stitch

en-verb

stitch (third-person singular simple present stitches, present participle stitching, simple past and past participle stitched)

stitches (present singular third-person)
stitching (participle present)
stitched (participle past)
stitched (past)

From Middle English sticchen, stichen, from Old English *stiċċan, stiċċian, from Proto-Germanic *stikjaną (“to stab, stick, prick”), influenced by the noun (see above).

inh

One site, PearPop.com, hooks TikTok or Instagram influencers up with fans to create duetted or stitched videos that fans pay for. This can be an effective way to build followers fast.⁹ Model Leah Svoboda added 120,000 followers after a PearPop duet with megainfluencer Anna Shumate.¹⁰

2022, Brian Boxer Wachler, Influenced: The Impact of Social Media on Our Perception, Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN, pages 186–187:

She talks briefly about their park picnic and then inserts a cliffhanger: “I’m going to stitch this when we’re either in a relationship or he absolutely obliterates my self-esteem.” (Stitch is a creation tool that allows users to add new content to an existing video.)

2023 March 1, Rachel Ellison, “Bad Dates Turn Out to Be Excellent on TikTok”, in The New York Times:

To include, combine, or unite into a single whole.

(TikTok) To incorporate (an existing video) into a new one, resulting in a collaborative clip that shows the two videos in a sequence.


e-girl

Coordinate term: e-boy

Instagram is one main social media platform where e-girls post pictures or videos of themselves showing off their outfits and modeling them.

2019 May 20, Annaliese Olivo, “E-girl fashion develops into lifestyle from online jokes”, in The Eagle's Eye, W. Charles Akins High School, page 21:

Let the e-girls put hearts on their faces and dye their hair.

2019 October, Claire Clements, “Claire's Corner: The VSCO Phenomenon”, in The Sidekick, page 9:

The popular 2019 #softgirlchallenge, in which teens edited their videos so they appeared to spontaneously transform from grungy e-girl to glimmering soft girl particularly conveys how lightly Gen Z wears its group affiliations.

2019 December 4, Andrienne Matei, “TikTok's soft girls: could a hyper-cute aesthetic be a symbol of empowerment?”, in The Guardian:

(Internet slang) A female member of the e-girl/e-boy subculture which emerged in the late 2010s, characterized by emo- and grunge-inspired fashion, and by heavy use of social media platforms (notably TikTok).


TikToker

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“TikTok has brought a younger group of creators. That energy is kind of pushing on a lot of older creators,” said Josh Sadowski, 19, a TikToker with nearly four million followers who lived in another TikTok collab house.

2020 January 3, Taylor Lorenz, “Hype House and the Los Angeles TikTok Mansion Gold Rush”, in The New York Times (newspaper), retrieved 2020-04-06:

When a young TikToker called @idrinkurmilkshake winkingly identified herself as a member of the “Pfizer Gang,” she kicked off a joking rivalry that tore ebulliently through the internet.

2021 April 27, Amanda Hess, “Inject the Vaccine Fan Fiction Directly Into My Veins”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

(social media) A user of the video-sharing app TikTok, especially one who creates videos.


TikTok

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e-boy

Coordinate term: e-girl

E-boys wear baggy sweaters, beanies and sometimes face piercings.

2019 April 5, Maddy Garcia, “Rise of the E-Girl: internet's latest trend”, in The Phoenix, Fremont High School, page 5:

The e-boy is her playful, middle-parted counterpart. Ears pierced. Nails painted. He makes us question what we once found so appealing about Zac Efron's eight-pack and Channing Tatum's gorilla-like shoulders.

2020 February 20, Grace Tucker, “E-boys and E-girls: a new, nonchalant counterculture”, in The Michigan Daily, University of Michigan, page 6:

Whilst the dress is not vastly different between e-girls and e-boys, the content they put out seems to be.

2020, Francesca Ionescu, "E Girl And E Boy Phenomena", Q3 (Cardiff University), Issue 9, 29 April 2020, page 2

(Internet slang) A male member of the e-girl/e-boy subculture which emerged in the late 2010s, characterized by emo- and grunge-inspired fashion, and by heavy use of social media platforms (notably TikTok).


WitchTok

Is ‘WitchTok’ to blame for the popularisation of manifestation amongst Gen Z?

2020, Phoebe Bowers, "The Dawn of Manifesttion", Quench (Cardiff University), November 2020, page 9

On TikTok, the 'WitchTok' community grew exponentially, with influencers posting tarot card readings, manifestations, and good luck spells that their followers could watch from home.

2021 January 22, Caitlin O'Sullivan, “Something Wicked”, in Cherwell, Oxford University, page 3:

Today is the day to take a risk (and maybe finally try out that spell you saw on WitchTok)!

2021 February 14, Gina Feliz, “Nasstrology: Valentines Day Edition”, in The Nassau Weekly, page 9:

(Internet slang) The community of witches and occult-oriented accounts on TikTok.


BookTok

The biggest difference between the other communities and BookTok is the length of the videos.

2021 February 23, Carly Pearce, “BookTok? A Gen-Z guide to literature”, in Epigram, Bristol University, page 20:

Frazier agreed, saying BookTok has the power to determine what novels are popular […]

2021 September 9, Maddy Franklin, “The rise of BookTok”, in The Red & Black, University of Georgia, page A7:

BookTok seems to be a gateway to a reading hobby for many users.

2022 February 1, Lara Mellett, “Inside the World of BookTok”, in Trinity News, Trinity College Dublin, page 13:

BookTok is not dominated by the usual power players in the book world such as authors and publishers but by regular readers, many of them young, who share recommendations and videos of themselves talking about the books they love, sometimes weeping or screaming or tossing a copy across the room.

2022 July 1, Elizabeth A. Harris, “How TikTok Became a Best-Seller Machine”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

The community of book- and reading-oriented accounts on TikTok.


BookTok

As you consider the ways you might include BookToks in your classroom, we ask that you are mindful of these critical components that make BookTok so unique and relevant to its users[…]

2021 October 8, Sarah Jerasa, Trevor Boffone, “BookTok 101: TikTok, Digital Literacies, and Out-of-School Reading Practices”, in Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy:

In my case, the BookToks I see thanks to the algorithm are related to my genres of preference such as historic fiction, young adult, sci-fi, and books popular in my age group.

2021 November 3, Scharina Bencosme, “The Enchanting World of BookTok”, in The Outlook, volume 94, number 7, Monmouth University, page 8:

Blogging, YouTubing, vlogging, instagramming, microblogging and podcasting—or, more specifically, book blogging (Driscoll, 2019; Steiner, 2010), booktubing, (Tomasena, 2019; Vizcaíno-Verdú et al., 2019; de Leusse, 2017; de Lourdes López López, 2017; Sorensen & Mara, 2014), bookstagramming (Jaakkola, 2019), sharing BookToks (Merga, 2021) or booktwittering—are distinct practices of using social media, and reviewing—or, for example, reviewing books—embedded in these forms of communication.

2022, Maarit Jaakkola, Reviewing Culture Online: Post-Institutional Cultural Critique across Platforms, Palgrave Macmillan, →ISBN, page 110:

A book- or reading-oriented video on TikTok.


BookToker

Local romance and New York Times bestselling author Katee Robert has always had a devoted fanbase, but, this past year, her readership has grown to include an ever-increasing number of “BookTokers,” that is, TikTok users and accounts devoted to reading recommendations.

2021 May 30, Stephanie Hammett, “Romance writer ‘mildly obsessed with fairy tales and retellings’”, in The Spokesman-Review, 138th volume, number 356, Spokane, Wash., page D1:

"She puts her characters through the most insane situations," says Kendra Keeter-Gray, a 23-year-old Los Angeles-based BookToker and associate producer.[…]"I feel like we all just want to feel something so badly," says 19-year-old college student and BookToker Samawia Akhter.

2022 January 24, Stephanie Merry, “On TikTok, crying is encouraged. Colleen Hoover gets the job done.”, in The Boston Globe, volume 301, number 24, page C10:

BookTokers aestheticise not only the reading lifestyle, but the books themselves, with many members of the community choosing to buy books from-new.

2022 February 1, Lara Mellett, “Inside the world of BookTok: Where social media meets the printing press”, in Trinity News, volume 68, number 6, page 14:

A member of the BookTok community on TikTok.


flop era

From the practice of ironically referring to a life phase as an era on the social media platform TikTok (compare Fleabag era).

Hi Professor, I was just wondering if it is possible to get an extension on the assignment? I'm in my flop era. Thanks

2020, @teaxtarot, quoted in "Tweets of the Week", Utah Statesman (Utah State University), 2 November 2020, page 8

We're in a collective flop era and there's a gorgeous sense of community in that.

2021, Maddy Black, "Unearthing Your Truth: Astrology Edition", Greater Expectations (University College London), Spring 2021, page 14

Your resolutions: Exit your flop era, resolve all conflicts that riddle your relationships, purchase a disco ball for your bedroom

2022 January, Gillian Maltz, “New Year's Horoscopes”, in The Melange, page 16:

(Internet slang) A period marked by failure, lack of success, or the inability to function.


goofy ahh

en-adj

goofy ahh (comparative goofier ahh, superlative goofiest ahh)

goofier ahh (comparative)
goofiest ahh (superlative)

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Respelling of goofy-ass representing a pronunciation with elision of the final consonant, which can occur in African-American Vernacular English. Compare bih, shii.

Nah, he a goofy ahh dude, that's why we don't hang out with him.

(Internet slang, African-American Vernacular, humorous) Silly, dumb, foolish.


built different

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The term was popularized by a July 2020 trend on the video-sharing website TikTok, in which users jokingly claimed to be able to accomplish various improbable tasks as a result of being “built different”.

I learnt that true rock climbers are built different. Their bodies will do things mere humans can't.

1999, Peter Inchbald, “Plato’s Garden: Oxford 1937–39”, in Jack of All Trades and His Family, [Morrisville, N.C.]: Lulu Press, published 2013, →ISBN, book II (Speaking from Memory), page 101:

Some people are built different, and kudos to them who are like that, but I'm built different. I always say I'm the most competitive person I know, and look at my wife, she rolling her eyes probably.

2017 July 14, Alysha Tsuji, quoting Chris Paul, “Chris Paul Quoted ‘Talladega Nights’ while Talking about Rockets’ Goal of Winning a Title”, in For the Win, USA Today, archived from the original on 2022-06-25:

Not many coaches in the nation have the ability to turn overlooked recruits into All-Americans, but [Mark] Dantonio is built different.

2018 August 30, Connor Muldowney, “Michigan State Football: 25 Best Players of the Mark Dantonio Era”, in Spartan Avenue, FanSided, archived from the original on 2022-11-08:

We fully know our bodies and what we are risking especially at the professional level. […] He's [Kevin Durant's] built different than the ppl^([sic – meaning people]) saying he shouldn't have played. Maybe that's why they haven’t gotten where he is.

2019 June 12, Des Bieler, quoting Richard Sherman, “Charles Barkley blames the Warriors for Kevin Durant’s injury”, in The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2019-06-17:

You are built different, sir. Our church is blessed to have such a faithful and committed leader.

2022, Dakota Andekin, “Acknowledgement”, in Prescription for Addiction: An Awakening in America through the Eradication of Addiction, Meadville, Pa.: Christian Faith Publishing, →ISBN:

In the comments section, users recounted their alleged experience with the physical labor of working in an Amazon warehouse. / "My feet was so mfin sore. & the breaks were more like 5mins," claimed a commenter. "I only worked for two days." / "My shoulder still hurts and I haven't worked there since 2020," stated a second. / "I literally had quit on my second day," a further user added. "You built different if you work there."

2022 August 16, Braden Bjella, “‘TF am I Stretching at Work for?’: Amazon Warehouse Worker Says Workers Stretch as Group before Shift, Sparking Debate”, in The Daily Dot, archived from the original on 2022-08-30:

How many shows have truly stuck the landing? Lost's final act cast a long, long shadow over its island shenanigans, Seinfeld's finale felt deliberately frustrating, and even The Sopranos – the gold standard – is talked about for all the wrong reasons because of its cut-to-black ending. Better Call Saul, however, is built different. Not long after the finale aired, fans have rushed to social media to dish out praise for the Breaking Bad spin-off, even going as far as christening it one of the best TV episodes of all time.

2022 August 16, Bradley Russell, “Better Call Saul Viewers React to ‘Perfect’ Finale: ‘An Absolute Masterpiece’”, in GamesRadar+, archived from the original on 2022-08-20:

The 48-year-old [Terrell Owens] not only blew them out of the water, but also clocked an incredible sub-4.40 time in the 40-yard dash. Even among world-class athletes, some people are just built different.

2022 August 25, Zac Al-Khateeb, “Terrell Owens Runs Insane 4.38 40-yard Dash Time – at 48 Years Old”, in Sporting News, archived from the original on 2022-09-01:

(originally African-American Vernacular, idiomatic, slang) Able to do things which others cannot; extremely talented or unusual.

erityinen

able to do things which others cannot; extremely talented or unusual


TikTokky

TikTokky (comparative more TikTokky, superlative most TikTokky)

more TikTokky (comparative)
most TikTokky (superlative)

The moves were a TikTokky blend of semaphore and street dance, busy with content. The teen, whose name is Zoi Lerma, has a large following on the network and her dance percolated around the world, with other celebrated TikTokkers adding their own versions.

2020 November 13, Ludovic Hunter-Tilney, “Benee’s ‘Hey u x’ illustrates the upside of TikTok-dominated pop”, in Financial Times:

Today they look uncannily TikTokky: the self-explanatory Old Man Drinking a Glass of Beer, and the 37-second long The Miller and the Sweep, in which the two title characters bop one another with their respective sacks, creating billowing clouds of black and white dust.

2022 February 25, Robbie Collin, “The golden age of silent films is back – it’s called TikTok”, in The Telegraph:

While Instagram has vacillated as to just how TikToky it will make its interface – essentially a measure of what its users won't launch a Change.org petition to stop – it really hasn't been shy about making adjustments that can keep users fluidly swiping up through an endless video feed, while deprecating photos to the point where I sometimes wonder why I use Instagram at all.

2022 August 8, Lance Ulanoff, “Instagram is about to get photos all wrong (again)”, in TechRadar:

Jessia’s rise to fame is a classic Cinderella story—with a modern, TikTokky twist. Last year was a particularly rough time for the Vancouver-based vocalist. […] Within hours, the clip had surpassed a million views on TikTok.

2022 September 1, Lora Grady, “Canadian pop newcomer Jessia is rising to new heights”, in Maclean's:

(rare) Relating to or characteristic of the video-sharing app TikTok.


dabloon

From English doubloon, a former Spanish gold coin.

Alexis Bishop, an actor who lives in Orlando, Fla., keeps track of her 174 dabloons on a whiteboard in her office.

2022 November 24, Anna Grace Lee, Callie Holtermann, “What Are ‘Dabloons,’ the Imaginary Currency of TikTok?”, in The New York Times, retrieved 2022-11-25:

This is likely unintentional, stemming from financially literate users building on posts that give away unreasonable quantities of dabloons, but it’s amusingly managed to simulate a real financial disaster without any of its discourse.

2022 November 24, Jess Weatherbed, “Hello traveler…have ye heard about TikTok Dabloons?”, in The Verge, retrieved 2022-11-25:

(Internet slang, neologism) A fictional currency among certain TikTok users, earned and lost by random encounters while scrolling, and associated with pictures of cats.


CancerTok

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In the process, she's built a loyal following in a corner of the Internet known as #CancerTok, where millions of users candidly open up every day about their own experiences with the disease.

2022 August 21, Kaitlin Stanford, “Woman Discovers Stage 4 Breast Cancer After Being Told She Was 'Too Young' for a Mammogram”, in mom.com, archived from the original on 2023-03-12:

(Internet slang) The community of cancer patients on TikTok.


-Tok

Luckily, TikTok – more specifically, ‘QueerTok’, stepped in to provide a little bit of joy and education while we were stuck inside. A quick scroll through QueerTok will offer you an abundance of all things digital bisexual culture.

2021 September 22, Alice Broster, “How 'QueerTok' is helping bisexual people overcome internalised biphobia”, in Cosmopolitan:

It’s difficult to find content on TikTok, the short-form video platform, that romanticises personal sacrifice in the name of work. / Instead, “CorporateTok” — a genre that’s loosely organised around hashtags like “corporate” or “work” — showcases young employees who are critical of traditional workplace norms.

2022 June 29, Isabel Berwick, Sophia Smith, “The rise of the ‘slow work’ movement”, in Financial Times:

People on TikTok can scroll past them, but the integrated nature means sponsored posts aren’t immediately registered as such. And for TikTok’s dedicated film-loving community, aka #FilmTok, trailers already pose an interest, with some members co-creating content that shares their reactions to new trailers.

2022 November 28, Annie Lyons, “TikTok’s Showtimes Ad Feature Aims to Accelerate Box-Office Sales”, in Variety:

WellnessTok has done it again. After convincing people to shampoo once monthly and tan with nasal spray, it now has users asking: Is sunscreen bad for you?

2024 June 21, Danielle Sinay, “Is Sunscreen Bad for You? TikTok’s Anti-SPF Movement, Explained”, in Glamour:

Want to smell like a straight-up snack on a budget? Try out one of #PerfumeTok's favorite scents with notes of milk chocolate, creamy vanilla, and soft musks.

2024 October 8, Lauren Gruber, Megan Uy, “We Found Sooo Many Viral TikTok Items on Sale for October Prime Day”, in Cosmopolitan:

(Internet) Combined with a noun or adjective to create a word for a specific community of users or a genre of videos on the social media platform TikTok.


StudyTok

On StudyTok, people are pretending to study with celebs through fake but impressively realistic video calls.

2021 August 13, Koh Ewe, “I ‘Worked With’ Celebrities To See if It Will Make Me More Productive”, in Vice, archived from the original on 2021-08-13:

Australian former medical student, newly minted doctor, and influencer Sarah Rav, MD, for example—known as the “Queen of StudyTok”—provides entertaining tips and hacks for students on subjects such as “The Best Way to Take Notes for Online Classes” and “The Best Music for Studying.”

2022, Brian Boxer Wachler, Influenced: The Impact of Social Media on Our Perception, Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN, page 54:

Do StudyTok hacks really help?

2022 March 15, Talia Kilot, “Do StudyTok hacks really help?”, in The Concordian, volume 39, number 21, page 6:

We may have fallen down a StudyTok hole and realized that there are so many amazing ways to use these folders, from study journals to note keeping.

2022 August, bazaar staff, “Back to School with Muji: Class is in session”, in bazaar, page 94:

The community of academic and studying-oriented accounts on TikTok.


Fleabag era

Coined with reference to Fleabag, a British dark comedy television series centering on an angry, impulsive anti-heroine, in combination with the TikTok trend of referring to a life phase as an era (compare flop era).

Coming out of my own ‘Fleabag era’ was the best thing I’ve done for my mental health.

2022 January 25, Saskia Kirkegaard, “Why Being In Your 'Fleabag Era' Isn't A Flex: The Romanticisation Of Women's Suffering On TikTok”, in That's What She Said:

A cheekily named “era” undercuts whatever hardship gives it shape: Why say you’re overwhelmed by grief, money troubles or loneliness (sad, embarrassing) when you could be in your “Fleabag era” (chic, cool)?

2022 August 22, Jessica M. Goldstein, “Down and out and extremely online? No problem: Just enter a new ‘era.’”, in The Washington Post:

I will no longer be in my Fleabag era, and I refuse to be a woman deranged. I will love this world. I implore you to do the same.

2023 February 6, Menal Siddiqui, “The End of My Fleabag Era”, in Unpublished Zine:

(Internet slang) A period in a woman's life characterized by cynicism, despondency, and self-destructive behaviour.


TikTokification

Even before Zuckerberg doubled down on it Wednesday, the increasing TikTokification of Instagram was stirring users’ ire.

2022 July 27, Brian Contreras, “Facebook is in trouble. Its escape plan: Turn into TikTok”, in Los Angeles Times:

The process of becoming more like TikTok.

Detractors might say that 30-second songs can only say so much, and that they only contribute to the TikTokification of youth culture.

2020, Lance Conzett, "Best Hip-Hop EP: Lackhoney, Sweets", Nashville Scene, 15 October 2020 - 28 October 2020, page 124

If we’re looking at the long road of the TikTokification of crime stories, the case of the Idaho murders marks a juncture where online theories have begun to regularly crystallize into real-world consequences.

2023 January 19, Delia Cai, “In the Age of TikTok, True Crime Goes Live”, in Vanity Fair:

The process of being influenced by TikTok.


KinkTok

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KinkTok is also helping to accurately reflect what a kinky relationship really “looks” like.

2020 August 27, Sophie Wilson, “KinkTok is Filling the Void Left Behind By NSFW Tumblr”, in Vice:

Kinktok was a major awakening for many people, myself included.

2022, Anonymous, "The Wonderful World of Kinktok", Ram! (Lincoln University), March 2022, page 24

With the growth of Kinktok came backlash which instead of focusing on the community as a whole, focused on specific creators or fetishes that they deemed unacceptable and taboo.

2022, Nic Cloyd, "Anti-Pornography Feminism, KinkTok, and Consent: What We Can Learn from The Sex Wars and Leather/Sadomasochistic History", thesis submitted to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln on 9 March 2022, page 23

(Internet slang) The community of kinksters and BDSM enthusiasts on TikTok.


TechToker

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TikTok is famous for its viral pranks, endless wave of memes, and, for me at least, its ability to make an hour disappear by sucking you into a rabbit hole. There are unlimited niche topics to get lost in, but where I often find myself is #TechTok. [see title]

2021 April 14, Jordan Bowman, “The Best Gadgets on TikTok, According to TechTokers”, in The Strategist:

That divide between employees who code and those who work in areas like sales or recruiting is present at some companies, other TechTokers acknowledged, but they also pointed out that the vlogger has at times looked pretty elitist herself; […]

2022 September 4, Steffi Cao, “#WorkingInTech Influencers Are Facing Backlash For Their Glamorous TikToks About The Industry”, in BuzzFeed News:

Francis is just one of many young people who have made a name for themselves on TikTok by sharing their lives as #corporatebaddies, #techgirls, or #techtokers, then found themselves impacted by the mass layoffs sweeping the tech industry.

2023 February 11, Stephanie McNeal, “What Happens When A Corporate TikTok Girlie Gets Laid Off? She Posts Through It.”, in BuzzFeed News:

(Internet slang) A TikToker who makes videos about, discusses, or is otherwise interested in technology.


FoodTok

FoodTok can be a dizzying mash-up of competing birria taco recipes, fufu reviews, and Coca-Cola pot roast recipes passed down from sorority cookbooks. […] On FoodTok, I get to see how people eat and cook in their everyday lives, to peer into virtual kitchen windows like a voyeuristic passerby who just got a whiff of something delicious (or horrifying).

2021 February 9, Hazel Cills, “The Voyeuristic, Hypnotic Pleasure of FoodTok”, in Jezebel:

What does your “For You” page look like on TikTok? Do you watch mostly dance challenges, lip syncs, comedians, travel videos or something else? Have you ever ventured onto food TikTok, or FoodTok? […] Why might someone aspire to be a FoodTok star? Have you ever wanted to become a TikTok celebrity for cooking or something else?

2021 May 28, Nicole Daniels, “Lesson of the Day: ‘TikTok, the Fastest Way on Earth to Become a Food Star’”, in The New York Times:

TikTok recipes – or FoodTok, to use the parlance of the people – are a genre unto themselves. Creators post short videos of (usually) simple recipes that take fairly ordinary, well-trod ingredients (feta, tomatoes) and give them new relevance.

2022 August 5, Lauren Sams, “How TikTok is taking over your kitchen”, in Australian Financial Review:

If you’ve spent any amount of time on FoodTok, then you know there are plenty of creators out there who’ll make your mouth water…but Cedrik Lorenzen is looking to do more than whet your appetite, if ya know what I mean.

2022 August 26, Corinne Sullivan, “TikTok’s Sexy Food Guru Cedrik Lorenzen Is Here to Whet Your Appetite”, in Cosmopolitan:

FoodTok is an infinite recipe book, a source of information, comfort and entertainment, and, at the same time, a disgusting universe of ever more ungodly “hacks”, tricks and challenges. […] Not-so-secret sploshing content resides in the overlapping midpoint of FoodTok’s Venn diagram, with “appealing” on one side and “outrageous” on the other.

2023 April 22, Eloise Hendy, “Dorito casseroles, butter diets and how weird food took over the internet”, in The Independent:

The community of food- and cooking-oriented accounts on TikTok.


SwiftTok

2021 November 17, Zoya Raza-Sheikh, “From SwiftTok to #Taylurking: How Taylor Swift redefined online fandom”, in The Independent, London: Independent News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-10-03:

After Swift announced the upcoming release of a new album, Midnights, at the 2022 Video Music Awards, SwiftTok immediately began formulating theories on everything from what artists might be featured on the album, to what the songs would be titled, to what genre the record would dabble in

2022 October 17, Kevin Hurler, “What is 'SwiftTok'? Inside Taylor Swift's Rabid TikTok Fanbase”, in Gizmodo, archived from the original on 2023-08-21:

The Travis Kelce quotes alone will keep SwiftTok busy for weeks.

2023 December 6, Sam Adams, “Taylor Swift Is Time’s Person of the Year, in Terrible News for Taylor Swift”, in Slate, New York, N.Y.: The Slate Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-12-07:

The community of TikTok users who are fans of singer-songwriter Taylor Swift.


TikTokify

en-verb

TikTokify (third-person singular simple present TikTokifies, present participle TikTokifying, simple past and past participle TikTokified)

TikTokifies (present singular third-person)
TikTokifying (participle present)
TikTokified (participle past)
TikTokified (past)

'Your verse is like half a verse. Chorus. A lot of it is TikTokified. No doubt for the kind of attention span that we all talk about.'

2023 August 18, Kylie Minogue, “Kylie Minogue reveals what she really thinks about modern 'TikTokified' music - as the pop icon's Las Vegas residency sells out in minutes”, in Kinta Walsh-Cotton, editor, Daily Mail, archived from the original on 2024-09-08:

(transitive) To render (something) more like TikTok.


From 304 (“sexually promiscuous woman”) + -tok.

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Due to social media sites banning certain words or phrases, 304tok has also come up with other different terms in order to get around the bans.

2023 March 21, Indy100 Staff, “Sex workers are using a secret code to talk about their jobs on TikTok”, in Indy100:


clock app

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From the onomatopoeia tick-tock which represents the sound of a ticking analog clock, being a homophone of TikTok.

He seemed to be chewing on something as he considered her. “You going to put me on some TV show, or that Ticking Clock app?”
“TikTok? No, but you might end up on YouTube if you’re okay with that.”

2022, Teri Anne Stanley, Charming Texas Cowboy, Sourcebooks Casablanca:

TikTok is taking the social media platforms by storm. Each of the older ones are adding accommodations on their platforms to copy the style of posts that they need from their users. The ‘clock app’ has millions and millions of participants.

2022, Jolene MacFadden, Authors-How to Brand You and Your Books, Southern Dragon Publishing:

As shown in Figure 5.4, younger people are much more likely to be on TikTok multiple times a day, with 32 percent of that population selecting that option, while 87 percent of boomers are never on “the clock app.”

2024, Danielle Sarver Coombs, Advertising in America: A Reference Handbook, Bloomsbury Publishing:

(Internet slang) The social media application TikTok.


AuthorTok

New York Times best-selling author of These Violent Delights Chloe Gong is a delight on TikTok. […] She’s the perfect follow for anyone wanting a variety of content and a great introduction to AuthorTok done right.

2021 September 14, Addison Rizer, “Good For You: 8 Authors to Follow on TikTok Who Are Doing Great”, in Book Riot, archived from the original on 2024-09-09:

To Booktok and Authortok, who are forever teaching me new things and helping me reach my author goals.

2022, Stormi D. Lewis, Dead Draw: Book Three of the Sophie Lee Saga, […]:

A special thanks to BookTok and AuthorTok on TikTok for accepting our book with open arms.

2022, Rashmi P. Menon, Kimberlee Caruso, Amorina Carlton, M.N. Kee, Sathya Achia, D.B. Carter, Brenda Radchik, Chaz Beebe, D.M. Monkson, Janie Kang, Jessica Hopson, Joel C. Flanagan-Granemann, Sean Doyle, Max Turner, Mark Piggot, Tales Untold: Mythos Around the World, Ravens & Roses Publishing:

Technically BookTok and AuthorTok (sometimes under #AuthorsonTikTok) are two different things, but there are a lot of crossovers between these creators.

2023 April 8, Alyssa Shotwell, “9 SFF Authors You Need to Follow on AuthorTok & BookTok (a.k.a. TikTok for Readers)”, in The Mary Sue, archived from the original on 2024-09-09:

The community of writing-oriented accounts on TikTok.


FatTok

If you’re unfamiliar with FatTok then, welcome. Welcome to the place where we give the finger to fatphobia, ditch diets, talk about what it’s really like to live in a larger body and do whatever the fuck we want.

2023 October 8, Holly Richards, “16 Plus-Sized Creators Who Are Making TikTok A More Inclusive Space”, in Refinery29:

The community of overweight influencers on TikTok, especially those who support fat acceptance.


TechTok

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Explore our various communities, ranging from #BookTok to #MomTok to #TechTok, to find likeminded people or discover new interests.

2023 February, Dan Robinson, quoting Hany Kamel, “Digital Innovation”, in Emirates Woman, Dubai: Motivate Media Group, page 91:

(Internet slang) The community of technology-oriented accounts on TikTok.