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Reheating Nachos or Reheat Nachos is an internet slang term used to criticize artists and celebrities for trying and failing to co-opt another person's or their past self's aura or swag, akin to how when nachos are reheated, they're significantly less crispy or delicious than when originally made.

It stems from the precursor slang term Wanted Nachos, which spawned from a viral video of Baddies West cast member Natalie eyeing Stunna Girl's nachos, which portrayed the feeling of wanting a piece of attention that another person has. Use of the term Reheating Nachos went viral on TikTok and Twitter / X among FlopTok and Stan Twitter circles in the mid-2020s. Notably, the term gained mainstream interest in early 2025, when Lady Gaga and Benson Boone were accused of reheating her nachos. Azealia Banks also reacted to the term in a viral Twitter interaction around the same timeframe.

Origin

On December 3rd, 2023, TikToker^[1] @baddiesfunny posted a clip from Baddies West in which it looks like Natalie was eyeing Stunna Girl's plate of nachos, captioned, "You can tell Natalie lowkey wanted Stunna Girl's nachos," gaining over 190,300 likes in a year (shown below).

The concept of wanting someone's "nachos" spread to X^[2] in May 2024. Viral use persisted on X^[3] heading into the year.

On September 4th, 2024, X^[4] user @K3YON3R replied to a since-deleted tweet, writing, "Reheating Doja's nachos real bad LMAO." The reply received no likes but is currently the first known use of the Reheating Nachos term.

Other non-viral use of the term surfaced on X^[5] in December 2024.

Currently, the first known viral use of the term was a quote tweet shared by X^[6] user @hyphenkordei on January 9th, 2025, concerning Doja Cat with a caption reading, "Kinda need her to reheat these nachos for the next album." It received over 62,000 likes in a month (shown below).

Spread

In the following weeks, the slang term amassed viral use on X, like a quote tweet shared by X^[7] user @artervrs on January 20th, 2025, concerning Addison Rae, receiving over 36,000 likes in 17 days (shown below).

On January 24th, X^[8] user @evilmackenzie tweeted, "Tate McRae keeps on trying to reheat Nelly Furtado's nachos but the microwave keeps on breaking does that make sense," gaining over 72,000 likes in 13 days (shown below).

Viral use persisted on X heading into February 2025. For instance, on February 2nd, X^[9] user @AbiChittin tweeted, "Lady Gaga air fried her own nachos and they came out so fucking good," amassing over 54,000 likes in four days (shown below).

Similar tweets about Lady Gaga surfaced soon after, like minutes later when X^[11] user @mce1201 quote tweeted a new Lady Gaga music video, captioning it, "She really reheated her own nachos!!" gaining over 186,000 likes in four days (shown below).

Social media users on other sites started posting the term too, like in a video shared by TikToker^[10] @o011010oo0110o10o01100oo on February 4th, which received over 262,300 likes in two days (shown below).

On February 4th, 2025, Azealia Banks quote tweeted^[12] a reply that told her to reheat her nachos. Banks responded, "The white guys stay trying to make new lingo and it is never giving. I don’t eat nachos honey. I'm skinny." The post amassed over 34,000 likes in two days (shown below).

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