When I first discovered the Twitch channel (twitch.tv) and started to watch the iRacing streamers that broadcasted there, I noticed that their chat was using some strange terms that I just didn’t understand.

So I thought I’d share with you some of the meanings I have found out as time goes by. I still don’t what some of them are talking about some of the time’ by the way, but here are some of the terms that I do understand.

The picture shows streamer, Love Forty Six, and an excerpt from her streamer chat.

Kappa When someone uses Kappa, you should know they are being sarcastic, ironic, trolling, or playing around in some other way.

KEKW is designed to represent laughter whenever something funny happens during streams.

Pog/Poggers is meant to express joy, happiness, or even hype. But, unfortunately, it’s sometimes used to spam chats with massive waves of poggers.

IRL: is the short form of “in real life.”

Discord is an external communicator, chat and sometimes voice, used by streamers and their community. Most of the time, streamers create servers that are free to join by everyone. There, viewers can chat with them or with each other.

Subscription, aka Subs, allows viewers to pay a minimum monthly amount (which depends on the country) to support chosen channels. Those users become channel subscribers. They also access additional benefits like emotes, badges, or private chats.

LUL/LULW: An emote used to indicate laughter or amusement.

OMEGALUL: An extended version of the “LUL” emote, used to express even more intense laughter.

EZ: Short for “easy,” often used sarcastically to mock opponents or situations.

GG (Good Game): Used to acknowledge a good race.

Clips: Short video segments captured from a live stream, often highlighting memorable or funny moments.

Bits: Twitch’s virtual currency, used by viewers to cheer for streamers or unlock special emotes.

Mod: Short for moderator, individuals entrusted by streamers to manage chat, enforce rules, and maintain order.