Although many TikTok users had to look the acronym up after they first saw it, others seemed to be able to figure it out almost immediately. Regardless, though, many expressed mild surprise over the phrase's meaning, even as many of them said that they were going to use it themselves.
“I read that with no hesitation, what is wrong with me,” one person wrote on TikTok.
“If only I knew this earlier when I trying to shoot my shot," another person added.
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This is, of course, not the first time that TikTok has introduced a new slang term that has totally baffled people who don't already know what it means. Everything from "glazing" to "ISTG" has been trending on the platform at one time or another, and each of those terms has baffled some segment of the people who ostensibly use TikTok on a regular basis. Language is always evolving, and it seems like TikTok is determined to drive that change.
