"Other terms including 'bop', 'clanker', and '6,7' have also had Britons turning to Google. 'Popular slang in 2025 continues to be heavily influenced by TikTok, Instagram, gaming, streaming, Gen Z and Alpha online communities,' said a spokesperson for Unscramblerer.com. 'Trends from social media spread rapidly via memes and viral challenges. Fueled by technology, our language adapts to new slang trends more rapidly than ever.'"
"They then used Ahrefs to find how many times each word had been searched. 'People will hear or read slang terms and search for the meaning of the term (example 'mogging meaning'),' the team explained. 'Ahrefs shows many variations of meaning searches like 'slang' or 'trend' (example 'mogging slang') and similar keyword combinations (example 'what does demure mean'). 'We added up 150 search variations of top slang terms.'"
Unscramblerer.com analyzed Google Trends and Ahrefs search data to identify Britain’s most-searched slang from 1 January to 29 September 2025. The team aggregated roughly 150 search-variation keywords to calculate totals. 'Sigma' tops the list with about 53,000–54,000 searches, and 'gaslighting' follows at approximately 50,000 searches. 'Sybau' ranks third, and 'PMO' appears with two different meanings. Popular slang in 2025 is driven by TikTok, Instagram, gaming, streaming, and Gen Z and Alpha online communities, with memes and viral challenges accelerating slang adoption.
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