- L
Slang Words Starting with L
| Slang Word | Definition | Examples | Variations | Origin |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Lit | Colloquially: "Enlightened", "Hot", "Fire." The new hotness; something remarkable, interesting, fun or amusing. Generally positive. | "That party was lit!" | Litty, Fire | Semantically the same as cool of earlier generations, but contradicts the former's normative semantics. |
Looksmaxxing | A term originating from incel message boards referring to attempts (often pseudoscientific ones) to maximize physical attractiveness. | "We should start looksmaxxing!""Here's what I looked like before and after looksmaxxing." | Looksmaxxer | Dates back as early as 2014 to incel Internet forums but was recently popularized on TikTok in 2023 alongside relevant terms like mewing and mogging. |