English
KinkTok
From kink + -Tok.
Formed from kink + -Tok
Proto-Indo-European *gang- ‘to mock, jeer, deride’
Proto-Germanic *kinkōną ‘to laugh’
Proto-West Germanic *kinkōn
Old English *cincian ‘to laugh loudly’
Middle English kinken
English kink
Today it means
name The community of kinksters and BDSM enthusiasts on TikTok.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / KinkTok