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What Does 'It's Over 9000!' Mean?

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An exclamation of something being absurdly, immeasurably high in quantity or intensity, originating from a shouted line about a power level reading in an anime.

REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE

"The hype for that release is over 9000, nobody's talked about anything else all week."

LORE & ORIGIN

Sourced from a widely mistranslated/misremembered line in the anime Dragon Ball Z, spreading as an internet catchphrase from around 2005-2006 to express any exaggerated measurement of intensity.

FIRST SEEN
2005
PEAK POPULARITY
2026 (Internet Canon Revival)
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Legacy / Decaying Slang
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