A celebratory dance move in which the dancer drops their head into the crook of one bent elbow while extending the other arm up and out at an angle, as if sneezing.
A celebratory dance move in which the dancer drops their head into the crook of one bent elbow while extending the other arm up and out at an angle, as if sneezing. Popularised in 2015 by NFL players and rapper Cam Newton, briefly mandatory in school playgrounds worldwide, and now mostly used ironically to mark a "small win" online.
just fixed the bug, dabbing at my desk rn
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Viral internet speak — memes, ratios, main-character moments, and the algospeak of every platform from Twitter to Reddit to TikTok comment sections.
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Stretched dab plus bro, used jokingly in chat about someone overdoing a celebration.
(Internet slang, neologism) A fictional currency among certain TikTok users, earned and lost by random encounters while scrolling, and associated with pictures of cats.
A Welsh English expression of sympathy meaning 'poor thing' — used to express pity or compassion for someone in an unfortunate situation. The word 'dab' is a Welsh English term of endearment or sympathy, giving the phrase a distinctly Welsh flavour.
(British) An expert; a very skilled person.
To execute a shot poorly.