#ENGVOCAB: POPULAR INTERNET TERMS AS OF JANUARY 2021 P-T

Hello, everyone! This article is to continue our series on popular internet terms as of January 2021. Here are the previous articles on the series in case you missed it: PART 1, PART 2, PART 3

REMINDER: Most of these terms are slang and SHOULD ONLY be used in an informal interaction.

Protec, attac… (phrase)
Meaning: the intentionally misspelled version of ‘he protects, but he also attacks,’ accompanied with the third phrase that rhymes with both words.
Example:
He protec, he attac, but most importantly, he wants some snac.
Pumped (adjective)
Meaning: excited.
Example:
“I’m so pumped to get 1,000 subscribers.”
Reality check (phrase)
Meaning: a phrase to use to bring someone back to reality.
Example:
“Yes, some of us do make less than Rp 20,000 a day that we can’t barely afford decent clothes and housing. I bet it’s a reality check for you.”
Receipt (noun)
Meaning: a proof of a scandal, a claim, or an accusation.
Example:
“Do you want me to dig up some receipts? I’m sure there’ll be plenty on the internet.”
Relatable (adjective)
Meaning: a state of something that we can relate to, something we can understand, or something that can make us say, “It’s so me.”
Example:
“This quote is so relatable.”

Rn (adverb)
Meaning: short of ‘right now.’
Example:
“This song is so beautiful. I’m dying rn.”
Sadboi/sadgirl (noun)
Meaning: someone who is being very open about their emotions that are usually related to a complicated love life.
Example:
“He’s just being a sadboi right now, always emotional.”
Sassy (adjective)
Meaning: of someone, usually a woman or a girl or those identify as such, to be unapologetically bold.
Example:
“Sassy remarks are to be expected from her. Be prepared.”
Screen-capture (verb, noun)
Meaning: to capture a screen where a piece of important information is shown.
Example:
“I have screen-captured this conversation. Just in case.”
Serving (verb)
Meaning: providing a good look, good internet posts/contents, or good artistic material.
Example:
“He’s been serving us a lot of behind-the-scene from his latest movie.”
Shaking/quaking (verb)
Meaning: someone or something is possibly intimidated by someone’s hidden ability or talent.
Example:
A: “Your acting skill is top notch. Hollywood is shaking.”
B: “You’re being sarcastic.”
Shameless plug (noun)
Meaning: an improperly placed promotion or advertisement.
Example:
“His promoting his YouTube channel on a natural-disaster-related Instagram post feels like a shameless plug to me.”
Share one braincell (phrase)
Meaning: two or more people doing something silly or ridiculous together.
Example:
“My classmates and I shared one braincell during the exam. We literally had no idea what we were doing.”
S**t hits the fan (phrase)
Meaning: something bad happens.
Example:
“She always does controversial things, but when s**t hits the fan, she momentarily disappears from social media.”
Sike (expression)
Meaning: an incorrect spelling of the slang ‘psych’ that was popular in 1990s. It’s similar to adding ‘not’ or ‘no’ at the end of a sentence to imply sarcasm or a joke.
Example:
“You look good with that platinum blonde hair… Sike.”
Simp (noun, verb)
Meaning: an insult for a male follower who is obsessed with and desperate to get the attention of a female social media celebrity.
Example:
“You bought her bath water? D**n, I didn’t know you were such a simp.”
Sketchy (adjective)
Meaning: untrustworthy, disreputable, suspicious.
Example:
“This website seems sketchy to me. Are you sure it’s not a scam?”
Slay (verb)
Meaning: to greatly impress.
Example:
“Mariah Carey slays with her ‘All I Want for Christmas Is You.'”
Sleep with one eye open (phrase)
Meaning: to live in fear.
Example:
“I sleep with one eye open thanks to my overbearing boss.”
Smol (adjective)
Meaning: a cute way to say ‘small.’
Example:
“Look at this smol puppy.”

A smol puppy. Credit: @smoldogpics on Twitter.

Snap (verb)
Meaning: to do something agressively or to do something greatly.
Example:
“Ariana Grande snapped with her ‘Thank You, Next.'”
Snatch/steal someone’s wig (phrase)
Meaning: to steal the show or to humiliate someone publicly, giving the same embarrassment to the target as literally taking off their wig.
Example:
“I sincerely apologise for snatching your wig, but this is what happens when you badmouth me.”
So done (adjective)
Meaning: tired, bored.
Example:
“I’m so done with your antics. Can you go disturb someone else?”
Soft (adjective)
Meaning: moved, touched.
Example:
“The interaction between Keanu Reeves and his fans makes me soft.”
Sploot (verb, noun)
Meaning: for a pet to lie flat on a surface and stretch their back legs. A wordplay of ‘split.’
Example:
“As soon as we got back from the walk, my dog sploot and smiled widely.”
Sure, Jan (expression)
Meaning: something we say when we know someone is lying right to our face. Taken from the movie A Very Brady Sequel (1996).
Example:
“So you left me on read because your phone died? Sure, Jan.”
(Kinda) sus (adjective)
Meaning: (kind of) suspicious.
Example:
“Do you trust her story? It seems kinda sus.”
Take the heat (phrase)
Meaning: to withstand disapproval or controversies.
Example:
“She always causes drama, but when she gets confronted, she’s unable to take the heat herself.”
Thank you, next (expression)
Meaning: the title of Ariana Grande’s 2018 hit single. Nowadays, it’s used to express that someone wants to move on from a hurtful experience.
Example:
“The last thing I want is to have my ex back into my life. Thank you, next!”
That didn’t age well (phrase)
Meaning: of someone or something that has a negative ending despite a promising start.
Example:
“That actor was selected as one of the first people to get vaccinated, but he went straight into a party afterwards. That surely didn’t age well.”