otaku
Borrowed from Japanese, otaku refers to a person who is obsessed with manga, anime, and other forms of Japanese or East Asian popular culture.
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rat rod
A rat rod is a custom car with a deliberately worn-down, unfinished appearance, typically lacking paint, showing rust, and made from cheap or cast-off parts. -
slide into the DMs
To slide into the DMs is online slang for sending someone a direct message on social media slickly and coolly, often for romantic purposes. -
wyd
Wyd is a texting and internet acronym that stands for What (are) you doing? or What (would) you do? -
42
42 is the answer to the “ultimate question of life, the universe, and everything,” a joke in Douglas Adams’s 1979 novel, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. -
Black Twitter
Black Twitter is a word to describe the collective identity of black users on Twitter. In a sense, Black Twitter is a digital community that allows people to connect and bond over what it means… -
Deep Throat
Deep Throat is the pseudonym of the key informant in the Watergate scandal who provided information to journalists Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, eventually leading to the resignation of President Nixon in 1974. It is… -
Gardevoir
Gardevoir is a Psychic/Fairy type Pokémon that first appeared in Generation 3 of the Pokémon series. It evolves from Kirlia. Gardevoir may be either male or female, but always appears as a female-looking humanoid. -
It’s a trap
Taken from Star Wars, It’s a trap! is a humorous phrase meant to warn someone of deception. -
Mary Sue
Mary Sue is a term used to describe a fictional character, usually female, who is seen as too perfect and almost boring for lack of flaws, originally written as an idealized version of an author… -
Oompa Loompa
Oompa Loompas are a fictional group of workers from the children’s book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl. -
Sasuke
Sasuke is a Japanese name long associated with ninjas and popularly refers to a major character from the manga and anime series Naruto.