ligma

English

Etymology

Used for its sounding similarity to "lick my (balls)" in colloquial speech.

Perhaps reminiscent of Greek terms like sigma, omega, tagma, etc., used commonly in English in various scientific contexts.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈlɪɡ.mə/
Audio (US): (file)
Rhymes: -ɪɡmə

Noun

ligma (uncountable)

(chiefly Internet, humorous) A fictional ostensible disease coined to sound similar to "lick my balls" (used to trick a person into asking the meaning).
"Hey, have you heard of ligma?" "What's ligma?" "Ligma balls!"
- 2018 July 23, Jasmine Girn, “What Is "Ligma" And Why Is Everyone Talking About It”, in Narcity‎^[1]:
  If you've been online for the past 24 hours, you may have heard of a mysterious illness called "Ligma". The internet is going crazy after an internet personality, Tyler "Ninja" Blevins supposedly died from the new disease.
- 2020 June 11, Mohit Kumar, “Fortnite: Fe4rless (Fearless) death rumour that he died of Ligma is fake”, in Sportskeeda‎^[2]:
  Recent reports said that Youtube^[sic] and Fortnite content creator Fe4rLess died of a medical condition called Ligma.
- 2021 September 29, Matt Heafy (quoted), Cillian Breathnach, “Trivium's Matt Heafy "formally disses" Machine Gun Kelly for wearing a "16 year old pop punk cosplay identity on a fucking stage"”, in Guitar.com‎^[3]:
  Later on, Heafy did issue an apology towards Machine Gun Kelly following these comments. "I’d like to publicly apologize for my tasteless comments about MGK," he said. "I just found out he's been afflicted by the Ligma variant. It’s really getting real out there. Thoughts and prayers homie."
- 2022 October 28, Tim Marcin, “Pranksters fool some media members after Elon Musk's Twitter takeover”, in Mashable‎^[4]:
  Pranksters fooled some media members into thinking they'd been laid off by Elon Musk soon after his Twitter takeover. In reality, they were making reference to a common internet joke involving testicles. […] one of the pranksters had told reporters their name was "Rahul Ligma."

References

“ligma”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
“Ligma”, in Know Your Meme, launched 2007

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