"FoodTok" meaning in English

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Proper name

Etymology: From food + -Tok. Etymology templates: {{af|en|food|-Tok}} food + -Tok Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} FoodTok
  1. The community of food- and cooking-oriented accounts on TikTok. Categories (topical): TikTok
    Sense id: en-FoodTok-en-name-gnGxUVoz Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -Tok

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          "ref": "2021 February 9, Hazel Cills, “The Voyeuristic, Hypnotic Pleasure of FoodTok”, in Jezebel",
          "text": "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).",
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          "text": "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?",
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