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Miming the words to a song or audio clip in a video without actually singing, the general performance technique that formats like lip dub and modern short-form video trends both build on.
REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE
"Her lip sync to that song was so precise it looked like she was actually singing."
LORE & ORIGIN
A long-standing performance and broadcasting term predating the internet, adopted heavily by online video culture once lip-sync videos became an easy, low-effort format for participatory content.
FIRST SEEN
1980
PEAK POPULARITY
2026 (Participatory Fad Revival)
CURRENT STATUS
Legacy / Decaying Slang
Related To:Lip Dub
EQUIVALENT CONCEPTS IN OTHER LANGUAGES
AURA IMPACT ⓘ
+1 AURA
TREND STATUS
↑ HIGH RISING FAST · LOW
CULTURE CATEGORY
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1980
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