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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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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… 4real In plain English, “4real”: for real. I hope she sees this I hope she sees this: a sarcastic reply to a post that pan… ick A feeling or expression of disgust or aversion. “The ick” … icl In plain English, “icl”: I can't lie. FREE SPACE (TOUCH GRASS) Take a sip of water and step away from the group chat. ICYMI ICYMI expands to 'in case you missed it,' introducing info… idc In plain English, “idc”: I don't care. IDK In plain English, “IDK”: I don't know. idt In plain English, “idt”: I don't think. idts In plain English, “idts”: I don't think so. ifb In plain English, “ifb”: I follow back. ignore all previous instructions ignore all previous instructions: a trick command that dis… ignorelist ignorelist: file that blocks unwanted content. ihy In plain English, “ihy”: I hate you. IKYL In plain English, “IKYL”: I know you're lying. IMO In plain English, “IMO”: in my opinion. imposter syndrome Persistent internal doubt that one’s achievements are unde…
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