Etymology

built different

built dif·fer·ent

Today it means: Able to do things which others cannot; extremely talented or unusual. Full definition →

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The story

The term was popularized by a July 2020 trend on the video-sharing website TikTok, in which users jokingly claimed to be able to accomplish various improbable tasks as a result of being “built different”.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.