tóp tóp

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

Etymology

From the idiolectal pronunciation of TikTok of a grandma from Quảng Ninh province, Vietnam, virialized via the said platform.[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [tɔp̚˧˦ tɔp̚˧˦]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [tɔp̚˦˧˥ tɔp̚˦˧˥]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [tɔp̚˦˥ tɔp̚˦˥]

Proper noun

tóp tóp

  1. (Internet slang, Vietnam) eye dialect spelling of TikTok
    Synonyms: tích tóc, tích tốc, tốp tốp

References

  1. ^ Lê Lang (20 December 2020) “Ai rồi cũng "ghiền" tóp tóp!”, in Vietcetera[1] (in Vietnamese)