BRAINROT OR REAL?
GEN Z TRANSLATOR
TIKTOK UNIVERSITY
OLD TEST
INTERNET LORE
100

“Unc” is current slang for someone who seems this.

What is old / older than the group?

100

“Bro is cooked.”

What is he’s in trouble / done for?

100

TikTok’s personalized stream of recommended videos is commonly abbreviated with these three letters.

What is FYP?

100

Before Spotify took over, Apple sold individual songs through this store.

What is iTunes?

100

This internet prank sends someone to Rick Astley’s 1987 song Never Gonna Give You Up when they expected a different link.

What is a Rickroll?

200

“Glazing” means doing this excessively to someone online.

What is praising / hyping them up?

200

“You need to lock in.”

What is focus and get serious? v

200

When creators intentionally make content designed to make viewers angry so they comment and share, it is called this.

What is rage bait?

200

This short-video app shut down in 2017 and became famous for six-second comedy clips.

What is Vine?

200

This Shiba Inu became the face of the “Doge” meme and later inspired the name of a cryptocurrency.

Who is Kabosu?

300

“Crashout” describes someone doing this.

What is having an emotional outburst / losing control?

300

“He’s farming aura.”

What is coolness/status/attention?

300

A “parasocial relationship” happens when a viewer feels personally connected to someone who does not actually know them. Who is that person usually?

What is a creator/celebrity/public figure?

300

This instant-messaging service was famous for away messages and screen names in the 2000s.

What is AIM / AOL Instant Messenger?


300

This phrase became a meme after a 2010 interview in which a man dramatically described something as “so intense.”

What is “Double Rainbow”?

400

“Lowkenuinely” combines “lowkey” with this word.

What is genuinely? Preply


400

Someone replies “clock it” after another person makes a very accurate observation. What are they basically saying?

What is exactly / you noticed it?

400

TikTok trend reports in 2026 show creators increasingly using this style: less polished, more spontaneous, and more authentic-looking content.

What is unfiltered / casual content?

400

Before streaming, this company mailed DVDs in red envelopes directly to people's homes.

What is Netflix?

400

This 2013 viral meme used intentionally broken English with phrases like “such wow,” “much amaze,” and “very scare.”

What is Doge?

500

REAL OR MR. V MADE IT UP: “Quiet on the creek” is an actual current slang phrase.

What is REAL?

500

A student says, “Lowkenuinely, that assignment wasn't bad.” Translate the sentence into normal Mr. V English.

What is “Honestly/actually, that assignment wasn't bad”?

500


A creator stitches someone else’s video, reacts to it, and adds their own commentary while the original clip remains visible. What TikTok feature are they using?



What is Stitch?

500

A TikTok sound becomes so overused that people start making videos specifically making fun of how overused it is. What has basically happened to the trend?


What is it became oversaturated / played out?

500

This infamous 2000s website prank made a browser window rapidly bounce around the screen while playing a repeating song, becoming one of the internet’s earliest viral “gotcha” links.

What is Hampster Dance?