No, it’s not a hotel. Every generation has its own shorthand, expressed by words, phrases, abbreviations, or acronyms. GenX brought “gnarly” and “hella” into common usage. Millennials gave us “bae” and “fam.” Most boomers are probably ashamed about a time when they regularly said “groovy” and “right on.” “Gyatt” (sometimes spelled “gyat”) is one of […]

TikTok — and all social platforms — are loaded with acronyms. POV, TFW, NPC, NSFW are just a few of the ones you’ll commonly hear or see in TikTok posts; you can research those terms in your spare time if you’re interested. FYP is one of the most important acronyms associated with TikTok, but you […]

It’s the mid-2020s, and there are very few people in the developed world who still don’t know what “LOL” or “BRB” means. (If you’re one of the few, they stand for “Laughing Out Loud” and “Be Right Back” and are used universally in texts and other online communications.) Those abbreviations date back to the very […]

TikTok has given birth to numerous trends. Lip-synch and dance videos are the ones most identified with the social media platform, along with the periodic TikTok challenges that go viral and attract widespread media attention. Users get the opportunity to watch and join the party when popular TikTok videos show up on their timeline. Even […]

TikTok is a terrific social media platform for being seen by large numbers of people, particularly younger ones. That makes it a good choice for those who want to direct visitors to websites they’re connected with or ones they’re promoting — as long as they stay within the app’s rules. Unfortunately, you’re generally out of […]

You may only have seen the term “NPC” in recent TikTok videos and comments, but the abbreviation has been around for decades. NPC stands for “non-player character,” and it originated in role-playing games like Dungeons and Dragons. Any character in a game that isn’t controlled by a player is an NPC; village merchants and random […]