(internet slang, text messaging) Blatant absurdity, stupidity, or surreality; nonsense.
(internet slang, text messaging) Blatant absurdity, stupidity, or surreality; nonsense.
"WTFery" means: Blatant absurdity, stupidity, or surreality; nonsense.. This is informal slang, common in casual speech, texting and social media, but not appropriate for school work, applications or professional settings. There is no real cause for concern in itself; it is everyday peer vocabulary. If your child uses it, a light comment about audience and register is usually enough — no need to escalate. Context, more than the word, tells you whether to follow up.
"WTFery" means: Blatant absurdity, stupidity, or surreality; nonsense.. Register: informal slang, fine in casual conversation, texting and social media but not in academic essays, business writing or formal speech. A common non-native mistake is to use the word in the wrong register, or to assume one fixed meaning when it is actually polysemous; always check the surrounding register and the audience before producing it yourself. In formal writing, prefer a neutral synonym or a short descriptive phrase, and use this word only when you have heard or read it being used naturally in a comparable context.
"WTFery" means: Blatant absurdity, stupidity, or surreality; nonsense.. This is informal slang, common in casual speech, texting and social media, but not appropriate for school work, applications or professional settings. There is no real cause for concern in itself; it is everyday peer vocabulary. If your child uses it, a light comment about audience and register is usually enough — no need to escalate. Context, more than the word, tells you whether to follow up.
Slang is read by different audiences for very different reasons. The For parents view re-explains the term in plain, non-judgemental language so a caregiver can understand what their child means without needing the surrounding subculture. The For English learners view focuses on register (when it's safe to use), formal alternatives, and common mistakes — what a textbook won't teach you.
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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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(programming, slang) A bafflingly bad or unwise design decision.
(slang, vulgar) Stupidity.
(vulgar, slang) stupidity, foolishness; to behave like a fuckwad.
A vivid and extremely satisfying vulgar slang term for a collection of stupid actions, decisions, or behavior — especially the kind of stupidity that's so thorough it seems almost deliberate. Dumbfuckery isn't just one dumb move; it's a sustained pattern of it, usually by institutions, management, or someone who really should know better. The word has gained real traction in American internet slang and political commentary, where there is, frankly, no shortage of material to apply it to. Highly expressive, highly vulgar, highly accurate.