ترند
trend is the Persian noun for a trending topic on social media, central to how Iranian Gen Z organizes protest hashtags and online attention.
Glossary
اسپم زدن
spam-zadan is the Persian compound verb for spamming someone, especially the mass-DM strategy used on Iranian dating apps and Instagram.
اسپم
spam is the Persian noun for spam, the early internet loanword that arrived with email and stayed for DMs, ads, and dating-app pestering.
دایرکت
direct is the Persian noun for a DM, a direct message on Instagram, used so heavily by Iranian users that Direct became its own verb landscape.
ریتویت کردن
retweet-kardan is the Persian compound verb for retweeting, a word Iranians kept even after X rebranded and replaced retweet with repost.
ریپلای دادن
reply-dadan is the Persian compound verb for replying online, notable because it uses dadan, to give, rather than the usual kardan.
میوت کردن
mute-kardan is the Persian compound verb for muting someone online, the polite middle path between following and blocking.
بلاک کردن
block-kardan is the Persian compound verb for blocking someone online, a sharp social cut on Iranian Instagram and X with real political stakes.
آنفالو کردن
unfollow-kardan is the Persian compound verb for unfollowing someone online, the inverse of follow-kardan and a small social act with weight.
فالو کردن
follow-kardan means to follow someone online, the most universal A1 social-media verb in Iran, used by every smartphone owner regardless of age.