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go brrr

/ɡoʊ bɝː/

go brrr verb: to go out of control; to increase or thrive despite opposition.

Verb

go brrr (third-person singular simple present goes brrr or go brrr, present participle going brrr, simple past went brrr, past participle gone brrr)

  1. (Internet, humorous) To go out of control; to increase or thrive despite opposition.
    • The government, in his view, has simply printed too much money—and that "Fed go brrr," is not just funny, but dangerous.2020 May 12, Jeff John Roberts, “'Fed go brrr': Federal Reserve meme strikes chord with Bitcoin believers”, in Fortune
    • (title)2020 August 21, Matthew Gault, “'Marvel Strike Force' Lootbox Printer Accidentally Goes Brrr”, in VICE

Forms of go brrr

third-person singular presentgoes brrr
third-person singular presentgo brrr
present participlegoing brrr
pastwent brrr
past participlegone brrr

Origin of go brrr

In reference to the "Money Printer Go Brrr" meme, created on March 9, 2020, in which a Boomer Wojak representing the United States Federal Reserve uses a literal money printer (which is making the sound brrr like a traditional printer) to create large amounts of money to counter the economic effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, despite the possibility of increasing inflation. Likely ultimately derived from the line "Money counter go brrr" in the song "No New Friends" by DJ Khaled, Rick Ross, Drake, and Lil Wayne.

Questions about go brrr

What does go brrr mean?
Go brrr means to go out of control; to increase or thrive despite opposition.
What part of speech is go brrr?
Go brrr is a verb.
How do you pronounce go brrr?
Go brrr is pronounced /ɡoʊ bɝː/.
What is the past tense of go brrr?
The past tense of go brrr is went brrr.

Words near go brrr in the dictionary

  1. go big or go home
  2. go Bills
  3. go bitchcakes
  4. go bonkers
  5. go both ways
  6. go brrr
  7. go bush
  8. go bust
  9. go by
  10. go by the board
  11. go by the name of

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Adapted from Wiktionary: go brrr (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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