List of Internet terms

The Internet spawned many Internet-exclusive slang words over its 30-year existence and many people may struggle on figuring out what any of them mean or getting a solid understanding of their meanings. So on this page, UnTrash Wiki will make its best attempt to finish a whole list of all the Internet slang to have ever existed before the time the Internet dies to some big bug. Note that this list also includes things that are indirectly associated with the Internet, such as computer keys.

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-fag - 4chan-borne suffix at the end of another word used to describe someone who is associated with the root word. An example of -fag is Britfag. It's used as an insult — and not necessarily a racial slur — directed at people from Britain.

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An hero - Slang for suicide.

Animu - Alteration of the word "anime". It can also be viewed as an insulting word to anime, but is commonly seen as just slang.

ASCII - Short for "American Standard Code for Information Interchange". It's a representation of text in code. Many text-based tricks are known to be ASCII.

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Based - Generally used to express that something is good.

Board - A section on an imageboard that surrounds one topic or a net of related topics.

Boi - Meme alteration of the word "boy". Can also be comically applied to non-boys (girls).

BTFO - Abbreviation of blown the fuck out (of the water). Means to defeat (and make whatever was defeated now irrelevant).

Bump - A reply to a thread used to move that thread to the top of the front page to make it more relevant.

C
Circlejerk - The act of everyone in a conversation supporting and agreeing with everyone else while ignoring or rejecting outside views and ideas.

Click - Interacting with an on-screen object with the mouse's cursor. Tapping, the mobile equivalent to clicking, is often called this.


 * ...bait - Any information that looks attractively interesting to the viewer that is misleading. Clickbait's main purpose is to gain as many viewers, the people who click on this information, as possible. Clickbait can come in the form of a video's title and thumbnail or an advertisement.

Comment - "Comment" has more than one sense.


 * A message of any length seen in the comment section of many websites. Comments in this sense are notorious for being Absolutely Disgusting, especially on YouTube.
 * An element in coding that is only visible in the code and is ignored by the system.
 * Comment section - Where comments live on websites.

Creepypasta - A story of any length, normally without sequels, that is intended to create an eerie atmosphere.

Cursed - Surreal and off-putting.

D
Dank - Synonymous with "awesome" and "cool".


 * ...meme - A dead (surreal) meme. Since these memes are called "dank", slang synonymous with "cool", this term is used sarcastically.

Dead meme - A meme that is no longer funny.

Ded - Meme corruption of "dead".

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Earrape or ear rape - When noise in a video or audio file is turned up to volumes higher than necessary. This is done normally to make a meme.

Edge - The virtue of being cool through means of association with dark concepts such as death, murder, suicide and suicidal tendencies, depression, violence, and hatred.


 * Edgelord - Someone who is overly edgy.

Email - Short for "electronic mail". True to its name, email is a form of mail that is sent on electronic devices. Emails were originally only able to be written by and sent to computers, but phones and tablets had the ability to send and receive emails as well over the years.

Emoji - A Unicode character that is primarily used on mobile devices to send texts, but can also be used on computers.

Emoticon - A basic text trick used to form crude faces or objects like swords or dicks.

Evar - Alteration of the word "ever".

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FFS - Short for "for fuck's sake".

Fkn - Short for "fuckin'".

FML - Short for "fuck my life". Used to show dissatisfaction for something the speaker did that makes them regret being born or hatred for their life in general.

Flame war - An immature argument held between at least two people in comment sections.

Follow - To show support for to a person and what they do on a website. If you follow someone, you will likely be given the latest on what they've been doing on the website like posting or replying to others' posts.

Frick - Euphemism of "fuck".

FTFY - Short for "fixed that for you". Not to be confused with "fifty".

FTW - Short for "for the win", meaning "be awesome" or a sign of approval.

Furry - A person who dresses up as an animal, wants to/does yiff animals (in real life or fiction), or otherwise heavily associates with animals (vets, farmers, PETA). "Furry" is used mainly as an insult, but can also be used as self-identification.

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GF - "GF" has more than one sense.


 * Short for "girlfriend".
 * Short for "get fucked".

Grammar Nazi - A person who corrects the grammar of other people.

Grammar police - See grammar Nazi directly above.

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Hashtag - A specialized tag applied to text with the #(text) format. Possible hashtags are #KillTheHashtag, #NutOnHisGrave, and #NowNutOnMine. A hashtag that is painfully forced is called a Goddamn Hashtag.

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IDGAF/S/RA/D - Short for "I don't give a fuck/shit/rat's ass/damn" respectively.

IDC - Short for "I don't care".

IDK - Short for "I don't know".

Imageboard - A website that allows its users to contact each other, sometimes anonymously. To start a thread on an imageboard, the user would upload an image, write a title, and insert an optional description. Replies to this thread don't need images, but can have them if the replying user wants to insert one.

J
Joo - Alteration of the word "Jew".

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Kek - A 4chan-borne alternate to lol.

Key - A button on a keyboard. Most keys make characters appear, but others have functions beyond that, such as removing characters or refreshing the current page.

KYS - Short for "kill yourself".

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Like - To show support for a post.

Leet - Also written 1337 in leetspeak. Expanded form of for "l33t", which is short for "elite". Describes someone who has a ranking that makes them superior to others (as they have awesome skills) or something awesome.

Lel - A slightly altered version of lol.

LMAO - Abbreviation of "laughing my ass off".

Log in - Access a website with an existing account by providing its username and password.

Login - The username and password belonging to an account on a website.

Log out - To reverse accessing a website with a login.

Lol - Archaically written LOL and L.O.L. Stood for "laugh out loud" before it became the Internet's version of laughter. Also used to indicate an awkward, harmless mistake made by the speaker. If said out loud by anyone, it is your civil duty to severely punish that person however you can.


 * ...cow - The lulzy subject of Internet people's ridicule whose antics entertain the audience.
 * ...wut - Used to indicate the speaker laughing, then saying "what?" in confusion.

Lulz - Amusement or fun that is had by the speaker. Lulz often derive from somebody doing something worth mocking.


 * For the... - Because lel.
 * Lulzy - Noted as a source of lulz; self-embarrassing, especially if applied to a person or action.

M
Mah - See muh below.

Macro - A meme that has words at the top and bottom.

Meme - "Meme" has more than one sense.


 * As a noun, a wide-spread image, video, phrase, song, real-life gesture, or word whose purpose is to be funny. There will very unlikely be a timeline of memes here.
 * As a verb, when someone participates in the above sense.
 * As an adjective, used to describe something that is (like) the top sense. The adjective form is spelled memey. A more vulgar adjective form is meme-ass.
 * Memelord - Someone who is associated heavily with memes.

MF - Abbreviation of "motherfucker" or "motherfucking".

MLG - Short for "major league gaming". MLG is a professional organization for gaming that was created by eSports. In 2015, MLG memes were popular. These were known to be boisterous memes that were made of many smaller memes. Names of mini-MLG memes are sniper crosshairs, airhorns, Snoop Dogg's "Smoke Weed Everyday" (as well as the associated dance), 360 No-Scope, Rainbow Frog, and pixelated cool glasses.

Moar - Meme alteration of "more".

Muh - Meme alteration of "my".

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Nevar - Alteration of "never". UnTrash Wiki has a page about this. Sort of.

Normie - A person who follows social norms (the mainstream) to the point of being boring and mundane.

Nut - An alternative to "cum" in either the noun or verb sense. The past tense is still written "nut".

Nvm - Short for nevermind.

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OMG - Short for "oh my God".

Outsider - Someone whose interests stray from the mainstream and are found in more obscure media and activities. An outsider is the opposite of a normie.

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Page - A digital entity that contains information on the Internet that can be accessed by a computer, phone, or laptop with access to the Internet. Also called a webpage.

Pixel - A small square that forms a picture of onscreen objects.


 * ...Art - Art that involves pixels being much more visible than other forms of digital art.

Pls - Shortening of "please".

Plz - See pls directly above.

Post - To contribute to a website using words, images, or videos.

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Ree - A typically long, high-pitched screech that goes "REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE".

Refresh - To reload the page the user is currently viewing to show more up-to-date changing info or to fix a minor on-screen problem.

Relatable meme - A meme with a caption and image or that the viewer is expected to find funny as they can relate to the meme.

Reply - To respond to a post.

Repost - To post a preexisting post.

Roasting - Rapid-fire insulting.

RN - Abbreviation of "right now".

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Sage - Posted word or option meaning to not bump a post on imageboards. Originally pronounced 'sa-ge', but it's often pronounced 'sayge' by English speakers.

Share - To give another person quick access to a post.

Shitpost - "Shitpost" has more than one sense.


 * Failed Humor (intentional or accidental) in the form of a post, making the post shitty.
 * A generally shitty post.

Sign in - See log in above.

Sign up - To create an account, its username, and its password for the first time.

SMH - Abbreviation of "shake my head".

STFU - Abbreviation of "shut the fuck up".

Subscribe - A video-sharing website's version of following.

Succ - Meme alteration of the word "suck".

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TBH - Abbreviation of "to be honest".

Tapping - Interacting with an on-screen object using your finger or a stylus. This is commonly and incorrectly called clicking by some people.

TFW - Abbreviation of "that/the feel(ing) when".

Thread - A conversation held between multiple users on websites like imageboards.

TL;DR - Too Long; Didn't Read. This is used after a long post to summarize what a large section of text is about.

Triggered - Meme form of "angry". Associated very heavily with SJWs.

Tryhard - Somebody who makes a worthless effort at something, typically to be something that they aren't and never will be.

Typo - An accidental instance of Rong Speling.

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U - Shorthand of "you".

Ur - Shorthand of "your" or "you're".

User - One who uses (the Internet).

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Wat - See wut below.

Wiki - A website that provides information to its users with pages that are expected to be in-depth on their topic and link pages to other pages. UnTrash Wiki is obviously one of these. If you didn't know that, well...

Wot - See wut below.

WTF - Short for "what/who/when/where/why the fuck".

Wut - Meme corruption of "what".

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Yiffing - To fuck an animal.