chat
noun
friends and followers on social media
Chat is used as a friendly way to address one’s presumed audience of friends and followers when making a social media post.
Chat are you feeling my Pokemon X team
—@introspecktive, BlueSky, 4 Dec. 2024
Chat … how are we, today, in America, collectively looking at both the best and worst humanity has to offer?
—@smootasaurus, Threads, 7 Apr. 2026
chat, are we unc?
—@Mariners, X (formerly Twitter), 2 Apr. 2026
It’s not looking good today chat 🥴😵💫🫨 #procrastination
—@kyle_ponte, TikTok, 8 Apr. 2026
From the use of chat to refer to all kinds of online text- and video-based discussion.
Quite amiably. We’re all friends here, right, chat?