[ SLANG ][ STATUS ][ NOUN ]
A person perceived as acting without independent thought, repeating scripted reactions or trends exactly like a non-player character in a video game.
REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE
"He said the exact same three jokes at every single party this month, bro is literally an NPC."
LORE & ORIGIN
Borrowed from gaming terminology, the term exploded in 2023-2024 as a TikTok livestream genre where streamers performed an identical looping set of scripted reactions for donations, cementing 'NPC' as the ultimate insult for predictable behavior.
FIRST SEEN
2023
PEAK POPULARITY
2023-2024 (Livestream Genre Peak)
CURRENT STATUS
Mainstream Slang
EQUIVALENT CONCEPTS IN OTHER LANGUAGES
AURA IMPACT β
+15 AURA
TREND STATUS
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TOP PLATFORMS
TikTok
52%
YouTube
20%
Twitter / X
14%
Reddit
9%
Others
5%
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