"8" means literally "clap"

"8888" is a net slang with Japanese origin that expresses praise.

First used on Twitter and Japanese video sharing sites, this slang spread to stream sites, such as Twitch, and now to occidental net culture.

"8", which can be read as "pachi" (パチパチ) japanese for clapping , is applied as a word to indicate the situation of applauding when complimenting someone.

In other words, "8888" means "cracking crackling".

This "8888" is often used simply as the meaning of applause at the beginning and end of the video, but at the end, the meaning of praise such as "great" and "bravo" is emphasized.

In addition, the number of times this 8 is repeated depends largely on the preference of the user.

Sound of hands clapping together one after another in applause:
"cracking crackling" = "clap clap" = "pachi pachi" = ( パチパチ ) = 88
Example:

-みかん : 888👏88888👏8👏888👏88
- 鳴門 : 8888 大敷く❗
- 阪鶴 : 888888888888888888888888 ☺️
- John : WhAt dOeS 8888 mEaN ???
- 日向和田 : 8888 👍
- ごく: 88888 GREAT 8888
- 鬼塚 : (John)> 🤣🤣🤣 ばか 🤣🤣🤣
- わかり : 888888888💗💗💗
- John : (鬼塚 )> 😢
- 編み : いただきましゅ 888888888
-佗ミスか : 8888888888😍😍😍
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Jack.#8888 is a discord user that is estimated to be about 13-14 years old, he played the popular game roblox making most of his friends on discord now, in his first years of discord he was known to be a extremely racist neo nazi in multiple groups, such as, SUFA, uselessasians/ cool people server, he has moved on from this and decided to continue a normal life on discord, he is still active to this day being friends with “Cong the Wawa” and “thetrue_again” the owners of the server based boys.
Not used in a sentence. “Jack.#8888 is very cool
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