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5×5 CLASSROOM & MEETING ICEBREAKER · 100% SFW

Slang Bingo.

Check off five in a row during your next group chat, lecture, or team call.

Play Group-Chat & Classroom Slang Bingo (100% SFW general-audience vocabulary). Use it as an icebreaker in B1–C2 ESL classes, university linguistics clubs, or remote team standups. Click any square to open its sourced definition and examples.

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people pleasing Habitually prioritizing others’ comfort and agreement over… periodt periodt: that's final, no debate allowed. pocket watching Obsessively monitoring or speculating about how much money… pookie An affectionate name for a loved person, such as a partner… POV “Point of view.” In captions, it usually introduces a situ… prompt engineering prompt engineering: the practice of writing prompts to mak… prompt hacking prompt hacking: tricking an AI into ignoring its original … proper A UK and Irish colloquial use of proper as an adverb meani… hallucinate hallucinate: generate information not backed by its traini… hallucination hallucination: confident but incorrect AI response. hard launch Announcing a new romantic partner unmistakably on social m… hatedom hatedom: group of anti‑fans of a work. FREE SPACE (TOUCH GRASS) Take a sip of water and step away from the group chat. hater hater: person who strongly dislikes something. haunting haunting: hard to forget, staying in the mind. heckin In plain English, “heckin”: very. highkey “Really,” “openly,” or “without trying to play it down.” I… hivemind Rapid collective agreement in an online forum where thousa… hustle culture hustle culture: a social and professional mindset that glo… hyperfixation Complete, all-consuming absorption in a single topic, hobb… 10th dentist 10th dentist: person who holds an unpopular opinion. say less I understand completely and I am already on board—you do n… scarleh Playfully mortified or embarrassed on someone’s behalf in … scroll fatigue A feeling of being mentally worn out by prolonged scrollin… shift In Irish youth and nightclub slang, to kiss or make out wi…
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