Original Poster. The user who started the thread. See also: “OP will surely deliver,” a phrase used sarcastically after redditors ask the original poster to publish a follow-up thread.

Ask Me Anything, Ask Me Almost Anything. Phrases that indicate that the OP is willing to conduct a Reddit Q&A.

A person who is accused of posting just for the karma, Reddit’s internal scoring system. (When other redditors like a user’s comment or link, they upvote it. This collection of upvotes is called karma [..]

Short for I Am A, as in “IAMA body piercer that does house calls.” Like AMA and AMAA, this phrase is used to announce a Q&A session, usually in r/iama.

Does Anyone Else, as in, “DAE love animals, but hate P.E.T.A.?” Usually it’s something the OP thinks is far more common than suspected.

Refers to a successful feat that holds unique challenges for its subject. Often used in the racist meme “Difficulty Level: Asian,” which plays on the stereotype that Asians possess an advantage when i [..]

Doesn’t Matter; Had Sex. A flippant conclusion to a story that at first glance seems tragic or simply bland, but since it resulted in the OP or commenter having sex, is regarded as a positive experien [..]

Explain Like I’m Five. Basically: “Sum this topic up to its most basic explanation.” The expression comes from the subreddit of the same name, r/explainlikeimfive.

A denizen of r/trees, Reddit’s pot-smoking community. The term comes from the lethargic, unhurried treefolk from J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings trilogy.

Fixed That For You. An acronym that often follows a redditor’s correction of another user’s post. Usually, the “correction” is unnecessary and designed to make the comment funnier, but it is occasiona [..]