Apr 30 Word of the Day
A buzz word being used to refer to creators and influencers forming or encouraging unhealthy relationships with their fans. Usually used in the context of young audiences feeling they have a relationship with the influencer due to the huge amount of the influencer’s content they consume. The influencer in question, however, is unaware of the fan’s existence other than the general knowledge of having fans. Common examples include Dream and his stans. These relationships are exacerbated by the influencers confirming they have more than a creator-to-viewer relationship.

The word is circulating due to various YouTube essays about the phenomenon using the word, and therefore people who enjoy complaining about influencers repeating what they heard in the video in any comments section they can find.
I can’t believe that creator encourages parasocial relationships with his fans...

Man what a parasocial relationship :/
by SodaScarf April 12, 2021
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A tv program created in 1972 to more educate people about economic topics. If you turned to the channel, you were bound to learn sonthing new. But that changed quickly.

By early the 90's the company who owned TLC filed bankruptcy and the discovery channel bought TLC. Instead of making more educational shows, like you would think they would (hence the name DISCOVERY channel), they started to make reality shows. No big deal. A few reality shows isn't so bad. But no. They COMPLETLEY stopped shows about education and before you know it, TLC turned into a channel about dwarfs, morbidly obese people, people with very abnormal addictions such as sniffing used diapers and bathing in gasoline, VERY cheap families, and last but not least, a fuck ton of Karens about their everyday life with their "terrible husband" or some bullshit along those lines. The Learning Channel, or as it used to be, is only good at giving you AIDS everytime you accidentally switch to it, and as you start to see a couple with like 10 daughters or grown woman eating rocks or couch cusions, you slowly grow more and more addicted to TLC.
"Hey man did you see what happened on TLC's My Strange Addictions show?

"My Stange Addictions? On The Learning Channel? Doesn't TLC teach people about cirtain topics?"

"Not anymore. TLC now is a bunch of "reality shows" about morbidly obese people, very cheap people, and people who have addictions to bathing in bleach and having sex with cars"
by ©®℗™℠ November 17, 2019
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In the Outer Southeastern/Eastern suburb's of Melbourne Victoria, TLC is defined as an acronym for Treacherous Lying Cunt, inspired by the Queen of undisputed Queen of Treachery that infiltrated Christine St, then spread like wild fire leaving a trail of destruction in her wake of treachery.
She is a TLC!
There are TLC's everywhere tonight.
by Ruby Roobs April 16, 2021
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Tender Loving Care, often used to distinguish between physical care (e.g. medical care) and care in the reassurance and companionship sense.
by Edsecto May 02, 2005
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Abbreviation of "Trăiască Legiunea şi Căpitanul" (Long live the Legion and the captain)

A slogan used by members of Romania's far-right Iron Guard Movement. Captain reffering to Corneliu Zelea Codreanu
seldom is it you see people in Bucharest write TLC on Bathroom walls these days, isn't it?
by U-Chuck November 24, 2020
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