Glossary archive

Reddit terms, trimmed down for fast reading.

Use this glossary to understand the language around Reddit, communities, and the way people describe what they find there. Some terms may be NSFW.

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G601 image in comments An image placed directly in a comment. G602 video in comments A video placed directly in a comment. G603 OC in comments An original content tag used in comments. G604 bot in comments A comment made by a bot. G605 meme format A repeatable meme layout or joke structure. G606 template A reusable pattern for content. G607 OC template A template specifically built around original content. G608 image macro An image used as a reusable meme base. G609 macro A reusable format or pattern, especially for memes. G610 comment macro A comment that follows a repeatable format or meme structure. G611 copypasta A block of text copied and pasted repeatedly. G612 greentext Text written with a leading '>' style often used for emphasis or quoting. G613 rage comic A meme drawn in a comic-strip style built from rage-filled faces. G614 reaction gif A GIF used as a reaction. G615 reaction image An image used as a reaction. G616 advice animal An older meme style built around an advice animal caption image. G617 deepfried meme A heavily contrasted or blown-out meme image style. G618 surreal meme A bizarre, surreal, or dreamlike meme style. G619 cursed meme A meme that feels strange, creepy, or unsettling. G620 cursed image An image that feels strange, creepy, or unsettling. G621 blessed image An image that has been praised as unusually pleasant or uplifting. G622 cursed comments Comments that feel weird, unsettling, or wrong in a funny way. G623 cursed replies Replies that feel weird, unsettling, or wrong in a funny way. G624 cursed wall A wall of strange or unsettling content.