The word ‘Challenge’ usually denotes something competitive. An event where a winner emerges, and someone (or persons in some cases) loses.

Thanks to social media, ‘Challenge’ as a word appears to be taking a new meaning. Social media Challenges are a fun way to engage active users. Whether you are creating content or watching it, they’ve proven to be fun for everyone. For these users, any hashtag with the word ‘Challenge’ as its suffix, usually breeds excitement and with the lockdown, social media challenges have become rampant. Having little to do while at home, you might as well join the fun.

Quite importantly, with the Tik Tok app; a platform almost exclusively built for challenges, the ideas on what to hop on to next have become numerous. We saw it with the #DontRushChallenge, a challenge many used to show off their wardrobe.

https://www.instagram.com/p/B-e1iMMjsaW/

We saw it with the #SomethingNewChallenge, a simple dance challenge you do with friends and or family.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CA3BOzfj5rd/

And the #FlipTheSwitchChallenge, which sees people dress in the attire of the opposite sex. All of these easily became global trends.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CBZDb2fFYSA/

Lately, a new challenge has erupted on social media, one that many have said requires you to be very clever.

The instigator of the #dontleavemechallenge ????. Josh of life

pic.twitter.com/uFHCEjjzPu

— Instablog9ja (@instablog9ja) June 14, 2020

It is basically a pun challenge, where an individual and maybe some friends make clever puns before going bonkers afterwards.

Haq haq haq haq haq haq ???? @rexxiepondabeat killed it #dontleavemechallenge #dontleaveme pic.twitter.com/9XcaFJE0BV

— Vibebig.com (@_Vibebig) June 14, 2020

Those that don’t want to make a video, but want to participate can simply tweet their pun using the hashtag and everyone would get it.

If I watch porn and drink star…. Dose dat make me a ?
PORNSTAR ?#dontleavemechallenge pic.twitter.com/BV0qXTnKBv

— Juggernaut ?? (@SkuareBwoy) June 14, 2020

I borrowed my blind friend some money.
He said he was gonna pay me back the next time he sees me….
Wait a minute…??#dontleavemechallenge

— Akin ? Joshua ???? (@Akinjoshua2017) June 14, 2020

So far, the puns being put out are hilarious and everyone with a thing for comedy is jumping on this. Also, this is the challenge that originated in Nigeria and seems to be spreading outside.