On TikTok, the term “weaponized incompetence” has nearly 75 million posts as of Wednesday (September 11). In one particular video on the social media platform, educator Laura Danger slammed ...

Weaponized incompetence involves strategically avoiding responsibility—by pretending to be incapable or inept at a task so that someone else helps, takes over, or stops delegating tasks to them ...

And that name is “weaponized incompetence.” Because it means someone is pretending to be incapable of doing something for no other reason than manipulation so that task falls to someone else. YOU.