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recaptioning

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FORCE: Gen Z BrainrotUNIVERSE: Meme FormatsCLUSTER: caption_format

The act of giving an existing picture, screenshot or meme a new caption, usually for a joke. It is the present participle and gerund of the verb "recaption"; the entry for recaption covers the verb itself, while this one names the practice.

REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE

""The recaptioning of that screenshot turned a dull news photo into the week's best joke.""

LORE & ORIGIN

Wiktionary lists recaptioning as the present participle and gerund of the verb recaption, which is built from the prefix re- plus caption and means to give something such as a photograph a new caption. Its use for swapping the text on memes is a recent slang extension; no dated first use found yet.

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