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What does ult mean?
Spread beyond K-pop to mean your all-time favorite of anything.
"That's my ult comfort movie, I've seen it forty times."
Origin
A clipping of 'ultimate' that emerged in K-pop stan Twitter culture in the 2010s to mark the top of one's fandom hierarchy; now general stan slang.
Frequently asked questions
What does ult mean in K-pop?
It's short for 'ultimate' — your number-one group or bias that ranks above every other artist you stan.
Can you have more than one ult?
Technically it's meant to be one, but plenty of stans cheat and keep an 'ult group' and a separate 'ult bias.'
What does ult mean in slang?
Outside K-pop it just means your all-time favorite of something — your ult song, ult movie, ult snack.
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