Stonks
'Stonks' is a deliberate misspelling of 'stocks', mocking absurd financial decisions — classically paired with a grey, featureless statue-like figure holding an upward arrow.
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Rizz
'Rizz' is slang for charisma — specifically the skill of charming a romantic interest. It went mainstream in 2023 through Kai Cenat and was crowned Oxford Word of the Year.
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Rickroll
Rickrolling is a bait-and-switch prank where a link promises something interesting but opens Rick Astley's 1987 music video 'Never Gonna Give You Up' instead.
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Doge
Doge is a meme featuring a Shiba Inu dog paired with short, deliberately broken English in Comic Sans — the original text-format is 'such X, much Y, so Z, very W'.
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