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Word of the year
Noun of the year
- AI music (music generated by artificial intelligence) – Google Trends peak in May 2024 due to the release of Suno AI.
- aura (a charismatic and dominant presence (of a person)) – in the context of a person, usually used as a compliment for athletes, it seems to originate from TikTok.
- brainrot (media deemed to hold little artistic value and/or negatively impact those who consume it) – a term popularized in late 2023 and 2024. 2020s meme culture appears to have entered an ironic phase where memes themselves are considered "brainrot", marking a significant contrast from 2010s meme culture, which was mostly unironic. This might in part be a combination of Zoomers' reaction to Gen Alpha memes and trends as well as a broader reaction to their overreliance on technology (not a coincidence that this comes soon after COVID-19).
- brat (the qualities possessed by a confident and assertive woman) – influenced by the eponymous June 2024 album, see its growth on Google Trends, and the "Kamala is brat" Internet meme that started in the same month and was popularised in July; see also its Know Your Meme entry.
- brat summer / brat girl summer (Summer 2024, in which people, especially younger woman, are influenced by Charli XCX's album Brat) – coined 1 June 2024, see its Know Your Meme entry.
- breaking (breakdancing) – sport that made its debut at the Olympics so why not nominate it – spike on Google Trends.
- broccoli haircut (a type of perm haircut popular among teens and young adults that resembles broccoli, consisting of shaded or faded sides, and much volume and length on the top) – made a massive comeback during July and August 2024 due to contemporary media coverage. See entry on Wikipedia and August '24 spike on Google Trends.
- coolcation (a vacation in a cooler region to avoid heat and wildfires) – popularised 2024.
- dead internet theory (a conspiracy theory claiming that the vast majority of content that people interact with on the Internet has been produced by bots rather than actual humans) – generally popular throughout the year, especially with the ever-increasing rise of AI.
- GNG (abbreviation of gang) – popularised in 2024.
- gooning (a form of masturbation that involves edging for a long period of time, resulting in a hypnotic, trance-like, state) – very popular throughout the year.
- headcanon (elements and interpretations of a fictional universe accepted by an individual or small group of fans, but not necessarily found within or supported by the official canon)
- level (a numeric value that quantifies a character, ability, or item's experience and power) – ironic usage, as in "level 10 gyatt" (May 2024 peak on Google Trends) or "bro only has level 1 rizz".
- millenopause (menopause or perimenopause, as experienced by those in the millennial generation) — received a significant amount of news coverage beginning with a NYT article published January 28, 2024.
- minor (a child: a person who has not reached the age of majority or consent) – often referenced on the Internet in the first half of the year (i.e. as in the "worst year to be a minor") due to several influencer child abuse-related incidents or allegations with people like P. Diddy (allegedly), Drake (allegedly), Dr Disrespect (allegedly), Cody Ko (allegedly), Ava Kris Tyson (allegedly), Huw Edwards (he pleased guilty in court, but just in case, I should state this is all allegedly) et al.
- sanewashing (the act of minimizing the perceived radical aspects of a person or idea in order to make them appear more acceptable to a wider audience.)
- Zyn (an individual Zyn nicotine pouch) – see Zynfluencer and Zynternet.
Verb
- delve (to search thoroughly and carefully for information, research, dig into, penetrate, fathom, trace out) – a word widely used in text generated by ChatGPT, hence found useful in determining if text is AI-generated; research found an immense increase in the amount of times this word is used in academic papers in 2024, compared to previous years; Google Trends peak in September 2024.
- eat and leave no crumbs (eat: to be very good at something; to rule, to rock) – Google Trends shows a peak in May 2024.
- edge (to intentionally stay or keep someone extremely close to the point of orgasm for a long period of time) – popular in 2024 alongside gooning (q.v.) as a form of it; also used in the jocular phrase "edging to Skibidi Toilet" and memes concerning Microsoft Edge.
- EYP (eat your pussy) – popular throughout 2024.
- fw heavy (to enjoy something to a high degree) – Google Trends shows a peak in March 2024.
- glaze (to compliment or praise someone excessively in a cringeworthy way) – popular throughout 2024; see its Know Your Meme entry.
- hurkle-durkle (to lounge in bed for an excessive period of time) — gained some traction in early 2024 and again in late 2024; see Google Trends.
- lock in (to focus intensely on something) – generally popular throughout the second half of the year.
- looksmaxx (to seek to enhance one's physical appearance) — popularised on TikTok with a Google Trends peak in early January 2024; popularised the -maxx suffix, leading to the coinage and popularisation of several similar words in the first half of 2024.
- math (to make sense) – typically used as in "the math is not mathing". According to Google Trends searches for "mathing" peaked in February 2024.
- mog (to dominate in appearance) – peak in late January 2024.
- oil up (to lubricate with oil; to cover or smear with oil) – popular in 2024, originating from TikTok.
- stand on business (to put oneself first and take care of one's own needs before worrying about others) – TikTok slang, originally from AAVE, which spiked in December 2023 but remained prominent throughout 2024.
- work it out on the remix (to settle a dispute; to restore a strained relationship; to reconcile) – originated late June 2024; see its Google Trends increase from late June to mid-August 2024, with a slight increase in October.
- yap (to talk, especially excessively; to chatter) – immensely popular throughout 2024; see the ongoing spike since January 2024 on Google Trends. Popularised Yapanese and yapper (q.v.).
Adjective
- chalant (not nonchalant; careful, attentive, or concerned) – on Google Trends, continuously and consistently gaining traction since January 2024.
- cooked (exhausted, defeated, hopeless) — generally popular throughout the year.
- coquette (of or relating to a feminine style of clothing involving ribbons, frills, and bows) – popularised as a fashion aesthetic on TikTok/a TikTok trend; Google Trends shows a spike in January 2024 and it remains quite prominent thereafter.
- crazy (of unsound mind; insane; demented) – popular this year in phrases like "nahh bro X is crazy"; "that's crazy" has a Google Trends spike in March 2024.
- demure (modest, quiet, reserved or serious) – popularised in an August 2024 TikTok meme; Google Trends peak in August '24 but already quickly falls off in September.
- down bad (romantically or sexually attracted to someone at the expense of one's dignity) – remained generally popular throughout the year, perhaps influenced by the release of "Down Bad" by Taylor Swift in April 2024.
- freaky / 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓴𝔂 (odd; bizarre; unusual) – originates from a meme popularised in late 2023 and prominent throughout the year; see its Know Your Meme entry.
- galvanised (of metal, coated with zinc as a form of protection against rust) – from a mid-2024 meme originating from digital home construction and renovation videos on TikTok et al. Google Trends for "galvanised square steel" has a spike and peak in May and June 2024.
- Joever (done for, finished, cooked) — spiked in popularity due to the Biden crisis; July 2024 Google Trends spike.
- nonchalant (casually calm and relaxed) – seen a lot of independent usage (particularly on the 'Tok) due to the chalant (q.v.) and "nonchalant dreadhead" (dreadhead q.v.) memes; has a sudden spike and peak in March 2024 on Google Trends.
- Ohio (weird, bizarre; off-the-wall; cringe) – used chiefly in “brain rot” memes.
- spicy (risqué, sexy, racy; mildly pornographic) – slang used, and particularly popular on, BookTok; books are denoted by a "spicy level" or "spiciness level" based on how risqué/horny they are. See the Google Trends for "spicy level" (spiking throughout the year), "spicy book" and "spicy booktok" (both peaked in July 2024).
- Temu (low quality) – compare Wish.com; examples include "You wore them Temu socks didn’t you?" in response to someone saying their feet hurt.
- unserious (not serious) – rapidly gained popularity, originating chiefly from memes and viral social media posts; see the Google Trends peak in August 2024.
Adverb
Interjection
- gegagedigedagedago (nonce word meant to evoke the idea of brainrot) – coined February 2024, peak between March–July 2024.
- green FN (excellent; exceptional; amazing) – from TikTok, originally a basketball slang term for the most difficult shot to make. Google Trends shows a peak in March 2024 before quickly dropping off.
- hawk tuah (the action of spitting on a penis in preparation for oral sex) – originates from a viral street interview from June 2024.
- nuh-uh (no) – consistently prominent throughout this year.
- put the fries in the bag (used to express that one does not wish to engage with someone and considers them to be inferior (implying that they are a fast food worker)) – July 2024 peak per Google Trends.
- skibidi (nonsense word meant to evoke the idea of brainrot or Generation Alpha) – appeared in late October/early November 2023 but it was prominent throughout 2024.
- trust (trust me) – another AAVE term popularised online throughout 2024. Source? Trust.
- womp womp (used, sometimes mockingly, to indicate failure or disappointment) – became quite popular in mid-2024 for some reason, see Google Trends.
Proper noun
- Anthropocene (the proposed current geological epoch, in which the effect of human activities on the global environment has disrupted the natural variability of the Holocene) – after 15 years of deliberation, it was formally rejected as an official epoch by the International Commission on Stratigraphy in March 2024.
- Artsakh (an erstwhile state with limited recognition in the South Caucasus populated mostly by Armenians that existed between 1991 and 2024) – formally dissolved on 1 January 2024; a country dissolving is indeed a very big deal.
- Coordinated Lunar Time (a new lunar time zone standard that the White House has directed NASA to establish by 2026) – coined by NASA in April 2024.
- Dr Pepper (a carbonated soft drink that tastes like sweet cherry and resembles cola) – became the second best-selling drink in the USA this year, beating Pepis. Which basically means it became number one since Coke has held the top spot for c.96 years.
- Genocide Joe (derogatory nickname for Joe Biden due to his support of Israel during the 2023 Israel–Hamas war, which many supporters of Palestine allege to be a genocide against Palestinians) – coined in 2023 but prominent throughout the year; see Google Trends.
- the Island (Epstein Island: a small private island in the United States Virgin Islands that was owned by American child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein between 1998 and 2019) – euphemism arising from a January 2024 meme.
- Ichthyotitan severnensis (an extinct taxonomic species within the genus Ichthyotitan – believed to be the largest ichthyosaur (marine reptile) ever discovered at an estimated body length of nearly 25 metres (82 ft)) – formally described in 2024; new species are discovered quite regularly but this one is evidently quite the find.
- Pookie (a pet name) – Popularised throughout 2024.
- Y2K24 (the 2024 CrowdStrike incident) – see 2024 CrowdStrike incident (mid-July 2024) on Wikipedia.
- ZiG (Zimbabwe Gold: the official national currency of Zimbabwe since April 2024) – adopted as the official currency of Zimbabwe on 8 April 2024, replacing the hyper-inflated Zimbabwean dollar.
- Zynternet (an online subculture associated with sports betting, frat culture, college sports, and consuming Zyn) – coined by journalist Max Read in June 2024 to describe the culture surrounding the "hawk tuah" meme.
Emoji
Suffix
- -ing (used to form nouns or noun-like words (or elements of noun phrases) from verbs, denoting the act of doing something, an action, or the embodiment of an action) – meme; forms pseudo-action words (some of which might exist though) for stuff that is not working/operating/behaving as intended/expected, i.e. "my brain is not braining today" or "bruh the homework ain't homeworking".
- -maxx ((1) denoting an enhancement or improvement, with the goal of "maximizing" one's attractiveness or appeal but (2) used tongue-in-cheek for a wide range of effects unrelated to romance) – further popularised (especially the second sense) by looksmaxxing (q.v.) since early 2024.
Prepositional phrase
Phrase
Title of the year
- acoustic (euphemistic form of autistic) – TikTok euphemistic term popular in 2024.
- beige mom (a mother who decorates her home with neutral pastel colours, such as shades of beige and white) – contentious TikTok parenting trend that spiked in December 2023 and remained popular-ish thereafter.
- brat (the qualities possessed by a confident and assertive woman) – influenced by the eponymous June 2024 album, see its growth on Google Trends, and the "Kamala is brat" Internet meme that started in the same month and was popularised in July; see also its Know Your Meme entry.
- clean girl (a notional girl representing a fashion style characterized by minimalist clothing, neutral colors, tied-back hair, and subtle makeup that emphasizes unblemished skin) – popularised since January 2024, peak in August per Google Trends.
- dreadhead (a person with dreads) – Influenced by the "nonchalant dreadhead" April 2024 meme, with a June and September 2024 peak on Google Trends.
- Golden Retriever boyfriend (a man who is extroverted and excitable, kind, openly affectionate, confident, happy about life, and immensely caring toward his partner, but possibly naïve or unintelligent) — popular since December 2023 (Google Trends).
- double hater (a person who does not favor either the Democratic Party (candidate Kamala Harris; formerly Joe Biden) or the Republican Party (candidate Donald Trump) in the 2024 United States presidential election.) – coined 2024.
- gooner (an individual who practices gooning) – see gooning (q.v.) – Google Trends shows a spike/peak in April 2024.
- goth (a person who is part of the goth subculture) – from "goth mommy" Internet memes.
- iPad parent (a parent who allows their child near-unlimited (usually unsupervised) screen time; a parent who lets a tablet, such as an iPad, raise their child) – peak in late December 2023 on Google Trends, seemingly derived from iPad kid.
- minor (a child: a person who has not reached the age of majority or consent) – often referenced on the Internet in the first half of the year (i.e. as in the "worst year to be a minor") due to several influencer child abuse-related incidents or allegations with people like P. Diddy (allegedly), Drake (allegedly), Dr Disrespect (allegedly), Cody Ko (allegedly), Ava Kris Tyson (allegedly), Huw Edwards (he pleased guilty in court, but just in case, I should state this is all allegedly) et al.
- neurospicy (neurodivergent) – prominent this year with a peak in August 2024 on Google Trends.
- therian (therianthrope: someone with an intense spiritual or psychological identification as a non-human animal) – per Google Trends, peaked in March 2024 but spiking consistently since September 2023, likely due to the popularisation of this subculture on TikTok.
- unc (uncle) – became a big thing with the "unc status" meme (Google Trends peak in June 2024) and after the AAVE sense of the word was ostensibly appropriated by white people on TikTok around the same time; for more context see the Know Your Meme entry for "unc".
Pronoun of the year
Insult of the year
- bop (a promiscuous women, especially in the context of having a high body count or giving fellatio to many men) – popularised in 2024 via TikTok, see its Know Your Meme entry.
- brainrot (media deemed to hold little artistic value and/or negatively impact those who consume it) – a term popularized in late 2023 and 2024. 2020s meme culture appears to have entered an ironic phase where memes themselves are considered "brainrot", marking a significant contrast from 2010s meme culture, which was mostly unironic. This might in part be a combination of Zoomers' reaction to Gen Alpha memes and trends as well as a broader reaction to their overreliance on technology (not a coincidence that this comes soon after COVID-19).
- coal (content of low quality) – generally popular throughout the year, see its Know Your Meme entry.
- coworker music (music that is popular, generic, mainstream, formulaic and usually inoffensive or boring; popular music) – trending since June 2024 per Google Trends.
- crash out (a reckless and enraged individual, often with nothing to lose) – popularised all over TikTok back in early 2024, see its Know Your Meme entry.
- femcel (a female incel)
- Khia (someone unimportant or irrelevant; a nobody) – popularised late 2023 and throughout 2024 on stan Twitter, originally by Nicki Minaj fans (an embarrassing title). Named after Khia, an American rapper who apparently fell off; see Google Trends for "Khia meaning", which has been spiking and increasing since about July 2024.
- nostalgia bait (the practice of reusing, or relying on, past media, characters, themes, periods or events for which people are nostalgic as a means to sell a product)
- Ohio (weird, bizarre; off-the-wall; cringe) – used chiefly in “brain rot” memes.
- PDF file (a pedophile) – popularised in 2024.
- put the fries in the bag (used to express that one does not wish to engage with someone and considers them to be inferior (implying that they are a fast food worker)) – July 2024 peak per Google Trends.
- schizophrenic (a person suffering from schizophrenia) — peak in June 2024 per Google Trends; used as an insult or semi-jocular term of abuse like lobotomite from last year.
- skibidi Ohio rizz (bad, inadequate or poor flirtation skills; no game) – May 2024 peak per Google Trends.
- slop (content or media of little-to-no value, especially that which is produced consistently and according to trends to satisfy a recommendation algorithm or consumerist demands.) – prominent in 2024, associated with “brainrot” memes and used in relation to low effort YouTube videos/YouTube Shorts, TikToks and Instagram reels.
- Yapanese (incomprehensible and meaningless speech; nonsense, waffle) – popularised throughout 2024 alongside yap/yapping in general.
- yapper (one who yaps) – from yap (q.v.).
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Bluey
This is like MLP: FiM but for adults
Terms derived from Bluey
Coined
- Hammerbarn (“any home improvement, DIY household hardware retail store”)
- lime lesson (“deliberate misspelling of life lesson”)
Popularised
- bush wee (“the act of urinating in public, especially on natural terrain such as directly onto the ground, shrubbery or a tree”)
- dollarbuck (“a unit of currency”)
- for real life (“in reality; occurring in real life as opposed to play or make believe”)
- trifficult (“of considerable difficulty”)
Inspired
fopks
English
Etymology
Perhaps from fops (“a fox”). First attested 4 August 2022 in the Discord server (chatroom service) for Wikipedia.
Noun
sandbox (plural sandboxes)
- (Internet slang, childish, humorous, endearing, rare) Deliberate misspelling of fox.
- Synonyms: foxxo, fops
2023 March 2, Nintendofan885, “Created page”, in User:Nintendofan885/Fox Cabal, Wikipedia:The Wikipedia Fox Cabal is a cabal about fopks. It is usual observed in its nature habit of the #foxtopic thread of the Wikimedia Community Discord Server.
2023 April 2, @LucasWerkmeister, wikis.world, Mastodon:am fopks [succeeded by a screenshot of a fox in the video game Minecraft]
2023 April 9, InvalidOS, “Show me your fox OCs”, in ToyHou.se:fopks
also have this fennec
2023 July 4, @theresnotime, wikis.world, Mastodon:fopks 🦊
2023 September 25, @dkfjdkensk, Twitter:The biggest injustice is being unable to retweet fopks and pande pictures.
2023 October 15, @NotMccloud, Twitter:Big ahh fopks trotting by, holding a scroll with his...sideburns? The glaceon things on his fa- wait, no.
Sidebrrs.
2023 December 6, ClydeFranklin, “Add humorous redirect for fox.wikimedia.org”, in Wikimedia Phabricator:I love fopkses!
2024 March 6, @Seddon, “+mh subtooting about linkedin”, in toot.wales, Mastodon:OMG look at the cute fopks!
2024 April 4, @ZacPrezy, “*leans in for kiss* 😙”, in Twitter:[replying to a photograph of a fox presenting its tongue] Aww such a cute fopks! How could I resist
2024 May 6, u/Pristine_Bug8193, “Hunting baby groundhogs!”, in r/foxes, Reddit:I love videos like these where we get to see the fopkses up close! Usually they are very quick
2024 May 26, @hangingpuppy, Twitter:adopt a fopks
2024 June 1, u/ThePointlessFrog, “The fox sees you!”, in r/FindTheSniper, Reddit:I don't see the fopks tho.. now I am scared..
2024 July 19, User:Hilst, “A fox for you!”, in User talk:Queen of Hearts, Wikipedia:You can give out foxes now! Have a fopks.
2024 August 24, @HenriSmith38933, Twitter:❤️ FOPKS WITH A BALL 🦊
2024 September 5, @ellenor2000, fox.nexus, Mastodon:are you not in fact a fopks?