firebomb a Walmart

English

Etymology

From an X (formerly Twitter) post by @LinkofSunshine in November 2023 (see first quotation). Popularized as an Internet meme in 2024.

Verb

firebomb a Walmart (third-person singular simple present firebombs a Walmart, present participle firebombing a Walmart, simple past and past participle firebombed a Walmart)

  1. (Internet slang, politics, derogatory) To take direct action, in the context that the threats of such action are empty.
    • 2023 November 3, @LinkofSunshine, X (formerly Twitter)‎[1] (post):
      People on twitter will really be like 'you believe in voting? that pales in effectiveness to my strategy, firebombing a Walmart' and then not firebomb a Walmart
      (Can we archive this URL?)
    • 2024 April 28, @CartoonsHateHer, X (formerly Twitter)‎[2] (post), archived from the original on 6 December 2024:
      Men will literally firebomb a WalMart instead of going to therapy
    • 2024 July 13, @getfiscal, X (formerly Twitter)‎[3] (post), archived from the original on 14 July 2024:
      Looks like someone finally firebombed the Walmart
    • 2024 November 10, @mrs_socialista, X (formerly Twitter)‎[4] (post), archived from the original on 6 December 2024:
      Liberals are always taunting communists about when we will "firebomb a walmart" in protest, and this is when it would actually happen, but by liberals lol

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