KinkTok

English

Etymology

From kink +‎ -Tok.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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.