The Meaning Behind "HTN" on TikTok Is Almost as Superficial as It Gets

It's almost impossible to keep up with what things mean on TikTok, which is mostly thanks to the users who come up with phrases, memes, and acronyms almost daily. And when one sticks, you'd better be ready to learn all about it, or you'll be just a bit lost for a while. Now, "HTN" is one of the TikTok acronyms that has people asking what its meaning is.

You might still be well-versed in the "LOL" and "BRB" language of yesteryear. And, to the credit of all millennials and Gen X-ers, those acronyms are still going pretty strong on social media and in texts. Maybe millennials and those who are Gen-X are the only ones using them, but still. It's something. So, what does HTN mean? It turns out, it stands for something a lot more problematic than "laugh out loud" or "be right back."

The influencer known as Clavicular, who makes content about men "looksmaxxing" and improving their appearance and physique, shared a video on social media about the meaning behind HTN. It's not clear if he made it up himself, but that's entirely possible, given his explanation for what it stands for.

According to him in the video, which was shared by another user on TikTok, HTN means "high-tier normie."

"If you're mid-tier normie, it's likely you could ascend to high-tier normie, right?" Clavicular says. "If you're Chad-like, you could probably get the Chad, but more than that, it's really gonna be hard to go up the scales on the ladder."

There you have it. HTN, or high-tier normie, is in reference to an exceptionally good-looking person. It's not the best trending acronym for younger users on TikTok to be exposed to, but it has been used in other videos where a user talks about their own appearance and refers to themselves as an HTN, so it's definitely a thing.

In the comments under another video about what HTN means and how it is used when one TikTok user talks to another, someone commented, "Means high-tier normie, basically that you look better than the average person." Then, other users in the comment section asked people to rate them on their own HTN statuses.

If you're a medical student or in the medical profession, HTN might mean something totally different altogether. You might even find TikToks using the HTN acronym to refer to the medical term, while confusing a lot of younger users who prefer to use it to determine who is a supposed high-tier normie, in terms of their looks.

One TikTok user in school, presumably for medicine, nursing, or something similar, says in his video that every time he sees HTN, he assumes a user is referring to its medical counterpart: hypertension. As in, high blood pressure, per Mayo Clinic. Let's just hope no one gets the two meanings mixed up in a more serious setting.