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What Does This Mean?

[ SLANG ][ SNEAKER DROP ECONOMY ][ DEGEN ECONOMY ]

A sneaker release that remains unsold well after launch, indicating weak demand, the sneaker-resale equivalent of dead inventory.

REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE

"That colorway's been sitting since launch day, nobody's touching it at retail even."

LORE & ORIGIN

Sneaker resale community vocabulary for describing a release that isn't moving, used to gauge which drops are worth chasing and which aren't.

FIRST SEEN
2016
PEAK ERA (EDITORIAL)
Not established
CURRENT STATUS
Mainstream Slang
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EDITORIAL ESTIMATE
CULTURE CATEGORY
[ SLANG ][ SNEAKER DROP ECONOMY ][ DEGEN ECONOMY ]
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