About

Indiana Lingo refers to a viral TikTok video shared by users @chickensyrup and @hiimgeo, in which they break down slang terms supposedly from the state of Indiana. They start by saying that in Indiana, they don't say "lying" or "capping," they instead say, "creaming." They follow with the Indiana term for "mad" or "upset," which is "spicy," and the last term is "dih" for "bro" or "homie." They also called Indiana "The I" in the video. The satirical video skit was meant to portray Indiana slang as humorously homoerotic. The original video was posted in late August 2025, and in the following weeks, it was referenced and recreated by other creators, who used the Indiana Lingo terms "creaming," "spicy" and "dih" in comedic situations or added to the list.

Origin

On August 27th, 2025, TikToker^[1] @chickensyrup posted a video with TikToker @hiimgeo, in which they broke down "Indiana lingo." They called Indiana "The I" in the video. Each slang term was satirically homoerotic, including "creaming" (meaning "lying" or "capping"), "spicy" (meaning "mad" or "upset") and "dih" (meaning "bro" or "homie"). The video gained over 404,900 likes in a week.

Spread

On August 28th, 2025, TikToker^[2] Deon Owens (@deonowenss_) posted a clip of his Twitch stream in which he reacted to the Indiana Slang video. Owens was from Indiana. Over six days, the video received over 113,900 likes.

On August 30th, TikToker^[5] @un_poco_coco posted a video in which he reacted to the Indiana Lingo video, saying, "Stop spreading these falsehoods about Indiana," and "Ain't noboy from Indiana say, 'Ay, man, you creaming.'" Over four days, his video received over 125,000 likes.

Also on August 30th, 2025, TikToker^[3] @hiimgeo posted a video that followed up on the original, in which he was with fellow TikToker Diddybop, who is from Indiana, and the two used the phrase, "You got spicy, dih." Over four days, the video gained over 32,500 likes.

On August 31st, Instagram ^[6] user @yvngcantaloupe reacted to the original Indiana Lingo video, gaining over 18,900 likes in three days.

He also posted the video on his TikTok^[7] account that day, @yvng_cantaloupe, where it received over 493,900 likes in three days.

On September 2nd, 2025, TikToker^[4] @spobloo posted a video in which he invented new Indiana Lingo slang terms, like "tip" (meaning "outfit" or "fit") and "gooey" (meaning "tuff" or "good"). The video gained over 35,600 likes in a day.

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