One of the easiest ways that people communicate a simple message is by holding up or gesturing with one or more of their fingers. The meaning of “thumbs up” or thumbs down” is obvious. The “A-OK” circle made with the thumb and forefinger is said to have originated either with US Army pilots or NASA […]

Most TikTok users want to build a large follower count, whether it’s to validate the time they spend on the social media platform, impress their friends, find an appreciative audience that loves what they create, or monetize their account. It can be helpful to scan someone else’s list of followers, too. It can be a […]

Audiences often marveled at the special effects used to make movies in the 20th century. Most people had no idea how Hollywood filmmakers were able to create cinematic marvels like 2001: A Space Odyssey or Star Wars. The introduction of CGI (computer-generated imagery) in the 1990s made movie effects even more spectacular, but because computer […]

TikTok Live streams have become a very popular feature on the social media platform since it was introduced in 2020. TikTok users can conduct all sorts of Live sessions, ranging from how-to demos to Ask Me Anything Q-and-As. They also love the gifts they receive from viewers during streams, because each gift represents a monetary […]

Learning how to navigate TikTok can seem simple, at least when compared to the task of understanding all of the terms that you often see and hear in TikTok videos. You may be a millennial who grew up in the days of AOL, Yahoo Chat, and MySpace — and fully familiar with shorthand like LOL, […]

Hobbyists have used the term “dupe” for decades. It’s short for “duplicate.” For example, a baseball card collector might be disappointed to open a new pack of cards to find that they already have five of the cards they just bought. They’re all “dupes.” People who collect stamps, coins, or almost anything else are familiar […]