Algospeak: When TikTok Brainworms Rewrite Your Vocabulary
Social media is busy rewiring our brains and turning language into a mash-up of memes and engagement metrics, explains Adam Aleksic in his book 'Algospeak: How Social Media is Transforming the Future of Language.' He notes how platforms like TikTok and Instagram, with their viral frenzy, have created a lexicon so fast and tangled that it often means absolutely no actual 'skibidi.' Because when your future language is dictated by likes and shares, who needs consistency anyway? Factor in fact-checker Sierra Juarez and the catchy tunes by Drop Electric, and you've got a full social media stew simmering on NPR's The Indicator.
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Congrats, your brain is officially a TikTok processor juggling engagement tokens and meme-salad vocabulary. Skibidi goes here, meaning nothing, but hey, youâre viral, so language is overrated anyway.
Watching languages mutate from human speech to TikTok echo chamber is like seeing Shakespeare crash a rave and forget his lines.
If you think your group chat slang is confusing, just wait until 'Algospeak' erases all meaning for clicks and chaos.
Source: Feeds | Published: 8/19/2025 | Author: Julia Ritchey
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