What Does Wyll Mean In Texting? (Find Out!)

Wyll in texting usually means “what you look like”. It’s something you might say when talking to someone you haven’t met, and is commonly used on Snapchat, where you can send pictures as a quick response. However, it’s also used in texting and on social media more broadly.

Wyll has a very specific meaning, then, and usually is someone asking what you look like.

It’s really a subtle way of asking for a picture to be sent.

You can of course describe your appearance, but that is most likely not what the person is looking for.

Let’s find out more.

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What does wyll stand for in texting?

Wyll most commonly stands for “what you look like”.

Of course, the meaning is clear—it is a question, however, you could be forgiven for being confused.

“What you look like” is not a grammatically complete sentence, and doesn’t imply a question in itself.

It’s a shortened version of “what DO you look like”.

So, in most cases, you can rest assured that this is what they mean when someone says “wyll” to you.

That’s the full phrase. “I’ve never seen you before, wyll?” for example.

Wyll is certainly used in texting slang, but it is more commonly used on the app Snapchat.

Snapchat is a messaging service which allows you to easily and quickly send pictures to one another that disappear after being viewed.

It has become equally reliant on its chat feature in recent years, so people may have long conversations on Snapchat before sending pictures to each other.

Thus, you would say “wyll” to basically ask them to send a picture of themselves.

Of course, the person could simply be asking you to describe your appearance.

But given the context of Snapchat, it is more likely they’re asking you to send a picture.

In that way, you may take it as a bit flirty—again, context-dependent. It is certainly a bit inherently flirty to ask someone to send you a picture of themselves, so this is most often used between people who may be romantically involved.

However, it’s so popular on Snapchat that it’s spread to virtually all other corners of instant messaging.

It is used on other social media sites like Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, but it’s also used just in straight texting.

Given how easy it now is to take and send pictures on virtually any messaging platform,

Snapchat has lost its monopoly on this term. That said, it’s still most commonly used on Snapchat, especially among younger people.

Do we know where this comes from?

Where does wyll come from?

Unfortunately, we can’t say for sure when this phrase started being used.

It seems, however, to have been one of the more recent additions to texting slang.

As best we can tell, it was Snapchat itself that spawned this phrase.

It’s quite a good guess that this one did not originate in the earlier days of texting and the internet when sending pictures took an extremely long amount of time or could not be done at all. Snapchat really led the way in the idea of having quick, “snappy” conversations that can include pictures that don’t get saved anywhere.

It’s also considered a safer place to add strangers since you can’t really post updates on Snapchat.

Thus, people will add each other via Snapchat as a way of getting to know people on the internet.

The chat feature, as I said, made this a lot easier.

People had a way of talking that didn’t involve sending pictures.

Naturally, though, someone in the conversation is eventually going to be intrigued about what the other looks like—so they found a shorthand way of asking!

An important question, especially for when talking to people you don’t know, is how to respond to this.

How do you respond to wyll?

As with any interaction on social media, especially with someone you don’t know in real life, you should only respond in a way that you’re comfortable with.

Don’t feel pressured or like you have to, and if you think someone is pressuring you to do something you don’t want to, then you should stop that conversation or at the very least establish clear boundaries.

As I said, if you feel comfortable, you could share a picture of yourself—but you’ve got to be extremely careful with this kind of thing.

Be sure the person is trustworthy.

You can always opt to just describe your appearance, as I said, rather than sending a picture.

What else does wyll mean?

Wyll, as far as we can see, does have one other slang meaning.

It is, for some reason, used to refer to boys who have a habit of drawing and doodling while they should be doing other things.

Some use the phrase to boys who draw specific things.

This is, by far, the less common meaning, and it should be quite clear from context if this is what the person means.

So, it does have other slang meanings, though these are far less common than its accepted use.

If you’re on Snapchat with someone, then this is almost certainly what they mean.

Always remember that you shouldn’t do anything you don’t feel comfortable doing, and it’s always worth exercising caution when interacting with people you don’t know outside the internet.

But in any case, wyll means “what you look like”.

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