slanglarceny
/ˈslæŋˌlɑːrənsi/nounUnverifiedThe corporate appropriation of youth slang for marketing, accelerating the slang's death on contact.
A term lives in a community, gets spotted by a brand team, and is dead within a quarter — spoken in a Super Bowl ad, forever uncool. Slanglarceny names the theft and the damage in one word: the phrase is stolen and broken in the same act.
Etym. — slang + larceny: petty theft with a demographic victim. The 'fellow kids' phenomenon, given a criminal record.
Novelty check: UNVERIFIED · checked 2026-10-31
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