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.
2000s — 62 terms
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bruh
2005🗺️ Regional & Other
🔊lowkey
2000🌐 Internet & Memes
tiktok
🔊goat
2000🔥 Gen Z & TikTok
tiktok
🔊CORS
2006⚡ Tech, Dev & AI
🔊peng
2005🇬🇧 British & Irish slang
🔊pop off
2000🔥 Gen Z & TikTok
tiktok
🔊bruv
2000🇬🇧 British & Irish slang
bluesky
🔊OP
2000🎮 Gaming
reddit
🔊ship it
2000⚡ Tech, Dev & AI
bluesky
🔊LGTM
2006⚡ Tech, Dev & AI
🔊highkey
2000🌐 Internet & Memes
tiktok
🔊ping me
2000💼 Corporate & Work
bluesky
🔊safe
2000🎤 Black culture & AAVE
youtube
🔊body doubling
2000🌱 Lifestyle & Wellness
🔊deadass
2000🔥 Gen Z & TikTok
tiktok
🔊stan
2000🌐 Internet & Memes
tiktok
🔊mukbang
2009🍔 Food & Drink
🔊shift left
2001💼 Corporate & Work
🔊hella
2000🔥 Gen Z & TikTok
tiktok
🔊chimp out
2000🗺️ Regional & Other
🔊that's so fetch
2004🚀 Emerging / Viral
tiktok
🔊velocity
2002💼 Corporate & Work
🔊jailbreak
2007⚡ Tech, Dev & AI
bluesky
🔊tank
2000🎮 Gaming
discord
🔊tilt
2000🎮 Gaming
discord
🔊pre-mortem
2007💼 Corporate & Work
🔊story points
2001💼 Corporate & Work
🔊wombo combo
2008🎮 Gaming
discord
🔊context collapse
2009⚡ Tech, Dev & AI
bluesky
🔊Jersey club
2000🎵 Music & Lyrics
🔊frame perfect
2000🎮 Gaming
discord
🔊thizz
2002?? Drugs & Substances
🔊crank one's hog
2000🗺️ Regional & Other
🔊whack the illy
2000🇦🇺 Australian & NZ slang
🔊yummy mummy
2000🇦🇺 Australian & NZ slang
🔊sloppy toppy
2000🎤 Black culture & AAVE
🔊360 noscope
2007🎮 Gaming
🔊snatched
2009🔥 Gen Z & TikTok
tiktok
🔊Boris bus
2008🇬🇧 British & Irish slang
🔊anti-fan
2000🎵 Music & Lyrics
🔊fux0r
2000🌐 Internet & Memes
🔊ALSer
2000🌐 Internet & Memes
🔊Barclaysman
2004🇬🇧 British & Irish slang
🔊BoJo
2008🇬🇧 British & Irish slang
🔊aegyo
2000🎵 Music & Lyrics
🔊on swole
2000🎤 Black culture & AAVE
🔊bbiab
2000🌐 Internet & Memes
🔊deafaz
2005🗺️ Regional & Other
🔊fong kong
2000🗺️ Regional & Other
🔊Liebour
2000🌐 Internet & Memes
🔊selca
2002🎵 Music & Lyrics
🔊assage
2000🗺️ Regional & Other
🔊noona
2008🎵 Music & Lyrics
🔊adulting
2008🗺️ Regional & Other
bluesky
🔊peak
2000🎤 Black culture & AAVE
🔊visual
2005🎵 Music & Lyrics
🔊hit a lick
2000🎤 Black culture & AAVE
🔊hol' up
2000⚡ Tech, Dev & AI
🔊Jayoncé
2008🗺️ Regional & Other
🔊zaddy
2008👗 Fashion & Lifestyle
bluesky
🔊yeen
2005🌐 Internet & Memes
bluesky
🔊mandy
2005?? Drugs & Substances
bluesky
🔊mobe
2000🇬🇧 British & Irish slang
🔊Ali Baba
2003⚡ Tech, Dev & AI
🔊Caturday
2005🌐 Internet & Memes
bluesky
🔊quarter bathroom
2000🗺️ Regional & Other
🔊ratchet
2000🔥 Gen Z & TikTok
tiktok
🔊pantsu
2000🌐 Internet & Memes
🔊namesearch
2005🌐 Internet & Memes
🔊HMO
2000🇬🇧 British & Irish slang
🔊bait
2000🇬🇧 British & Irish slang
bluesky
🔊koranimal
2005🗺️ Regional & Other
🔊ABU
2000⚡ Tech, Dev & AI
🔊jizz bucket
2000🗺️ Regional & Other
🔊bars
2000🎵 Music & Lyrics
bluesky
🔊skeng
2000⚡ Tech, Dev & AI
🔊munchie box
2000🇬🇧 British & Irish slang
🔊freak off
2000🎤 Black culture & AAVE
🔊ends
2000🎤 Black culture & AAVE
bluesky
🔊Jordan's Principle
2007🗺️ Regional & Other
🔊Aberzombie
2002👗 Fashion & Lifestyle
🔊dukes
2005🗺️ Regional & Other
bluesky
🔊Kevin
2000🇬🇧 British & Irish slang
bluesky
🔊NCT
2000🇬🇧 British & Irish slang
🔊niggersow
2005🌐 Internet & Memes
🔊fasho
2000🗺️ Regional & Other
bluesky
🔊blud
2000🎤 Black culture & AAVE
bluesky
🔊abecedarian jigsaw
2000🗺️ Regional & Other
🔊NN
2003🎮 Gaming
🔊permatroll
2005🌐 Internet & Memes
🔊a-bling
2000🗺️ Regional & Other
🔊unbirth
2000🌐 Internet & Memes
🔊Krogering
2000🗺️ Regional & Other
🔊Y2K
2000👗 Fashion & Lifestyle
tiktok
🔊kidkind
2000🗺️ Regional & Other
🔊fetti
2000🎤 Black culture & AAVE
🔊'mirin
2008🌐 Internet & Memes
🔊emosh
2005🗺️ Regional & Other
🔊4channer
2005🌐 Internet & Memes
🔊fagness
2000🗺️ Regional & Other
🔊do the most
2000🎤 Black culture & AAVE
bluesky
🔊jizzrag
2000🗺️ Regional & Other
🔊NGP
2000🎮 Gaming
🔊First Cat
2000🗺️ Regional & Other
bluesky
🔊Acela
2000⚡ Tech, Dev & AI
🔊Flodge
2000🗺️ Regional & Other
🔊Flag Town
2000🗺️ Regional & Other
🔊4get
2000🌐 Internet & Memes
🔊2nite
2000🌐 Internet & Memes
🔊GILF
2000🗺️ Regional & Other
texting
🔊number six
2000⚡ Tech, Dev & AI
bluesky
🔊flagpole
2000⚡ Tech, Dev & AI
bluesky
🔊10q
2003🌐 Internet & Memes
🔊juice monkey
2000🗺️ Regional & Other
🔊achievement whore
2007🎮 Gaming
🔊handle up
2000🎤 Black culture & AAVE
🔊acquihire
2005🗺️ Regional & Other
🔊UEN
2008🗺️ Regional & Other
🔊flash disk
2000🗺️ Regional & Other
🔊cac
2000🎤 Black culture & AAVE
🔊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.