Mascara? Accountants? Le dollar beans? On TikTok, nothing means what you think it does | Arwa Mahdawi

What do you do if your favourite social media platform penalises you for talking about sex? You invent your own code - even if that leaves older users mystified

OK, quick: define mascara". If you answered a substance you apply with a wand to your eyelashes" or something along those lines, then congratulations - you are officially not a young person on TikTok.

If you run in those circles, however, then mascara" is code for a variety of things ranging from a vibrator to a penis to a romantic partner.