What Does This Mean?

YW

[ SLANG ][ INTERNET ABBREVIATION ]

FORCE: Gen Z BrainrotUNIVERSE: Internet SlangCLUSTER: chat_abbreviations

a short reply to thanks, the initialism of the polite response to a thank-you. The same letters are also the SI symbol for the yottawatt.

REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE

""Thx for the lift!" "YW!""

LORE & ORIGIN

Wiktionary lists it as an internet-slang and text-messaging initialism and gives an April 8, 2024 Cosmopolitan article as a usage example. It gives no etymology.

FIRST SEEN

Unknown (Wiktionary example dated 2024-04-08)

PEAK ERA (EDITORIAL)

2020s

CURRENT STATUS

Mainstream Slang

Related To:Thx TTYL BRB

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AURA IMPACT ⓘ

+1 AURA

TREND STATUS

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EDITORIAL ESTIMATE

CULTURE CATEGORY

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DOCUMENTED SINCE

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