Coming from the Swedish Netflix series 'Young Royals' the term "erik" is used by YRTWT stans to express the feeling of being extremely excited,
sad, scared, nervous or happy.
The term stems from the death of the fictional crown
prince of
Sweden, Erik, who dies in the series and leaves his little brother Prince Wilhelm devastated and alone.
erik is used as a synonym for "i'm dead".
the term can be used as an noun object and as a verb:
Noun object: i'm with erik - i'm dead
Verb: to erik, eriked, eriked - to
die, died, died