Unsupported titles/MeToo
See also: me too, metoo, and me-too
English
Etymology
From the phrase me too, first used in this context by American activist Tarana Burke in 2006 and popularized as a hashtag by American actress Alyssa Milano on Twitter in October 2017.
Proper noun
#MeToo
- (neologism) A feminist movement against sexual harassment and sexual assault. [since 2017]
- 2018 July 31, Julia Carrie Wong, “What is QAnon? Explaining the bizarre rightwing conspiracy theory”, in The Guardian:
- These bizarre results, first spotted by the NBC reporter Ben Collins, are not the result of the latest #MeToo era investigation reporting.
- 2021 March 2, Emily Mortimer, quoting Dan Franklin, “How ‘Lolita’ Escaped Obscenity Laws and Cancel Culture”, in The New York Times, ISSN 0362-4331:
- I wouldn’t publish ‘Lolita.’ What’s different today is #MeToo and social media — you can organize outrage at the drop of a hat.
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Verb
#MeToo (third-person singular simple present #MeToos, present participle #MeTooing, simple past and past participle #MeTooed)
- (transitive, slang, neologism) To cause (someone) to lose their job by making an accusation of sexual harassment, as part of the #MeToo movement.
- 2018, “I Love a Parade”, in Modern Family, season 10, episode 1, spoken by Jay Pritchett (Ed O'Neil):
- Amazing news. The grand marshal for today's parade just got #MeToo'd, and they need me to fill in.
- 2020, Parliament, season 1, episode 3, spoken by Rose (Liz Kingsman):
- Finish that sentence, and I'll MeToo you the fuck out of this building!
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