2021 Urban Dictionary
A humorous, shortened term for COVID-19.
What is "the Rona" or "Vid"?
The city where the 32nd Summer Olympics was held.
What is Tokyo?
The legal status and term to which a court ruled Britney Spears now free to manage her financial and personal affairs after 13 years.
What is a conservatorship?
The company that made history with the first all-civilian trip to space.
The focal point accessory item Bernie Sanders wears in memes that went viral in 2021.
What are mittens?
A cheeky phrase coined by recently vaccinated singles ready for the thrills of a potential surge in social action after a long and lonely year of social distancing.
What is hot vaxx summer?
The winner of this year's World Series.
Who are the Atlanta Braves?
The most-watched Netflix show in 2021.
What is Squid Game?
The Ever Given, one of the world's largest container ships, got wedged in this canal for 106 days.
What is the Suez Canal?
The date a mob stormed the Capitol in an effort to prevent the certification of the 2020 presidential election.
What is January 6?
A catchall descriptor for someone or something that is basic, trying too hard or not trendy; originating on TikTok, it’s often used by Gen Z to deride millennial trends.
What is cheugy?
This olympian pulled out of their competition citing mental health.
Who is Simone Biles?
The name of the Taylor Swift song that got a 10-minute reboot version and music video.
What is All Too Well?
What the "m" in mRNA stands for as part of this year's vaccine technology.
What is "messenger"?
This date celebrates the freedom of enslaved people in the United States at the end of the Civil War and became a federally-recognized holiday due to legislation signed by President Biden.
A slang term saying something isn't a lie or false.
What is no cap?
One team who played in Super Bowl LV in 2021.
Who are the Kansas City Chiefs or the Tampa Bay Buccaneers?
The couple who dated from 2001-2003 that began dating again in 2021.
Who are Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck (Bennifer)?
The economic trend in which employees have voluntarily resigned from their jobs en masse this year, beginning in early 2021.
What is "The Great Resignation?"
The West Virginia Democrat who is a key swing vote in the Senate and blocked Biden's Build Back Better Act, amongst other things on his agenda in 2021.
Who is Joe Manchin?
Social media users post dating-related scenarios they considered strong warning signs against the other person, followed by a barrage of this emoji.
What is the red flag emoji?
This golfer made history when he captured the PGA Championship at Kiawah Island as the oldest major winner.
The man Kourtney Kardashian got engaged to this year.
Who is Travis Barker?
This CEO stepped down from Twitter and was replaced by their chief technology officer.
Who is Jack Dorsey?
The iconic line that Kamala Harris said to Joe Biden the day they won the election.
What is "We did it, Joe."?