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Etymology edit

kink +‎ -Tok

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KinkTok

  1. (Internet slang) The community of kinksters and BDSM enthusiasts on TikTok.
    • 2020 August 27, Sophie Wilson, “KinkTok is Filling the Void Left Behind By NSFW Tumblr”, in Vice:
      KinkTok is also helping to accurately reflect what a kinky relationship really “looks” like.
    • 2022, Anonymous, "The Wonderful World of Kinktok", Ram! (Lincoln University), March 2022, page 24:
      Kinktok was a major awakening for many people, myself included.
    • 2022, Nic Cloyd, "Anti-Pornography Feminism, KinkTok, and Consent: What We Can Learn from The Sex Wars and Leather/Sadomasochistic History", thesis submitted to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln on 9 March 2022, page 23:
      With the growth of Kinktok came backlash which instead of focusing on the community as a whole, focused on specific creators or fetishes that they deemed unacceptable and taboo.
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:KinkTok.