Average, and not in a good way — the internet's most efficient dismissal, popularised by a wrestler's promo about the Midwest and applied since to films, meals, and whole years. 'Mid' is the review that ends the review.
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There was a version of Mid that went round my family group chat about a month late, presented as new. I did not correct anyone. It was, for them, new, and that has to count for something.
A restaurant in Rotterdam with a one-word review on a site: 'mid'. Seven people found it helpful. The record found it complete.
Correction to the headnote: Mid was not coined, it was noticed. Someone said it, someone else screenshotted it, and the screenshot is the coinage.
What does it mean? Write it the way you would say it out loud.
