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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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0wn 0wn: defeat, dominate, or be above. QRD In plain English, “QRD”: quick rundown. QRP In plain English, “QRP”: quote repost. QRT In plain English, “QRT”: quote retweet. quiet cutting Reassigning employees to lower-status roles or Eliminating… quiet firing quiet firing: act of neglect that pushes employees to quit… quiet quitting Performing the exact duties specified in one’s job descrip… Quinnspiracy Quinnspiracy: online scandal that turned into Gamergate ov… yeet yeet: an exclamation of excitement or approval. yikes yikes: an exclamation of shock and alarm. YouTube Poop YouTube Poop: video mashup in this style. acoustic In plain English, “acoustic”: unplugged. FREE SPACE (TOUCH GRASS) Take a sip of water and step away from the group chat. AFK In plain English, “AFK”: away from keyboard. AGTube AGTube: the group of YouTube channels that focus on dolls. AI slop Low-quality AI-generated material, especially output produ… algospeak Altered words, spellings, euphemisms, or symbols people us… Amogus Amogus: the 2018 online social deduction game Among Us. ancom In plain English, “ancom”: anarcho‑communist. anti-fan anti-fan: person who dislikes a work, character, or person… anti-fandom anti-fandom: group of people who dislike a work. anti-furry anti-furry: person opposed to furries. antiseptic antiseptic: free of unpleasantness, prim and sanitized. anxious attachment A relationship pattern marked by hyper-vigilance toward te… AOLbonics AOLbonics: using numbers or short phonetic spellings as sh…
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