current thing
Something that is popular, trendy or newsworthy at the moment but is unlikely to remain so long-term.
Noun
- Something that is popular, trendy or newsworthy at the moment but is unlikely to remain so long-term.
- Why am I so fascinated by the current thing? Well, in part, the exact same dynamics play out in tech, business, and finance every day. Once you see it, you can't unsee it. - 2022 April 7, Marc Andreessen, Twitter:
- And just like that, the current thing has changed. - 2022 May 2, Greg Price, Twitter:
- From there, the meme will slowly leak into more popular mainstream-right punditry, and then into the Republican Party, until Ted Cruz sweatily asks a judicial nominee if they “support the current thing” and the Times...
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see current, thing.
- Your ability to rationalize current things is what’s holding you back from imagining new things. - 2025 January 24, Waqas, Twitter:
Origin
From I support the current thing, a phrase that is used to mock people who show support to a cause but abandon it when it is no longer newsworthy. First used in early 2022.