Yap, Yapping and Yapper are slang terms of the verb "to yap" whch means to talk excessively with little substance. The concept of yapping or someone yapping became a TikTok meme and TikTok slang starting in mid-2023 as a way to light-heartedly demean someone's opinions or, alternatively, highlight a creator's tendency to talk too much. Many used the yap adjacent terms to humorously ridicule reaction video creators, like Yip and Yap, or streamers and influencers who seemingly talked too much about topics. For instance, streamer BruceDropEmOff was often made fun of by his fans for yapping.Going into late 2022, memetic usage of "yap" and "yapping" continued to surface on TikTok.[7] In early 2023, usage of "yap" and "yapping" predominantly spread, leading to the slang term's peak usage in late 2023.

Its 2023 usage predominantly started following a prank video called "Telling People to Stop Talking During Conversation Prank" posted by YouTuber[8] Sean Odigie on April 5th, 2023. A clip of the video was posted to TikTok[9] by Odigie on April 5th, in which he used many "yap" puns similar to Rizz Nicknames. The TikTok[9] clip gained roughly 229,400 plays and 16,600 likes in five months (shown below).