worm on a string en · NOUN
Etymology
Popularized as an Internet meme in 2019 on social media platforms.
Meanings
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(Internet) Synonym of squirmle
The Worm On A String has popped up in Reddit meme communities over the last couple of years, but recently it’s infiltrated Twitter. And it looks like people can’t get enough of it.
2018 September 11, Brittany Vincent, “People have a strange new obsession with this Worm On A String toy”, in Daily Dot, archived from the original on 11 Aug 2018:
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see worm, on, a, string.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| worms on a string | Number=Plur | lexicographic |