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What each term means, where it came from, and whether it’s anything to think about. (Usually: no.)
cheugy
Cheugy describes something that's out of date or trying a bit too hard, usually pointed at trends that were cool five or ten years ago. It was coined by a Los Angeles high schooler around 2013 and went wide in 2021, when it got attached to a very specific millennial aesthetic: Live Laugh Love signs, Rae Dunn mugs, side parts. It's already fading, and using it now is itself considered a bit cheugy.
decode it →Harmless funaura farming
Doing something purely to look cool, usually in a way everyone can see through. It grew out of the aura points joke, with "farming" borrowed from grinding for points in a game. A boy on an Indonesian boat race doing a slow dance in 2025 became the defining example.
decode it →Worth knowinggyat
A shout of surprise at someone's body, usually a woman's, shortened from "goddamn." It came from streamers and got flattened by younger kids into a general exclamation, often used when they only half know what it means. Younger children frequently say it as pure noise.
decode it →Worth knowingmogging
Mogging means outshining someone, usually in looks, height, or general presence, so much that they look worse just by standing next to you. The word comes from "AMOG" (alpha male of the group), a term from early pickup-artist and later looksmaxxing forums, which is a corner of the internet fixated on ranking male appearance. Most kids using it now picked it up from memes and use it jokingly about friends, sports players, or their own dad in a photo.
decode it →Worth knowingclanker
An insult for a robot or an AI, borrowed from Star Wars and revived in 2025 as chatbots became everyday. Kids use it to mock AI-generated pictures, chatbot replies, and self-checkout machines. Some of the online joke format deliberately mimics the structure of racial slurs, which is where it gets uncomfortable.
decode it →Cheeky but fineglazing
Praising someone way too much, to the point that it gets embarrassing. It comes out of gaming and sports streams, where fans would defend a favorite player past all reason. Calling someone out for glazing is a way of saying "okay, calm down."
decode it →Harmless funaura
A points system for how cool or composed you seem. Doing something smooth earns aura, and tripping in the hallway loses it, usually announced out loud with a number attached. The joke is treating charisma like a video game stat.
decode it →Harmless funlock in
To focus hard and get serious about something. It came from gaming and sports, where locking in means shutting out distractions before a big moment. Kids use it about homework, practice, and finals week.
decode it →Harmless funrizz
Charm, specifically the ability to flirt well. Streamer Kai Cenat popularized it around 2021, likely clipped from "charisma," and it went so mainstream it was named a word of the year. Kids also use it loosely for charm in any situation, like talking a teacher into an extension.
decode it →Harmless funfanum tax
Taking a bite or a portion of someone else's food, framed as a tax you are owed. It comes from Fanum, a streamer in Kai Cenat's group who was known for swiping his friends' snacks on camera. It is almost entirely a joke said at the lunch table.
decode it →Harmless funcheese pull
A cheese pull is the shot in a food video where someone lifts a slice of pizza or pulls apart a grilled cheese and the melted cheese stretches into long strands. It's a staple of food content on TikTok and YouTube, and creators will stage it deliberately because it reliably holds attention. Kids use it as a compliment for any satisfyingly gooey food, and sometimes as a joke about anything stretchy.
decode it →Worth knowinghuzz
A slangy plural for girls or women, popularized by streamers like Duke Dennis and Kai Cenat. Its origin is "hoes," so the root is genuinely crude, but in practice most kids using it treat it as a silly nonsense word rhyming with a set of others such as bruzz and chuzz. Where it sits on the disrespect scale really depends on tone and who is saying it.
decode it →Worth knowingmewing
Pressing your tongue to the roof of your mouth, based on a claim by an orthodontist named John Mew that this reshapes the jawline over time. The evidence for that is thin, but the practice spread hugely on TikTok. Kids mostly do it as a bit, holding up a finger to mean "quiet, I'm mewing."
decode it →Worth knowingchopped
Ugly, or badly done. It started as slang about appearance and has spread to anything that turned out poorly, like a haircut, a drawing, or a test score. It stings when aimed at a person and is pretty harmless when aimed at an object.
decode it →Harmless funskibidi
From "Skibidi Toilet," a YouTube animation series about singing heads in toilets fighting people with cameras for heads. As a word it means almost nothing, floating between good, bad, and weird depending on the sentence. It is the flagship example of brainrot humor.
decode it →Harmless funprestige
In games, to prestige means to reset your rank back to zero once you hit the top, trading your progress for a badge that shows you did it. The mechanic comes from Call of Duty and has spread across many games. Kids also use it loosely outside gaming to mean starting something over from scratch on purpose, or leveling up in general.
decode it →Harmless funbrainrot
Content that is deliberately stupid, repetitive, and low-quality, and also the mushy feeling of having watched too much of it. Kids apply it both as criticism and as affection, since a lot of brainrot is enjoyed on purpose. Italian brainrot, a wave of AI-generated animal characters with nonsense names, is the best known example.
decode it →Harmless funchore-core
Chore-core is a content aesthetic built around housework: satisfying videos of dishes being washed, fridges being restocked, laundry folded, floors mopped, usually with soft lighting and calm music. The "-core" suffix has been attached to hundreds of aesthetics since cottagecore, and it just means "a look or vibe." The term is loose and mostly used by creators and trend writers rather than kids themselves, so you may hear it described more than said.
decode it →Worth knowingcrash out
To lose your composure in a big way, whether that means rage, tears, or doing something reckless. It came up through rap lyrics and Black online slang, where crashing out meant ruining things for yourself in a moment of anger. Kids now use it for everything from a real meltdown to failing a quiz.
decode it →Harmless funsix seven
A phrase from the song "Doot Doot (6 7)" by Skrilla, boosted by basketball clips and then by kids yelling it at every possible opportunity. It does not really mean anything. Saying it with the accompanying hand wiggle is the whole joke, and its meaninglessness is the point.
decode it →Worth knowingsigma
A lone-wolf type who does his own thing without needing the group's approval, from a pseudoscientific ranking of men that circulated in manosphere forums. Kids picked it up mostly as parody, applying it to cats, cartoon characters, and anyone acting mildly aloof. The sincere version and the mocking version both exist, so context matters.
decode it →Harmless fundelulu
Short for delusional, used about hopes that are unrealistic in a fun way. It started in K-pop fandom, describing fans convinced they might date their favorite idol, and broadened into anything from crushes to college applications. The full phrase "delulu is the solulu" is a joke about optimism as a strategy.
decode it →Live decoder
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