Word deep-dives

In some LGBTQ+ and ballroom contexts, strikingly fierce, stylish, or self-assured.

Excellent, unusually good, or appealingly strange, especially in meme culture.

So funny or overwhelming that one is figuratively “dying” of laughter.

A niche online term for something seen as dead, finished, stale, or past its cultural moment.

Delusional, or playfully and self-consciously overconfident about an unlikely outcome.

A playful but potentially stigmatizing label for an imagined or one-sided relationship.

A nonsense sound or word used to mark comic foolishness, awkwardness, or a silly mistake.

Being excessive, over-the-top, or trying too hard.

A young man whose online look draws on emo, skate, anime, or alternative style.

A playful, childlike way to say sleepy or very tired.

Emotional or sad in tone, and also the name of a music-based subculture and style.

An emphatic expression of strong agreement, meaning a statement is true or correct.