What Does This Mean?

ICYMI

[ SLANG ][ SOCIAL MEDIA ][ ENGLISH DAILY ]

FORCE: Attention EconomyUNIVERSE: Social MediaCLUSTER: Platform Mechanics

Internet initialism for "in case you missed it", used to flag a link, post or news item that is being shared again for readers who may have overlooked it.

REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE

""ICYMI: the full interview is now up on the channel.""

LORE & ORIGIN

Wiktionary lists it as Internet slang and an initialism, with dated examples: a Usenet post title in alt.music.billy-joel on July 20, 2000, a Twitter post by Ariel Waldman on March 27, 2007, and a Cosmopolitan shopping roundup on October 9, 2024.

FIRST SEEN

2000-07-20 (Usenet post in alt.music.billy-joel, per Wiktionary)

PEAK ERA (EDITORIAL)

2010s Twitter onward

CURRENT STATUS

Legacy / Decaying Slang

Related To:TL;DR / TLDR LMAO

Leer en español →Lire en français →日本語版を読む →한국어판 보기 →Ler em português →阅读中文版 →

EQUIVALENT CONCEPTS IN OTHER LANGUAGES

Español es-ESno fixed local term →Français fr-FRno fixed local term →日本語 ja-JPno fixed local term →한국어 ko-KRno fixed local term →Português pt-BRno fixed local term →中文 zh-CNno fixed local term →

AURA IMPACT ⓘ

+1 AURA

TREND STATUS

↓ FADING

EDITORIAL ESTIMATE

CULTURE CATEGORY

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RELATED TERMS

MENTIONS OVER TIME

DOCUMENTED SINCE

2000-07-20 (Usenet post in alt.music.billy-joel, per Wiktionary)

NOW

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