Excellent, extremely impressive, of very high quality.
Excellent, extremely impressive, of very high quality. Used to compliment music, food, outfits and content — "this track is fire" — with the implication that it's hot enough to start one. Closely related to "lit" and often paired with the flame emoji. Now widely mainstream.
that new album is absolute fire, no skips
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The fire emoji 🔥 means something is excellent, stylish, or hot right now. The universal "this is good" reaction on social media. A single 🔥 is a compliment; three in a row is a coronation. Deployed across every generation — one of the few emojis with no ironic register.
(chiefly, US, informal) Extreme, excessive.
(slang) To excite or arouse someone; to turn someone on.
(chiefly, US, intensifier, informal) Extremely, thoroughly, very.
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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.