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