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spongecase

spongecase noun: synonym of alternating caps (“a form of capitalization where capital letters are randomly placed throughout the word(s), used to convey mockery through text messages or in online discussions”).

Noun

spongecase (uncountable)

  1. (Internet) Synonym of alternating caps (“a form of capitalization where capital letters are randomly placed throughout the word(s), used to convey mockery through text messages or in online discussions”).
    • At this time, the app is only available on iOS (maybe because the operating system almost uses sPoNGeCaSe in its name?) and it costs $0.99 to download.2019 January 24, B. Miller, “Someone Created An App That Turns Your Words Into SpongeBob Meme Text 😂”, in Comic Sands, Oh Myyy LLC, archived from the original on 20 Sep 2020
    • This short program uses the upper() and lower() string methods to convert your message into “spongecase.”2021, Al Sweigart, “Spongecase”, in The Big Book of Small Python Projects: 81 Easy Practice Programs, San Francisco, Calif.: No Starch Press, →ISBN, page 343

Synonyms of spongecase

Origin of spongecase

From sponge + case, referring to the “Mocking SpongeBob” meme, where this type of capitalization is used to convey mocking.

Questions about spongecase

What does spongecase mean?
Spongecase means synonym of alternating caps (“a form of capitalization where capital letters are randomly placed throughout the word(s), used to convey mockery through text messages or in online discussions”).
What part of speech is spongecase?
Spongecase is a noun.

Words near spongecase in the dictionary

  1. spongebag pants
  2. spongebag trousers
  3. spongebags
  4. spongecake
  5. spongecakes
  6. spongecase
  7. sponged
  8. sponged down
  9. sponged out
  10. sponged up
  11. spongeful

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