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in a sentence like – “Her hard
facts are amazing AF!”Low keY/hiGh keY
If you are spending time mostly
on Instagram, chances are that
by now you have encountered
these terms a couple of
times. If you want to say out
something loud, that’s high-
key and keeping something
secretive is a low-key! Just to
share an example: High-key
I love going there or Low key
I don’t want to be with her.
Catchy, isn’t it?Ship
Nope, it’s not a sailing ship,
but a potential relationship
that you love or you are
hoping for. Like a fictional
relationship that you might
want to see in reality.
It’s mostly for your fav
celeb couples. Like, “I ship
Ranbir and Deepika so much”.
In fact, fans give ship names
too like Deepvir,
Nickyanka etc.The Internet has become
a significant source of
communication, and hence,
we often get confused about
whether to use this in our
day to day life or should it
just be restricted to internet
communication only? Well, in
every way, these abbreviations
and slangs are quick to
write & informal or casual in
approach. Hence, most of
them you can’t even use in
verbal communication and
definitely, not in any formal
discussions. But having said
that, the millennials love it, and
whether we like it or not, most
of us have developed a thing
for these lingos where we want
to use them and decode the
ones that we aren’t aware of!aware on political or social
issues. It basically is about
being aware of things
around, and you will often
see this word being used on
all social media platforms
including, Instagram. More
than often you’ll read
something like “stay woke”.Stan
We love celebs and their
presence on Instagram and
other platforms. Secretly or
openly, we like to stalk them
as well, so here’s what this
term means, “Stalk+Fan” =
Stan. If you are a die-hard
fan of someone and you stalk
them, then you are a “Stan”!
This term can be used like, “I
stan SRK all the time”.hard FactS
Well, as it suggests, hard
facts are about some brutally
honest facts or should we say
the truth bombs. Using thisLit
Well, the world of Instagram is
LIT!! LIT is a term that is often
used for something that’s very
cool or exciting! Though, for
years LIT has been used for
“intoxicated”. You may use
this acronym when you want to
describe something that’s super
exciting for you. For, eg. This
party is LIT!curve
Curves are lovely, well, not if they
are used as an Instagram Lingo!
The term “curve” is used to reject
or step aside from someone
romantically. It can be used like:
“OMG, he’s so weird! I think you
should curve him”. Well, we hope
your love interest doesn’t use this
on you!woke
A little related to its literal
meaning. The term “woke”
is used for someone who is
extremely involved and hyper-GOING
HeRe’s yOuR Guide TO InsTAgRAM slAngs 2019
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taying prevalent
with the Internet
world can
not only be
overwhelming
but annoying as
well especially
when it comes to the
millennial lingos and social
media slangs! Languages are
ever changing but what we
have witnessed in the past
decade is just CRAZY when
we talk only about the internet
world. From FOMO and
JOMO to FTW and WDYT,
these acronyms can be a
riddle and fun ATST
(we mean, “at the same
time”). Remember the time
when mobile texts came up
with word limits and as a
necessity “you” became “u”,
and editing vowels became
a trend. But now we guess
inventing new slangs and
acronyms have become a
trend themselves and make
you look COOOL. Well,
once these cyber slangs are
used, they go viral like a forest
fire, and you’ll find them
everywhere.In fact, talking about
Instagram, a microblogging
social media platform that
has over 800 million users
with maximum youth as the
users, there is a massive
use of internet slang. If you
are an Insta addict, you
definitely don’t want to end
up being irrelevant. So, let’s
help to save you from some
digital embarrassment and
awkwardness by decrypting
these Instagram’s most
popular lingos for a
better-connected
communication, the list can
be endless but we got you
sorted for the major ones!curve
Stan
woke
hard
Fac t
Low keY/
hiGh keY
Lit
Ship