English or Spanish
English or Spanish noun: a game or prank in which the first person to move (i.e. after freezing their body) after being asked the question “English or Spanish?” is declared to be gay.
Noun
English or Spanish (uncountable)
Phrase
English or Spanish
- The question which commences this game.
- —English or Spanish? —English. —Whoever moves first is gay.
- —English or Spanish? —Español. —El que se mueva es gay.
Origin of English or Spanish
Metonymic. Originates from TikToker Alfonso Pinpon, the creator of the game, who would ask a bilingual audience whether they spoke English or Spanish, followed by him informing them in their chosen language that whoever moves first is gay. Later videos imitating Pinpon would simply ask "English or Spanish?" as people began to play the game with friends and other people already aware of the game as a prank. Popularized in May 2024 on the video-sharing social media service TikTok.
Questions about English or Spanish
- What does English or Spanish mean?
- English or Spanish means a game or prank in which the first person to move (i.e. after freezing their body) after being asked the question “English or Spanish?” is declared to be gay.
- What part of speech is English or Spanish?
- English or Spanish can be a noun or a phrase.
Words near English or Spanish in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: English or Spanish (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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