noun Pop Culture

Ult

/ʌlt/ · noun · slang

Your ultimate favorite — the group or bias you'd rank above all others.

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Definitions

1

Spread beyond K-pop to mean your all-time favorite of anything.

“That's my ult comfort movie, I've seen it forty times.”
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2

Used as an adjective for the top tier of your fandom hierarchy — 'ult bias,' 'ult group.'

“He's my ult bias across all of K-pop, period.”
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Short for 'ultimate,' your number-one group or bias that outranks every other you stan.

“TWICE is my ult, everyone else is a side group.”
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Ult In A Sentence

you never forget your ult, that bond is forever
my ult group could release static noise and i'd still stream it
ranking my ults is the hardest thing i'll do all year

Origin & Usage

A clipping of 'ultimate' that emerged in K-pop stan Twitter culture in the 2010s to mark the top of one's fandom hierarchy; now general stan slang.

Variants ult biasult groupultimate bias
Tags #kpop#stan#pop#fandom

People Also Ask

What does ult mean in K-pop?

It's short for 'ultimate' — your number-one group or bias that ranks above every other artist you stan.

Can you have more than one ult?

Technically it's meant to be one, but plenty of stans cheat and keep an 'ult group' and a separate 'ult bias.'

What does ult mean in slang?

Outside K-pop it just means your all-time favorite of something — your ult song, ult movie, ult snack.

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