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● Alive adj. 13 yrs & counting Platforms & apps

Problematic

Having done or said something wrong — problematic — as Tumblr's word for it in 2013, from a blog listing celebrities' sins, into the general vocabulary of judgement. The record's entry for the adjective that could mean anything from a crime to a bad tweet, and did.

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Tumblr, 2013; 'your fave is problematic'
Life & death · 2012–2027
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BORN · 2013
NOW · 2026

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Definition @speedrun_stella · Archivist 16 Dec 2017

The record notes 'Your Fave Is Problematic' was a real blog, that it catalogued everyone, and that its author later wrote an essay regretting it, which the record found moving.

Sighting @dialup_ghost · Coroner 1 May 2017

Overheard in a supermarket queue, Feb this year: a parent saying "Problematic" to a toddler, entirely straight-faced. The toddler understood. I did not, for a second.

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