It's the slang for me.
Back with yet another guide to understanding the vast language of Gen-Z, we found plenty of TikTok words, slang, phrases, abbreviations, and we thought we'd share!
Check them out below.
slay - when you do/look great
fr - for real
pov - point of view
rt - retweet
smh - shaking my head
tbh - to be honest
tfw - that feeling when
fyp - for you page/tiktok homepage
oomf - one of my friends/followers
heather - someone you can't help but crush on
shadowban - when your content is made invisible or is reduced
pick me girl - a girl who claims she's not like other girls to gain attention from men
dni - do not interact
#xyzbca - jumble of words which have no meaning
face card - someone who looks gorgeous
atp -at this point
IB - inspired by
DC - dance credits
sneaky link - hooking up with someone in secret
pfp - profile picture
alt tiktok - quirky gen-z humor and meme type content side of tiktok
straight tiktok - the mainstream side of tiktok
ratio - when your comment on a content gets more replies than likes
caught in 4k - to capture something on camera with the clearest definition
asl - age, sex, location/as hell
mutuals/moots - when you follow a person and they follow you back on social media
valid - acceptable, reasonable
fruity - someone who belongs to the lgbtqia community
4lifers/4L - a group of people who will be in your life forever
BBL - brazilian butt lift
hot girl summer - feeling confident, having fun, looking good and not caring about the rest of the world
alr - alright
yt - youtube/white people
looted - drip/swag
bms - broke my scale (physical attractiveness)
klm - calm
sizing up - when a guy examines a girl for sex
1437 - I love you forever
devious lick - stolen goods but in a sneaky way
baka - stupid in Japanese
bones day/no bones day - seizing the day/trying again tomorrow
sw - sex worker
hogging - competition
mid - mediocre, average
abow - wow, omg
pushing p/p - keeping it real
crop - to reupload content online without anything obstructing the view
and that's on _ - concluding a topic
it's the _ for me - a certain something which peaked your interest
shade - to talk shit about someone
transition - when the clips in a video shift effortlessly
iykyk - if you know you know
not me _ - admitting to doing something embarrassing
rona/miss rona - coronavirus
sleep on - ignore, not paying attention to
to unalive - commit suicide
fax/no printer - facts
bestie - a form of affection but can be used for criticism to soften the blow
go off - to keep going/talking
it really do be like that sometimes - it is what it is
Better informed? We hope so!
