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current thing en · NOUN

Etymology

From I support the current thing, a phrase that is used to mock people who show support to a cause but abandon it when it is no longer newsworthy. First used in early 2022.

Meanings

1. (Internet) Something that is popular, trendy or newsworthy at the moment but is unlikely to remain so long-term.
   • And just like that, the current thing has changed. 2022 May 2, Greg Price, Twitter:
   • Why am I so fascinated by the current thing? Well, in part, the exact same dynamics play out in tech, business, and finance every day. Once you see it, you can't unsee it. 2022 April 7, Marc Andreessen, Twitter:
   • From there, the meme will slowly leak into more popular mainstream-right punditry, and then into the Republican Party, until Ted Cruz sweatily asks a judicial nominee if they “support the current thing” and the Times writes some stilted, breathless article about the meme as disinformation. 2022 May 9, Max Read, “What Is “The Current Thing”?”, in Slate:
2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see current, thing.
   • Your ability to rationalize current things is what’s holding you back from imagining new things. 2025 January 24, Waqas, Twitter:

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