Stumbled upon the phrase “Smash or Pass” online and not sure what it means? Here’s what’s behind it and how to use it.
Here you can find out what “Smash or Pass” means. (Source: Krakenimages.com / depositphotos.com)
That means “Smash or Pass”: question and answer party game
The English expression “Smash or Pass” stands for a party game in which you have to decide whether you would sleep with a person or not. In the course of the game, people are suggested and usually shown by picture that you can “smash” or “pass”.
“Smash” represents that you would have sex with the person. “Pass” means that you want to pass, i.e. that you find the proposed person rather unattractive. “Smash or Pass” can be seen as a mature version of “Date or Pass”. As with Spin the Bottle or Truth or Dare, you shouldn’t take the answers in “Smash or Pass” too seriously, since the main focus is on the entertainment factor.
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Origin of “Smash or Pass”
In British English, the term ‘smash’ is not just understood to mean ‘to smash’, but is a generic slang term for ‘having (casual) sex’ and ‘picking someone up’. In English, the term “pass” means relatively universally “pass on”, “reject” or also “waive”, and is colloquially used in the sense of “giving the pass”.
Party games like Smash or Pass have been making the rounds at sleepover adventures and other youth gatherings (and beyond) for ages. The popular decision game “F*ck/Kiss, Marry, Kill” paved the way for “Smash or Pass” in the 2000s, which became widely known around 2010 through forum threads.
By 2017, the game, which works similarly to many dating apps, grew in popularity and spread to all platforms. Although the trend is no longer as popular today, “Smash or Pass” sometimes remains a popular parlor game on Instagram, TikTok and Co. thanks to new filters.
How Smash or Pass works
The OP shares the image or names a known or random person and asks the community “Smash or Pass”. We are happy to deliberately select unfavorable recordings or verified cursed images. The game can also be scaled to non-human concepts, so even foodies sharing their creations will ask for “smash or pass” instead of asking for normal feedback.
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