orphan crushing machineとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

名詞

orphan-crushing machine (plural orphan-crushing machines)

1. (Internet slang) A notional machine representing a system or state of affairs that obviously facilitates suffering but is not acknowledged or examined, or for which no alternative is considered.
   • 2023 February 15, @lepetitereboot, Twitter‎:

     "we live in a society", said the orphan-crushing machine operator

   • 2023 August 9, @DreadBirate, Twitter‎:

     “ the orphan crushing machine isn’t the problem, it’s that people are using the orphan crushing machine wrong”

   • 2024 January 22, @Nemertes_, Twitter‎:

     BREAKING: orphan-crushing machine manufacturer states there is 'no sign' of orphan-crushing machines being used to crush orphans

参考

• 800-pound gorilla
• elephant in the room
• Leopards Eating People's Faces Party
• Torment Nexus

Further reading

• “Orphan-Crushing Machine”, in Know Your Meme, website first launched 2007