break containment

English

Etymology

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

Verb

break containment (third-person singular simple present breaks containment, present participle breaking containment, simple past broke containment, past participle broken containment)

  1. (social media, originally fandom slang) 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.
  • containment breach

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