How many acronyms can you guess? Go!

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Why it worked

The video uses a common street interview format with a relatable challenge (guessing acronyms) and a visually distinct participant. The rapid-fire guessing and the participant's reactions create an engaging and shareable format.

Summary

A person is interviewed on the street and asked to guess the meaning of common acronyms. They correctly guess 'AFK' and 'LMK', but struggle with others like 'ATP', 'ICL', 'SMH', 'ISO', 'MBN', 'GOAT', 'TS', and 'AKA'.

Structure

1Introduction and challenge
2Guessing AFK
3Guessing ATP
4Guessing ICL
5Guessing SMH
6Guessing ISO
7Guessing MBN
8Guessing GOAT
9Guessing TS
10Guessing LMK

Original caption

How many did you get? #learn #acronym #streetinterviews #quizz @Bèvellystrange

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0 / 11 AFK 1 / 11 ATP 2 / 11 ICL 3 / 11 SMH 4 / 11 ISO 5 / 11 MBN 6 / 11 GOAT 7 / 11 TS 8 / 11 LMK 9 / 11 IMO 10 / 11 AKA 11 / 11

Transcript

How many acronyms can you guess? Go! "away from keyboard" AFK Yes! Ooo nice AFK I worked at an office ATP atp? "At the point"? ATP at this point ATP at this point next ICL "I can't love" ICL "I can't lie" ICL "I can't lie" These are made up SMH "So much hate" SMH That's how SMH right now ISO ISO? "in serious opinion" ISO nope "In search of" MBN okay "MR. Burns" MBN no MBN You should know this MBN "Must be nice" MBN I have never GOAT use that GOAT that one GOAT That one's Ronaldo GOAT actually GOAT I see TS what you've done TS I don't know TS Ts? TS I've never seen TS before TS Talk soon AKA no no no LMK "Let me know" LMK nice IMO "In my opinion" IMO next "Last one to win" AKA I've never AKA I've never used these in my life AKA AKA AKA What does AKA mean? AKA "Also known as" AKA "Also known as" AKA I didn't know that one AKA Do you know what I didn't get that many but I actually AKA I actually feel more proud of that AKA more of a human AKA the people AKA all of them