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When a popular trend starts to sacrifice creativity & merit for potential profit, often involving hybridization with other unrelated but popular trends, frequent use of deceptive tactics, & inclusion of sometimes vulgar content to lure in mature audiences.
This will often occur when the original creators & propagators of a trend stop producing content related to it, and imitators start adding new aspects to increase popularity, outpacing creators actually devoted to quality product in terms of sheer quantity.
"Man, I remember when Monster School used to be good. Too bad Trend Decay's gotten to it."
Similar to a “tourist trap”. A Trend Trap is an establishment that has been created to attract hype for social media, pictures or feeling trendy. Trend Traps will typically be overpriced services, entertainment or food/products. Your typically paying for atmosphere.
“We just spent 30 dollars on a coffee flight we found on instagram… we got good pictures though… such trend trap”
“Me and my girls are going for brunch at the hottest joint in town. The mimosas are only 20 bucks each! Might be a trend trap!”
Another way to say "skibidi toilet" without saying the skibidi.
Commonly used in a discord server that doesn't allow to say it
(Aka the TCU discord server)
Discord member 1: yo i got into the culag because of saying toilet trend bruh
Discord member 2: damn that's crazy
Taking a trend from one industry and applying that to (or blending it into) another industry. Also known as trend-blending.
The IT / digitial industry is "cross trending" into every industry. digital photography meets mobile phone and many others ...
A rapper/artist that was popular for a set period of time,then starts to become obscured due to, constant repetition of music or failure to change style for songs/performances.
"Lil pump was a trend rapper in 2017,afterwards he lost his fanbase because his songs remained the same."
Jet lagging of social trends between a country and another, either due to timezone differences, or otherwise.
Ex. 1: #AppleEvent is trending in Egypt, although the event has ended more than 24 hours ago. This is definitely a trend lag.
Ex. 2: #Oscars2015 is trend-lagged in Germany.