About
Netflix and Chill, often seen written as “I thought you said Netflix and Chill!” or “20 Minutes into Netflix and Chill”, is Internet slang for inviting someone over to one’s home for sexual purposes. The phrase is often used in image macros and as a hashtag on social media.
Origin
The phrase first started appearing online in late 2014, mostly through Black Twitter. An early example was tweeted by the themed Twitter Start3rPack on November 14th, 2014; it was labeled “the Netflix and Chill Starter Pack,” with four photographs indicating the pack would contain comfortable socks, pajamas, and a Trojan magnum condom. The tweet received 44 retweets and 56 favorites.[1]
Spread
The phrase was first defined on Urban Dictionary in April of 2015, and was defined twice more in August of that year; the top-rated definition has 6575 upvotes and 3148 downvotes as of August 21st, 2015.[2] Netflix and Chill has been used more than 430,000 times on Twitter during the span of July 22nd – August 21st, 2015, indicating a widespread colloquial acceptance of the meaning.[3]
A Facebook community called Netflix and Chill was created on June 9th, 2015, and is primarily used to repost image macros and Twitter memes using the phrase; it has more than 4,000 members as of August 2015.[4] There are 10 posts on the subreddit /r/blackpeopletwitter using the phrase which have more than 1,000 upvotes; the top ranking post was submitted June 1st, 2015 and has 4,489 points (93% upvoted).[5][6] There are about 1,500 posts on Vine either using the phrase or its hashtag, and more than 21,000 posts on Instagram using the hashtag.[7][8]
In August, the mass media began reporting on the trend, with pieces in Yahoo News UK and News.Com.Au.[11][12] In addition, on August 10th, 2015, the web site Huzlers posted a false article claiming that a woman had sued Netflix after her child had become pregnant during a Netflix and Chill date.[9] The story was reposted widely as truth and was debunked by Snopes on the same day it was created.[10]
Notable Examples
Search Interest
External References
[1]Twitter – Start3rPack’s Status
[2]Urban Dictionary – Netflix and Chill
[3]Topsy Analytics – Netflix and Chill
[4]Facebook – Netflix and Chill Community
[5]/r/blackpeopletwitter – Search: Netflix
[6]/r/blackpeopletwitter – When he says Netflix and Chill
[7]Vine – Search: Netflix and Chill
[8]Instagram – #netflixandchill
[9]Huzlers – Mother Sues Netflix After “Netflix N Chill” Session Resulted In Her Daughter’s Pregnancy
[10]Snopes – Netflix and Chill Lawsuit
[11]News.Com.Au – What Does Netflix and Chill Mean
[12]Yahoo News UK – How ‘Netflix and chill’ become code for getting the ride