Slang time machine
Every English slang term has a moment it first showed up in print or on someone's lips. We've tagged 1,000 terms with a first attested decade — from 18th-century thieves’ cant through to 2020s internet vocabulary. Pick a decade below.
2020s — 221 terms
Showing top 120 by viewsrizz
2022🔥 Gen Z & TikTok
aura
2024🔥 Gen Z & TikTok
clanker
2025🚀 Emerging / Viral
girl dinner
2023🍔 Food & Drink
sus
2020🔥 Gen Z & TikTok
brainrot
2024🔥 Gen Z & TikTok
brat
2024🚀 Emerging / Viral
vibe coding
2025🚀 Emerging / Viral
enshittification
2023🌐 Internet & Memes
mid
2021🔥 Gen Z & TikTok
quiet luxury
2023👗 Fashion & Lifestyle
agentic
2024⚡ Tech, Dev & AI
canon event
2023🚀 Emerging / Viral
demure
2024🚀 Emerging / Viral
aura farming
2024🚀 Emerging / Viral
brat summer
2024🚀 Emerging / Viral
skibidi
2023🔥 Gen Z & TikTok
hot girl walk
2020🌱 Lifestyle & Wellness
goblin mode
2022🚀 Emerging / Viral
coquette
2022👗 Fashion & Lifestyle
LLM
2022⚡ Tech, Dev & AI
hits different
2022🔥 Gen Z & TikTok
glazing (AI)
2024🚀 Emerging / Viral
clean girl
2022👗 Fashion & Lifestyle
RAG
2020⚡ Tech, Dev & AI
old money aesthetic
2022👗 Fashion & Lifestyle
goated
2020🔥 Gen Z & TikTok
mob wife
2024🚀 Emerging / Viral
brat girl
2020🎵 Music & Lyrics
unc
2023🔥 Gen Z & TikTok
tomato girl
2023🚀 Emerging / Viral
6-7
2024🚀 Emerging / Viral
unalive
2020🌐 Internet & Memes
gyat
2022🔥 Gen Z & TikTok
balletcore
2022👗 Fashion & Lifestyle
menty b
2022🚀 Emerging / Viral
SYBAU
2025🚀 Emerging / Viral
mogging
2023🔥 Gen Z & TikTok
sad girl indie
2020🎵 Music & Lyrics
dopamine dressing
2022👗 Fashion & Lifestyle
TS/PMO
2024🚀 Emerging / Viral
huzz
2024🚀 Emerging / Viral
🥲
2020✨ Emoji & Symbols
clean bass
2020🎵 Music & Lyrics
ramen hack
2022🍔 Food & Drink
light academia
2020👗 Fashion & Lifestyle
Trader Joe's haul
2022🍔 Food & Drink
😮💨
2021✨ Emoji & Symbols
merch drop
2020🎵 Music & Lyrics
🫨
2022✨ Emoji & Symbols
charcuterie board
2022🍔 Food & Drink
siren aesthetic
2020👗 Fashion & Lifestyle
second brain
2022🌱 Lifestyle & Wellness
Pilates wife
2020🌱 Lifestyle & Wellness
walking 10k
2020🌱 Lifestyle & Wellness
sheet-pan dinner
2022🍔 Food & Drink
concert girl
2022🍔 Food & Drink
office dad aesthetic
2020👗 Fashion & Lifestyle
slow mornings
2020🌱 Lifestyle & Wellness
Baby Gap hot dog
2022🍔 Food & Drink
it's giving
2020🔥 Gen Z & TikTok
sad boy hours
2020🎵 Music & Lyrics
spicy margarita
2022🍔 Food & Drink
🫥
2021✨ Emoji & Symbols
algo boost
2022🌐 Internet & Memes
tenniscore
2020👗 Fashion & Lifestyle
Y2K pop revival
2020🎵 Music & Lyrics
Kindle girlie
2020🌱 Lifestyle & Wellness
AGI-pilled
2023🚀 Emerging / Viral
mouth tape
2020🌱 Lifestyle & Wellness
anti-AI
2023🚀 Emerging / Viral
cozymaxxing
2023🚀 Emerging / Viral
AI slop
2024🚀 Emerging / Viral
NGL
2020🌐 Internet & Memes
monochrome dressing
2020👗 Fashion & Lifestyle
Japanese walking
2024🌱 Lifestyle & Wellness
model rot
2023🚀 Emerging / Viral
slopification
2023🚀 Emerging / Viral
girl math
2022🍔 Food & Drink
Nashville rap
2020🎵 Music & Lyrics
pro tip
2022🌐 Internet & Memes
healing
2022🔥 Gen Z & TikTok
hot take
2022🌐 Internet & Memes
crack wrap
2021🍔 Food & Drink
cucumber salad
2024🍔 Food & Drink
chat, is this real?
2024🚀 Emerging / Viral
cold take
2022🌐 Internet & Memes
cortisol cocktail
2021🍔 Food & Drink
main quest
2022🔥 Gen Z & TikTok
eval
2023⚡ Tech, Dev & AI
stay pressed
2022🔥 Gen Z & TikTok
nokey
2022🔥 Gen Z & TikTok
very mindful
2024🚀 Emerging / Viral
devious lick
2021🎵 Music & Lyrics
🤌
2020✨ Emoji & Symbols
TikTok made me buy it
2024🚀 Emerging / Viral
Dubai chocolate
2021🍔 Food & Drink
nesting
2020🌱 Lifestyle & Wellness
lucky girl syndrome
2023🌱 Lifestyle & Wellness
cruffin
2021🍔 Food & Drink
mermaidcore
2022👗 Fashion & Lifestyle
deinfluencing
2024🚀 Emerging / Viral
no yap zone
2020🔥 Gen Z & TikTok
brainrot humor
2022🌐 Internet & Memes
-coded
2023🎵 Music & Lyrics
rage farming
2022🌐 Internet & Memes
AI-native
2023⚡ Tech, Dev & AI
lowkey highkey
2020🔥 Gen Z & TikTok
hard launch
2022💘 Relationships & Dating
lore drop
2022🌐 Internet & Memes
gassed
2022🔥 Gen Z & TikTok
the audacity
2022🔥 Gen Z & TikTok
lurker
2022🌐 Internet & Memes
FYP
2022🌐 Internet & Memes
main character moment
2022🔥 Gen Z & TikTok
chopped sandwich
2021🍔 Food & Drink
character development
2022🔥 Gen Z & TikTok
POV
2024🚀 Emerging / Viral
big mood
2020🌐 Internet & Memes
brainworm
2022🌐 Internet & Memes
Attestation dates come from etymologies originally sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0) and editorial expansion authored on Slangora. They reflect the earliest documented use we found for each term, not necessarily the moment it was coined.