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Have you ever seen someone post about a wildly unlucky situation, followed by the letters “FML?” Here’s what that initialism means and how you can use it in your next frustrating moment.

FML stands for “fuck my life.” It’s an acronym you use when you’re under a lot of stress, or something very unlucky happens to you. It usually comes after a story about a recent unfortunate event as a way of punctuating how bad someone feels about what just happened. Depending on the situation, FML can be either humorous and ironic or genuinely angry.

You can write the acronym in both the lowercase “fml” and the uppercase “FML.” You can see it frequently in chats, texts, and other informal forms of communication. For example, someone might send you a message that reads, “I decide to go out for a walk for the first time in a week, and it starts pouring rain. FML.”

It is similar to the acronym “TIHI,” which means “thanks, I hate it,” as both acronyms refer to something that makes you frustrated or uncomfortable. However, while TIHI often relates to something external, like an image or situation you just saw, FML is specifically about something that happened in your own life.

FML can be traced back to early internet message boards, where users would often share unfortunate anecdotes from their lives. These stories would often include “FML” to highlight their lousy luck.

The first definition of FML on the internet slang archive Urban Dictionary can be traced back to 2005. However, it has likely been in use earlier. Since its rise on the internet, it has become a staple of internet conversations and stories, often appearing on social media and instant messaging.

FML is a very common term on Twitter. Because of the short word count on the platform, users will often use acronyms to communicate their feelings on something. FML often appears at the end of a tweet.

The types of situations that can make one go “FML” can vary from person to person. It can range from a simple annoyance, such as accidentally leaving your wallet at home, to an absurdly unfortunate instance, such as breaking your leg by falling three flights of stairs.

A common way to use FML is to convey your frustration at trying to accomplish something repeatedly to no avail. For example, you’ve been trying to finish the final level of a video game for the last 12 hours. Not only are you overwhelmed by the difficulty of the game, but you’re also a bit mad that you spent half of your day playing the same fight over and over again. Therefore, you might tweet out an exasperated, “I absolutely hate this game. FML.”

You can often find FML at the end of a story. These stories can vary in length, from a brief tweet to a full recounting of one’s life. However, what they all have in common is some embarrassing or unfortunate situation in them, and the writer wants you to know that they’re not pleased about it.

There are a few places online where you can find interesting FML-related stories. One of these is fmlife.com, a website where users can anonymously post anecdotes that made them go “FML.” Users can then vote between two options: “I agree, your life sucks” or “you deserved it.” The website even has a hall-of-fame for some of the most popular and wild stories.

Unlike other acronyms, we hope that you never really have to use “FML” to describe how you’re feeling. However, if you find yourself in an especially frustrating situation and are looking for the right words to describe it, FML might be an excellent way to tell your story.

While you can place FML at the start of your sentence, it’s more powerful when it punctuates the end of a story. Here are a few examples of FML in action:

If you want to learn more fascinating internet acronyms, check out our pieces on IDC, RN, and LMK. You’ll be an online slang savant in no time!

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Imitative

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From Dutch bok (“buck, male goat”), from Middle Dutch boc, from Old Dutch buc, from Proto-Germanic *bukkaz.

bok (plural bokke, diminutive bokkie)

bok (attributive bokke, comparative bokker, superlative bokste)

From Philippine English bok, from bunk, shortened from bunkmate.

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Inherited from Old Czech bok, from Proto-Slavic *bokъ.

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From Middle Dutch boc, from Old Dutch buc, from Proto-West Germanic *bukk, from Proto-Germanic *bukkaz.

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bok

From Proto-Slavic *bokъ. Cognate with Upper Sorbian bok, Polish bok, Czech bok, Russian бок (bok), and Serbo-Croatian bȍk.

bok m

From buhok, compare Tagalog buhok.

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From English book.

bok (construct form bokin)

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From Old English bōc, in turn from Proto-West Germanic *bōk, from Proto-Germanic *bōks.

bok (plural bokes)

From Old Saxon bōk, from Proto-West Germanic *bōk, from Proto-Germanic *bōks.

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From Danish bog (“book”), from Old Norse bók (“beech, book”), from Proto-Germanic *bōks (“letter”), either from *bōkō (“beech”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂ǵos (“beech”), or from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂g- (“to divide, distribute, allot”).

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bok f or m (definite singular boka or boken, indefinite plural boker, definite plural bokene)

From Old Norse bók, from Proto-Germanic *bōks. Akin to English book.

bok f (definite singular boka, indefinite plural bøker, definite plural bøkene)

From Proto-West Germanic *bōk, from Proto-Germanic *bōks, whence also Old English bōc, Old Frisian bōk, Old High German buoh, Old Norse bók.

bōk f or n

From Old Norse bók, from Proto-Germanic *bōks.

bōk f

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bokъ.

bok m inan

From Proto-Slavic *bokъ.

bȍk m (Cyrillic spelling бо̏к)

From Proto-Slavic *bogъ. Other fringe theories exist but are largely unsupported.

bok (Cyrillic spelling бок)

From Old Swedish bōk, from Old Norse bók, from Proto-Germanic *bōks, of uncertain origin but usually connected to Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂ǵ- (“beech”) or Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂g- (“to allot”).

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From Old Swedish bōk, from Old Norse bók, from Proto-Germanic *bōkō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂ǵos.

bok c

From Proto-Turkic *bok (“dirt, dung”). Cognate with Old Turkic [script needed] (bok), Kazakh боқ (boq), Azerbaijani pox, Kyrgyz бок (bok), etc.

bok (definite accusative boku, plural boklar)

bok (nominative plural boks)

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