canceled
adjective, verbInformal
A American English slang term. Browse all American slang.
What it means
Publicly rejected after a controversy, with the aim of withdrawing support and attention. A genuinely contested term — what counts as being cancelled, and whether it happens at all, is politically loaded.
Used lightly and jokingly among friends: 'you're cancelled for that'.
In use
You put pineapple on it? You're cancelled.
Note: Entirely joking, and now the more common use in everyday speech.
The debate over who actually gets cancelled never ends.
Other forms
- Spellings and variants:
- cancelled