What does FRL mean on TikTok?
Unsplash: Solen Feyissa‘FRL’ is a term used widely across not just TikTok, but other social media apps like Snapchat, Instagram, and more. Here’s everything you need to know about what it means.
TikTok is home to a whole range of different viral posts, with new videos going viral on the platform on a daily basis. Like any other social media app, you will see people use many different slang terms and abbreviations in comments, captions, and messages.
‘FRL’ is one search term that you might have seen people use on TikTok, Snapchat, and Instagram, and is often used by people in comment sections and direct messages.
However, if you are out of the loop, you might not know what this means. So, here’s everything you need to know about ‘FRL’ on TikTok.
Unsplash: Olivier BergeronFRL meaning on TikTok
On social media, FRL is often used as an abbreviation for ‘For Real.’ This can be used in statement form, to emphasize a point or agree with a statement, but it can also be used as a question, to ask whether what someone is saying is true.
You will therefore often see this term pop up in conversations, whether that is in a private message, or a comment thread under a public video on the app.
Some people say they use FRL to mean ‘For Real Like,’ but this seems to be less common. Regardless, they have essentially the same meaning.
On TikTok, a number of videos have been made about car game FR Legends, which can also be abbreviated as FRL.
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