smol

/smɔl/

smol adjective: tiny and cute.

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Adjective

smol (comparative smoler or smoller, superlative smolest or smollest)

(Internet) Tiny and cute.
- Smol doggos with cute messy hair from the rain.2017 September 28, “Nope/Dope”, in The Rocky Mountain Collegian, page 8
- However, our penchant for smol puppers means lots more people are breeding these so-called teacup dogs.2018 June 26, Jessica Lindsay, “Meet Otis-Woody, the dog gunning for the record of smallest pug in the UK”, in Metro

A baby octopus the size of a pea was hitchhiking on a piece of plastic floating in the Pacific Ocean when Hawaiian researchers spotted it and scooped up the smol, smol cephalopod.2018 October 25, Mindy Weisberger, “Ridiculously Tiny Baby Octopus Riding Ocean Trash Is So, So Smol”, in Live Science:
UwU Conservativism, and the end of smol government2024 June 19, Bagehot, “Britain’s Conservatives are losing as they governed. Meekly”, in The Economist:

Eye dialect of small.

What does smol mean?: Smol means tiny and cute.
How do you use smol in a sentence?: A baby octopus the size of a pea was hitchhiking on a piece of plastic floating in the Pacific Ocean when Hawaiian researchers spotted it and scooped up the smol, smol cephalopod.
What part of speech is smol?: Smol is an adjective.
How do you pronounce smol?: Smol is pronounced /smɔl/.

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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