Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
The non-meat use of the term came from the online chat room community, which by the late 1980s was already using it to denote a mass influx of data into their chat rooms that could trigger a computer crash and/or annoy chat room users.—Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 Apr. 2026 Robinson left a handwritten note for his romantic partner confessing to the crime, and also confessed to friends on the chat room platform Discord, prosecutors said.—Matthew Brown, Chicago Tribune, 18 Apr. 2026 The chat room was therapeutic, allowing customers to share their stories and put the pieces of this puzzle together.—Dave Lieber, Dallas Morning News, 8 Apr. 2026 The chat room was on fire, because Magnus Carlsen had lost to the kid—Hans Niemann—and then implied that Hans had cheated.—Ben Mezrich, Vanity Fair, 6 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for chat room