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Summer of Floyd

Summer of Floyd proper noun: the summer of 2020, marked by unrest and protests against the murder of George Floyd beginning from May 26, 2020.

Proper noun

the Summer of Floyd

  1. (US, derogatory, usually) The summer of 2020, marked by unrest and protests against the murder of George Floyd beginning from May 26, 2020.
    • Contrary to what the summer of Floyd seemed to portend, "people" are clamoring for more and better-funded cops, not a systemic revamp.2021 November 5, Zak Cheney-Rice, “Minneapolis Police Department Survives Ballot Question 2”, in Intelligencer, New York, N.Y.: New York Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 25 Jan 2026
    • And although not directly related to the protests, in the midst of these disturbances MIT became the first elite private school to ban DEI statements in faculty hiring and promotion, showing that the "Summer of Floyd" effect that once seemed to push all prestigious institutions in the same...2024 May 10, Richard Hanania, “Is the Backlash to Universities Becoming Real?”, in Tablet, archived from the original on 22 May 2024

Examples of Summer of Floyd in a sentence

  • The year earlier the university had collectively taken a knee during the Summer of Floyd.2025 December 29, James Hankins, “Why I'm Leaving Harvard”, in Compact, archived from the original on 22 Jan 2026:
  • The fact that these people haven't learned from the excesses of the Summer of Floyd™?2026 January 19, C. Douglas Golden, “Unbelievable: Don Lemon Lectures Pastor on Christianity After Anti-ICE Rioters Storm Church Service”...

Origin of Summer of Floyd

Modelled on Summer of Love, using the name Floyd.

Questions about Summer of Floyd

What does Summer of Floyd mean?
Summer of Floyd means the summer of 2020, marked by unrest and protests against the murder of George Floyd beginning from May 26, 2020.
How do you use Summer of Floyd in a sentence?
The year earlier the university had collectively taken a knee during the Summer of Floyd.
What part of speech is Summer of Floyd?
Summer of Floyd is a proper noun.

Words near Summer of Floyd in the dictionary

  1. Summer Isles
  2. summer job
  3. summer jobs
  4. summer kitchen
  5. summer melt
  6. Summer of Floyd
  7. Summer of Love
  8. summer penile syndrome
  9. summer pruning
  10. summer pudding
  11. summer puddings

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