What is 'Nash' and why is it trending on Twitter?

Nash is currently on Philippine Twitter trending list with 15K tweets as of writing.

But what is it and why is it trending?

Apparently, Nash is short for National Book Store.

It trended overnight when netizen @barrrrre tweeted a recent experience at the popular bookstore, where school supplies seem to constantly be out of stock.

"I remember as a kid going to Nash was always exciting because they had it all," he ended his tweet. 

He quickly followed it up with another tweet recalling previous, better experiences. This time around, he referred to the bookstore as NBS. 

But his followup seemingly went unnoticed by netizens, who quickly reacted to his initial tweet where he called National, "Nash."

It's blew up pretty big, pretty quickly so much so that National Book Store itself hopped on the trend.

"Call me National, Nash for short," the account of the Filipino bookstore tweeted late Monday, complete with a wacky face emoji.

In a separate tweet, the bookstore also asked, "Anong kwentong Nash mo?"

Anong kwentong Nash mo? ???? https://t.co/9uOu78JkBB

— National Book Store (@nbsalert) September 19, 2022

GMA News Online reached out to @barrrrre for a quick statement about his now-viral but according to a tweet to a friend, he's already switched off his notifications. 

“I know a lot of people from Ateneo/Miriam who call it Nash, so pretty weird that people find it weird calling it as such,” he wrote, saying he didn’t realize his post would blow up. "Surprised it's at 30K now," he told his friend.

As of writing, his original tweet has amassed more than 11,000 retweets and over 43,000 likes.

In his tweet to his friend, @barrrrre said "you do you do, right?" And we honestly couldn't agree more.

So anyway, what’s your favorite Nash memory? — LA, GMA News