Pop Culture Slang 2025

Bro code

100

Define the pop-culture reference: "salty"

To overreact or be in a bad mood

200

Define the pop culture reference: "Let them cook"

A phrase used to encourage someone to keep doing what they’re doing, often in a creative or impressive way.

300

Define the pop-culture reference: "Rizz"

Short for charisma, charming, or has game.

400

Define the pop-culture reference: "Gaslighting"

Gaslighting is the act of distorting the truth in a way that’s intended to make another person accept the deception due to doubting their own memory, reality, or sanity. It’s considered a form of psychological manipulation or emotional abuse.

500

Define "G.0.A.T"

Greatest of all time

Girly-pop

100

Define the pop culture reference: "glow up"

a makeover or improvement

200

Define the pop-culture reference: "Spill the tea"

Asking for someone to spill the tea is a gen Z slang way to say “So, tell us what happened…” or "Give us the gossip.."

300

Define the pop-culture reference: "slay"

to do something spectacularly well.

400

Define the pop-culture reference: "yaasification"

 The process of being glamorized, overdone, or made fabulous in an over-the-top way.

500

Define the pop-culture reference: "delulu"

Delusional, crazy, but extremely hopeful

Acronyms

100

LOL

Laugh out loud

200

LMK

Let me know

300

TBH

To be honest

400

TMI

Too much information

500

IYKYK

If you know you know

General

100

Define the pop-culture reference: "sus"

“Sus” is short-form for suspicious and is used when someone does something unusual or questionable.

200

Use this in sentence: "rent free"

"They're living rent free in my head", I.e, I think about something too much when I don't have to

300

Define the pop-culture reference: "mid"

Saying something is “mid” is to say that it’s mediocre or not that good.

400

Define the pop-culture reference: "cap"

Short for “lying,” “a lie,” or “to deceive.”

500

Define the pop-culture reference: "Mewing"

flatten your tongue to the top of your mouth.

Terminally online

100

Define this: "Brain rot"

The state of feeling mentally drained by low-effort entertainment or social media

200

Define this: "Chat"

 Used to refer to a group of people, like friends or classmates often in casual conversation

300

Define this: "Lore"

The backstory or context behind something, often comprised of quite random or niche information.

400

*DAILY DOUBLE*

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Create a sentence that has 3 slang words correctly placed.

500

Define this term: "Stan"

A super fan of a celebrity (combination of stalker and fan)