The title comes from the Korean onomatopoeia for a ticking sound, transliterated as tigtig, and the clip itself is a short user-shared soundboard entry rather than a line from a known film, song, or television show. Because its meaning is carried by rhythm rather than language, it travels easily across edits and short-form videos, where creators use the steady pulse as a neutral timer, suspense bed, or comic waiting cue. Its continued use depends on that simplicity: anyone can recognise the ticking at once, drop it over almost any scene, and let the beat do the timing work.