Over the last decade, Instagram has shaped pop culture and created whole new trends and language surrounding trends.
As TikTok has grown in popularity over the last three years, the same pattern has formed.
From Karens to Main Character energy,TikTok trendsand phrases have seeped into everyday use.
So here’s what hits different means on TikTok.
Whether it’s a new flavor of chips or a song many things can “hit different.”
You might say the way that your crush talks to you hits different, meaning it’s special.
Similarly, you might say Billie Eilish’s new album hits different.
Trying to get your head around TikTok slang may seem like a lot of effort.
However, sociolinguist Jessi Grieser toldRefinery29that it actually serves quite an important purpose.
She sings, “Hit different when I’m sitting here alone, all by myself.
JFK has been getting a lot of love.
Other people have shared their favorite pictures of celebrities that do something else for them.
After 2019, it was seen across the internet and may have even filtered into your vocabulary.
