A “gamer GF” is a girlfriend who plays video games.
Liz Sommer is a recent graduate of Pitzer College, where she majored in media studies. As she’s somewhere between the end of adolescence and the beginning of full-on-adulthood, she’s working to bridge the gap between tweens, teens, teachers, parents, and grandparents when it comes to digital media and pop culture. She currently lives in Los Angeles. Contact her at [email protected]
A “gamer GF” is a girlfriend who plays video games.
A gamer boyfriend is a boyfriend who plays video games.
TikTokers are dancing to Billy Joel’s “Zanzibar” with choreography by @maxmith_.
TikTokers are dancing with their friends in a circle to “SexyBack” by Justin Timberlake.
A flop era is a period of time where an artist or creator is producing subpar work.
“Girls gays and theys” is a colloquial way to address or refer to a group of people including girls, women, LGBTQ+ people, and non-binary people.
People are sharing remixes of the “we did it Joe” video/meme featuring Vice President Kamala Harris to pressure the Biden Administration to follow up on its campaign promises.
On Twitter, people are joking about how the phrase “once COVID is over” refers to a possibly distant future.
A genre of TikTok videos features people cooking meals for their husbands or significant others. Videos contain both serious content and satirical takes on traditional gender roles.
“MAGA coping” refers to followers of former President Donald Trump coping with the end of his presidency.
The popularity of the “make up a guy” Twitter account has inspired a number of other gimmick accounts where people tweet made-up versions of different characters, things, and archetypes.
A combination of the word “mom” and the name “Kamala,” “Momala” is a term that references Kamala Harris’s role as a stepmother.