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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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LARP LARP: live-action role-playing activity. left on delivered Seeing that your message was delivered to someone’s phone … left on read Having your message opened—showing a read receipt—without … let him cook Give someone space to finish their unconventional idea, ar… like4like like4like: mutual like exchange to boost each other's like… Linux ISO Linux ISO: disk image for installing Linux. locked in Fully focused and committed to a task. “Time to lock in” m… lolly lolly: so funny it makes people laugh out loud. lolsob lolsob: laugh-and-sob moment that feels both sad and absur… looksmaxxing Trying to improve physical appearance, especially within o… lore The background story and accumulated details of a fictiona… loud quitting Openly voicing dissatisfaction with company leadership or … FREE SPACE (TOUCH GRASS) Take a sip of water and step away from the group chat. love bombing love bombing: manipulative over‑affection tactic. lowkey “Kind of,” “quietly,” or “I am admitting this without maki… lulztastic lulztastic: extremely funny, causing strong laughter. lurkerdom lurkerdom: lurker mode of silent observation. W In internet slang, W abbreviates win: a success or winning… weaponized incompetence Pretending to be bad at a household or workplace task so t… weed number In plain English, “weed number”: number 420. gaff Informal British and Irish word for someone’s house, flat,… gaming gaming: strategic exploitation of rules to achieve a goal. gas Hilarious, entertaining, or absurdly funny in Irish Englis… gaslighting Manipulating someone into doubting their own memory, perce… gatekeeping Controlling or restricting who is allowed to claim members…
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