Explain the term Gooning meaning TikTok

[Elias]

Hey, I keep seeing gooning meaning TikTok in viral videos and comments. I’m not familiar with this term and want to understand its meaning. Can someone explain gooning meaning TikTok and how people use it on the platform?

 

[Avika]

On Tik Tok, hyper-focus and long-lasting absorption of stimulating content are called gooning in slang and are frequently used jokingly. It is a term of internet notoriety associated with adult content, however, on TikTok it normally appears in form of a meme to imply that someone is either zoning out or obsessed.

 

[Pedro]

Gooning is a slang term commonly used on Tik Tok to mean engrossed or zoned out sometimes in an exaggerated or obsessive manner. The term is frequently applied in videos as an expression of someone being utterly disoriented in a moment, trend or response although the context dependent meaning.