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TIFU

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[ ABBREVIATION ][ REDDIT CULTURE ][ STORYTELLING FORMAT ]
FORCE: Attention EconomyUNIVERSE: Reddit CultureCLUSTER: Reddit Post Format

Short for 'Today I Fucked Up' — a Reddit post format for recounting your own day's mistake, usually for comedic effect.

REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE

"His TIFU post about the office microwave incident got 40,000 upvotes."

LORE & ORIGIN

Named after and defined by r/tifu, a dedicated Reddit community for self-deprecating mistake stories, one of the platform's most consistently popular storytelling formats.

FIRST SEEN
2013
PEAK ERA (EDITORIAL)
2013-2026 (Active)
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