cornplate
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
corn + plate, coined by Twitter user @camascamshafts in October 2022 in reference to a tweet about a scene from the film Encanto in which the character Dolores Madrigal briefly holds a plate of corn.
Verb[edit]
cornplate (third-person singular simple present cornplates, present participle cornplating, simple past and past participle cornplated)
- (Internet slang, humorous) To discuss or scrutinize insignificant or inconsequential details in media.
- 2023 July 21, Philipp Kachalin, “What Does 'Cornplate' Mean? The Slang Word About Obsessing Over Minuscule Details Explained”, in Know Your Meme[1], retrieved April 30, 2024:
- Keep in mind that not every instance of digging deep into small details is cornplating: sometimes, there can be interesting things hidden in the background!