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The test that could expose a hidden problem in your relationship

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06.09.2026

How are you doing? Are you with me so far? Or were you thrown into panic by the opening list of words I threw in for as yet no apparent reason? Could you read them? Could you pronounce them? If so, congratulations – you need have no fear of the new trend on TikTok, which is to subject your partner to The llliterate Boyfriend Test, which comprises this choice little set along with several more phonetic traps for usually male heterosexuals to provide the internet with laughs.

I have SO many questions.

Ethical first, though to be honest when it comes to worrying too much about men, I… don’t. But. I do feel morally bound to voice at least a slight hesitation about the rightness of exploiting people’s ignorance, especially just for social media clout. On the other hand, if there’s anything more satisfying than seeing a smug smile wiped off the face of someone who thinks he has just scored one hundred per cent when in fact he thinks it’s pronounced “foo-cha” or “qiw-ee”, then I have not seen it.

Other questions vex me more. Like how, even allowing for........

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