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The internet slang dictionary

An internet slang dictionary for the terms Gen Z actually uses. Every entry gives the internet slang meaning first, then where the term came from and who says it. Gen Z slang terms from TikTok comment sections and group chats, explained.

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What this internet slang dictionary covers

Every entry below answers the same question in the same order: the internet slang meaning first, then where the term started, who says it now, and when it began to sound dated. The list runs from terms that have been around since Vine to ones that arrived on TikTok this year, so an internet slang dictionary is never really finished.

Nothing is filed here on a hunch. Where a term has a traceable first use, the entry names it; where it does not, the entry says that too, which is the part most of the web skips. That is the whole point of keeping an internet slang dictionary rather than a list.

Gen Z slang terms, explained

Most of what gets filed as Gen Z slang is older than the label suggests, borrowed from AAVE, gaming or drag long before it reached a For You page. Where that is the case the entry says so. Gen Z slang terms are grouped here by the platform that spread them rather than by the year they appeared, because that is usually what people are trying to place.