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#reddit

82 words tagged “reddit”

YTA
abbreviation

You're The Asshole — AITA verdict telling the poster they're the problem.

#reddit#acronym#judgment#verdict
doge
noun

Shiba Inu meme captioned in broken Comic Sans inner monologue: 'much wow, very meme, so slang.'

#reddit#tumblr#2010s#dog
so brave
phrase

Sarcastic clap-back at someone congratulating themselves for a totally safe opinion.

#reddit#twitter#sarcasm#comments
rentoid
noun

Sneering landlord-side label for tenants — a renter reduced to a humanoid pest.

#reddit#memes#landlords#irony
gay bear
noun

WSB insult for anyone shorting or betting on a stock falling.

#wallstreetbets#reddit#insult#trading
novelty account
noun

A Reddit account built around one running gimmick.

#reddit#accounts#internet#meta
ETA
abbreviation

Edited To Add — flags new material the poster bolted on after publishing.

#reddit#forum#acronym#editing
Gone Wild 18+
proper noun

Mature content — open to view.

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

Men's Rights Activist — the men's-rights online subculture.

#reddit#politics#subculture#men
stonks
noun

Meme misspelling of 'stocks,' used whenever the market makes no sense.

#wallstreetbets#meme#trading#reddit
/uj
tag

'Unjerk' marker — dropping the bit to say something sincere in a circlejerk sub.

#reddit#circlejerk#tags#internet
SJW
noun

Pejorative for someone seen as performatively progressive.

#reddit#politics#pejorative#2010s
username checks out
phrase

Reply pointing out that someone's handle is suspiciously perfect for what they just said.

#reddit#comments#phrase#meta
redpilled
adjective

Having had a 'hidden truth' revealed to you, Matrix-style.

#4chan#reddit#discord#politics
witch hunt
noun

A mob effort to name, shame, and harass a specific user.

#reddit#moderation#harassment#internet
danger noodle
phrase

Cutesy doggo-speak for a snake.

#reddit#doggolingo#animals#cute
brigading
noun

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

#reddit#moderation#drama#behavior
horny jail
noun

Meme punishment for posting something lustful — Cheems with a bat says BONK, off you go.

#reddit#memes#2020#comments
NAH
abbreviation

No Assholes Here — AITA verdict for a conflict where nobody actually did wrong.

#reddit#acronym#judgment#verdict
shocked Pikachu
phrase

Mock astonishment at the most predictable outcome on earth.

#reddit#meme#reaction#sarcasm
defaults
noun

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

#reddit#communities#internet-culture#history
ESH
abbreviation

Everyone Sucks Here — AITA verdict when nobody in the story comes out clean.

#reddit#acronym#judgment#verdict
flair
noun

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

#reddit#moderation#tagging#platform
shitpost
noun

A deliberately low-effort, absurd, or off-topic post — posted for the bit, not for the discourse.

#reddit#4chan#memes#humor
AITA
abbreviation

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

#reddit#acronym#judgment#drama
forever alone
phrase, noun

The meme face — and identity — of the guy who'll never get a date, ever.

#meme#rage-comics#reddit#2010s
RTFA
abbreviation

Read The F***ing Article — reply to commenters who clearly didn't.

#reddit#slashdot#acronym#discourse
Theta gang
noun

Options sellers who farm time decay instead of betting on direction.

#finance#wall-street#options#reddit
Leopards Eating Faces Party
phrase

Schadenfreude shorthand: people punished by the exact policy they voted for.

#reddit#politics#schadenfreude#meme
sockpuppet
noun

A fake secondary account used to prop up your own takes or sneak past a ban.

#reddit#accounts#moderation#deception
NTA
abbreviation

Not The Asshole — AITA verdict clearing the poster, blaming the other party.

#reddit#acronym#judgment#verdict
crosspost
noun, verb

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

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

Due diligence — a long WSB research post on why a stock will rip.

#wallstreetbets#reddit#trading#research
sub
noun

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

#reddit#shorthand#internet-culture#communities
selfawarewolf
noun

Someone who accidentally argues the exact opposite of what they think they're arguing.

#reddit#irony#meme#comments
that's the joke
phrase

Reply to someone who took an obvious gag at face value.

#reddit#simpsons#comments#sarcasm
TIFU
abbreviation

Today I F***ed Up — a confession post about a recent personal disaster.

#reddit#acronym#confession#storytime
ent
noun

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

#reddit#cannabis#communities#internet-culture
ninjaedit
noun, verb

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

#reddit#comments#editing#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
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
ITT
abbreviation

In This Thread — sets up a one-line summary of what the thread is actually doing.

#reddit#forum#acronym#meta
quarantined
adjective

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

#reddit#moderation#internet#platform
piss in the popcorn
phrase, verb

Jumping into a drama thread you were only meant to spectate — voting, commenting, fanning the flames.

#reddit#drama#moderation#internet-culture
hivemind
noun

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

#reddit#groupthink#culture#voting
cakeday
noun

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

#reddit#platform#tradition#upvotes
/rj
tag

'Rejerk' marker — back into the satire after a sincere aside.

#reddit#circlejerk#tags#internet
and then everyone on the bus clapped
phrase

Sarcastic kicker for a story that's obviously made up.

#reddit#sarcasm#phrase#comments
WIBTA
abbreviation

Would I Be The Asshole — the AITA format for a thing you haven't done yet.

#reddit#acronym#judgment#hypothetical
karmawhore
noun

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

#reddit#karma#behavior#insult
relevant username
phrase

Flag for a username that happens to fit the thread perfectly.

#reddit#comments#phrase#coincidence
play stupid games, win stupid prizes
phrase

If you go looking for trouble, don't act surprised when you find it.

#reddit#phrase#karma#consequences
banana for scale
phrase

Sticking a banana in a photo so people can gauge how big the actual subject is.

#reddit#meme#photos#internet-culture
popcorn pisser
noun

Someone who breaks the no-participation rule in drama-watching subs by jumping into the linked fight.

#reddit#drama#moderation#internet
repost
noun

Content that's been posted before — usually recycled for fresh karma.

#reddit#content#karma#moderation
orangered
noun

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

#reddit#inbox#notifications#internet
CMV
abbreviation

Change My View — a post inviting people to argue you out of your opinion.

#reddit#acronym#debate#discourse
gilding
noun, verb

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

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

An echo chamber where everyone loudly agrees and dogpiles anyone who doesn't.

#reddit#discourse#echo-chamber#criticism
emojipasta
noun

Copypasta absolutely buried under chaotic, semi-relevant emoji.

#reddit#copypasta#emoji#internet
landchad
noun

Ironic glow-up of the landlord archetype as an alpha 'Chad' figure.

#reddit#memes#landlords#irony
I eat crayons
phrase

WSB self-burn: 'I have no idea what I'm doing.'

#wallstreetbets#reddit#meme#disclaimer
karma farm
noun

A post engineered purely to harvest upvotes, usually by cynically pushing the hivemind's buttons.

#reddit#karma#behavior#spam
YSK
abbreviation

You Should Know — PSA-style prefix for a useful fact you might've missed.

#reddit#acronym#psa#tips
autist
noun

WSB self-tag for an obsessively deep-dive trader.

#wallstreetbets#reddit#trading#slang
downdoot
verb

Cutesy version of downvote — the evil twin of updoot.

#reddit#voting#cutesy#internet
tendies
noun

Trading profits, imagined as a reward of chicken tenders.

#wallstreetbets#trading#reddit#meme
updoot
verb

Cutesy baby-talk version of upvote.

#reddit#voting#cutesy#internet
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
karma
noun

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

#reddit#score#reputation#voting
chungus
noun

An affectionately oversized creature, object, or person — big, round, lovable.

#reddit#memes#2018#compliment
this
interjection

One-word reply meaning 'exactly, nothing to add.'

#reddit#comments#agreement#internet
doot
interjection

Skeleton-trumpet onomatopoeia — the sound a meme skeleton makes.

#reddit#memes#halloween#2016
IAMA
abbreviation

I Am A — the companion intro tag for an AMA (Ask Me Anything) post.

#reddit#acronym#forums#2000s
holup
interjection

Stylised 'hold up' — stop, back up, something just got weird.

#reddit#internet#reaction#meme
upboat
verb

Old-school playful misspelling of upvote.

#reddit#voting#vintage#internet
SRD
noun

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

#reddit#subreddits#drama#meta
madlad
noun

Someone admired for doing something reckless, audacious, or gloriously stupid.

#reddit#british#compliment#memes
neckbeard
noun

Stock chat insult for the unkempt, smug, fedora-tipping nerd archetype.

#discord#insult#archetype#reddit
apes
noun

Retail traders piling into the same trade as one feral pack.

#wallstreetbets#gamestop#reddit#meme-stocks
unbased
adjective

The disapproving inverse of 'based' — cringe, conformist, or just wrong.

#reddit#4chan#insult#memes
meme stock
noun

A stock pumped by internet hype instead of fundamentals.

#wallstreetbets#gamestop#trading#reddit