Original, source-linked explainers about slang, culture, generations and the unwritten rules that turn a definition into real understanding.
24 original guides written for curious readers, parents, educators, creators and anyone trying to keep up with language online.
“6-7,” also written 67 or six-seven, is an intentionally slippery Gen Alpha interjection. It can act like a shrug, a burst of excitement, a reaction to something absurd, or simply an inside joke with no fixed translation.
Rizz means romantic charm or the ability to attract someone through confidence, conversation, humor or presence. It can also be a verb: to “rizz someone up” is to flirt successfully.
Delulu is a playful shortening of “delusional.” It describes a belief, hope or fantasy that is unrealistic—often with enough self-awareness that the speaker is joking about their own optimism.
Brain rot describes low-value, highly repetitive online content and the foggy or over-stimulated feeling people associate with consuming too much of it. It can name both the content and its perceived effect.
Aura farming means deliberately doing something in a cool, stylish or mysteriously effortless way to build social “aura.” The action may be genuine, staged for a camera, or jokingly treated as a way to collect imaginary status points.
In current internet language, slop is low-quality digital content produced in large quantities, especially mass-generated AI text, images or video that adds little value and crowds a feed.
“Touch grass” tells someone to step away from the internet and reconnect with ordinary offline life. It usually implies that the person is overinvested in an online argument, fandom or problem.
If someone or something is cooked, the situation is going badly and may be beyond repair. The speaker could be exhausted, doomed, caught, embarrassed or certain to fail.
To crash out is to lose emotional control suddenly—usually through anger, distress or reckless behavior. Online, people also use it hyperbolically for the feeling that one more inconvenience could trigger a meltdown.
Unc is a shortening of “uncle.” In current Gen Z and Gen Alpha slang, it labels someone as old, old-fashioned or unusually mature for their age—sometimes affectionately and sometimes as a roast.
Online, lore means the backstory that explains a person, character, community or running joke. A “lore drop” happens when someone reveals a surprising piece of personal history that changes how others understand them.
Skibidi is a nonsense internet word associated most strongly with the animated YouTube series Skibidi Toilet. Depending on context, it can mean weird, bad, cool or nothing precise at all.
Sigma can describe a cool, self-reliant “lone wolf,” mean excellent, or function as a nonsense meme word. Much of its present use is ironic rather than a sincere personality category.
Fanum tax means taking a bite or portion of someone else’s food as a joking “tax.” The owner did not plan to share; the humor is that the person taking it pretends the action is an official fee.
Gyatt, also spelled gyat, is an exclamation of shock or admiration. It is strongly associated with reacting to a curvy body and can also be used as a noun referring to large buttocks.
In meme slang, Ohio describes something weird, chaotic, awkward or cursed. The joke imagines the U.S. state as a place where surreal events happen routinely: “only in Ohio.”
Mid means mediocre, unimpressive or disappointing. It often targets something that has been heavily praised: calling a popular movie mid says the hype exceeded the actual quality.
Sus means suspicious or suspect. It signals that a person, claim or situation feels untrustworthy, inconsistent or potentially dishonest.
Bussin’ means extremely good or excellent, especially delicious food. A meal that is bussin’ is not merely acceptable; it earns enthusiastic approval.
No cap means “no lie,” “for real” or “I am being completely serious.” Cap means a lie, boast or exaggeration, so the phrase removes the cap from a bold statement.
The two generations share the same internet, but their slang moves at very different speeds. Here is how tone, platforms and meme culture changed the vocabulary.
A phrase can move from one livestream to millions of conversations in days. The path usually includes community invention, remixing, algorithmic repetition and mainstream adaptation.
Knowing a definition is only the beginning. Good slang use depends on the relationship, setting, cultural origin and emotional weight of the phrase.
Slang did not begin with social media. Every generation has used playful language to build identity, challenge formality and describe new experiences.