TPing

Pranking with rolls

TPing is the act of throwing rolls of toilet paper into trees, bushes, and over structures—typically someone's house or yard—as a prank.

The paper unspools as it flies, draping everything in white streamers.

Usually done at night by teenagers, TPing falls somewhere between harmless mischief and vandalism: We TPed the coach's house after we won the championship.

Also spelled TP'ing or teepee-ing.

prank

toilet paper

Sanitary sheets on roll

  • houseResidential building
  • treesWoody plants with trunks
  • yardLinear measure or grounds

mischief · Halloween · vandalism · teenager · night · neighborhood · cleanup · rolls · streamers · thrown

networking

ping

Brief metallic tone

echo request · response time · jitter · packet loss · timeout · traceroute · diagnostics · connectivity · milliseconds · throughput

Opposites
intent/effect on property

TPingarson

Criminal deliberate burning

cleaning up · landscaping · vandalism · tidying · restoring

social behavior type

TPinggift-giving

Offering presents to others

housewarming gift · community service · good deed · house blessing

constructive vs. destructive action

TPingyard work

Outdoor property maintenance

landscaping · cleaning up · gardening · lawn mowing · house painting

Family

TP, TPed, papering

Familiarity
Top 1,000,000
Profile
Known to kids · Mostly American · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G