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big mood en · INTJ

Pronunciation

Etymology

Emerged on Twitter in late 2015 as an evolution of the term mood, used on Black Twitter to denote relatable images. Came to prominence as an Internet meme around January 2018.

Meanings

  1. (Internet, informal) Used to express that the speaker finds something very relatable.
    • my professor just got frustrated, said he couldn't speak anymore and left class.... honestly big mood. 2018 October 11, The University Daily Kansan, University of Kansas, page 6:
    • From exposing her heart and soul on title track 'Cuz I Love You' to listing all the types of boys she likes (big mood) on 'Boys,' the album is versatile and just generally good fun. 2019, Charlotte Boulton, "Lizzo: Cuz I Love You," in "Writers' picks: our top ten albums of 2019", The Courier (Newcastle University), 9 December 2019, page 28
    • "She had a rat in either hand and was singing about how she felt 'trapped,'" Eliana Meyerowitz, BC '20, reported. "And I mean, big mood, but I just assumed she was on drugs." 2019, AJ McDougall, "Fairytale Princess Finding It Difficult to Adjust to Columbia Life", The Columbia Federalist (satirical newspaper of Columbia University), March 2019, page 5

Synonyms

me too · same · it me · mood

wikipedia: Internet meme · wikipedia: Black Twitter · wikipedia: Twitter

big mood en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Etymology

Emerged on Twitter in late 2015 as an evolution of the term mood, used on Black Twitter to denote relatable images. Came to prominence as an Internet meme around January 2018.

Meanings

  1. (Internet, informal) An intense or relatable feeling, experience, or thing.
    • While Chelsea Wolfe has often shapeshifted in terms of how she presents her music, one thing remains constant: her big mood. 2019, Adam Turner-Heffer, Chelsea Wolfe: Birth of Violence review, The Skinny, September 2019, page 57
    • Finally got custom moulded earplugs. Hearing protection is a big mood for me from now on. 2017, Avalon Emerson, quoted in "Class of 2017", Crack, Issue 83, December 2017, page 85
    • Montagu was said to have 'invented' the sandwich as a means of keeping his energies up while spending endless nights at the gambling table. I think we can all agree that's a big mood, […] 2019 April, Lucas Oakeley, “All Killer, No Filler”, in Foodism, number 34, page 63:

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wikipedia: Internet meme · wikipedia: Black Twitter · wikipedia: Twitter