Modern words and phrases you don’t understand

[OutSynk]

Muggy is when it’s close and humid, isn’t it?

Love Island definition: Someone who's playing you, or taking you for a fool/mug.

 

[OutSynk]

@ButterTart thinks it's really muggy that I gave his song nothing but I just found it really mid.

 

[OutSynk]

However @dmlaw's song was fucking lit and @Kate's song quite based as well.

 

[Nancy]

BASED?

 

[ButterTart]

@ButterTart thinks it's really muggy that I gave his song nothing but I just found it really mid.

I do think it’s very humid that you deliberately voted my song down because it was a threat.

 

[Nancy]

Does anyone know what fap means please?

 

[ZenGiraffe]

Does anyone know what fap means please?

Wank

 

[ZenGiraffe]

As in "I fapped to that video that @vespertine posted"

 

[Nancy]

How?

 

[Nancy]

I mean, how did it get that meaning?

 

[ZenGiraffe]

How?

Onomatopoeia, I believe

 

[Nancy]

 

[Nancy]

What is EDC?

 

[octophone]

One of the young 'uns in my work says that things are "so fine" rather than just "fine". Is this just like saying it was good i.e. more than fine?

 

[Pipo]

What is EDC?

Electric Daisy Carnival?

 

[Nancy]

I’ve found out that it means Every Day Carry

 

[Nancy]

What does dox mean please?

 

[COB]

What does dox mean please?

It means to expose the real name, address and other personal details (their 'dox' or documents) of a person online, generally against their will and often as part of harassment.

 

[win_the_game]

I’ve found out that it means Every Day Carry

What is this?

 

[Nancy]

What is this?

I am getting increasingly into frugality and minimalism. EDC is used in YouTube videos by those who practice minimalism and describes what they carry around on a day-to-day basis. For example, wallet, keys, phone etc

 

[lolly]

I just looked at EDC and it made me think they have far more 'essential' things than I routinely carry around.

 

[OutSynk]

No cap

 

[Tisch]

BASED

And also GOAT. I have to look this up every time.