2010s slang

thumb|Selfie by a radio host A selfie () is a self-portrait photograph or a short video, typically taken with an electronic camera or smartphone. The camera would be usually held at arm's length or supported by a selfie stick instead of being controlled with a self-timer or remote. The concept of shooting oneself while viewing their own image in the camera's LCD monitor is also known as self-recording.

thumb|A post (tweet) on the social network X (social network)|X (Twitter) with several hashtags colored in blue text. A hashtag is a metadata tag operator that is prefaced by the hash symbol, #. On social media, hashtags are used on microblogging and photo-sharing services–especially Twitter and Tumblr–as a form of user-generated tagging that enables cross-referencing of content by topic or theme. For example, a search within Instagram for the hashtag #flowers returns all posts that have been tagged with that term. After the initial hash symbol, a hashtag may include letters, numerals or other

thumb|Google Trends topic searches for "Gaslighting" began a substantial increase in 2016.

thumb|Use of "lol" in a conversation LOL, or lol, is an acronym for "laughing out loud", and a popular element of Internet slang, which can be used to indicate amusement, irony, or double meanings. It was first used almost exclusively on Usenet, but has since become widespread in other forms of computer-mediated communication and even face-to-face communication. It is one of many acronyms for expressing bodily reactions, in particular laughter, as text, including acronyms for more emphatic expressions of laughter such as LMAO ("laughing my ass off") and ROFL or ROTFL ("rolling on the floor lau

thumb|A geek girl at the [[Geek Picnic (Moscow) wearing a Geek shirt and a VR headset]]

thumb|Jennifer Coolidge, whose character in American Pie helped popularize the term "MILF"

thumb|234x234px|2018 pride parade attendee, wearing a shirt reading "I Have Awesome Gaydar." thumb|A 2011 attendee of NYC Pride March|NYC Pride, dressed in fashion that may indicate connection to the queer community Gaydar (a portmanteau of gay and radar) is a colloquialism referring to the intuitive ability of a person, especially a queer person, to assess others' sexual orientations as homosexual, bisexual or straight. Gaydar relies on verbal and nonverbal clues and LGBT stereotypes, including a sensitivity to social behaviors and mannerisms like body language, the tone of voice used by a pe

dilemma between painful truth and blissful ignorance

"Chav" (), also "charver", or "scally", or "roadman" in parts of England, is a British term, usually used in a pejorative way. The term is used to describe an anti-social lower-class youth dressed in sportswear. The term has been described as classist. Julie Burchill described the term as a form of "social racism". "Chavette" is a related term referring to female chavs, and the adjectives "chavvy", "chavvish", and "chavtastic" are used to describe things associated with chavs, such as fashion, slang, etc. In Australia, "eshay" or "adlay" has been described as a "try-hard chav".

acronym for "you only live once"

Simp () is an internet slang term describing someone who exhibits excessive sympathy and attention toward another person, typically to someone who does not reciprocate the same feelings, in pursuit of affection or a sexual relationship. This behavior, recognized as simping, is directed towards a variety of targets, including celebrities, politicians, e-girls, and e-boys. The term had sporadic usage until gaining popularity on social media in 2019.

slang term

pseudoscientific concept of masculinity and group dynamics

lesbian who exhibits a greater amount of feminine gender attributes relative to other gender expressions, e.g. make-up, wearing dresses or skirts, etc.

Internet meme

"Cuckservative" is a pejorative formed as a portmanteau of "cuck", an abbreviation of the word "cuckold", and the political designation "conservative". It has become a derogatory label used by white nationalists and the alt-right in the United States to denigrate other conservatives, generally for being moderates, and later for not supporting white-nationalist interests.

pejorative term for men perceived as non-masculine

far-right slogan used by neo-Nazis and white nationalists

slogan based on a campaign on the website 4chan's discussion board /pol/ in 2017

A womance is a close but non-sexual, non-romantic relationship between two or more women. It is an exceptionally tight affectional, homosocial female bonding relationship exceeding that of usual friendship, and is distinguished by a particularly high level of emotional intimacy.

slang term for high-waisted women's jeans