canon event
canon event noun: an unpleasant but unavoidable event which has a significant effect on someone's life or personal development.
Noun
canon event (plural canon events)
- An unpleasant but unavoidable event which has a significant effect on someone's life or personal development.
- The format is simple enough: a few seconds of the poster's face looking regretful with an ominous tone from the film's soundtrack playing underneath. The text on screen describes how it feels to watch someone make a terrible or embarrassing decision, but are unable to do anything to interfere...2023 May 15, Matilda Boseley, “'A form of acceptance': TikTok's new trend of 'canon events'”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the...
- Sure, it feels like we had a new canon event every day during our teenage years, but early adulthood is filled with plenty of unavoidable life experiences, too.2023 July 5, Jillian Giandurco, “What's Your Canon Event? TikTok Wants To Know”, in Bustle, archived from the original on 18 Jul 2023
Examples of canon event in a sentence
- The text on screen describes how it feels to watch someone make a terrible or embarrassing decision, but are unable to do anything to interfere because it is a "canon event".2023 May 15, Matilda Boseley, “'A form of acceptance': TikTok's new trend of 'canon events'”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian...
- Full of unexpected gore, off-color jokes, and gay canon events, "Bottoms" balances a refreshing authenticity with an unwavering ability to keep viewers on their toes.2023 December 27, “Top 10 Films of 2023”, in The Harvard Crimson, Cambridge, M.A.: Harvard Crimson, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the...
Forms of canon event
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Origin of canon event
Originating from the film Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023) in which each universe's Spider-Man experiences certain "canon events" that lead to them becoming Spider-Man. Popularized on TikTok and on other social media in mid-2023.
Questions about canon event
- What does canon event mean?
- Canon event means an unpleasant but unavoidable event which has a significant effect on someone's life or personal development.
- How do you use canon event in a sentence?
- The text on screen describes how it feels to watch someone make a terrible or embarrassing decision, but are unable to do anything to interfere because it is a "canon event".
- What part of speech is canon event?
- Canon event is a noun.
- What is the plural of canon event?
- The plural of canon event is canon events.
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Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: canon event (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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