Social & memes.
Timeline language, decoded without the endless scroll.
canon event
A formative experience jokingly treated as an unavoidable part of someone’s personal storyline, often embarrassing or difficult.
clickbait
A headline, thumbnail, or piece of content built to win clicks, often by withholding the point, exaggerating, or misleading.
doomscrolling
Continuing to scroll through distressing news or negative posts, often longer than you intended.
lore
The background story and accumulated details of a fictional world, community, or person. A “lore drop” reveals a new piece of that backstory.
main character energy
A confident, cinematic sense of being the protagonist of the moment; sometimes a criticism of acting as if everyone else is a supporting character.
rage bait
Content designed to provoke anger so people will react, argue, share, or keep watching.
ratio
A social-media response showing stronger pushback than approval, or a reply that gets more support than the post it challenges.
rent-free
Occupying someone’s thoughts without effort or invitation, usually in “living rent-free in my head.” It can describe delight, annoyance, or fixation.
side quest
An optional detour from the main objective in a game, or a spontaneous little adventure away from your original plan in everyday life.
touch grass
Step away from the internet and regain some real-world perspective. Often a dismissive response to an overly online argument.