Factor 50 – What’s the real meaning of the factor 50 phrase from the Love Island TV show

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Love Island is known for its cast member and its language. What is the real meaning of the Factor 50 phrase?

Love Island show is most famous for creating some of the best slang. It has some aesthetically active cast members and its new phrases get introduced every season. 

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Love Island is a reality television show on peacock (Newsweek)

All the seasons are known for their own sets of slang and phrases. One of the phrases is Factor 50. So what is the real meaning of Factor 50, Let’s find out. 

What is the ‘Factor 50’ Phrase and where did It come from?

The phrase is about the sun cream and is used to describe who is trying too hard. This phrase “laying it on Factor 50” was created among the series 5 Love Island cast.

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Factor 50 is a popular slang on the show Love Island (i-d vice)

The previous series of the show have seen Islanders coming out with ‘doing bits’, ‘staying loyal’ and ‘getting pied’.

What is the meaning of the Factor 50 phrase from Love Island?

As we know from the above that the term ‘Factor 50’ is used for someone who is trying too hard to express themselves. Cast member Anton Danyluk could be accused of going ‘in Factor 50’ when he told Anna Vakili that he found her attractive.

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Love Island is known for its witty phrases and slang (Cosmopolitan)

It pretty much means just laying it on too thick in terms of your inner feelings or when complimenting someone. This is because Factor 50 sun lotion is pretty thick in consistency and they are on holiday. 

Some other phrases also got into the mix like Thanks to Lucie ‘Bev’ is almost becoming an actual term. She said that ‘Bev’ is used to describe someone good-looking or ‘fit’.

My Type on paper means an Islander faces someone, Shoot your shot which means “What’s the worst that could happen? Breadcrumbing is a term used when an Islander is talking about being lured by someone and many more.

Tommy brought some ‘vocab’ to the table during a chat with Molly Mae in series 5. The pair decided on using the word ‘chive’ to describe when they’re feeling irritated.

Love Island is back on ITV2 and the ITV Hub. A new episode will air every night at 9 pm from Sunday to Friday.

On Saturday nights there will be a highlights episode, which will also air unseen footage from the villa.

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