Definition

While you will now primarily encounter leetspeak online, the language dates back to the 1980s. Savvy bulletin board systems (BBS) users formulated it to bypass BBS filters that prohibited the use of certain words.

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convfefe

The immortal typo born from a Trump tweet that became internet legend, now meaning to have a stroke mid-post on social media. It's what happens when you start typing something confident and coherent but your brain short-circuits halfway through, leaving your followers to decode the wreckage. The word itself is a monument to the chaos of 3 AM phone usage.

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gtgtpirio

got to go the price is right is on

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Friends With Benefits

Friends with benefits are friends that have abooty callarrangement without thefeels. It is also the title of the 2011 movie starring Justin Timberlake and Mila Kunis.

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wtfya

what the f**k you a**h**e

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Dropping Faces

Dropping faces means spending money. The term comes from the faces of famous Americans that appear on U.S. dollars, such as George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, and Benjamin Franklin.

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antiquing

A prank popularized by Jackass where you throw flour on someone's face while they're sleeping, making them look like a dusty old antique when they wake up. It's juvenile, messy, and guaranteed to end friendships or at least require extensive vacuuming.

📱 Gen-Z / Internet Slang

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