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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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faffing Wasting time on dithering, minor adjustments, or unproduct… fairycore fairycore: whimsical, fairy‑inspired aesthetic. finfluencer finfluencer: influencer who gives advice on financial inve… fire In plain English, “fire”: awesome. fitfluencer fitfluencer: fitness-focused social media influencer. fiver fiver: banknote worth five units of currency. floof floof: fluffy long-haired pet animal. fluffball fluffball: soft, fluffy, or round creature. FR “For real”: an emphasis on sincerity, a strong agreement, … future faking Making grand promises about future trips, milestones, or c… FWIW In plain English, “FWIW”: for what it's worth. newbie newbie: very inexperienced newcomer. FREE SPACE (TOUCH GRASS) Take a sip of water and step away from the group chat. no cap “Honestly,” “for real,” or “I am not exaggerating.” Cap me… no way no way: I'm shocked and can't believe that. normie A person with mainstream tastes and offline habits who is … NPC From “non-player character”: used jokingly for someone act… vagueposting vagueposting: cryptic, indirect social media post about a … valid Reasonable, respectable, or worthy of approval—used in gro… vibe coder vibe coder: code generator who prompts AI without understa… vibe coding Building software by repeatedly prompting an AI and reacti… vibe debugging vibe debugging: debugging code by repeatedly prompting an … viral viral: widely shared online and quickly trending. virtue signaling Publicly expressing an approved opinion primarily to demon… voluntold Being assigned an extra task or committee under the polite…
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