break containment

verb

Etymology

Originated in this sense the microblogging and social media platform Tumblr. Originally military or science-fiction jargon for something dangerous escaping.

Definitions

  1. Of a post or piece of media, to be shown to a larger audience than originally intended

    Of a post or piece of media, to be shown to a larger audience than originally intended; typically either to a non-fandom community or to an outside platform.

    • This meme broke containment when it was posted to Reddit.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically

    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see break, containment.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for break containment. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA