In the year of the cozzie livs, the shining blue light of the internet has guided us through.
The abbreviation of "the cost of living crisis" was an official word of the year, as was situationship, de-influencing, rizz and doof stick, meticulously selected by the Oxford and Macquarie dictionaries.
But there's been plenty of other silly lil trends that defined 2023 even more — let's dive in.
January: There is no escape from Pedro
We started off the year hot and sweaty, with Pedro Pascal edits doing nothing to help the situation.
The fancams were most likely due to his starring role in the hit TV adaption of The Last of Us, but how we then transitioned to Mr Pascal awkwardly eating a sandwich, I will never know.
February: Aussie gays simply too much for tourists
WorldPride came to Sydney this year, with queer folk and party animals flying in from around the country to celebrate.
Overseas friends came to town too, but for exhausted Canadian tourist Chris Zou, it was hard to keep up.
March: Spare a thought for Goop
It's been a tough year for many, but perhaps for no one more than Gwyneth Paltrow, who was accused of causing a ski collision by a mere civilian.
In the high profile court battle, she claimed it was in fact said normie who crashed into her, and she was found not to be at fault. She was still deeply affected by the whole affair though.
There were so many bizarre moments from this trial we simply could not fit them in. Luckily (?) for us though, the saga is being adapted into a stage musical.
May: Wave that flag
We'd had green flags and red flags, but in May, the beige flag entered the chat.
Essentially, these are the little oddities one's partner does that don't quite fit into either the red or green flag category.
June: Eras of Taylor Sheesh
More than 4 million local Swifties attempted to nab tickets for Taylor Swift's Eras tour in June, with many of them left in virtual waiting rooms for 16 hours, hoping and waiting for Ticketek to let them through.
Swifties in the Philippines took matters into their own hands, as Taylor Sheesh, a Filipino drag queen that did her own version of the Eras tour in malls across the country, blew up.
Complete with dance routines, LED backgrounds, costume changes, and even a security team, the clips of her shows are pure joy.
July: Barbenheimer's girl dinner on X
By July, Barbie (and Oppenheimer!) season was upon us.
Legions of fans hit the cinemas in full pink to catch Greta Gerwig's blockbuster, with some of them even doing Barbenheimer marathons to give Christopher Nolan's war movie a chance too.
Meanwhile in InternetLand, Ken Musk had been brewing something of his own, dumping Twitter's blue bird and re branding to something much more suited to a tech bro.
This was also the bumper month in which girl dinner was born.
The simple trend involved various women posting their lazy dinners online (think cheese and some carrot sticks), and we were treated to endless think pieces, takes and memes.
August: No, I will not shut up about the World Cup
I could fill a book with all the silly moments from the Women's World Cup, so choosing just one favourite is very tough.
There's the L Word style chart of which players were dating each other. Or Dutch player Danielle Van Der Donk being forced to play in a literal swimming cap after a head injury, or the goalkeeper/icon that is Mackenzie Arnold becoming known as the Brick Wall, even by the PM.
There's Hayley Raso's obsession with the Naruto run, Sammy Kerr's Strawberry Kisses solo, or when (almost) an entire plane tuned in to Cortnee Vine's penalty.
But Australia's new Swedish Dad/own version of Ted Lasso (aka Tillies coach Tony Gustavsson) surely wins the most memeable figure of the tournament.
September: The sitting song is my Roman Empire
By September, scientists (TikTok girlfriends) made a shocking discovery about the minds of men. Specifically, how often they think about a particular historical period.
With the term "my Roman empire" becoming synonymous with being obsessed with something, I was truly sitting when I found a new Roman empire of my own.
triple j could have been the first radio station to play TJ Mack's viral hit, and he blessed the youth broadcaster with a call in to Drive with Abby & Tyrone.
November: Optus is not OK
On a crisp November morning in 2023, millions of Australians woke up to realise they'd been plunged back into the dark ages.
For some, it meant public transport or eftpos chaos. For others, they got to skip their dreaded morning Zoom meetings.
For cats, the consequences were catastrophic.
December: What a year it's been!
There were plenty of trends I simply couldn't fit in this wrap friends, and I sincerely apologise for it.
There was the capybara song, the time Elon Musk challenged Mark Zuckerberg to a cage match, the Fitzroy garage sesh making it to Scotland, and 55 burgers, 55 french fries (iykyk).
But perhaps the most fitting place to end on is tube girl, reminding us all to head into the new year with the confidence we deserve.
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