YouTube Poop

See also: YouTube poop

English

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Etymology

YouTube +‎ poop, with the word poop chosen to refer to the perceived low quality of the videos[1] and for the assonance.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈjuː.tjuːb puːp/, /ˈjuː.t͡ʃuːb puːp/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈju.tub puːp/
  • (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈjʉː.tʃʉːb pʉːp/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Hyphenation: You‧Tube Poop

Noun

YouTube Poop (countable and uncountable, plural YouTube Poops)

  1. (Internet slang, uncountable) On YouTube, a style of video mashups composed of clips from preexisting media with visual and auditory effects for humorous or surreal purposes.
  2. (Internet slang, countable) An instance of this style of video mashup.
    • 2019 March 20, Luke Dormehl, “YouTube Poop is punk rock for the internet age, and you probably don’t get it”, in Digital Trends[1]:
      Agreeing on exactly what is and isn’t a YouTube Poop is a matter of surprising levels of debate.
    • 2022 November 13, Sydney Butler, “What is "YouTube Poop" And Should Anyone Watch It?”, in HowToGeek[2]:
      Some YouTube Poops are even important to internet culture and history.

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Descendants

  • Russian: пуп (pup)

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References

  1. ^ Halle, Randall (30 March 2021) “Heterotactic Community Formation: YouTube Pooping”, in Visual Alterity: Seeing Difference in Cinema, University of Illinois Press, →ISBN