Vocabulary lesson: edgelord

 

Dictionary definition:  Merriam-Webster

Headline:  New York Times, 3/21/2024

At the time, Reddit was known as one of the darkest parts of the internet — an anything-goes forum where trolls, extremists and edgelords reigned. Light on rules and overseen by an army of volunteer moderators, Reddit — which once hosted popular communities devoted to nonconsensual pornography, overt racism and violent misogyny, among other topics — was often spoken of in the same breath as online cesspools like 4chan and SomethingAwful.

According to Merrian-Webster, the first-known use of 'edgelord' occurred in 2015.

Other coinages from the same year include:

1. cloud kitchen
2. ghost kitchen
3. red flag law

More vocabulary lessons:

March 2024

Dad joke. 3/4)

February 2024

Edutainment.  (2/16)

Cut, as an adjective.  (2/13).  .

Flunky.  (2/5)

Janky.  (2/2)

Kiddo.  (2/2)

January 2024

Bonkers.  (1/31)

Heebie-jeebies.  (1/31)

Nudification.  (1/31)

Right-size.  (1/14)

2022

Dumpster fire.  (10/20/2022)

2018

Swinge.  (12/18/2018)

2017

Michael Flynn vocabulary lesson.  (2/14/2017)

2013

Yaw.  (2/28/2013)