E

E-girl / E-boy

Aesthetic blending alternative, anime, and gaming influences — dyed hair, chains, and heart eyeliner

Easter Egg

A hidden feature, joke, or reference intentionally placed by developers

Echo Chamber

An online environment where a person mainly encounters opinions that reinforce their own existing views

Eclipsing

When one partner in a new relationship gradually gives up their own interests to fully mirror the other's

ELI5

Explain like I'm 5; request for a simple explanation

EOD

End of day

ETA

Estimated time of arrival, or "edited to add" in forum posts

Expanding Brain

Multi-panel image showing a brain "glowing" more with increasingly absurd ideas, mocking escalating pretentiousness

Exploit

Deliberately using a glitch or unintended mechanic to gain an advantage

Extra

Overly dramatic or over-the-top

Extremely Online

Similar to "terminally online," describing someone deeply immersed in internet culture and discourse

EZ

"Easy"; taunt suggesting a match was not challenging