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Dictionary.com has already named its Word of the Year for 2025 as the slang term “6 7”. The term is a nonsensical and ambiguous phrase popularized by Gen Alpha on social media. It is used to express uncertainty, indifference, or something that is just “so-so”. The term is so ubiquitous lately that some schools have banned it for being disruptive to the classroom environment.
TikTok and other social media sites have helped to popularize new terms. For those who may not be familiar with the current “lingo,” The Emperor Grapevine has your back! This list is “fire”!
Chopped
Meaning: Used to call someone unattractive
Example: ¨Ew, that guy is so chopped!¨
Where does it come from? TikTok – it started trending in early 2025
Aura
Meaning: Being cool without having to do anything in particular. One can gain aura or lose aura, based on actions.
Example: “Bro he just fell; he just lost so much aura.”
Where does it come from? Blew up on TikTok as a trend in 2023-2024, “Negative aura points” or “+100 Aura”
Rage Bait
Meaning: Trying to make someone angry on purpose. Making fun of someone to make them mad for no reason.
Example: I love ragebaiting people online because it’s funny!
Where does it come from?: Started on TikTok
Crashout
Meaning: Getting frustrated to the point where you start yelling or throwing things, basically throwing a tantrum, either for invalid or valid reasons.
Example: Jazmine crashed out because people were ignoring her.
Ate
Meaning: When a person does something really good.
Example: “She ate that outfit up.”
Where does it come from? Social Media, TikTok
Cooked
Meaning: Double meaning: can mean doomed, messed up. It can also be used in terms of doing something well.
Example: “I cooked on that test!” or “I didn’t study, I’m so cooked!”
Where does it come from? Comes from African American Vernacular English (AAVE) and has been around since the 1990s. It started getting popular again on TikTok when something is funny, stressful, or impressive.
Gas up
Meaning: Means to enthusiastically compliment or praise someone to boost their confidence.
Example: “Her friends always gas her up before a big game!”
Where does it come from? In the 2010s, primarily through hip-hop and social media, the term spread widely beyond AAVE. Artists like Lil Uzi Vert and Cardi B, among others, popularized it further.
Low key
Meaning: Kind of/kinda
Example: “I’m low key tired today.”
High key
Meaning: To emphasize something strongly. It’s used to convey strong feelings or to indicate that someone is being open about something.
Example: “I high key love this song!”
Body tea
Meaning: When someone has a nice body, it is a compliment
Example: “Her body is tea!”
Where does it come from? TikTok, of course.
Face card
Meaning: A face that’s admired and is considered a compliment, meaning the face is very gorgeous/handsome.
Example: “Her face card never declines!”
Where does it come from? TikTok
Clock it
Meaning: When you call out someone.
Example: “She clocked him for lying”
Unc
Meaning: A reference to someone older, also an abbreviation for uncle.
Example: “Bro, you were born in the 1990s, you’re an Unc”, “Unc status.”
Doom scroll
Meaning: To continuously scroll for a long time on TikTok, feed, or any app without any consciousness of time.
Example: Natalie Doom scrolled until one in the morning instead of doing homework last night.
Where does it come from? It comes from when we were in quarantine, and many TikTok users would scroll for hours.
Chungus
Meaning: A reference to a fat Bugs Bunny.
Example: “I hate my chungus life!”
Where does it come from? Looney Tunes, originally. Then adapted to a meme featuring the fat Bugs Bunny image.
“I know ball”
Meaning: someone who knows something really good
Example: My friend knows good music, he knows ball.
Where does it come from? It comes from social media and started from a basketball meme.
Opp
Meaning: Opp is slang for someone who’s not on your side or might be trying to go against you. Also, it may be someone you don’t like, used by teens to describe a rival or enemy.
Example: That girl in my choir class is my biggest opp!
Where does it come from? The word “opp” comes from the word “opposition” or “opponent”
Chuzz
Meaning: Unattractive or ugly. It also means goofy or weird, in a broader sense.
Example: “Only a chuzz would wear socks with sandals.”
Where does it come from? Tiktok
Mogging
Meaning: The act of mogging is about looking better and outshining someone who is not on the same level of appearance.
Example: Girl: “He so moggs his friend.” Girl 2: “You’re right, he’s fine!”
Where does it come from? TikTok’s “Looksmaxxing Community.”
Mewing
Meaning: When someone is trying to make their jawline look nice
Example: “His crush passed by, so he started mewing.”
Where does it come from? Also from the “Looksmaxxing Community.”
