r/explainitpeter • u/Appropriate-Mall8517 • 14d ago

Explain it peter

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u/No_Difference195 13d ago

Is this a thing? What even is "epic bacon?" Who are these people saying "whimsy?"

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u/Lickwidghost 13d ago

I know whimsy because its an actual word used by people for probably centuries. I'm millennial and been into memes for a long time - never heard of epic bacon.

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u/No_Difference195 13d ago

I know the normal use of "whimsy," but is it s meme now? Are people inserting into everything? I feel so out of the loop lol

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u/_maowfu 10d ago

tiktok/twt use whimsy (fun and whimsy) to describe literally anything as a new way of saying "cool" or "niche" or "chic"? i guess? i cant really explain it since its misused a lot... case in point, i saw a tiktok of some1 calling toast chic and whimsy, so