[ FRENCH INTERNET CULTURE ][ GEN Z BRAINROT ]
To be so completely obsessed with or mentally consumed by something that it feels like it's taken over your perception of reality — 'living in the Matrix' of that one thing.
REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE
"Il est complètement matrixé par cette théorie, impossible de le faire changer d'avis."
LORE & ORIGIN
French internet slang, a verb (matrixer) built directly from the film The Matrix and conjugated in the past participle (matrixé) following normal French grammar, describing someone whose thinking has become totally consumed and reframed by an obsession, conspiracy theory, or ideology.
FIRST SEEN
2018
PEAK POPULARITY
2026 (French Internet Canon)
CURRENT STATUS
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