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If you’ve been on Malaysian social media lately, you’ve probably seen posts that sound almost too good to be true, until it ends with a single, deflating word: “Contoh”.

It’s the latest viral trend sweeping platforms like Threads and possibly Twitter, where users post something outrageous, wishful, or just plain ridiculous and then reveal it’s a joke with that one-word punchline.