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 ๐ŸŒฟ ๐Ÿ’จ ๐Ÿฅฆ ๐ŸŒฒ ๐ŸŒณ ๐Ÿ€ ๐ŸŒด ๐Ÿ˜ฎโ€๐Ÿ’จ ๐ŸŒฌ๏ธ ๐Ÿ”ฅ โ›ฝ

Cocaine ๐ŸŽฑ โ„๏ธ โ›„ ๐ŸŒจ๏ธ ๐Ÿ”‘

Xanax ๐Ÿ’Š ๐Ÿซ

MDMA (Ecstacy) ๐Ÿ’Š โค๏ธ โšก

Meth ๐Ÿ’Ž โ„๏ธ โ›ฐ๏ธ

Heroin ๐ŸคŽ ๐Ÿ‰ ๐ŸŽฏ

Mushrooms ๐Ÿ„

Highly Potent Drugs ๐Ÿ’ฃ ๐Ÿš€ ๐Ÿงจ ๐Ÿ’ฅ

Selling Drugs ๐Ÿ”Œ ๐Ÿค‘ ๐Ÿ‘‘ ๐Ÿ’ฐ๐Ÿ’ธ ๐Ÿ’ต

Sexual Emojis

Penis ๐Ÿ† ๐ŸŒ ๐ŸŒญ

Vagina ๐ŸŒฎ ๐Ÿฆช ๐Ÿฉ ๐Ÿˆ ๐Ÿ˜บ

Breasts ๐Ÿ’

Butt ๐Ÿ‘ ๐Ÿšš

Testicles ๐Ÿ’ ๐Ÿฅœ ๐Ÿ‡

Pornography ๐ŸŒฝ

Sexual Activity ๐Ÿ”จ ๐Ÿ’ฆ ๐Ÿ‘… ๐Ÿง  ๐Ÿฆด

Sending/Receiving Inappropriate Photos ๐Ÿ ๐Ÿฅต ๐Ÿคค ๐Ÿ‘€ ๐ŸŒถ๏ธ

Other Emojis Commonly Used by Teenagers

Agree ๐Ÿ’ฏ โ€ผ๏ธ

Alcohol ๐Ÿบ ๐Ÿป ๐Ÿฅƒ๐Ÿท ๐Ÿฅ‚

Anxious ๐Ÿ˜ฐ ๐Ÿ˜ฌ

Cigarette ๐Ÿšฌ

Ignored ๐Ÿ‘ป

Intoxicated ๐Ÿฅด ๐Ÿคฎ ๐Ÿคช

Lie ๐Ÿงข

Mistake ๐Ÿคก

Sad/Depressed ๐Ÿ˜” ๐Ÿ˜ž

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Cheugy: Uncool, out-of-date, or trying too hard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 Iโ€™d 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 donโ€™t 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: Letโ€™s meet in real life

LOL: Laugh out loud

LOML: Love of my life

MILF: Mom Iโ€™d 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: Youโ€™re kidding

YKTS: You know the score

YKTV: You know the vibe

YW: Youโ€™re 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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