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'Very demure' demonstrates TikTok's ability to shape modern language

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Summary
Nutrition label

64% Informative

The word "demure" has become ubiquitous on TikTok .

It's a self-effacing, tongue-in-cheek joke where people boast about being demure while doing something as mundane as eating a blooming onion at Outback Steakhouse .

The internet has a habit of plucking words from obscurity, turning them into memes.

VR Score

46

Informative language

32

Neutral language

59

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

40

Offensive language

possibly offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

medium-lived

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