Canadian slang is like the people, friendly, slightly apologetic, and surprisingly hardcore when you least expect it. A toque, a double-double, and a "sorry" will get you through most situations, eh.
Janna
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United States
"Silent repost is basically just a statement you say because when you want to repost something... let's get into reposting. Basically when there's something on TikTok or Instagram that you really relate with, it could be a post or just basically a post like a video or a photo or like a caption or whatever, you have the option to repost it, which basically means you agree with it. So silent repost is basically when something that you secretly relate to and you don't really want people to know about it publicly, but you just really relate to it. So people usually comment like, oh, silent repost, this. Because it won't show up on your page, on your account, so people won't really know that you relate to this, you know, the post or whatever, unless the post also shows up on their feed and then they see your comment. It's not that common. Or you don't really have to comment, you can just say, oh, like silent repost. I can say it to your closest friend or someone else like, oh okay, silent repost. An example would be, oh my god, have you seen this breakup edit? It's so relatable, silent repost."
Janna
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United States
"be so for real is basically telling someone like okay like come on like be serious or like stop joking or like stop exaggerating or like like come on you're like overdoing it that's basically be so for real an example would be oh my god you just paid $30 for coffee be so for real"
Janna
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United States
"we listen and we don't judge basically, what the words say it's basically a safe space to confess something that you've done, usually done in a joking manner but you still confess true things and it's a safe space where no one judges you and it's usually just weird things that a person would do or kinda odd but usually you won't really just admit to publicly it's kind of like a trend on tiktok pops every once in a while they just start we listen and we don't judge and then they say their confession after that usually kids have done it with their parents where kids admit to doing something behind their parents back and they use this trend as a way for their parents not to punish them an example would be we listen and we don't judge i still sleep with my nightlight on"
Janna
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United States
"I fear is usually used at the end of the sentence, or it could be at the beginning. Um, it's basically just to emphasize, and it's used in, like, a dramatic way when you're admitting that something is true and it's something you don't want to agree with, but you know it is true, so you do kind of have to agree. An example would be he kind of ate with that outfit, I fear."
Janna
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United States
"Mewing is basically the act of tightening your jawline, pressing your lips in a way so your jawline is very prominent and your cheekbones are kind of prominent as well, like you suck in your cheeks to define your cheekbones a bit more so to quote-unquote look more attractive, to mog someone in the future basically so it's just the act of mewing to enhance your jawline in the long run and cheekbones an example would be that bro really thinks mewing for two weeks can change his face structure"
Silent repost
A silent repost is when a post hits way too close, you fully feel it, but you're not trying to publicly stamp your name on that feeling. So instead of actually reposting it, you call it a silent repost. It's big in TikTok and Instagram talk, basically a quiet little same here without putting your emotional laundry on the front porch.
Be so for real
You throw this at somebody when they're being absurd, doing the most, or expecting you to treat their nonsense like it deserves applause. It's basically a longer, sharper be serious with side-eye all over it. Perfect for weak excuses, fake-sounding stories, or moments where someone's dragging the drama way past reasonable.
We listen and we don't judge
A little pre-confession ritual people say before dropping a weird, embarrassing, or low-stakes truth and asking everybody to keep the shame police off duty. It took off hard online, especially on TikTok, where it became a game for spilling harmless secrets that are equal parts cozy honesty and chaos bait.
I fear
A dramatic little tag people tack onto a sentence when they're admitting something is true, usually with reluctant agreement, fake suffering, or a bit of shady praise. It turns the whole line more theatrical and funny. You can drop it at the start or the end when the facts are facting and you've got no graceful escape.
Mewing
Pressing your tongue flat against the roof of your mouth, supposedly to sharpen your jawline over time. It blew up online as a free glow-up trick, half fitness tip and half meme, with people silently mewing in photos and refusing to talk so they do not break form.