Results for “the ol' reddit switcheroo”

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Reddit hug of death
noun phrase

When a link hits Reddit's front page and the traffic spike instantly crashes the destination site.

#reddit#traffic#internet-culture#phenomenon
Reddit switcharoo
noun

A running chain of bait-and-switch links where each new one sends you to the previous prank.

#reddit#meme#comments#internet-culture
Reddit gold
noun

The old paid premium award you'd buy to slap on a great post or comment.

#reddit#awards#internet-culture#premium
mayne hol'up
phrase

Houston interjection — 'man, hold up'.

#houston#texas#interjection#aave
karma
noun

Reddit's point score racked up from upvotes on your posts and comments.

#reddit#score#reputation#voting
AITA
abbreviation

Am I The Asshole — Reddit's moral courtroom, in acronym form.

#reddit#acronym#judgment#drama
cakeday
noun

The anniversary of your Reddit account, marked by a little cake icon next to your username.

#reddit#platform#tradition#upvotes
flair
noun

A tag beside a username or post on Reddit signalling role, team, or topic.

#reddit#moderation#tagging#platform
brigading
noun

A coordinated raid from one subreddit (or off-site) to mass-vote or pile on comments in another.

#reddit#moderation#drama#behavior
karmawhore
noun

A Redditor who posts mainly to rack up karma, with no real interest in the conversation.

#reddit#karma#behavior#insult
hivemind
noun

Reddit's habit of converging on a single dominant opinion and downvoting everything else into oblivion.

#reddit#groupthink#culture#voting
orangered
noun

The orange-red Reddit inbox icon — and, by extension, getting a reply.

#reddit#inbox#notifications#internet
novelty account
noun

A Reddit account built around one running gimmick.

#reddit#accounts#internet#meta
ninjaedit
noun, verb

A sneaky edit made within minutes of posting, before Reddit slaps the 'edited' tag on it.

#reddit#comments#editing#internet-culture
gilding
noun, verb

Spending real money to award Reddit Gold (or Platinum) to a comment you loved.

#reddit#awards#internet-culture#premium
sub
noun

Shorthand for a subreddit — one of Reddit's topic-based communities.

#reddit#shorthand#internet-culture#communities
crosspost
noun, verb

Reposting something from one subreddit into another, with credit baked in.

#reddit#posting#internet-culture#communities
defaults
noun

The big-name subreddits Reddit used to auto-subscribe new accounts to.

#reddit#communities#internet-culture#history
ent
noun

What r/trees regulars call themselves — a cannabis-smoking Redditor.

#reddit#cannabis#communities#internet-culture
Gone Wild 18+
proper noun

Mature content — open to view.

#reddit#nsfw#communities#internet-culture
SRD
noun

r/SubredditDrama — the meta sub for watching other subs fight.

#reddit#subreddits#drama#meta
quarantined
adjective

Reddit's polite way of burying a subreddit without killing it.

#reddit#moderation#internet#platform
woolyback
noun

Full form of 'wool' — someone from outside Liverpool proper.

#scouse#liverpool#identity#british
jobe
noun

A taxi — Liverpool's word for flagging a cab.

#scouse#liverpool#transport#british
Buzzed
adjective

Pleasantly tipsy — feeling alcohol's first warm glow, but not drunk.

#american#2000s
Padre
adjective

Mexican slang for 'cool' or 'great' — 'qué padre!' means 'how cool!'

#spanish#mexican#gen-z
Kewl
adjective

A jokey respelling of 'cool', signalling playful or ironic approval online.

#leet#1337#gaming#internet
Baka
interjection

Japanese for 'idiot' or 'fool', adopted by anime fans as a playful insult.

#anime#meme#gen-z#internet