What was tbh mean

The Washington Post recently profiled a year-old girl and focused on her social-media use. She explained that on Instagram, a "tbh" is used to say something nice about your friends. While "tbh" still means "to be honest" or sometimes "to be heard," it's no longer associated with an insult "I'm just being honest! In The Washington Post's example, the teen girl, after getting her likes, would then write a simple "tbh you're pretty" on commenters' pictures.

It was still a little confusing, so we turned to today's teens to break it down further for us. I asked a few Instagram-savvy high-schoolers to explain to me through text, where else? A TBH post on Instagram. Instagram Sammy, a high-school freshman, tells Tech Insider that her friends will usually write "you're nice" or "you're funny" after tbh, and if they want to make a connection, sometimes they'll toss in a "we should talk more.

A tbh is almost like an Instagram currency — you can trade a tbh for a like on one of your photos. TBH figures into some notable internet practices. One is like for a tbh , where a person will give a peer a thoughtful compliment if that person likes their social media post. A more problematic activity is tbh, rate, and date. These practices inspired a short-lived app, tbh , which allowed students to give positive feedback to one another. Facebook acquired it in before shuttering it about a year later due to lack of use.

If you're typing something in a casual setting, feel free to drop a TBH, should the need arise. IMO can also be used at the beginning or end of a sentence to signal that the user is giving their honest opinion on a topic. This is when someone is giving an honest take that's typically playing devil's advocate to a statement or opinion.

If you venture onto Instagram, you'll see that TBH takes on another meaning. Users will use TBH as if it were a noun; for example, "like for a tbh" or "I'll give you a tbh. People will often post images that say "like for a tbh.

When used for complimenting, TBH typically goes at the very start of the sentence "tbh I love your hair". Some Instagram users, however, won't give a TBH if they don't have anything nice to say about the requester, which they believe is honest enough to fit the original meaning of TBH.

If a user is looking for something more genuine, they may ask for a "tbh and rate. Due to the scoring nature of this request, the TBH will be more honest than complimentary. A brave user may ask for a "tbh, rate, and date. What's hot. Where does tbh, rate, and date come from? Popular now. Who uses tbh, rate, and date? Note This is not meant to be a formal definition of tbh, rate, and date like most terms we define on Dictionary.

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