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 — 149 terms
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rizz
2022🔥 Gen Z & TikTok
tiktok
🔊sus
2020🔥 Gen Z & TikTok
tiktok
🔊mid
2021🔥 Gen Z & TikTok
tiktok
🔊enshittification
2023🌐 Internet & Memes
tiktok
🔊aura
2024🔥 Gen Z & TikTok
tiktok
🔊0.5 selfie
2022🗺️ Regional & Other
🔊agentic
2024⚡ Tech, Dev & AI
🔊girl dinner
2023🍔 Food & Drink
tiktok
🔊clanker
2025🚀 Emerging / Viral
tiktok
🔊brainrot
2024🔥 Gen Z & TikTok
tiktok
🔊brat
2024🚀 Emerging / Viral
tiktok
🔊vibe coding
2025🚀 Emerging / Viral
tiktok
🔊quiet luxury
2023👗 Fashion & Lifestyle
tiktok
🔊canon event
2023🚀 Emerging / Viral
tiktok
🔊slop
2024⚡ Tech, Dev & AI
bluesky
🔊aura farming
2024🚀 Emerging / Viral
tiktok
🔊skibidi
2023🔥 Gen Z & TikTok
tiktok
🔊demure
2024🚀 Emerging / Viral
tiktok
🔊brat summer
2024🚀 Emerging / Viral
tiktok
🔊hot girl walk
2020🌱 Lifestyle & Wellness
tiktok
🔊goblin mode
2022🚀 Emerging / Viral
tiktok
🔊fanum tax
2022🔥 Gen Z & TikTok
tiktok
🔊quiet quitting
2022💼 Corporate & Work
bluesky
🔊coquette
2022👗 Fashion & Lifestyle
tiktok
🔊LLM
2022⚡ Tech, Dev & AI
🔊prompt engineering
2021⚡ Tech, Dev & AI
bluesky
🔊glazing (AI)
2024🚀 Emerging / Viral
tiktok
🔊hits different
2022🔥 Gen Z & TikTok
tiktok
🔊clean girl
2022👗 Fashion & Lifestyle
tiktok
🔊crashing out
2024🔥 Gen Z & TikTok
tiktok
🔊yap
2023🔥 Gen Z & TikTok
tiktok
🔊old money aesthetic
2022👗 Fashion & Lifestyle
🔊mob wife
2024🚀 Emerging / Viral
tiktok
🔊goated
2020🔥 Gen Z & TikTok
tiktok
🔊RAG
2020⚡ Tech, Dev & AI
texting
🔊skill issue
2020⚡ Tech, Dev & AI
bluesky
🔊brat girl
2020🎵 Music & Lyrics
🔊glazing
2022🔥 Gen Z & TikTok
tiktok
🔊aura points
2023🔥 Gen Z & TikTok
tiktok
🔊unc
2023🔥 Gen Z & TikTok
tiktok
🔊balletcore
2022👗 Fashion & Lifestyle
tiktok
🔊tomato girl
2023🚀 Emerging / Viral
tiktok
🔊gyat
2022🔥 Gen Z & TikTok
tiktok
🔊mewing
2024🔥 Gen Z & TikTok
tiktok
🔊6-7
2024🚀 Emerging / Viral
tiktok
🔊unalive
2020🌐 Internet & Memes
tiktok
🔊locking in
2023🔥 Gen Z & TikTok
tiktok
🔊menty b
2022🚀 Emerging / Viral
tiktok
🔊chopped
2024🔥 Gen Z & TikTok
tiktok
🔊SYBAU
2025🚀 Emerging / Viral
tiktok
🔊sad girl indie
2020🎵 Music & Lyrics
🔊mogging
2023🔥 Gen Z & TikTok
tiktok
🔊tool use
2023⚡ Tech, Dev & AI
bluesky
🔊dopamine dressing
2022👗 Fashion & Lifestyle
🔊TS/PMO
2024🚀 Emerging / Viral
tiktok
🔊charcuterie board
2022🍔 Food & Drink
bluesky
🔊huzz
2024🚀 Emerging / Viral
tiktok
🔊ramen hack
2022🍔 Food & Drink
🔊Trader Joe's haul
2022🍔 Food & Drink
🔊go brrr
2020🌐 Internet & Memes
🔊clean bass
2020🎵 Music & Lyrics
🔊🥲
2020✨ Emoji & Symbols
texting
🔊sheet-pan dinner
2022🍔 Food & Drink
🔊😮💨
2021✨ Emoji & Symbols
texting
🔊merch drop
2020🎵 Music & Lyrics
bluesky
🔊light academia
2020👗 Fashion & Lifestyle
🔊🫨
2022✨ Emoji & Symbols
texting
🔊second brain
2022🌱 Lifestyle & Wellness
🔊siren aesthetic
2020👗 Fashion & Lifestyle
🔊Pilates wife
2020🌱 Lifestyle & Wellness
🔊walking 10k
2020🌱 Lifestyle & Wellness
🔊concert girl
2022🍔 Food & Drink
🔊AI slop
2024🚀 Emerging / Viral
tiktok
🔊office dad aesthetic
2020👗 Fashion & Lifestyle
🔊cruffin
2021🍔 Food & Drink
🔊bone smashing
2024🚀 Emerging / Viral
tiktok
🔊the math is mathing
2022🔥 Gen Z & TikTok
tiktok
🔊smash burger
2021🍔 Food & Drink
🔊algo boost
2022🌐 Internet & Memes
tiktok
🔊very mindful, very demure
2024🚀 Emerging / Viral
tiktok
🔊POV
2024🚀 Emerging / Viral
tiktok
🔊gooner
2024🚀 Emerging / Viral
tiktok
🔊cucumber salad
2024🍔 Food & Drink
tiktok
🔊ragebait
2022🔥 Gen Z & TikTok
tiktok
🔊sleepmaxxing
2020🌱 Lifestyle & Wellness
🔊healing
2022🔥 Gen Z & TikTok
tiktok
🔊girl math
2022🍔 Food & Drink
tiktok
🔊NGL
2020🌐 Internet & Memes
texting
🔊hard launch
2022💘 Relationships & Dating
bluesky
🔊it's giving
2020🔥 Gen Z & TikTok
tiktok
🔊slow mornings
2020🌱 Lifestyle & Wellness
bluesky
🔊lowkey highkey
2020🔥 Gen Z & TikTok
tiktok
🔊pro tip
2022🌐 Internet & Memes
tiktok
🔊AGI-pilled
2023🚀 Emerging / Viral
tiktok
🔊deinfluencing
2024🚀 Emerging / Viral
tiktok
🔊crashout szn
2020🔥 Gen Z & TikTok
tiktok
🔊looksmaxxing
2024🚀 Emerging / Viral
tiktok
🔊TikTok made me buy it
2024🚀 Emerging / Viral
tiktok
🔊hallucinate up
2023⚡ Tech, Dev & AI
🔊 nesting
2020🌱 Lifestyle & Wellness
🔊rawdogging
2024🚀 Emerging / Viral
tiktok
🔊brainrot humor
2022🌐 Internet & Memes
tiktok
🔊mango mango
2024🚀 Emerging / Viral
tiktok
🔊acoustic
2024🚀 Emerging / Viral
tiktok
🔊slopification
2023🚀 Emerging / Viral
tiktok
🔊soft launch
2022💘 Relationships & Dating
tiktok
🔊office siren
2024👗 Fashion & Lifestyle
🔊anti-AI
2023🚀 Emerging / Viral
tiktok
🔊marry me chicken
2021🍔 Food & Drink
tiktok
🔊spiraling
2022🔥 Gen Z & TikTok
tiktok
🔊system prompt
2022⚡ Tech, Dev & AI
bluesky
🔊cozymaxxing
2023🚀 Emerging / Viral
tiktok
🔊plot armor
2022🌐 Internet & Memes
tiktok
🔊very mindful
2024🚀 Emerging / Viral
tiktok
🔊Nashville rap
2020🎵 Music & Lyrics
🔊side quest
2022🔥 Gen Z & TikTok
tiktok
🔊big mood
2020🌐 Internet & Memes
tiktok
🔊character development
2022🔥 Gen Z & TikTok
tiktok
🔊gassed
2022🔥 Gen Z & TikTok
tiktok
🔊Baby Gap hot dog
2022🍔 Food & Drink
🔊More on how slang travels through time
The lifecycle of a slang word
Mint, scale, ironize, retire — how every viral term moves through the same five stages.
Where slang is born now
The platforms and subcultures that mint vocabulary in 2026 — and why TikTok shifted everything.
AAVE and internet slang
The single biggest source of new mainstream English vocabulary, and why most of the words you used today started here.
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.