A fork of Rural Dictionary
Almost like Netflix ending a really good series on a cliff hanger at season one but instead of a televised series, canceling refers to this act being done a (maybe) not so perfect person’s public career
Cancelling “Do you remember when James Charles got canceled?” “Yeah me neither.”
In pop culture, canceled means to make someone or something irrelevant due to current drama.
A term, mostly used by twitter to insure civil judgement and civil punishment actions to insure that a individual that has done something wrong (in there eyes) they go to twitter just to ruin said persons internet status and or popularity. Mostly due to racism and or something satirical or comical.
twitter user: "OMG! This person just said that milk is better than water, cancelled!" *the persons internet reputation gets ruined overnight due to the cancellation."
To cancel someone (usually a celebrity or other well-known figure) means to stop giving support to that person. The act of canceling could entail boycotting an actor's movies or no longer reading or promoting a writer's works.
Did you hear that Celebrity X said this thing about women? Cancelling this misogynistic pig is the just thing to do!
You are over with. Done for. No redemption. Be gone.
Nah, that white girl on Tik Tok who said the 'n' word, she's CANCELLED!