What fly means in texting is stylish, attractive, cool, fashionable, impressive, similar to its slang meaning in street and hip hop culture, used as compliment when texting friends about outfit, appearance, or something cool. If someone texts that outfit is fly, or you look fly today, they mean you look stylish, attractive, fashionable, cool. It can describe clothing, shoes, car, hairstyle, or person. In texting, fly is adjective meaning cool, so text like those sneakers are fly means they look great. It can also mean attractive person, as in she is fly, or he is fly. Sometimes fly in texting can mean to be good at something or to be impressive. It is generally positive and complimentary. Less commonly, fly in texting could be shorthand for flying, as in I will fly tomorrow, or for insect. Context determines meaning, but in casual texting among younger people, fly as slang meaning stylish and cool is common. For example, text: Your new haircut is fly! means it looks stylish. So in texting, fly means stylish, attractive, cool, fashionable, impressive, used as compliment, originating from hip hop slang but used in texting shorthand, similar to fire, lit, dope, drip, though somewhat retro.
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