The origin of the ‘beige flag’ appears to be from a TikToker
- The term ‘beige flag’ dates back to 2022, but it’s become increasingly popular on TikTok nowadays.
- Users are using it to endearingly expose their partners’ odd and otherwise random behavioral traits.
- One person described the term to Insider as something between a red and a green flag.
Social media has become an obsessive place to dissect “red” and “green” flags in prospective partners – sometimes almost losing any meaning, where any trait can be labeled great or alarming.
These days, a new classification is arising on TikTok: “beige flags.” Hordes of users on the app are using the term to expose their partners’ funniest personality traits or inexplicable behavioral tics – things that don’t fall squarely in the red or green flag territory, as one TikToker described it to Insider.
In her inaugural video, she claims to have coined the term, and added that she believes they are more prevalent in dating situations than red flags
In one viral TikTok posted on Wednesday, user said his girlfriend’s beige flag is not knowing “her left and rights” despite having a “GPS in her brain.”
