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shillmon en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree English shill Proto-Germanic *puhô Frankish *pokōbor. Old French poche Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tosder.? Latin -ittus Old French -ete Anglo-Norman poketbor. Middle English pocket English pocketbor. Japanese ポケット Proto-Indo-European *men- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *monéyeti Proto-Italic *man-eje- Proto-Italic *moneō Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-trom Proto-Italic *-trom Proto-Italic *monestrom Latin mōnstrumbor. Old French monstrebor. Middle English monstre English monsterbor. Japanese モンスター Japanese ポケットモンスターclip. Japanese ポケモン (Pokemon)bor. English Pokémon blend English shillmon Blend of shill + Pokémon.

Meanings

1. (derogatory) A Pokémon that receives excessive exposure, marketing focus, and favoritism from The Pokémon Company.
   • I could see this being the next shillmon to get in Smash - That or Meowscarada 2025 December 29, @_Mimikyu, X, archived from the original on 17 Apr 2026:
   • It's ugly but it's genuinely cringe that Charizard got it's shiny changed by hand. Like deadass hes such a fucking shillmon I cannot fathom it. 2026 March 15, @carcasscomplex, X, archived from the original on 17 Apr 2026:
   • Charizard still sucks, and is a shillmon at best. 2020 June 8, @janrts, X, archived from the original on 17 Apr 2026:

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