breaking containment

Verb

break containment (third-person singular simple present breaks containment, present participle breaking containment, simple past broke containment, past participle broken containment)

1. (social media) Of a post or piece of media, to be shown to a larger audience than originally intended; typically either to a non-fandom community or to an outside platform.
   • This meme broke containment when it was posted to Reddit.
2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see break, containment.