GLAZING is the latest trend on popular social media app TikTok as young users continue to invent their own slang.
The platform is famous for churning out viral fads in quick succession, but what does glazing mean? Here’s everything we know.
What does glazing mean on TikTok?
The term glazing has been appearing ever more frequently in videos and comment sections on TikTok, leaving some viewers confused over its meaning.
Basically, glazing means to overhype or over-complement somebody to a cringeworthy degree.
It came from the world of streaming, with Know Your Meme suggesting it originated on Discord in late 2021 before gaining traction on Twitch.
The word is often sent repeatedly in chats as spam when viewers consider someone to be guilty of sucking up to whoever they are discussing.
Why is glazing trending on TikTok?
Glazing as a concept reportedly began to find its way on to TikTok in 2022 after it was used by major Twitch streamers, including Kai Cenat and Adin Ross.
It really became well-known on the video sharing app in 2023 and was popularised by users.
Glazing is one of a number of slang terms to become part of the online vocabulary due to social media use.
This included words like POV (point of view), cheugy (the opposite of trendy) and shadowban (when content is made inaccessible to viewers without the account that posted it being banned and deleted).
It comes as US lawmakers are considering banning TikTok throughout the nation over fears regarding the company that owns the platform and its links to the Chinese government.
In March 2023, the US, Canada, UK, and the EU banned people working for government agencies from having TikTok on staff devices.
TikTok is owned by a private Chinese tech company called ByteDance, which is headquartered in Beijing.
ByteDance created TikTok in 2017.