"S" Slang

seichi junrei

Internet

The fan practice of travelling to real places that inspired or appeared in an anime or manga, treating them as 'sacred sites' to visit and photograph.

seinen

Internet

A demographic category targeting adult men, roughly 18–40, allowing more complex themes, moral ambiguity, and graphic content than shonen. Berserk and Vinland Saga are examples.

seiyuu

Internet

A professional voice actor who performs anime, game and dub roles in Japan. Popular seiyuu develop large fanbases and often release music.

selca

Internet

A selfie — but specifically in K-pop fandom contexts. Short for 'self camera' (셀프 카메라). When an idol drops a selca on Weverse or Instagram, the fandom loses it instantly. 'Selca day' is the unofficial holiday where idols post selfies en masse.

selca (bare face)

Internet

A 'saengeol' or bare-faced look an idol shows off, though it's often still lightly, naturally made up. Fans praise idols whose bare face still looks flawless.

selca day

Internet

A scheduled day when a fandom collectively shares selfies under group-specific hashtags to build community and trend the group.

selecta

General

The person who selects and plays the records at a dance or on a sound system; the crowd shouts 'selecta!' to praise a good pull-up.

self-care

Internet

Sometimes critiqued as a commodified, consumerist buzzword.

self-drag

Internet

When you try to mock someone and the insult boomerangs straight back onto you. Usually because the thing you mocked applies to you, or your logic collapses mid-tweet. The replies will not let you forget.

self-res

Gaming

A self-revive item that lets a knocked player get back up on their own, without a teammate dragging them up. Pop it while downed and you're back in the fight — if nobody finishes you first.

selfawarewolf

Internet

A person who makes a point so spectacularly self-defeating that they basically prove the other side. They walk right up to the conclusion, then turn around and walk away whistling. The whole comedy is that they have no idea they just dunked on themselves.

selfbot

Internet

A bot wired into someone's personal Discord account instead of the proper bot API. Lets the user auto-react, auto-DM, scrape messages, or join raids at scale. Strictly bannable — Discord treats every selfbot as an attack on the platform.

selfie

General

Modern slang for a patient who has deliberately harmed themselves.

selkie

General

A creature of Scottish (especially Orkney and Shetland) folklore that lives as a seal in the sea but can shed its skin to become human.

sell

General

The expo's call to release a plate from the pass. 'Sell it' means the dish is ready, garnished, wiped, and goes now. Nothing actually changes hands money-wise — it's industry shorthand for 'this is leaving my world and entering the guest's'.

sell-off

General

A burst of heavy selling that drives a stock, sector or whole market down fast. Different from a slow grind lower — a sell-off has pace and panic to it. Often kicked off by a data print, a downgrade, or a tweet.

semmit

General

A man's vest or undershirt worn next to the skin.

send it

General

A rallying cry to commit fully to something risky or wild without holding back.

sending me

Internet

Making you laugh uncontrollably — something so funny it "sends" you into laughter.

senpai

Internet

In its original Japanese sense, a senior or upperclassman at school or work who mentors those below them. Anime imported the term wholesale.

senpai noticed me

Internet

A celebratory phrase used when someone you admire — a crush, celebrity, or favorite creator — finally responds to or acknowledges you.

sensei

Internet

An honorific for a teacher, master of a discipline, physician or other respected expert. In manga circles it is also the standard respectful title for a mangaka.

sensei-insert

Internet

A protagonist framed so the reader or player is addressed as 'sensei', letting them insert themselves into the story, common in some games.

sensimilla

General

Potent seedless marijuana; also shortened to 'sensi'. Made famous by Black Uhuru's song of the same name.

sentry ward

Gaming

A Dota ward that grants True Sight in a radius: it reveals invisible heroes and exposes enemy observer wards so you can kill them. No vision of the terrain on its own — it's for detection.

seppo

General

An American person; from 'septic tank' = Yank.

septic

General

Vain, big-headed or self-absorbed. Chiefly Munster.

septic tank

General

Generic shorthand for American things or culture, with an edge.

sequence break

Gaming

Skipping a chunk of a game's intended progression, grabbing a late-game item early, reaching an area before you 'should'. Bends the route, saves time.

ser

Internet

An intentionally misspelled 'sir', used ironically and affectionately to address others in crypto communities.

serv

Internet

Three letters shaved off 'server.' Used in Discord chat when typing the full word feels like effort. Almost always means a Discord community, not a literal machine.

serve

Pop

To serve is to deliver. Full energy, full commitment, holding nothing back when you hit the floor. 'Serving face' means working your makeup and expression like the camera owes you money. You don't half-serve. You give it everything or you sit down.

serve face

General

To work your face like it's a paid photoshoot — confidence, beauty, attitude, all in the expression and the angles. As a ballroom category, Face is judged purely on facial beauty: you sell your features through how you move, how you use your hands to frame it, how you tilt and present. No body, no clothes doing the work — just the face. Crossed over into everyday gay and drag slang as a compliment.

served

Internet

Often phrased as serving looks or serving a whole meal.

service top

General

A Service top does the physical work of topping — the flogging, the tying, the sensation — but follows the Bottom's instructions while doing it. The hands belong to the Top; the control belongs to the Bottom. It flips the usual assumption that whoever's holding the implement is the one in charge. Not 'topping from the bottom' — this is a negotiated, agreed dynamic, not someone overstepping.

serving

Pop

As pure hype, 'you're serving' means you look incredible.

serving / serve

General

To present something with maximum intention and flair, the look, the attitude, the whole package, delivered like it's owed to the crowd. Usually paired with a noun for what you're serving: serving looks, serving body, serving attitude. The point is you're not just showing up, you're delivering.

serving face

General

To serve face is to deliver beauty through the face alone — bone structure, eyes, jaw, attitude — like you're shooting a fragrance campaign in real time. No body, no dance, no gimmick. Just the face doing all the work. Born in the ballroom scene, where 'serving' anything means putting it on the table for the judges to feast on. The face IS the serve.

serving face / serve face

General

To perform with the face, beautiful expression, sharp bone structure, total confidence, like every angle is a magazine cover. In ballroom, Face is a whole category judged head to toe on the head alone. Serving face means your expression is doing all the work and winning.

servo

General

A service station or petrol (gas) station, often with a shop attached.

servo attendant

General

A person who works at a service station.

servo brekkie

General

A quick breakfast, such as a pie or roll, bought at a service station.

servo coffee

General

Coffee bought at a service station, of famously variable quality.

servo dog

General

A hot dog or similar snack purchased at a petrol station.

servo pie

General

A hot meat pie purchased from a petrol station, a road-trip staple.

servo pie floater

General

A meat pie floating in thick green pea soup, a South Australian specialty.

servo pie warmer

General

The glass warming cabinet holding pies and sausage rolls at a service station.

servo run

General

A short errand to the service station for fuel or snacks.