verb🔥 Gen-Z slang

drag

to criticize harshly

What it means

To criticize, roast, or call someone out harshly and publicly. Getting 'dragged' means being relentlessly mocked or exposed, often by a crowd online piling on at once.

Examples

  • Twitter dragged him for that tone-deaf apology.
  • She got dragged in the comments for the whole hour.
  • Don't drag me for liking pineapple on pizza, okay?
  • They dragged that brand to filth after the bad ad.

Where it comes from

Grew out of AAVE and LGBTQ+ ballroom culture, meaning to thoroughly read or expose someone. It became a mainstream internet staple on Twitter and Tumblr in the 2010s.

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