This trend, emerging from the popular social media platform Threads, showcases the contrast between everyday expressions and the poetic language often found on Wattpad, a community storytelling app.

Threads, a social media platform launched in mid-2023, focuses on sharing short-form content, including text, links, videos, and images. Recently, Threads has become popular among young people, giving rise to various trends, including "Wattpad Speak."

Wattpad is a community-driven storytelling app where users can post their own stories and poems. The language on Wattpad is often flowery and romantic, differing significantly from everyday speech. Young people have created the "Wattpad Speak" trend to highlight this difference, comparing poetic Wattpad expressions with their more straightforward counterparts.

For example:

"Wattpad doesn't say: Remember an old lover. Wattpad says: In everyone's heart, there is a bright star that occasionally, on a lonely night, will illuminate vague memories."

"Wattpad doesn't say: Forget your ex. Wattpad says: You have to clean up the old broken glass in your heart, otherwise, what if the new person gets hurt?"

This trend has not only made these poetic expressions resonate more deeply with people but also showcased the richness and versatility of the Vietnamese language. It demonstrates that a single message can be conveyed in numerous ways, with varying degrees of emotion and nuance.

Many participants in the trend have expressed their love for the Vietnamese language, with comments like, "I love Vietnamese," and "Vietnamese is so beautiful and elegant."

The trend has also inspired some to revisit classic Vietnamese literature and poetry, recognizing that the evocative and emotional expressions in these works are on par with those found on Wattpad.

The "Wattpad Speak" trend on Threads has thus become a celebration of Vietnamese linguistic beauty, reminding young people of the profound and versatile nature of their native language.

Nguyen Thao