Current Events > Why has "clout" become everyone's new favorite word recently?

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_Squirtle_
07/10/19 5:29:14 PM
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Like in the last 4 months I've heard it more times than I had in the previous 29 years of my life.

Who/what made it so popular?
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Squall28
07/10/19 5:31:34 PM
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_Squirtle_ posted...
Who/what made it so popular?


Someone with a lot of clout.
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MacDaMurderer
07/10/19 5:33:10 PM
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Recently? Where were you in 2017 and 2018?
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_Squirtle_
07/10/19 5:35:58 PM
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MacDaMurderer posted...
Recently? Where were you in 2017 and 2018?


I hear like 10 year olds using the word now. I highly doubt it was just as popular back then.
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EndOfDiscOne
07/10/19 5:38:38 PM
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@chaoyun2k I nominate this word
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chaoyun2k
07/10/19 6:35:39 PM
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EndOfDiscOne posted...
I nominate this word

This looks like an interesting word.

This is what I thought of,
Squall28 posted...
Someone with a lot of clout.

but that doesn't seem to be the primary definition!
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Feline_Heart
07/10/19 6:40:25 PM
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Its been popular since like 2016 lmao. Everyones chasing clout. Rappers, youtubers, and 12 year olds talk about it all the time
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_Squirtle_
07/10/19 6:44:08 PM
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Feline_Heart posted...
Its been popular since like 2016 lmao. Everyones chasing clout. Rappers, youtubers, and 12 year olds talk about it all the time


It's definitely more popular now. No 10 year old was using it 3 years ago.
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AloofHermit
07/10/19 8:05:08 PM
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everyone started saying it because of chief keef
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MasterGakke
07/10/19 8:09:56 PM
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Better stop trying to use your meager clout to clout clout as a word.
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Metua
07/10/19 8:10:38 PM
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pauIie
07/10/19 8:13:15 PM
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yesterday someone got accused of clout chasing because they piggy backed a thread from another. here. on gamefaqs dot gamespot dot com.

clout chasing.

here.

lol
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Clovershroom
07/10/19 8:22:26 PM
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I didn't hear it until Splatoon 2.
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rookieplayer03
07/10/19 8:22:38 PM
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Also clapped back.
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Feline_Heart
07/10/19 9:35:56 PM
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rookieplayer03 posted...
Also clapped back.

Do you guys live under a rock? This didnt become popular recently lol
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Sada_Pop
07/10/19 9:42:50 PM
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Feline_Heart posted...
rookieplayer03 posted...
Also clapped back.

Do you guys live under a rock? This didnt become popular recently lol

Yeah neither of these just got popular.
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Vita_Aeterna
07/10/19 9:44:13 PM
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Clout 9
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Scotty_Rogers
07/10/19 9:44:49 PM
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Elegance
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_Squirtle_
07/10/19 9:45:13 PM
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I've never heard people use clout irl before like 6 months ago.

Now literally everybody uses it daily. Even people that aren't just on the internet 24/7
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JimCarrysToe
07/10/19 9:48:38 PM
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Clout sounds like an std.
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Puglia77
07/10/19 9:49:25 PM
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Scotty_Rogers
07/10/19 9:50:51 PM
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Scotty_Rogers posted...
Elegance


Lol I thought the topic title "What is your favorite word recently"

Clout is just dumb millennial slang.
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