A comprehensive review of the hot words in 2022, which word impressed you the most?

In today's era, Internet buzzwords have become essential knowledge for people to socialize. Words with substance and meaning are not only sought after by users, but also the key for brands to unlock traffic codes. Whether it is an individual or a brand, only by continuous cognition can they not be left behind by the times. Today, let's take stock of the top 20 buzzwords in 2022. How many do you know? Which one left a deep impression on you?

01. Bing Dwen Dwen

Definition: At the beginning of 2022, during the Beijing Winter Olympics, the mascot "Bing Dwen Dwen" became extremely popular. Because it was so cute, it was loved by many netizens. It was "hard to get one" worldwide, and there were long queues in many cities in China to buy it.

02. Chosen Workers

Explanation: "Chosen workers" is a popular internet term, referring to citizens who continue to go to work normally despite their residences and companies being uncontrolled. Later, it was derived to mean people in the company who have never tested positive. They have a sense of mission of being chosen by God.

03. Tank

Interpretation: The term "tanking" has become a hot search after "involution" and "lying flat". Many young people laugh at their own status of "involution" and "not being able to win", "tanking" and "lying flat".

The phenomenon of "tanking" should have first appeared in the NBA league. In the league, players deliberately lost in order to get better draft picks, so the word "tanking" was used to describe this behavior. Later, this meme became popular on the Internet, which is similar to the meaning of "breaking the jar and throwing it all away."

04. Tie Q

Definition: Internet buzzword, derived from the lip-syncing of the English phrase "thank you". The original meaning of the English phrase is to thank you, but because people have a weird tone of "I really thank you" when they are particularly speechless, it was combined with "thank you" to become Shuan Q. Later, it was derived to express that one is speechless and particularly hates something.

05. Internet mouthpiece

Explanation: "Internet mouthpiece" is a new term coined by netizens to express their gratitude to those netizens who can express their thoughts on their behalf, because what it expresses is exactly what most netizens want to express, and is even more accurate than what netizens themselves want to say.

06. xx Assassin

Definition: Assassin was originally a profession, referring to "a person who assassinates with weapons". What assassins are best at is hiding in the dark and delivering a fatal blow unexpectedly! Nowadays, this term is used for those high-priced products that are ordinary in appearance and not clearly marked with prices, such as ice cream assassins, fruit assassins, milk tea assassins, etc.

07. Small town test taker

Definition: Small town test-takers can be roughly understood as poor students who are born in rural areas or small towns, study hard, are good at taking exams, enter first-class universities through the college entrance examination, but lack certain vision and social resources. The stories of "small town test-takers" have been frequently seen on social media. It seems that young people are overwhelmed, but in fact, they are more likely to relieve stress in a self-deprecating way.

08. Mental exhaustion

Interpretation: In July 2022, a blogger uploaded a video titled "Three Days Back to the Village, My Second Uncle Cured My Mental Inner Waste", which became popular all over the Internet. Although "My Second Uncle" had suffered many misfortunes in his life, he "never looked back", was never defeated, and lived a positive life. The story of "My Second Uncle" "cured" the blogger's "mental inner waste" and aroused widespread resonance.

"Mental exhaustion" is a common psychological phenomenon that exists in everyone to a certain extent; but by making good psychological adjustments and looking forward like "Second Uncle", you can get out of it and get "cured."

09. Liu Genghong Girl

Interpretation: During the epidemic, Liu Genghong led the audience in doing weight loss exercises on live broadcast, which set off a fitness craze and attracted a group of "Liu Genghong girls" who insisted on exercising and pursued health and a good figure.

10. Wang Xinling Boy

Interpretation: In "Sisters Who Make Waves 3", the "Sweetheart Leader" Wang Xinling sang and danced to "Love You", which awakened everyone's youthful memories, and a group of "Wang Xinling boys" emerged who imitated the singing and dancing and supported their idol.

11. Oriental Selection

Definition: A live broadcast room under New Oriental. One of the live broadcasters, Dong Yuhui, not only sells goods in two languages, but also speaks history, philosophy, Chinese, online jokes, etc. His series of dimensionality reduction operations have been called the ceiling of the live broadcast industry by netizens.

12. Retreat! Retreat! Retreat!

Definition: Used to resist the occurrence or approach of something unpleasant, serving as a psychological defense.

This meme originated from an online video. In the video, an old lady got into an argument with someone else. When the other party yelled at her, the old lady did not answer directly, but directly made a fencing-like movement while shouting "Back off! Back off! Back off!" The scene was so relaxing that many netizens made it into an emoticon package and it went viral.

13. Sheep a sheep

Explanation: The name of the game "Sheep and Sheep" originated from a Candy Crush game on WeChat. Because it was too difficult and you had to watch an ad to continue after failing, many people were stuck at the second level. The competitive spirit of many people was aroused, and the game became popular.

14. Crazy Thursday Literature

Explanation: Crazy Thursday is a regular event of KFC every Thursday. Thanks to the creative writing of netizens, "Crazy Thursday" has become a widely circulated "meme", and these secondary creations are even jokingly called "Crazy Thursday literature".

15. The Lone Brave Child

Explanation: The "Lone Brave Kid" meme comes from the song "Lone Brave Man" sung by Eason Chan. This song has become a song for primary school students and almost every child can sing it, hence the name "Lone Brave Kid".

16. Technology and hard work

Explanation: The food series catchphrases created by video blogger "Xin Jifei" have attracted the attention and imitation of netizens because the process of "synthesizing" food with food additives is too shocking.

17. Lao Liu

Definition: Some gamers who are not very good at playing games are also called Lao Liu. Some newbies who have just started playing games, or old players who have played for a long time but have not improved their game skills, often do not follow their teammates in the game, do not listen to their teammates' commands, do not help their teammates when they are knocked down, and hide far away when fighting other enemies. These players exist in the game like invisible people, so they are often ridiculed as Lao Liu in the game.

18. He is in the CPU

Explanation: He is CPUing you, is a golden sentence said by actress Xu Di in an interview. In fact, what Xu Di meant was that he is PUAing you. Similar words include wps, kfc, ktv, etc.

19. Do you want to brew coffee?

Explanation: From the rap host "Big Mouth Girl" in the T97 Coffee Live Broadcast Room, her simple rap lines became the object of imitation for netizens because of their catchy nature and the characteristics of her big mouth.

20. You are my God

Definition: You are my god, a popular internet phrase, comes from the scene of Hai Qing canvassing for Ou Hao at the competition site of the talent show "Happy Boys" in 2013. This was an act of Hai Qing canvassing for Ou Hao as the V God of the show at the time. Looking back, netizens followed suit and filmed the famous scene in this video, awkwardly using their feet to knock out a three-bedroom, two-living-room apartment, and feeling embarrassed.

Author: Yan Tao Sanshou

Source: WeChat public account "Yan Tao Sanshou (ID: yantao-219)"