACEPALM. And yes, we have the internet to thank for this term - and the emojis were often used to express it.

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Troll

Online trolling
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The internet trolls are around since the beginning of the 90s. The word was originally being associated with fishing, as slowly dragging a piece of bait in the hope of catching something. Although it is always true to a certain extent, it is also associated with people who take the joy of making fun of others online. And if the trolls have pushed you on the edge, you should knowThe 30 best reasons to take digital detox.

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Yolo

friends dancing at a crowded house party
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Yolo, short for you only live once, was once an acronym used almost exclusively online untilDuck made it public with its song "La Currency".

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Trap

words people over 30 won't get
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Séquouse is a word to express an extreme delight, and it was at the origin associated with online girls who were trying too much. However, we can now accept unanimously that this is a perfectly natural sound of doing whenever you see a photo of a baby pig in Galoshes, for example. And if you are mood at a good squeegee, you shouldMeet the adorable dog waiting for the train from his owner all day.

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Folo

Sad Woman Looking at Phone 25 Years
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The constant display of exciting events on social media has given rise to Fomo or the fear of disappearing. But of course, you are afraid of missing - the internet tells us that you only live once, after all.

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Newb

Shot of a young woman using a laptop on the sofa at home
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A new, short for the beginner, is a person without great experience, but eager to learn, especially in the game. A newb should not be confused with a noob, a person who knows nothing but does not want no more learning.

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Woot

80s slang no one uses,Pick-Up Lines So Bad They Might Just Work
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Woot was originally a stenographic exclamation for players who found treasure-wow, booty! Now it is used online and extinguished to express any general excitement.

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Nsfw

mindfulness stressed out woman at desk yelling work
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NSFW did not need to be a thing as long as the Internet has failed to click on the wrong thing and accidentally encounter something that was certainly not safe for work. And now, the acronym lives offline as a shortcut to describe anything risky.

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Lulz

Friends Laughing at Joke
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Lulz is a lol derivative. Basically, when you do something for the Lulz, you do it for laughter.

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contrary to

white woman looking annoyed at her companion
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This shape of difference does not mean "different", but is rather used as a verb, which means to stop loving something you have already appreciated. It comes from the mechanics of using Facebook - it is the opposite of a person like.

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Franc

puppy on messy couch
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Derp is the sound you do when you do something silly, like a Duh updated. A Derp can also be a person or an animal that is perhaps a little lunch, like a dog that always hinders into a glazed door or a cat that wears a pair of doll underwear on his head.

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Brb

waving to a stranger
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BRB is a rest of the first days of chat rooms, when you send these three letters so that someone knows that you would be back. Now people say it to let the people they drag with know they leave for a second.

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To fail

Woman falling on ice while ice skating
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Another word that is seized in the language of our play time, a failure can be a name, as if a cake you try to collapse on itself in the oven. This can also be a word that you brutally shout in a person who makes a mistake.

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Yass

cheerful girl with bicycle
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Yass burst on the stage when aLady Gaga The fan used it on Twitter to express its pure excitement on the encounter of the singer. It's basically the same as yes, but you can add as many A or S as you want to transmit varying degrees of excitement.

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Duck face

friends making a duck face while taking a selfie, smart person habits
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Duck - a term for the pursuit of your lips in a photo began to infiltrate the real world through the time that Myspace took off and is a natural by-product of the self-owned explosion that happened pretty much at the same time.

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IRL

man walking and texting on his phone
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Now that so many things happen on the internet, it is crucial to let people know when things happen in real life or IRL.

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Necklace

young white guy hugging upset dog
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Neckbeard is a pejorative term that uses to describe a person who is located on the Nerdier side of the Internet culture: a person who can not grow a full beard, in Fedoras and not particularly skilled at the social indices. Now that this word has turned into an umbrella term for clumps on the internet.

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M'LADY

woman holds an L on her forehead for the loser sign
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M'lady is the standard greeting of a necklace to all women who had human beings, and is a shortening on the internet for calling someone to act in a way of Neckbeard-Ish. But you can also tell friends to let them know that you are about to do something scary or transmitting them the excessive way of another person without doing too much detail.

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Lurker

Shot of a young man looking at his phone while lying in bed
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A Lurker was at the origin a person who read message tips without ever commenting or participating. Now, a person can be a Lurker anywhere, they hang through the tokens at a party or accidentally loving a six-year photo on the Facebook.

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TL; drudgery

profile mistakes
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As it became more and more obvious that people on the internet will never read everyone, it has become necessary to start giving long or deepened explanations of TL; Dr, or too long; did not read. Now you can ask a person who tells you a long-term story for a TL; Dr, and they will know exactly what you mean.


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Tags: Language / Slang
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