The people and words making Slangora worth reading.
Top contributors are ranked by approved_count + total_upvotes − total_downvotes. Quality (your upvotes) matters more than quantity, but consistent contributors still pull ahead.
Most voted terms ranks individual definitions by net score (upvotes minus downvotes), regardless of when they were posted.
Rising stars looks at the last 14 days only — it's the leaderboard for new contributors who haven't accumulated lifetime numbers yet.
How to climb: write definitions that are clear, specific, and useful (see the guidelines). One good definition with a real example tends to outperform five rushed ones.
Charisma, charm, or the ability to attract a romantic partner through smooth talk and confident energy. Used as a noun ("he has rizz") or verb ("rizzing her up").
Exciting, awesome, or high-energy. Describes parties, songs, events, moods — anything you'd want to rally around. By the late 2010s "lit" was cross-generational; using it unironically at a family dinner is a minor crime in Gen-Z circles.
Greatest Of All Time. Used for the best ever at something — sports, music, any competitive endeavor. Often replaced by the goat emoji (🐐) on social media. Adjective ("goated"), verb ("goating"), or standalone ("he's the GOAT").
Suspicious; giving off the feeling something isn't right. "He's acting sus" = something's off. Can target a person, a story, or a plan. Lives somewhere between vague paranoia and actual evidence — usually the vibe tells you before the facts do.
When an AI model confidently generates false information — citing non-existent sources, inventing people, fabricating quotes. A core limitation of LLMs.
The skull emoji means "I'm dead" — i.e. dying of laughter. Replaced 😂 for Gen Z around 2019–2020; the crying-laughing emoji is now considered a millennial tell.
Extremely good — usually food, but increasingly applied to songs, weather, and outfits. The doubled form "bussin bussin" means exceptionally so; one "bussin" is a polite compliment, two is a declaration.
Building software by describing what you want to an AI and accepting whatever it produces — often without reading the code. Less engineering, more directing.
Cross-Origin Resource Sharing. The browser security feature that blocks your frontend from calling APIs on a different domain unless the server explicitly allows it. Universal source of developer despair.
Doing only the work explicitly required by your job description — no unpaid overtime, no extra projects. Technically still employed, mentally checked out. The 2022 Gen Z labor mantra that gave HR departments a quiet panic. Productive in moderation; corrosive in extremes.
When a reply to a post gets more likes than the original — signaling the replier dunked on the poster. "You're getting ratio'd" is a taunt. Twitter's public-shaming format inverted: the audience writes the verdict via like counts, then notifies the original poster.
To throw something with great force and very little care for where it lands. Also an exclamation ("YEET!") — triumphant, absurd, or both at once. Peaked in 2014 Vine popularity, is now fully lodged in the mainstream English vocabulary despite most users flinching at their own use of it.
A formative, inevitable, sometimes-embarrassing experience that everyone goes through — you can't interfere with it or you risk breaking who they're meant to become.
A warning sign in dating or friendships — a behavior that suggests incompatibility or trouble. Compare with "green flag" (good sign) and "beige flag" (odd but neutral). "He doesn't tip waiters" has ended more relationships than any app algorithm.
Acutely uncomfortable to watch — someone trying too hard, missing the tone, or being earnest in the wrong setting. The universal Gen Z negative verdict. "His LinkedIn poetry is peak cringe." Cringe comedy is a genre; cringe behavior is a verdict.
Low-effort AI-generated content flooding the internet — generic images, soulless blog posts, fake product reviews. The 2024–2026 equivalent of spam.
A lie — flat-out untrue, inflated, or an exaggerated claim. "Capping" (verb) is the act of lying. "No cap" means no lie; "cap" on its own means "that's not true." Dropped into chat or replies as a one-word accusation: 🧢.
Used ironically after the viral phrase "very demure, very mindful." Describes anyone behaving modestly, professionally, or primly — the joke is applying it to mundane or contradictory moments.
When something occupies your thoughts constantly without your permission — a song, a memory, or something embarrassing you did in 2014. "That jingle has been living rent free in my head for three days." Used for anything that squats in your brain unpaid.
Application Programming Interface. A contract that lets one program talk to another — endpoints, parameters, responses. Modern APIs are typically HTTP + JSON.
A win. Used as a noun, adjective, or interjection — "that's a W," "W take," "W rizz." Can also mean approval of someone's decision. Pairs with "L" as the universal binary of social-media outcomes. "Big W" amplifies; "smaller-than-expected W" registers narrow victory.
The summer of 2024, reimagined through Charli XCX's "brat" aesthetic — lime green, messy nights, cigarettes, self-aware chaos. Charli tweeted "kamala IS brat" in July 2024, briefly merging the aesthetic with the Kamala Harris presidential campaign.
Deliberately doing cool, low-effort things just to look effortlessly stylish — posing against a wall, walking slowly in sunglasses, skipping class to stare out a window.
Accumulated cost of shortcuts taken in code. Like financial debt, it compounds — the longer you wait to fix it, the harder future changes become. Metaphor coined by Ward Cunningham (inventor of the wiki) in 1992. Every codebase has it; the discipline is naming it before refactoring.
Absolutely doomed or destroyed — mentally, physically, or situationally. The passive voice of the cook family. "I'm cooked" covers: three exams tomorrow, rent is due, the group chat screenshot got out, you replied to your boss with "sup." The word absorbs every crisis.
The craft of writing inputs to LLMs to reliably produce the output you want. Includes role-setting, few-shot examples, chain-of-thought, and careful phrasing.
A universal one-word reaction — exasperation, disbelief, or affection. Can stand alone as a complete sentence. "He replied ‘k.'" "Bruh." Gender-neutral despite the etymology, deployed in every context from sports highlights to genuinely emotional moments.
Spending an entire day in bed doing essentially nothing — scrolling, napping, eating in bed. Re-framed from "lazy" to "restorative self-care" by Gen Z.
Delusional, affectionately — believing in something unlikely (usually a crush or dream outcome) despite the evidence. Often worn as a badge: "delulu is the solulu."
Agreeing with something strongly because it's bold, authentic, or unafraid to be unpopular. The opposite of "cringe." "Quitting Twitter to read books again — based." Rapper Lil B redefined the word (previously slang for cocaine) in the early 2010s as a term for being yourself.
Something that affects you more than expected — a song, food, or moment that lands harder in a specific context. "A cold Coke after a run hits different." The word acknowledges that familiarity is not a disqualifier — sometimes you notice the thing freshly, and that matters.
A fashion aesthetic defined by expensive-looking minimalism — no logos, impeccable fabrics, neutral palettes. Think Loro Piana over Louis Vuitton.
An obsessed fan. Can be affectionate ("I stan her") or a warning sign ("those stans are unhinged"). Now a verb for devotion: "I stan this album." From Eminem's 2000 song "Stan" about an obsessed fan named Stan.
A self-defined phase of your life that you're fully committing to — "my soft girl era," "my gym era," "my villain era." Borrowed from Taylor Swift's album-naming convention. Announcing eras is half the commitment; honoring them is the other 90%.
Someone whose career was launched by a famous parent or well-connected family. Not strictly dating slang but heavily deployed when discussing who is allowed to date whom.
A phrase used to describe the vibe or aesthetic of something. "It's giving main-character energy," "it's giving 2014 Tumblr," "it's giving trying-too-hard." Ballroom / Black queer slang; mainstreamed on TikTok in the early 2020s. The word "giving" is doing all the verb work in the sentence.
Caught in the act with undeniable, high-resolution evidence. "Caught in 4K" = there is video, and it's sharp. No plausible deniability, no story that fixes it. Usually delivered as a verdict after a receipts screenshot.
Having an emotional breakdown — losing your temper, crying, or losing control publicly. Often threatened rather than done: "I'm about to crash out."
A song so good you have to bop your head to it — the universal Gen-Z compliment for a track. "This is a BOP" is the TikTok equivalent of "this slaps." Said with confidence, no qualification needed.
Someone who goes overboard showing affection or support for a person (usually a romantic interest) in the hope of attention. Often self-deprecating — "I'm a simp for her."