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Internet Slang
sub
· noun · internet
Shorthand for a subreddit — one of Reddit's topic-based communities.
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A subreddit. The individual r/whatever community you visit, post in, or get banned from. Default Reddit shorthand — basically nobody types out 'subreddit' in conversation.
“There's a whole sub dedicated to weirdly specific kitchen gadgets and I am there every night.”
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To subscribe to a channel, creator, or community. Used outside Reddit too — YouTube, Twitch, Substack. 'Sub and ring the bell' energy.
“Banger video, just subbed.”
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A paid subscriber on a creator platform, especially Twitch. Streamers thank their 'subs' on screen and run sub-only chat.
“Shoutout to the new subs, you're carrying the stream.”
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Short for substitute. A guest asks for fries instead of slaw, the server calls 'sub fries on the burger' and that's the modifier the line cooks fire. Every kitchen lives or dies on how clean the subs come across the pass.
“Table 12 wants to sub the salad for soup — heard?”
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sub In A Sentence
There's a whole sub dedicated to weirdly specific kitchen gadgets and I am there every night.
Banger video, just subbed.
Shoutout to the new subs, you're carrying the stream.
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