current thing
current thing noun: something that is popular, trendy or newsworthy at the moment but is unlikely to remain so long-term.
Noun
current thing (plural current things)
- Something that is popular, trendy or newsworthy at the moment but is unlikely to remain so long-term.
- Why am I so fascinated by the current thing? Well, in part, the exact same dynamics play out in tech, business, and finance every day. Once you see it, you can't unsee it.2022 April 7, Marc Andreessen, Twitter
- And just like that, the current thing has changed.2022 May 2, Greg Price, Twitter
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see current, thing.
- Your ability to rationalize current things is what’s holding you back from imagining new things.2025 January 24, Waqas, Twitter
Forms of current thing
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Origin of current thing
From I support the current thing, a phrase that is used to mock people who show support to a cause but abandon it when it is no longer newsworthy. First used in early 2022.
Questions about current thing
- What does current thing mean?
- Current thing means something that is popular, trendy or newsworthy at the moment but is unlikely to remain so long-term.
- What part of speech is current thing?
- Current thing is a noun.
- What is the plural of current thing?
- The plural of current thing is current things.
Words near current thing in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: current thing (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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