blorbo from my shows

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English

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Etymology

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From a December 2021 post by Tumblr user thelustiestargonianmaid complaining about enthusiastic reblogs: "Bitches will be like 'prev tags omg' on my post and I check the preg[sic – meaning prev] tags and it's like ‘blorbo from my shows.'"[1][2]

Noun

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blorbo from my shows (plural blorbos from my shows)

  1. (fandom slang, endearing, neologism) A fictional character or celebrity of whom one is especially fond.
    Synonyms: blorbo, darling, fave, favorite
    • 2022 January 7, Turner (@shiraseceo), Twitter‎[1]:
      no one can make me feel bad for talking excessively about blorbo from my shows
    • 2022 March 9, lip (@aegyoza), Twitter‎[2]:
      my fatal flaw is that i can’t live my life without depending on blorbos from my shows for serotonin
    • 2022 March 28, eerie indiana (@indybree), Twitter‎[3]:
      can’t talk right now, gotta meticulously curate a playlist for blorbo from my shows
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:blorbo from my shows.

Usage notes

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The plural shows is typically retained even when referring to a character featured on a single television show or in a different medium altogether, in order to mimic the original Tumblr post.

References

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  1. ^ Gavia Baker-Whitelaw, "The rise of ‘Blorbo From My Shows,’ Tumblr’s fandom mascot", The Daily Dot, 14 January 2022
  2. ^ Rachel Chapman, "Tumblr Can't Stop Taking About Blorbo. So Here's The Deal With The New Meme", Elite Daily, 16 January 2022
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