YouTube
popularised ~2008-present · 50 terms catalogued
YouTube's comment culture + creator catchphrases have been a slang source for two decades. From early 2010s viral phrases ('like and subscribe', 'smash that bell') to creator-specific in-jokes that bleed into general usage.
Top terms
- GoonTuber4.2K
- safe836
- body doubling536
- Janet443
- mukbang416
- y'all355
- oh my gosh283
- banger274
- comeback273
- already235
- face226
- what it is226
- cat's eye221
- internet pitstop220
- three sisters216
- play215
- great213
- my gosh212
- gaming212
- anti-SJW195
- chocolate194
- catch in 4K194
- I would193
- on the192
- SlopTuber191
- House187
- rickroll185
- much184
- clown177
- can't176
- peak parasocial176
- like that176
- oh my174
- andy169
- anyway168
- friend168
- Best Korea167
- boys165
- StudyTube164
- into163
- ourple162
- Rock160
- brofist157
- is all156
- and that155
- gringo154
- parasocial arc153
- snoop152
- couldn't152
- nuggbud149