I didn’t know what “yikes” meant. Then I saw Elon Musk comment “Yikes” on a tweet. I was like, what does that even mean?

Then my brain went: Yes, it knowingly eats shits!

I know that’s not the real meaning. But I can’t unsee it. Now every time Musk says “Yikes,” that sentence pops into my head.

And honestly? It kind of works. “Yikes” is that feeling when something is so bad or awkward you don’t know what to say. “Knowingly” makes it worse — like it knows what it’s doing.

So yeah, my English is still a work in progress.

Have you yikesed today?