ratio

What it means

On social media, when a reply to a post gets far more likes than the original post — a sign the crowd disagrees with or is dunking on the original poster. Telling someone 'ratio' is a way of declaring they've lost the exchange.

Examples

• His hot take got ratioed into oblivion.
• Reply hit 50k likes on a post with 200 — brutal ratio.
• Drop a bad opinion and the comments will ratio you.
• "L + ratio" they wrote under his tweet.

Where it comes from

Originated on Twitter around 2017, where users noticed that a heavily-liked reply outscoring the original post signaled mass disapproval. It became a staple of online argument culture, often paired with 'L.'

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