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When someone calls you a tool, it means they think you're being a big ol' jerk. Most often, people use this insult to call out an egotistical male for acting like adouchebag.
On Twitter, Instagram, TikTok, and other social media platforms, OTD often stands for "of the day." Posters use this acronym on its own and as part of other "of the day" acronyms, such asOOTD(outfit of the day),QOTD(question of the day), andWOTD(workout of the day).
A Zoom town is a small community that is growing quickly due to the rise of remote work. During the COVID-19 pandemic, journalists noticed that many newly-remote workers were moving out of cities and into less-urban areas. Combining the name of the Zoom video conferencing app with the term "boom town," journalists dubbed these quickly-growing rural communities "Zoom towns."
A "wannabe" is a person who is trying hard to be someone they aren't talented or qualified enough to be (thus, they are stuck as a "want to be"). For example, you are a wannabe if you aspire to be a lead singer like Mick Jagger but don't have the voice, charisma, or style.
While the acronym PITA might make you think of a delicious, yeast-leavened flatbread, it actually stands for "pain in the a**." This type of PITA is usually neither delicious nor yeast-leavened. Instead, it is someone or something that is especially annoying.
An abbreviation of doing; saves about 0.1 seconds of time by removing the "g;" commonly used in chat rooms when asking others what or how they are doing.
A subtweet is atweetthat is about someone but doesn't explicitly mention them. People use subtweets when they want to discuss someone without bringing the conversation to their attention. For example, a user who wants to rag on Elon Musk may post "EMusk has just about run Twitter into the ground, but here I am anyway."
This page explains what the acronym "FKA" means. The definition, example, and related terms listed above have been manually compiled and written by the Slang.net team.
A revenge arc is an effort a person makes to get revenge on someone who has wronged them somehow, whether it be anexwho broke their heart or a friend who betrayed them. The "arc" refers to the person's journey to attain the revenge, which could be days, months, or years.
When someone messages you "thanks" (or "thx" or "TY"), you can reply with theurwabbreviation. Urw is similar to the more commonYWbut includes an extra character.
Washed is short for either "washed up" or "washed out." In gaming, sports, and pop culture contexts, washed typically means "washed up." In personal contexts, washed typically means "washed out."
Twinning is when two people appear to be twins because they say or do the same thing. It commonly occurs when people wear the same outfit without planning or respond to a question in the same way. Twinning typically occurs on accident which is why the term is often used in excitement. It is most commonly referenced bytweenagergirls. It is similar to thetwinsiesterm.
A baseball term that refers to all the bases being occupied by a baserunner, which is a great opportunity to score runs for the hitting team; leads to a grand slam if the hitter hits aHR.
A speedrunner is agamerthat attempts to complete a video game as fast as possible. The speedrunner posts thespeedruntime to compete with other gamers for who can finish the game the quickest.
Your friends, family, and co-workers may use HBTU to mean "happy birthday to you." As you might expect, you're most likely to receive this acronym on your birthday, in text or chat messages.
In online gaming, a twink is a low-level player who has been given powerful equipment and items. These items make the player stronger than players of their level should be.
Unforch is an abbreviation people use for "unfortunately" when messaging online and texting. For example, your friend may text you, "Unforch, I can't go to the concert tomorrow. :-("
Most often,gamersuse GotY when discussing a video game that has been chosen as the Game of the Year by a gaming website, awards show, or magazine. The GotY is (at least theoretically) the best game released in a given year. However, gaming publications don't always agree on which of a year's games is the best, so multiple games released within the same year may receive the GotY title from different sources.
A blue wave is a political term for when Democrats earn sweeping victories during an election. The "blue" comes from the Democrats' primary color and is the opposite ofred wave, which is when Republicans win many positions in an election.
The "puter" abbreviation is similar to the "comp" abbreviation, but it possesses a unique charm due to its playful pronunciation that people often speak in real life as "baby speak." While it is a "cutesy" abbreviation, both seasonednetizensand those new to the tech realm use the abbreviation.
People use the phrase Only in Ohio to label things that are strange orsus. Primarily, you'll encounter this phrase on TikTok, in videos showing odd items or events.
That one person in every group whose indoor voice is everyone else's outdoor voice, and whose outdoor voice violates several noise ordinances. They're not yelling, that's just how they talk - RIP your eardrums.
Like mood swings, but for your appetite—the unpredictable fluctuation in what and how much you want to eat from day to day. One day you're craving kale salads, the next you need an entire pizza to survive. It's your body's way of keeping restaurants guessing and making dinner plans unnecessarily complicated.
An endearing term for something unbearably cute, like 'munchkin' but with more syllables for extra adorableness. It's what you call small children, pets, or that one friend who's shorter than everyone else. The word itself sounds squishy and round, which perfectly matches its meaning.