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What Does 'Dark Age' Mean?

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[ SLANG ][ LEGO CULTURE ][ AFOL CULTURE ]
FORCE: Gen Z BrainrotUNIVERSE: LEGO CultureCLUSTER: AFOL Culture

The period, usually starting in the teenage years, when an adult LEGO fan stops actively building and collecting before eventually returning to the hobby.

REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE

"Just came out of a fifteen-year dark age, already have three sets on the way."

LORE & ORIGIN

Long-standing AFOL (Adult Fan Of LEGO) community term for the hobby hiatus most adult builders describe going through before rediscovering LEGO as an adult.

FIRST SEEN
2026-08
PEAK POPULARITY
2026 (AFOL Culture)
CURRENT STATUS
Mainstream Slang
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EQUIVALENT CONCEPTS IN OTHER LANGUAGES

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