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A talibangelical is an extremely passionate evangelical Christian that looks to impose their views on others. The term is derogatory, meant to criticize the person's overzealousness and restrictive beliefs by combining "Taliban" and "evangelical."
While pretty much everyone knows what "HBO" is, not many know it stands for "Home Box Office." It originally started as a premium television network and then morphed into a content-streaming service (known as "Max") that features theatrically released movies, original shows and movies, concert specials, and stand-up comedy specials.
A swish in basketball is a near-perfect shot where the ball only touches the net, not any of the rim. The name comes from the sound the net makes when the ball quickly passes through it.
A spinning and shooting move in Call of Duty in which the player turns 360 degrees and kills another player with a sniper rifle or bolt action rifle without using the scope zoom feature.
For example, if your friend asks whether you can bring "dessert AWA drinks" to their party, they want you to bring both a dessert and some drinks. If your friend eats your dessert and messages, "wow, you bake AWA as my dad," they think your baking skills are equivalent to their father's. Now you know AWA anyone that "AWA" stands for "as well as."
While the acronym PITA might make you think of a delicious, yeast-leavened flatbread, it actually stands for "pain in the a**." This type of PITA is usually neither delicious nor yeast-leavened. Instead, it is someone or something that is especially annoying.
For example, your sister may be talking on the phone and exclaim, "Whoa! Is he OK?" when discovering your neighbor was in a car accident. Or, your mom and dad may text you an awesome birthday surprise, and you respond with, "Whoa! Amazing!" While the pronunciation is the same, people may also spell whoa as "woah."
A term that originates from John Travolta mispronouncing names.
When someone messages you "thanks" (or "thx" or "TY"), you can reply with theurwabbreviation. Urw is similar to the more commonYWbut includes an extra character.
Someone who sends you BBT will "be back tomorrow." Your friends and family members might use BBT in text, chat, or email messages, to tell you when they plan to return to home, work, school, or somewhere else.
British media began referring to the wives and girlfriends of famous footballers as WAGs in the early-to-mid 2000s. The first use of the term likely occurred in 2002, but it rose to prominence during the 2006 World Cup, when the media often used WAGs to refer to Victoria Beckham (wife of David Beckham), Cheryl Cole (now Cheryl Ann Tweedy, former wife of Ashley Cole), and other notable footballers' paramours.
Most often,gamersuse GotY when discussing a video game that has been chosen as the Game of the Year by a gaming website, awards show, or magazine. The GotY is (at least theoretically) the best game released in a given year. However, gaming publications don't always agree on which of a year's games is the best, so multiple games released within the same year may receive the GotY title from different sources.
A blue wave is a political term for when Democrats earn sweeping victories during an election. The "blue" comes from the Democrats' primary color and is the opposite ofred wave, which is when Republicans win many positions in an election.
Netizensuse ATBGE to stand for "awful taste but great execution." This acronym describes items that are tacky, ugly, over-the-top, or otherwise in poor taste, but so well-crafted that one can't help but admire them.
Morbidly poetic slang for a dead animal large enough to attract scavenging birds from miles away. It's nature's way of saying something has reached its final form as a buffet for the sky's cleanup crew. Also works metaphorically for anything or anyone that's completely done for.
When someone repeatedly calls you back-to-back, refusing to accept that you're not answering for a reason. It's the auditory version of being hunted, as your phone lights up with the same name over and over until you either answer or block them. Peak stage-five clinger behavior in telecommunications form.
The fine art of fixing or building something using only materials found in a garage, gas station, or tackle box—typically involving duct tape, WD-40, zip ties, and questionable engineering. It's the DIY solution that makes actual engineers weep but somehow holds together for years.
The grammatically questionable but somehow intuitive opposite of 'overly,' meaning insufficiently or less than something should be. It's one of those made-up words that sounds wrong but feels so right that you'll find yourself using it despite your English teacher's ghost weeping softly. Language evolution in real time, folks.
The grammatically creative past tense of 'leave' used by people who treat English conjugation rules as mere suggestions. It's technically wrong but somehow perfectly understandable, existing in that sweet spot of language evolution where teachers cringe but linguists take notes.
An annual internet challenge where participants abstain from masturbation for the entire month of November, supposedly to boost testosterone and exercise self-control. What began as a meme has evolved into a bizarre test of willpower that combines pseudoscience, bro culture, and the internet's obsession with arbitrary challenges. Failure means waiting an entire year to reclaim your honor, assuming anyone actually cares.
A fictional movie title used humorously to describe something hilariously over-the-top or absurdly perfect. It's internet shorthand for 'this is so good it transcends reality.'
A versatile insult with centuries of baggage—technically meaning an aggressive or unreasonable person, though context and intent matter enormously. Can also mean a subordinate, and in feminist reclamation, an empowered woman.
A term of endearment for a close mate or lifelong friend—short for 'Jooggy-boonk,' which supposedly means soulmate in some dialect.
A digital pirate who rehosts online media without permission, or historically, a mercenary with loose ethical standards. Modern freebooters lurk in comment sections claiming they 'didn't know' that video was someone else's content.