dabloon

English

This English term is a hot word. Its inclusion on Wiktionary is provisional.

Alternative forms

• doubloon

Etymology

From English doubloon, a former Spanish gold coin.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -uːn

Noun

dabloon (plural dabloons)

1. (Internet slang, neologism) A fictional currency among certain TikTok users, earned and lost by random encounters while scrolling, and associated with pictures of cats.
   • 2022 November 24, Anna Grace Lee, Callie Holtermann, “What Are ‘Dabloons,’ the Imaginary Currency of TikTok?”, in The New York Times‎^[1], retrieved 2022-11-25:

     Alexis Bishop, an actor who lives in Orlando, Fla., keeps track of her 174 dabloons on a whiteboard in her office.

   • 2022 November 24, Jess Weatherbed, “Hello traveler…have ye heard about TikTok Dabloons?”, in The Verge‎^[2], retrieved 2022-11-25:

     This is likely unintentional, stemming from financially literate users building on posts that give away unreasonable quantities of dabloons, but it’s amusingly managed to simulate a real financial disaster without any of its discourse.

Derived terms

• Dabloonian