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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dead internet theory
The idea that much online activity is automated or artific…
deadly
Fantastic, brilliant, or genuinely great in Dublin and wid…
delulu
An exaggerated, informal version of “delusional”: unrealis…
dodgy
Unreliable, suspicious, or of questionable quality—applied…
dog whistle
Coded phrasing that sounds ordinary to a general audience …
doomscrolling
Continuing to scroll through distressing news or negative …
dope
dope: really awesome, very cool.
double texting
Sending a second message before the other person has repli…
dry texting
Replying with flat, one-word messages like “k”, “cool”, or…
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…
FREE SPACE (TOUCH GRASS)
Take a sip of water and step away from the group chat.
locked in
Fully focused and committed to a task. “Time to lock in” m…
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 …
love bombing
love bombing: manipulative over‑affection tactic.
lowkey
“Kind of,” “quietly,” or “I am admitting this without maki…
unc
A shortening of uncle; also a teasing label for an older m…
echo chamber
A closed social or algorithmic environment where participa…
eejit
A pejorative regional word for an idiot or fool, documente…
emotional labor
Managing one’s own feelings and tone to keep customers, co…
main character energy
A confident, cinematic sense of being the protagonist of t…
masking
Consciously suppressing natural reactions or exhaustion in…