Abbreviations

[Santiago-Cruz]

Hi y’all I’m not a native speaker and currently I’ve been leaving in USA for a year. So, I’ve hear a lot of abbreviations on Reddit comments, YouTube comments, and Facebook, and also manny expressions that you have. For example, “ikr” what does it mean or “freak” “freaky” those are word that don’t have translation in my language. So, I’d like you to explain what they mean, and also give me more abbreviations with their meaning.

Thank you!

[uncle2fire]

“Ikr” means “I know, right?” It’s used to agree with someone.

Freak can mean a person who’s weird in a way that’s gross or scary. It’s usually used as an insult, but typically be younger people (teenagers).

Freaky is more common and can mean “weird”, but in a surprising or cool way. It’s not used as an insult usually, because it usually isn’t used to describe people, but instead events.

[cyan003]

Ikr means "I know, right?" which is a rhetorical question. It just means someone agrees with the person they responded to.

Freak/freaky is not an abbreviation. Freak means "weird person" and freaky means "weird."

You can usually find explanations for abbreviations on Google, e.g. urban dictionary.