Teen Slang & Emoji Guide
We created this guide to help parents, guardians, and educators understand the meaning of emojis, slang terms and acronyms kids are using today.
Emojis
Drug Emojis
Marijuana ๐ฟ ๐จ ๐ฅฆ ๐ฒ ๐ณ ๐ ๐ด ๐ฎโ๐จ ๐ฌ๏ธ ๐ฅ โฝ
Cocaine ๐ฑ โ๏ธ โ ๐จ๏ธ ๐
Xanax ๐ ๐ซ
MDMA (Ecstacy) ๐ โค๏ธ โก
Meth ๐ โ๏ธ โฐ๏ธ
Heroin ๐ค ๐ ๐ฏ
Mushrooms ๐
Highly Potent Drugs ๐ฃ ๐ ๐งจ ๐ฅ
Selling Drugs ๐ ๐ค ๐ ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ต
Sexual Emojis
Penis ๐ ๐ ๐ญ
Vagina ๐ฎ ๐ฆช ๐ฉ ๐ ๐บ
Breasts ๐
Butt ๐ ๐
Testicles ๐ ๐ฅ ๐
Pornography ๐ฝ
Sexual Activity ๐จ ๐ฆ ๐ ๐ง ๐ฆด
Sending/Receiving Inappropriate Photos ๐ ๐ฅต ๐คค ๐ ๐ถ๏ธ
Other Emojis Commonly Used by Teenagers
Agree ๐ฏ โผ๏ธ
Alcohol ๐บ ๐ป ๐ฅ๐ท ๐ฅ
Anxious ๐ฐ ๐ฌ
Cigarette ๐ฌ
Ignored ๐ป
Intoxicated ๐ฅด ๐คฎ ๐คช
Lie ๐งข
Mistake ๐คก
Sad/Depressed ๐ ๐
Slang Terms
Bae: Significant other or best friend
Basic: Average or mainstream
Bet: Agreement, confirmation, or sometimes used as a response to a challenge
Big Yikes: Embarrassing or disturbing
Body Count: The amount of people an individual has had sex with
Boomer: Old or out-of-touch
Boujee: Fancy
Bounce: To leave a place
Bread: Money
Bricked Up: Erection
Bussin: Good, great, or exceptional
Cancel: To publicly shame a person, organization or business
Cap: Lie
Cheugy: Uncool, out-of-date, or trying too hard
Clout: Influence, power, or following
Cringe: Embarrassing or unattractive
Curve: To reject someone
Day 1: Fresh start
Dead / Ded: Laughing hard or very funny
Dead A**: Seriously
Dope: Good or cool
Drag: To criticize or make fun of someone
Drip: Fashionable or stylish
Emo: Emotional
Extra: Dramatic or excessive
Facts: Agreement or truthful
Fam: Group of friends
Finsta: Fake Instagram account
Fire: Good or attractive
Fit: Outfit
Flex: Show off or brag
Full Send: Go all out, intense, or disregard potential consequences
Ghost: To stop communication completely
Goals: Something desirable
Go Off: To encourage an action or support a rant
Gucci: Good or cool
Hentai: Animated pornography
Highkey: Out in the open or obvious
Hits Different: Better than normal
Ick: Turnoff or cringeworthy
Karen: Angry, obnoxious or entitled woman
Left on read: When someone views a message but does not respond
Lewk: Look, physical trait, or outfit
Lit: Good, awesome, or cool. Sometimes lit is also used to mean intoxicated.
Lowkey: Secretive
Main Character: Means you are the starring role or a person who is the subject of viral attention on social media
Mid: Mediocre or average
Molly: Ecstacy / MDMA
Mood: Relatable
Noob: Inexperienced
No Cap: Not lying, for real, truthful
Not P: Bad
Oof: Pain, frustration, or defeat
Oop: Surprise
Out of pocket: Ridiculous, extreme or inappropriate
P: Good
Periodt: To add emphasis to a point that has been made
Phat: Attractive
Plug: Person who has or can get drugs
Pull Up: To invite someone to come
Pushin P: Keep it real or act in a positive way. Often used as a positive compliment.
Receipts: Proof something happened. Often in the form of screenshots or saved messages.
Salty: Upset, angry, annoyed
Say Less: Understand, confirmation or agreement
Send It: To do something risky or go out partying
Shade: Subtle insult or disrespect
Ship: Relationship
Shook: Shocked, surprised, or startled
Sic: Cool
Simp: Men who are seen as too submissive to women
Skeet: Ejaculate
Slaps: Excellent or impressive
Slay: To do something well or succeed
Smash: Sexual intercourse
Snack: Attractive person
Snatched: Looking good or on point
Spam: Fake or additional social media account
Squad: Group of friends
Stan: Excessive or devoted fan of a celebrity
Sus: Suspicious, shady, sketchy
Tea: Gossip
Thicc: Curvy body or larger than normal
Thirsty: Seeking attention or desperate
Trash: Terrible or disgusting
Turnt: Drunk or high
Troll: Person who is disruptive, insincere, or instigates conflict online
Understood the assignment: Successful at something they were supposed to do
Vibe: Mood or atmosphere
Wack / Whack: Lame, bad, or negative
Acronyms
AF: As f***
AMA: Ask me anything
ASAP: As soon as possible
ASL: Age, sex, and location
ATM: At the moment
BF: Best friend or boyfriend
BRB: Be right back
BTW: By the way
CD9: Parents are around
CU46: See you for sex
DAE: Does anyone else
DILF: Dad Iโd like to f***
DM: Direct message
DTF: Down to f***
F2F: Face to face
FB: Facebook
FML: F*** my life
FOMO: Fear of missing out
FR: For real
FTW: For the win
FWB: Friends with benefits
FYEO: For your eyes only (often used with inappropriate photos / content)
FYI: For your information
GNOC: Get naked on camera
GOAT: Greatest of all time
GOMB: Get off my back
GR8: Great
GTG: Got to go
GTFO: Get the f*** out
GYPO: Get your pants off
H8: Hate
HMU: Hit me up
HW: Homework
ICYMI: In case you missed it
IG: Instagram
IDGAF: I donโt give a f***
IKR: I know right
IM: Instant message
IMO: In my opinion
IMY: I miss you
IRL: In real life
ISO: In search of
IWSN: I want sex now
IYKWIM: If you know what I mean
IYKYK: If you know you know
JK: Just kidding
KMS: Kill myself
KPS: Keeping parents clueless
KYS: Kill yourself
LMAO: Laughing my a** off
LMFAO: Laughing my f***ing a** off
LMP: Like my picture
LMK: Let me know
LMIRL: Letโs meet in real life
LOL: Laugh out loud
LOML: Love of my life
MILF: Mom Iโd like to f***
MIRL: Meet in real life
MOS: Mom over shoulder
NGL: Not gonna lie
NIFOC: Naked in front of computer
NMH: Nodding my head
NP: No problem
NSA: No string attached
NSFW: Not safe for work
NVM: Never mind
OFC: Of course
OG: The original
OMFG: Oh my f***ing god
OMG: Oh my god
ONS: One night stand
ORLY: Oh really
OT: Off topic
P911: Parent alert / parents are watching
PAW: Parents are watching
PIR: Parent in room
PM: Private message
PMOYS: Put me on your story (Usually on Snapchat)
POS: Parent over shoulder or piece of s***
POV: Point of view
RL: Real life
RLY: Really
RN: Right now
ROFL: Rolling on the floor laughing
RT: Retweet
RUMORF: Are you male or female?
SMH: Shaking my head
SOS: Someone over shoulder
STFU: Shut the f*** up
TBH: To be honest
TDTM: Talk dirty to me
TFW: That feeling when
TMI: Too much information
TMW / TMRW: Tomorrow
TT2T: Too tired to talk
TY: Thank you
V: Very
WTH: What the h***
WTF: What the f***
WTTP: Want to trade pictures
WYA: Where you at?
WYD: What are you doing?
X: Ecstacy
YOLO: You only live once
YK: Youโre kidding
YKTS: You know the score
YKTV: You know the vibe
YW: Youโre welcome
YT: YouTube
182: I hate you
8: Oral sex
99: Parents are gone
This list was created by a millennial and is by no means an exhaustive list. Information was obtained from various sources, social media platforms, and input from students, parents, and school administrators.
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